HOCKEY: Season Of Redemption For Saxon Ladies
This time last year the South Saxons Ladies team were relegated from the Sussex Premier League by the very last hit of the 2017/18 season. A year on, the tears were only of joy as they stormed back to win…
FOOTBALL: Peaking For the Play-Offs?
Hastings United notched a fourth successive Bostik League victory at Pilot Field last Saturday, overcoming tidy but limited opposition from visitors Ramsgate to win 3-0. This followed a 3-1 away win the previous Saturday at Three Bridges, where the ‘U’s…
Pride versus The Egg: A Meaningful Vote
Hastings Pride, the LGBT+ celebration parade that will march through town on Sunday 25th August (the Bank Holiday weekend), has been short-listed for an award of up to £50,000 from the National Lottery. So has the Eggtooth Project, a Hastings-based…
Exit the University…
SeaChange, the trading name of the not-for-profit ‘regeneration’ company East Sussex Energy Infrastructure and Development Limited, has an enviable track record of obtaining large amounts of public funding from national government, the EU and their respective offshoots, including the regional…
All Change at Empty Quarter
The Priory Quarter, the clutch of new and redeveloped buildings between Havelock Road and Priory Street that was intended to form centre stage of the University of Brighton campus in Hastings, is getting new freehold ; PICTURE: Colin Gibson Lacuna…
BADMINTON: Helenswood Hosts Elite Coach
Badminton is the most popular racket sport in Britain, with more numerous regular players than tennis among both sexes. Badminton England claims that there are over 1,800 clubs in the country and 22,000 courts. Thirteen clubs are affiliated to the…
Bohemian Rhapsody
Council votes funds for feasibility study The Labour-controlled cabinet of Hastings Borough Council (HBC) voted on Monday evening to pursue a feasibility study for the development of a combined sporting and cultural centre in the White Rock area off Bohemia…
“Jew-Baiting” In Hastings Labour Party?
Amber Rudd’s Remarks Draw Prompt Denials In a remarkable press release, issued last Sunday and given extensive exposure by the national newspapers, Amber Rudd, MP for Hastings and Rye as well as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, referred…
The Tenth Anniversary – Tuesday gets fatter
At the time of going to press, the main musical event of Fat Tuesday, 5th March, had yet to get under way. But already a schedule of gigs, parades, workshops and parties crammed into the first four days of the…
FOOTBALL: Late Goals Depress United Hopes
Hastings United have slumped from second to fifth in the Bostik League South East over the past fortnight as they suffered successive defeats – 2-1 away at East Grinstead on 23rd February, then 4-2 at home to Haywards Heath Town…