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Changing Hastings

Changing Hastings

Town Meeting Addresses Housing Issues By Poppy Prescott Last Thursday evening  (21st November), 130 local townspeople met at the Hastings & St Leonards Angling Club to hear presentations, research, talks,…

Ore Valley: HoH Bid Rejected

Ore Valley: HoH Bid Rejected

Regeneration company Sea Space announced on 13th November the winner of its competitive tender process for development of a housing scheme on the disused power station site in Ore Valley:…

To All The Men I’ve Loved…

To All The Men I’ve Loved…

We’re at the end of November, which marks Men’s Health Awareness month. Sanne van Baalen reflects on the men in her life who are struggling with their mental health and…

Hastings Favourite Christmas Tradition Is Back

Hastings Favourite Christmas Tradition Is Back

A Penny Pincher’s Christmas CarolPreview by Pete Donohue A Penny Pincher’s Christmas Carol, Hastings’ favourite family Christmas show is returning for a five day run during the winter holiday season.…

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Since the company’s launch in February 2014, Hastings Independent Press has continued to issue its flagship publication, Hastings Independent, every fortnight. HIP, as the paper is locally known, is unique…

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For Hastings, whatever the outcome

HIPDecember 11, 20195 Comments2019-12-11T10:49:12+00:00
By Jeremy Corbyn Hastings is a special place that I’ve visited many, many times. I’ve been camping in Battle, I’ve…
GE2019: Question Time

GE2019: Question Time

Hugh Sullivan November 29, 2019 3 Comments2019-11-29T11:30:03+00:00
Many weeks of national as well as local focus on voters in the marginal constituency of Hastings & Rye (Conservative…

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Community Ledge #6 Erica Barrett

HIPNovember 29, 2019No Comment2019-11-29T11:09:16+00:00
Last month we nominated a mature 16-year-old for the community Ledge. This month we have a youthful 79-year-old, a former…
Lights of Love 2019

Lights of Love 2019

HIP November 29, 2019 No Comment2019-11-29T11:22:52+00:00
St Michael’s Hospice hosts Lights of Love as an act of remembrance for someone who has passed away by dedicating…

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GE2019

Alan BolwellNovember 29, 20191 Comment2019-11-29T11:20:19+00:00
As the General Election approaches, the hustings are bustling, sleigh-bells ring in the distance, and spectres of Christmas past, present…
GE2019: Under Starter’s Orders

GE2019: Under Starter’s Orders

HIP November 14, 2019 No Comment2019-11-29T11:21:51+00:00
Tory Candidate Named As Campaign Rother councillor Sally-Ann Hart has been selected by the Hastings & Rye Conservative Association to…

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To All The Men I’ve Loved…

HIPNovember 29, 2019No Comment2019-11-29T11:22:10+00:00
We’re at the end of November, which marks Men’s Health Awareness month. Sanne van Baalen reflects on the men in…
Politikal Pokes by lobbytroll

Politikal Pokes by lobbytroll

HIP November 29, 2019 No Comment2019-11-29T11:23:49+00:00
FORGERY Boris Johnson is determined to “forge a new Britain”, once we Get Brexit Done, a phrase so stupid it…

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ARTS DIARY

HIPNovember 29, 2019No Comment2019-11-29T11:09:23+00:00
Christmas Art Fair at the Old Gallery Merry Makers Xmas Shakers is a pop-up shop that will feature handmade items…
RX19 Art Exhibition

RX19 Art Exhibition

Merlin Pendragon November 29, 2019 No Comment2019-11-29T11:25:34+00:00
Merlin Betts reviews work inspired by the Fishermen’s Museum and Hastings Fishing Community I happened to have had a long…

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HIP#142: LISTINGS GUIDE

HIPDecember 10, 2019No Comment2019-12-10T11:07:36+00:00
Unequal Fortunes: A Laughing Matter

Unequal Fortunes: A Laughing Matter

HIP November 29, 2019 No Comment2019-11-29T10:10:38+00:00
Stables Theatre, Hastings Joking Apart, a classic comedy written by Alan Ayckbourn and first performed in 1978, has many elements…

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Dave YoungNovember 29, 2019No Comment2019-11-29T10:43:05+00:00
Night Boat to Tangier By Kevin BarryCanongate Books (HB, 214pp) Review by Dave Young Charlie Redmond & Morris Hearne, drug…
Bookbuster Book Review

Bookbuster Book Review

HIP November 29, 2019 No Comment2019-11-29T10:37:08+00:00
The Coming Silent Seasons? Part Four: Sterile SeasThe Oceans Are Emptying: Fish Wars & SustainabilityBy Raymond A. Rogers Black Rose…

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Ditch The Wrapping, And Get Naked This Xmas

HIPNovember 29, 2019No Comment2019-11-29T10:50:25+00:00
A survey, conducted by Hastings Adventure Golf to launch its ‘Naked Christmas’ campaign encouraging the reduction of packaging and wrapping,…
‘I Can’t Help Myself’

‘I Can’t Help Myself’

HIP November 29, 2019 No Comment2019-11-28T22:06:57+00:00
(from taking another bite): discovering the soul of London Road’s new café Watching my partner gleefully devour his slice of…

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HMRC Tax App Released

Steve BrownNovember 29, 2019No Comment2019-11-29T10:56:37+00:00
HMRC have released an app, available on iOS and Android, for taxpayers. This app includes a news feed from HMRC…
Tax Question & Answer

Tax Question & Answer

Steve Brown November 29, 2019 No Comment2019-11-29T10:59:03+00:00
I have been having a clear out recently. I have sold some of the things I am getting rid of…

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2019: The Year In Team Sport

Hugh SullivanDecember 12, 2019No Comment2019-12-10T11:00:33+00:00
Plans for re-siting the town’s foremost sports teams remain clouded in doubt at the end of this year. Pilot Field…
FOOTBALL: Cup Defeats For Hastings But Credit Where It’s Due

FOOTBALL: Cup Defeats For Hastings But Credit Where It’s Due

Hugh Sullivan November 29, 2019 No Comment2019-11-29T11:28:13+00:00
Hastings United 2, Brighton Under-23s 3 (Sussex Senior Cup) Weymouth 1, Hastings United 0 (FA Trophy) Hastings United have suffered…

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