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FOOTBALL: Akimwande quits, United struggle
7 October:Hastings Utd 1, Kingstonian 210 October:Hornchurch 4, Hastings Utd 114 October:Hastings Utd 2, Wingate & Finchley 3HUGH SULLIVAN Scott WhiteFemi Akinwande (in red shorts) in action for Hastings last…
Dear Sally-Ann Hart,
I am writing to you from the Parents For Future Hastings local group, to ask for a meeting to express our concerns about the government’s climate target U-turns. As parents…
Fence Following Fall
High fencing has been placed around the perimeter wall at the top of The Courtyard food court, adjacent to Source Park, following a fatal fall. A Sussex Police spokesperson said,…
Sally-Ann Hart
Paul McLaughlin The marginal parliamentary constituency of Hastings and Rye is a bellwether seat, which tends to elect an MP from the party that goes on to form the government.…
Tory Councillor Jumps Ship
Paul McLaughlin John Rankin John Rankin has resigned from the Conservative Party group on Hastings Borough Council and will now sit as an independent. He will continue to represent the…
Care Costs Concern
Increasing costs for children in care is pressurising East Sussex County Council finances. A monitoring report, discussed by cabinet members on September 28, predicted a £ overspend by the end…
Another Knotty Problem for Hastings
Paul McLaughlin Hastings has become one of the worst affected areas in East Sussex for Japanese knotweed according to new data published by Environet, one of the most established Japanese…
Be the Nurse You Dreamt of
Demelza Hospice Care for Children, with a hub in West St Leonards, has launched a new nurse recruitment campaign. The children’s charity, which provides clinical care and emotional support to…
Sharing a Little Bit of Prosperity
ROD WEBB A welcome injection of funds in the Broomgrove area of Hastings is due to take place shortly, or already begun, with three projects benefitting from the UK Shared…
A Chink of Light in the Darkness
JULIA VAN COEVORDEN The London Road Post Office building in the heart of St Leonards is in a sorry state. Take a look at the front facade of the building…
Local parents demand meeting with MP over climate U-turns
JEN ROUSE After news that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is rolling back a range of climate targets, parents from the Hastings group of Parents For Future have written to Sally-Ann…
Hastings Country Park Maintains Funding
Hastings Borough Council has been successful in obtaining another 10-year Countryside Stewardship grant for Hastings Country Park Nature Reserve (HCPNR).This latest grant from HCPNR is estimated to be worth £70,000…
Hastings High School for Girls Reunion
A gathering of Hastings High School former pupils at the Royal Victoria Hotel last week (See Issue 234 for full story). The school was demolished in the sixties, but this…
Pharmanomics at the Pig
BARBARA ECHLIN of Bexhill & Hastings Global Justice Now invites readers to the launch of Nick Dearden’s latest book: Pharmanomics: How Big Pharma Destroys Global Health Two years ago, while…
Quakers’ Latest Food Celebration
Hastings Quakers celebrated the 350th anniversary of the first Quaker meeting in Hastings on Sunday 24 September. That meeting was held in late 1673, probably around the High Street in…
Clean Water Watch
A regular column to update readers on the damaging effects of the current management of water in Hastings, surrounding areas (and nationally) and what people are doing about it. If…
DFB – Down from Belgravia
My name is Uri Larsonrude and in March 2020 I moved to Hastings from London with my boss, confidant and ‘friend’. We are located on Markwick Terrace, which we thought…
Opinion: Daylight Robbery
GRACE LALLY There is something deeply cynical about councillors lamenting selling off public land or cutting services when they are the ones carrying it out. When Extinction Rebellion ran a…
Dialogues, Escapes and Escapades
Cerebellum founder and Curator, CHARLOTTE CHW, invites open calls for a new interdisciplinary exhibition Cerebellum at the Hive in 2016 Art has the potential to be the ultimate escapade, and…
PhotoHastings: 13 years Supporting Contemporary Photographic Practice
GARY WILLIS Derek Cottrell Presenting exhibitions and events across Hastings and St Leonards with talks, workshops, events and exhibitions, PhotoHastings provides something for every aspiring photographer. This year, we extended…
