Bus Funds On Diversion
New subsidies, reduced timetables: are key workers being served? In February Boris Johnson announced in Parliament that his government was launching a new package of actions for public transport including £5bn over the next five years to improve bus and…
FOOTBALL: No Fruits Of The Season?
Hastings United will challenge FA decision to expunge results The Premier League and English Football League have yet to decide how to resolve their unfinished schedules. Supporters of Liverpool (waiting to celebrate their first league title in 30 years) and…
Exercising At A Distance
Last Friday, Kevin Boorman, manager of 1066 Country Marketing at Hastings Borough Council, issued a press release telling “visitors” they are not welcome here during the Covid-19 ; “Don’t make unnecessary journeys… All of our attractions are closed. And although…
GOLF: Maximising Your Distance
When, leafing through your golfing manual, you reach the chapter on driving off the tee, you may well find tips on “maximising your distance”. The phrase recognises the desire of most golfers to hit their ball further up the fairway.…
What Next?
It was less than three months ago, on 31st December, that China alerted the World Health Organisation (WHO) to several cases of an unusual pneumonia in Wuhan, a port city of 11 million people. The virus was unknown. Three weeks…
FOOTBALL: TOP SPOT
Pope Penalty Double Puts ‘U’s Back In Front Hastings United 2, Whitstable Town 1 Ben Pope scored his 24th and 25th goals of the season, both from the penalty spot, as Hastings United came from behind to notch a vital…
Transport Futures For The South-East: More Road-Building?
Last October, Transport for the South East (TfSE), a forum combining leading local government councillors across southern counties from Hampshire to Kent, with senior representatives of Network Rail and Highways England, unveiled a draft document for consultation –‘Strategy for the…
Conquest Care Rated ‘Outstanding’
The Conquest Hospital has been rated “outstanding” by the national health and social care regulator, the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Following detailed inspections made last November and December the CQC has issued a report praising the hospital’s overall standard of…
A Cycle Of Misdirected Funding?
The government’s statutory Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy published in April 2017 set out the following aims for increase in national cycling activity: • By 2020, increase activity while reducing the number of cyclists killed or seriously injured on England’s…
ARCHERY: The Oldest Sport?
Cave dwellers carved them in pictures, Stone Age tribes hunted with them, they were key weapons for ancient armies in battle. Whatever else they symbolise, bows and arrows embody a technology that’s been superseded. Not that they don’t still carry…