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Jam Today
There’s been a lot of talk of JAM these past few weeks, mostly related to the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement and predictably WASPIs have been all over it! The JAM in…
Festive cheer at Hastings Black Market VIP in aid of Pancreatic Cancer Action
Hastings vocalist Karis Thompson will be hosting a Christmas concert on the 22nd December at the BLK Market for a cause very close to her heart, Pancreatic Cancer Action. Come…
Throw Away Lines
Transition Town Hastirngs (TTH) is about to launch a project to encourage and support local food takeaway businesses to make the transition to sustainable, e n v i r o…
Invest in Property AND the Community
Heart of Hastings CLT launches its Investors’ Collective On Friday 9 December, the Heart of Hastings Community Land Trust (CLT) will launch its “Investors’ Collective’’ – an opportunity for people…
Hughenden Road Pocket park
It's not the most promising location: an acre of Council-owned ground in the hinterland of Elphinstone Road surrounded by housing and largely concreted over around 13 years ago following the…
Murder in the Belfry
The evil Dr Black has been brutally murdered. With his reputation for going out of his way to upset people, there is no shortage of suspects for this vicious crime.…
Hastings Foodbank
By Natalie Williams The Hastings Foodbank continues to feed local people in crisis. Since April 2016, we have distributed 21,393 meals (9 meals per person in household for three days)…
New energy savings project launched in Hastings
Local residents and councillors attended the launch of the Climate Active Neighbourhoods (CAN) EU funded project at Christ Church, Ore on 1 November. Supported by the Citizens Advice Bureau, The…
Helping Self Help
By Tanya Vice October was a very busy month for the Helping Self Help project! Tuesday 4th October saw self- help groups coming together for our Networking Café at Sussex…
Hughenden Road Pocket Park
It’s not the most promising location: an acre of Council-owned ground in the hinterland of Elphinstone Road surrounded by housing and largely concreted over around 13 years ago following the…
Hastings Fashion Show Goes National
Kent Barker Hastings’ own home-grown fashion show – Front Row - has just been accorded national recognition and an additional showing at a prestigious London location. This Saturday, 26th November,…
University of Brighton launches 3 month consultation on Hastings
After much confusion and protest following the announcement in March that the University of Brighton would be pulling out of Hastings, U of B have launched a 3 month public consultation…
The Frackers: the Outrageous Inside Story of the New Energy Revolution – by Gregory Zuckerman
Portfolio Press, 2013. Available at Bookbuster £ Review by Tim Barton For those of you that remember the 'Jett Rink' in the movie Giant, or the TV soaps Dallas and…
Revised Observer Building planning consultation ending soon
OB planning consultation The consultation for the revised plans post University of Brighton plan to withdraw from Hastings, closes in the next week or so (one source says this Thursday…
THE KIDS’ TAPESTRY UNVEILED
THE KIDS' TAPESTRY UNVEILED TO MARK 950TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS Photo credits: David Parry/PA Wire Children help to create sequel to the Bayeux Tapestry featuring Shakespeare, Queen…
The Great Survey
THE GREAT SURVEY As part of the ROOT1066 International Arts Festival, Hastings Council has commissioned WildWorks Theatre Company to come to Hastings to make a show about us… and they…
Clothesline at the Beacon – Real Clothes for Real Women
Judy Dewsbery and Belinda Cockburn The debut collection of the Clothesline emerged last Thursday, 28th April at the Beacon, Hastings, worn by women aged between 23 and 70, of sizes…
Free Pop-up Bookshop a success!
A group of local volunteers turned a vacant shop in Bexhill into a thriving pop-up bookshop and have become victims of their own success this week as the empty shop…
What will the Hastings BID do for you
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Small Business Desk Space
NEST DESK Nest desk is a brand-new project from the White Rock Trust. Due to some amazing funding from
HIP remembers John Merriman
HIP remembers John Merriman Pete Donohue Age 54 is far too young to shed this mortal coil for other realms that may lie beyond, especially for such a…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Hastings teachers strike for a real ‘living wage’
UCU and Unison and Hastings Solidarity picket line at Sussex Coast College Hastings On Wednesday 24 February, UCU (University College Union) and Unison pickets were joined by Hasting Solidarity at Sussex Coast…
New Hastings Domesday Diaries
Hastings Speaks launches an exciting new project to create a modern Domesday record of ordinary people’s lives in Hastings in 2016 as part of the Root 1066 International Festival. Using…
A bird in the hand for refugee children
Watching the tragic events of 2015 unfold upon the beaches of Greece and spread through Europe from the comfort of their seaside homes, local businesswomen Jane Grimshaw and Anna Winston…
Community Garden gets grow-ahead at Warrior Square Station
Transition Town Hastings have negotiated with Southeastern Railway to develop a community garden on the disused land around the perimeter of the northerly platform at Warrior Square Station, writes Sarah…
WRT Open Evening & Desk Space Available
This year we plan to reinvent the Trust and breathe new life into community projects in the White Rock Area. Our main focus over the last year has been the…
Chestnut Tree House Paris Cycle Ride
Join the Chestnut to Paris Cycle Ride and make every pedal count Chestnut Tree House, the children’s hospice for Sussex, are looking for enthusiastic people who enjoy a challenge, to…
Gear up for the challenge of a lifetime with Chestnut Tree House
Join our exclusive team of Chestnut’s Cambodia Challengers as you journey through the heart of old Indochina, exploring dazzling rice paddies and jungles dotted with ruins and temples to our…
Ragged trousered planning angst in Tower Road
Residents invoke historic associations with Robert Tressell to oppose new flats by Hugh Sullivan A group of St Leonards residents who oppose the construction of a new block of residential…
Game on! Hastings Game Jam proves a hit
By Katie Nattress Computer game jammers flocked to the first Hastings Game Jam, run by the University of Brighton. Members of the public, industry representatives and students from schools, colleges…