Lewes Bonfire Night is one of the most famous in the UK. Attracting thousands of people every year, the tradition sees ...

The most popular bonfire event in the county is days away - here’s everything you need to know. Lewes Bonfire attracts thousands of visitors to the town every year, as the streets are taken over by ...

If you took a knock to the head and woke up in Lewes on this particular day of ... January elected representatives from every county in England assembled in Westminster. It was, in the words ...

The first proper Bonfire Night celebration in Lewes is said to have taken place in 1795 (Image: Andrew Gardner/The Argus) These early days of the Bonfire Night celebrations were unruly due to fires ...

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The Lewes bonfire night is the biggest celebration across the UK, organised by six local bonfire societies, which each have their own fireworks, fire sites, costumes and processions. The first ...

While Guy Fawkes and the gunpowder plot of 1605 dominate the UK's autumnal bonfire tradition, Lewes Bonfire Society also remembers the 17 martyrs burnt to death by Mary I in the town in the 1500s.

Lewes District Council has applied to change the use of the former Newhaven household waste recycling site into an electric ...

Chief Supt Howard Hodges said: “We thank the public for their support to ensure the Lewes bonfire celebrations were once again a spectacular event that have been enjoyed safely.” The ...

An estimated 40,000 people attended the annual bonfire event in Lewes to mark Guy Fawkes Night. The different bonfire ...