Kicking off at 10am, the event starts with a Pride Parade which sets off from Eastbourne Pier and heads to Princes Park for ...

Eastbourne's Liberal Democrat MP Stephen Lloyd said last night he hoped and prayed the town's "wonderful pier" had not been lost forever, and residents were waiting anxiously for the scale of the ...

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Eastbourne Pier is far from the first of its kind on the English coast to have been engulfed by fire since the turn of the century. In March 2003, ...

It is 148 years since the first pile of Eastbourne Pier was driven into the sea bed. Designed by Eugenius Birch, the Victorian architect who crafted much of Britain’s south coast, ...

Laura Trant reports from Eastbourne Pier where the smouldering structure stands as a reminder of past disasters Fire crews have saved two thirds of Eastbourne Pier after fighting a major blaze in ...

A devastating fire has torn through Eastbourne Pier. The main roof of the pier, built in the East Sussex seaside town in the 1870s, has been completely destroyed, leaving only a metal skeleton ...

Eastbourne Pier has always been a tourist attraction and, ironically, it's now more popular than ever. Sightseers have been arriving in the town to get a glimpse of the burnt structure.

The devastation at Eastbourne Pier comes after the 148-year-old West Pier in Brighton was reduced to a charred mass of metal by two major blazes within two months in 2003.

In March 2003, the largely derelict West Pier in Brighton was gutted by a blaze, leaving only its metal structure standing, while in May 2002 more than £1.5million worth of damaged was caused to ...

FIRE-HIT Eastbourne Pier could reopen as early as next year after it was found that two-thirds of it had been untouched by the flames.

Eastbourne Pier was designed by Eugenius Birch in 1870 Credit: Barratts/S&G Barratts/EMPICS Archive. During WWII, part of the pier decking was removed and machine guns were installed in the ...