About 30 people had to be evacuated from their homes in the early hours after a car struck a gas main. The occupants of 12 properties in the East Sussex village of Maynards Green were asked to leave their homes following the accident at 04:30 GMT.
Other people in Maynards Green just south of Heathfield have been advised to close windows and doors and stay indoors for the time being. Residents of Heathfield, which is downwind of the incident are advised to close windows and doors if they smell gas.
A car collided with and ruptured a gas main in the village of Maynards Green just south of Heathfield at 4.30am this morning (Saturday). The incident led to 30 villagers being temporarily evacuated from a dozen addresses near St Mary's School in Horam ...
The occupants of 12 properties in Maynards Green, East Sussex, were asked to leave their homes while the main was made safe by engineers from Transco following the accident at 4.30am on Saturday. Other householders in the village, along with those in ...
Key stage two pupils from Burwash, Broad Oak, Cross-in-Hand, Dallington, Mayfield, Maynards Green, Five Ashes, Herstmonceux, Punnetts Town and Parkside schools learnt a poem by heart and performed it to classmates. Each school produced its own ...
The Sussex Express walk of the week is a four kilometre stroll from Maynards Green to Vines Cross and back via a different route. It's a lovely walk with stiles, meadowlands, plenty of unploughed pasture, two belts of woodland and a stunning garden or two.