From time to time, there will be items submitted to the Webmaster on crime prevention. These will also include items from Trading Standards, warning people about certain activities that they are aware of in Sussex.

The object is simple - to make the whole area a safer place in which to live and work.

This is not just a matter for the local police, it is for all of us to work in partnership to reduce crime, to look after our towns and villages, and to move back to safer communities. You may have seen from Chief Inspector Gough that crime is down in the Lewes District, and we are all working hard to maintain that downward trend.

So how can we help to make things safer ? There are a number of things which we can all do.