Work has begun on Eastbourne Town Hall and will take around six months (Image: Andy Li) A clock tower will now be silent for months after repair works started on its 130-year-old building.

The site on which the town hall was built was known as Stocks Bank, a nod to the stocks that once stood there. The clock has gone silent several times as a result of repairs and restoration ...

In 2004, when Miriam Wilkinson moved from London to Eastbourne, on England’s southeast coast, the seaside town was often referred to as “God’s waiting room” because of its aging population.