Environmental groups pressure Lewes MP to support new climate bill

Local organisations have mounted a campaign to convince Lewes MP Maria Caulfield to support the new Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill.  The CEE Alliance Lewes have called on the MP to back the bill which is awaiting its second reading in the House of Commons when Friday sittings are resumed. Debates on private members’ billsContinue reading “Environmental groups pressure Lewes MP to support new climate bill”

Lancing activist awarded OBE for Services to Transgender Equality

An LGBT+ advocate will be presented with one of the highest accolades on the Queen’s New Year’s Honours.  The 65-year-old Lancing resident is one of only two people to be awarded an OBE for Services to Transgender Equality.  Joanne Monck, who has two sons and owns a garden maintenance business, said she was “absolutely gobsmacked”Continue reading “Lancing activist awarded OBE for Services to Transgender Equality”