New Water Feature For White Rock
By Dave Young Construction of a new water feature has begun at White Rock, turning a defunct fountain into a landmark seafront feature. An ‘exploded rock’ sculpture, paying tribute to the original White Rock - blown up nearby in 1834…
Hot. Hot. Hot!
On Thursday 25th July Britain experienced its hottest day ever recorded – degrees centigrade measured in Cambridge. On the same day Hastings Metereological Service also measured a new high: degrees, beating the previous record of established in July 2006 by…
Marshlink Rail Upgrade Stuck On Amber
Since her arrival as constituency MP in 2010, Amber Rudd has consistently talked up the prospect of local railway stations of Bexhill, Hastings and Rye getting a fast connection to London via the High Speed network (HS1) at ; Ms…
Flood Money Spurs Council Development
On 8 July the cabinet of Hastings Borough Council (HBC) approved proposals for the first new housing development to be carried out in its own name for more than 20 years – the construction of 190 homes on the lower…
XR Rebels – More News
Extinction Rebellion (XR)’s local group in Hastings and St Leonard’s built a large traditional fishing boat and carried it down to the beach on Pirate ; PICTURE: David Bruce XR member Phoebe Cecchini said:”We decided to celebrate the special fishing…
Wi-Fi Refugee On St Leonards Seafront
A homeless Hastings woman with a complex medical condition is facing huge fines for non-payment of parking tickets. Roxanne Roma has been living in a camper van on St Leonards sea front since March this year. Numerous parking tickets litter…
Syrian Resettlement: “Working Brilliantly”, Says Project Co-ordinator
Simon Finlay, Project Co-ordinator of the Syrian Resettlement Programme at Hastings Borough Council, seems a happy man these days. He has spent half a lifetime working for organisations that have endeavoured, on a shoestring, to assist refugees to negotiate the…
Planning To Break A Promise
By David Dennis Hastings Borough Council’s decision to proceed with plans to build 190 new houses inside its own Combe Valley Countryside Park boundary is a breach of its own promise. A local organisation, the Bulverhythe Protectors, regards it as…
May Bank Holiday 2020: Hastings Leads the Opposition
On 8th June Business Secretary Greg Clark announced that next year’s early May bank holiday will be moved back by four days for the whole of the UK to coincide with the 75th anniversary of VE (Victory in Europe) Day:…
A Turn Up For The Books!
County council extends time for new Ore library initiative Following two meetings of a group of community leaders and activists co-ordinated by Hastings Borough councillor Heather Bishop, East Sussex County Council (ESCC) has extended time for alternative proposals to be…