CRICKET
Old and New at Horntye Grassroots sport was effectively halted in the first months of this year, wiping out the season’s schedules for football, rugby and other winter games. But the easing of outdoor restrictions under Prime Minister Johnson’s ‘roadmap’…
The Faceless Election
Next Thursday 6th May will witness the widest-ranging local election ballot in Hastings in modern ; All 50 seats on East Sussex County Council, including eight wards of the borough of Hastings, are up for polling. Hastings Borough Council has…
Sea change Win Planning Appeal in Bexhill
Building of up to 84,000 square feet of further business floor space at Bexhill Enterprise Park is set to proceed following a successful legal appeal by Sea change Sussex (Sea Change) and industrial property developer Westcott Leach against planning conditions…
Ore Library Restoration Day
Tomorrow (Saturday 1st May) at 10am, Ore Library will reopen its doors to the public, almost three years since their closure by East Sussex County Council (ESCC) in May 2018. The Ore Community Library Group was set up in July…
Opening and Closing
Boris Johnson’s ‘roadmap’ out of coronavirus restrictions reached a key landmark on Monday: the circle in the diary that promised a first professional haircut in four months and first sit-down meal cooked by someone other than family. By early morning,…
FOOTBALL
Lower Leagues Take Centre Stage The East Sussex and Mid Sussex Leagues sit at the twelfth tier and beyond of the English football pyramid. But with the regional leagues above them – in Sussex, the three divisions of the Southern…
More Culture Recovery
Arts Council England (ACE) has announced a second round of grant awards to music, arts and theatre venues across the country from its Culture Recovery Fund. A national total of £261m is being dispensed, of which approximately £1,191,000 has been…
Zero-ing in on Covid
A campaign to “kick out Covid” launched by Hastings Community Hub, which has co-ordinated the town’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic over the past 12 months, has gained wide community and social media support in recent days. But its target…
Police Presence Cows Hokey-Cokey
On two Sunday mornings earlier this month, some scores of local protesters gathered at and around the bandstand in Alexandra Park to demonstrate their opposition to lockdown measures. They made a point of not wearing masks and avoiding social distancing…
Cash Splash for Rail Dash?
Hastings and Rye MP Sally-Ann Hart used two separate sessions of Parliament last week to call for national funding to upgrade the Marshlink rail line between Hastings and Ashford. Last Tuesday, describing the existing road and rail infrastructure serving her…