Reasons To Be Cheerful
MP Says Vaccine Take-Up Should Mean Holiday Easing Covid-19 numbers – for positive tests, for hospitalisations and for deaths – have all been reported on a sharply downward trend for several weeks in both Hastings and Rother. Local vaccination roll…
Out of Step
St Leonards Steps, a pedestrian footpath down the cliff edge between West Hill Road and the seafront immediately to the west of St Leonards Parish Church, has been closed off. This follows recent closure of the Burton family memorial garden,…
Tiers and Fears
Positive tests for coronavirus infections in Hastings were reported last week to have increased almost fourfold within a seven day period. In the week ending 28th November there were 63 cases recorded across the borough; in the following week ending…
Brexit Countdown:
World Tunes In To Hastings Fishermen Paul Joy, articulate chairman of the Hastings Fishermen Protection Society, found himself in the eye of a media hurricane last weekend, as the Brexit negotiations slid towards a no-deal outcome. It wasn’t just the…
FOOTBALL
Covid Rules Frustrate United Hastings United were back in action twice last week after five weeks of lockdown lay-off. Neither game will live long in the ; Last Tuesday, in an FA Trophy cup-tie away to Isthmian North team Aveley on…
GOLF: Local Clubs Boom Despite Covid-19 Restrictions
Golf is a sport that could have been invented for social ; So, it’s no coincidence that up and down the country it has been booming in the plague year of 2020. That is certainly so for local golf…
GOLF: The New Head Pro:
Still Aiming For Glory Paul Nessling, who was appointed last month as head professional at Sedlescombe Golf Club after arriving initially in June, has a distinguished pedigree in sporting circles of Hastings and Rother. Paul Nessling in action His dad…
£5m Government Funding To Combat Drugs Abuse
Hastings is set to receive £5 million funding from central government to address harms caused by the use and abuse of illicit ; The Home Office has selected the town as a pilot area for Project ADDER (Addiction, Disruption, Diversion,…
From the Ashes of Ashdown
New home building set for DWP site Ashdown House, the six-storey office block between Sedlescombe Road North and Harrow Lane which has accommodated the clerical staff of the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) in recent years, is set to…
FOOTBALL
Going So Well It was all going so well for the players, management and supporters of Hastings United. Five successive league wins sending them to the top of the Isthmian League table; advancement in the FA Trophy and Sussex Senior…