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Cricket in Hastings: Young Talent to Watch
If you don't have a satellite dish you won't have watched any live international cricket on your home TV since 2005. If you live in Hastings the nearest venue to…
The Revival of Labour – a Bookbuster book review
The Revival of Labour: Comrade Corbyn by Rosa Prince & Being Red: A Politics for the Future by Ken Livingstone Review by Tim Barton Rosa Prince's timely biography of Jeremy…
Hospice benefits from Mooney Madness
By Pete Donohue Good News Hastings comes together again this week in yet another high-profile community spirited collaboration. The People’s Pier was officially opened by our new mayor, Judy Rogers,…
Table-tennis in Hastings: Enjoying a low profile
Back in the days when wooden bats came with rubber pimples, table-tennis was seen as the universal sport for youth. Tables were set up typically in youth clubs and church…
Arts and Crafts Exhibition returns to The Stade
Arts and Crafts Exhibition is here again Last year the Arts and Crafts Exhibition celebrated its 125th anniversary, and the next exhibition is appearing once again in The Stade hall…
The Opportunity
The Opportunity Friday 29 April saw graphic novel author Will Volley appearing at The Beacon on Hastings’ West Hill. In an interview led by local writer Erica Smith, he talked…
Winning at tennis: 10,000 hours to spare?
Olivia Stapley hitting at Amherstcredit Ben Hamilton In his best-selling book Outliers American author Malcolm Gladwell promoted an arresting thesis. Prodigious performances, he declared, whether in the arts or in…
3 Weeks to go
3 Weeks to go to Diary Day In 'Diary, the motto really is: 'Where Do You Get Your Inspiration?' It coaches us to be aware of our motives and not…
How to be a loser – a short story by Pete Donohue
Tom Bowler was a gambler. He took his chances wherever and whenever he could. Every day was an adventure, a matter of subsistence or increased debt. He twisted responsibilities into…
The Matchmaker of Whitefriars Road
In a modern gym what you tend to notice first is the equipment: the exercise bikes, the weight-lifting contraptions, the rowing machines, the treadmills. They crowd the floor; their steel…
Football: can United make Ryman play-offs?
After an entertaining 4-2 win over Molesey at Pilot Field on 9 April Hastings United remained in fifth place in the Ryman League South table. That would be just enough…
ROOT 1066 Visual Documentation Brief
ROOT 1066 International Festival - Visual Documentation Brief Content: To mark the 950th Anniversary of the most famous date in English history, Hastings Borough Council has commissioned the ROOT 1066…
Support The Junior Doctors & Support The NHS in Hastings!
Join the march on Saturday 16 April to say “We Support The Junior Doctors – We Support The NHS”. Meet at Hastings Pier at 2pm. You don’t have to stand…
Panama Papers – It’s laws and treaties that are the problem, not the tax avoiders
British Virgin Islands, Tax Haven Tax avoidance is legal. Google “offshore investment” and the results are a ‘how to’ of investing: ‘you don’t have to be a millionaire to be…
RIP John Merriman
HIP remembers John Merriman By Pete Donohue Age 54 is far too young to shed this mortal coil for other realms that may lie beyond, especially for such a talented…
With apologies to Michael Foster
By Alan Bolwell A couple of months ago I made the mistake of accusing the wrong Michael Foster of bizzare and offensive ramblings. I was sent an article by a…
By the skaters, for the skaters: Roller Derby rules
Roller Derby at Eastbourne Call it!’ scream the onlookers as the jammer frantically pats her hips before the blast of four short whistles, signalling the end of the jam. The…
Community-run newspaper launches crowdfunder to celebrate 50th issue
The Hastings Independent Press (HIP) is a free, not-for-profit, fortnightly newspaper run mainly by volunteers – and they’ve just published their 50th issue. Having run for two years on a…
How to survive a half marathon
Hastings Half Marathon 2015 - The original marathon, as many will know, was not a race between competitive runners but the transmission of news from a battlefield. In 490 BC…
Hastings Pride: News, Updates, Wanting to Help and Everything Else
By Natasha Scott Anyone who wants to help in any way we would all very much love to hear from you to make what I hope becomes the Pride of…
Hastings Independent Press launches crowdfunder!
We know you love HIP as much as we do which is why we've just launched a crowdfunder to keep this fantastic newspaper truly independent and thriving. Your local community news source,…
Suggs lays the last plank
Suggs lays the last plank. Photo Credit: George Palmer Suggs (also known as Graham McPherson from Madness) visited Hastings Pier today to lay the last plank, marking the end of…
Hastings students fight back against university closure
Photo Credit: Hastings Solidarity Hundreds of people gathered in Hastings today to protest against the closure of the University of Brighton campus in Hastings, in the biggest student demonstration the…
RUFF
RUFF Performance artist Peggy Shaw brings her solo show RUFF to Hastings, in the build-up to her three-night run at the Barbican Centre this April. Ruminating on life before and…
It’s goodbye from me
Hello, I’ve been your news editor for the past few months, and various other things before that. I’d like to tell you a bit about my experience of volunteering with…
100 attend Hastings Pier volunteer day
Hastings Pier, due to reopen in Spring this year, welcomed over 100 potential volunteers last Tuesday (8th March) at the White Rock Hotel, Hastings. The recruitment day was part of…
What do you call people who live in Hastings?
Last issue, we had a few people get in touch to object to our use of the word 'Hastonians' on the front cover. The correct word, they said, was 'Hastingers',…
Hastings BID current information
The Hastings BID key points: The Proposed BID Area Up to £1 million invested in Hastings Town over 5 years A small () levy imposed on eligible businesses based on…
Local Uproar as University of Brighton Announces Withdrawal from Hastings
photo credit: Sam Kinch Well, it has happened. The University of Brighton has released a strangely vague statement apparently announcing its pullout from Hastings over the next two years. No…
To whom it may concern,
I am writing in response to the article titled 'Julian Assange is a political prisoner, not a fugitive from Justice' in the latest edition of The Hastings Independent. In my…
Julian Assange is a Political Prisoner, not a Fugitive from Justice
On February 5th this year, the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD) ruled that Julian Assange is a political prisoner, and that the governments of the UK and…
Asda reinstates food donation points
Supermarket chain Asda has confirmed it is reinstating food donation points in all its stores. The supermarket had previously said it would remove unmanned donation points, as of 1st March. In the St…
Poll shows 64% of Hastonians keen to remain in EU
Photo by Gesine Garz Last week we surveyed our readers about the upcoming EU referendum. Here’s what they told us. Just under two thirds (64%) told us they would vote…
The Matchmaker of Whitefriars Road
In a modern gym it's the equipment you notice first: the exercise bikes, the weight-lifting contraptions, the rowing machines, the treadmills. They crowd the floor, steel shafts gleaming, as they…
Junior doctors need intensive care
By Pete Donohue As reported in previous issues, many local service users and service providers are far from happy with Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt’s dismissal of public opinion and arrogant…
Get your leek on for St David’s Day!
It's the first of March 2016, and that can only mean one St David's Day! The patron Saint of Wales hails the start of spring and (to paraphrase Wordsworth) a…
Learn to swim like a real-life mermaid
Ever wanted to be a mermaid? Well now’s your chance – there’s a new mermaid academy (yes, you read that right) in town. Monofin Mermaids, which has recently relocated from…
Rock House Grand Opening
Grand Opening Friday 4th March Rock House, 49-51 Cambridge Road, opens its brand new doors for the first time to a host of local and visiting guests on Friday 4th March…