Art Defends Nature –A Review
ROBERT RALPH There’s been something stirring in the Old Town the past few weeks, a kind of celebration of nature but with an ecologically aware edge to it. Local artists…
Here to There to Here
We’ve all crossed many rivers – physical and metaphorical – to get to where we are today. Here to There to Here: Hastings is the second iteration of a project…
Poets, Poetry, Performance
MERLIN BETTS reviews the Hastings poetry scene and a crowning literary night with Salena Godden and Friends on behalf of Hastings Book Festival Salena Godden S-Bars Oli Spleen It started…
Arts Diary
A MOMENT IN TIME: BURTONS’ ST LEONARDS SOCIETY: 8 OCTOBER, 3-6 pm A photographic exhibition using materials from Burtons’ St Leonards Society’s archives. Individual admission £3, families £5, members free.…
BOOKBUSTER REVIEW: Ritual
Published by Weird Walk (in collaboration with StudioCanal & TSPTR)2023, rrp £ BY TIM BARTON ‘Oh, Jesus Christ!’ If you’re a Wicker Man fan, you’ll love Ritual! From the offices…
Poetry Corner
APROPOS OF NOTHING FELICITY STEPHEN save the great Atlas cedar I walk past most days and Mr & Mrs Magpie hopping beneath a pooling of silvery sea a murmuration at…
ATHLETICS: Old and Young Go Faster, Higher, Stronger
LORNA WATTS Andy CoxRae Le Fay on track The 2023 Track and Field season has been the most successful for Hastings Athletics Club (HAC) in many years. With the club’s…
Artist Spotlight: Gary Willis
Photograph: Dancer, Kovalam In a former life, Gary Willis was an advertising Art Director. Since moving down to Hastings three years ago he has been taking his own photographs. He…
Privatisation of Water Was a “Mistake” Says Local MP
Paul McLaughlin Local MP Sally-Ann Hart expressed her “deep frustration” at the poor performance of Southern Water and now believes water privatisation was a “mistake… in hindsight.” In a wide-ranging…
Listings #236
Music Friday 6 October McNiff’s Folk Sundowner The Jenny Lind, High St, ; Ronnie & Robin The Albion, George St, ; Office for Personal Development The Piper, Norman Rd, ;…
Ambulance Waiting Times Shock
Paul McLaughlin The wait for an ambulance in Hastings and Rye is the longest of any constituency in the whole of the South East, according to data obtained using a…
Environmental Vandalism
KENT BARKER reveals a new post-Brexit threat to honeybees, looks at polluted rivers in Kent and Sussex, and considers the international reaction to Rishi Sunak’s net zero reduction and oil…
A Bit of Science and a Bit of Honesty
Annie Spratt, Unsplash MERLIN BETTS discusses climate change in response to Jonathan Andrews’ article (HIP 234) Whether facts are convenient or not, they’re supposed to Some people think ‘true’ is…
Stored Out of Sight: Disability and Society
VICTORIA KINGHAM 3D printing is now part of mainstream culture. A small ‘starter’ printer can be bought on Amazon for £99. A more advanced one that uses ‘all metal hotend’…
Eat Write Love
NICKY and SONJA of Creative Concoctions What doesn’t say ‘autumn’ louder than a loveable pumpkin? In today’s column, we bring you our tried-and-tasted Pumpkin Autumn Salad, nutritional info and journaling…
School and Council Workers in Strike Ballots
The GMB trade union warned last week that it is balloting school and council workers across South East England for potential strike action from November ; School workers such as…
Six Heroin Takers Treated in Conquest Hospital
Dave Young Sussex Police issued a warning earlier this month that a number of people have had to seek medical treatment in East Sussex – six of them at the…
Queensway Gateway: Is Council Awaiting LEP Abolition?
HUGH SULLIVAN The Accountability Board of SELEP (South East Local Enterprise Partnership), which channels government funds into local infrastructure projects, is due to meet again today (Friday) for its quarterly…
Normanhurst Plans for Holiday Lodges Dismissed
At a meeting on 7 September, the Planning Committee of Rother District Council refused outline permission for the development of a major holiday complex on the Normanhurst estate, north of…
How To Make a Difference in Your Workplace
ROBERT RALPH Ever wondered if anyone at work gives a hoot about the impact of the workplace on climate and environment? They probably do, but hey, we’re all beavering away…