Not on the List
Would-be Labour MP Maya Evans questions her exclusion A “long list” of candidates from whom one will be chosen to represent the Labour party at the next general election in the Hastings & Rye constituency was unveiled last week. The…
Regime Change
Greens accept two posts in Labour-led cabinet At the first meeting of Hastings Borough Council since the local elections, Labour party chief Cllr Paul Barnett was voted back last week as council leader by a “co-operative alliance” of Labour and…
Cllr Carr: the dissenting party
Green party leader Julia Hilton showed undisguised emotion in her address to the assembled council last week when she thanked Cllr Claire Carr for her work on behalf of the party at the recent elections but also revealed that the…
CRICKET: Priory’s batsmen struggle for form
21 May:Hastings & St Leonards Priory 173;Middleton 175 for 1 28 May:Bognor Regis 130;Hastings & St Leonards Priory 76 Despite valiant performances by John Morgan with both bat and ball, Hastings & St Leonards Priory were well beaten in their…
Land speculators move in on Combe Valley
A six-and-half acre plot of land on the western edge of Combe Valley Countryside Park, which used to be a part of Pebsham Farm, was sold off last year. Estate agents Lambert & Foster marketed the plot as “strategically located…
Rough Ride Ahead For Park Cyclists
Proposals to lay a path through Alexandra Park for cyclists to share with pedestrians were endorsed by East Sussex County Council (ESCC) in March and are backed by immediately available government funding. But local park users are mounting organised ;…
FOOTBALL
United over the line Faversham Town 1,Hastings United 1; Hastings United 3,VCD Athletic 0 Each of the past two seasons, 2019-20 and 2020-21, ended with Hastings United at the top of their league - the Isthmian South East Division -…
New Council Leader “Will work with anyone”
Labour councillors on Hastings Borough Council elected Paul Barnett as their new leader last week following the surprise resignation of Cllr Kim Forward. No account of the internal meeting of the Hastings & Rye constituency party held on 28 March…
FOOTBALL
United Celebrations On Hold East Grinstead 0,Hastings United 4; Hastings United 0,Haywards Heath Town 0 It was perfect weather for a celebration: Pilot Field bathed in sunshine, if somewhat chilly for the time of year, and a crowd officially recorded…
Forward and Back
Cllr Kim Forward resigned as leader of Hastings Borough Council (HBC) last week after two years in the role dominated by reaction to the Covid-19 pandemic. Her formal period of tenure started on 18 March 2020 when a full council…