FOOTBALL
Strikers Hit Form Hastings United 3,FC Romania 0 Hastings United scored only one goal and conceded none in their first four games of the season – three 0-0 draws after a solitary strike by midfielder Jack Dixon defeated Herne Bay…
Plans Lodged Housing on Pilot Field
Hastings United Football Club have lodged twin planning applications with the borough council to pursue their intended relocation from Pilot Field on Elphinstone Road to the Tilekiln playing fields above Tesco in ; Composition of the new stadium, football pitches…
Paying The Piper
Arts Council England (ACE) has announced funding awards totalling £257 million for 1,385 venues, theatres, museums and cultural organisations across the ; The awards are administered by ACE on behalf of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport as Round…
A Wind Farm in Rye Bay?
The Crown Estate, which owns and manages the seabed of the UK’s coastal waters, has been engaged over the last month in determining bids for development of major new off-shore wind farms to be built over the next decade in…
FOOTBALL: Denied At The Death
Ebbsfleet United 2, Hastings United 2(Ebbsfleet win 4-1 on penalties) Hastings United came within a couple of minutes of a notable FA Cup scalp last Saturday, only to concede a 30-yard belter in added time and then lose in the…
Partially Closed School Turns Viral Test Site
Hastings Academy, one of the three secondary schools serving the borough, closed its gates to most pupils for two weeks from last Wednesday after at least five of them tested positive for coronavirus. Parents were informed with less than 24…
Town Deal: Last Chance To Bid
Ideas for investment projects to be funded as part of the £25m Hastings Town Deal must be submitted by next Friday (25th September). That is the deadline for “Expressions of Interest” to be received by the Town Deal Board, with…
Breaking Our Word?
Last Monday (14th September) Sally-Ann Hart, MP for Hastings and Rye, voted with the Conservative majority in the House of Commons to approve the government’s Internal Market Bill, despite admission by Northern Ireland Secretary, Brandon Lewis, that its provisions would…
TENNIS: Sussex Doubles Leagues Start – Then Stop
This winter’s Tennis Sussex (TS) men’s and women’s doubles leagues resumed at the beginning of this month as the first form of competitive tennis in the county since March. But not for long. After a decision of the TS Leagues…
End of the Pier Show
Hastings Pier was set on course for a long and empty winter last week when the borough council withdrew licensing approval for several scheduled live and DJ music events. The franchise offered by pier owner Sheikh Gulzar to local company…