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Fisherman Caught In Legal Net
Early one morning last October, a fisheries officer from the Sussex Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Association (SIFCA) on patrol at Rock-a-Nore spotted two fishermen taking fish from a net and…
Plus-Size For Priory Meadow
Yours, the plus-size fashion retailer (strap-line: “Love Your Curves”), specialising in affordable clothing for women of size 16 to 36, with shops already trading in Eastbourne and Ashford, has taken…
The Refugee Experience: A Two-tier System
In September 2015, the then Prime Minister David Cameron pledged that the UK would welcome 20,000 refugees from camps on the borders of Syria over the next five years. The…
Chart Funds Still Awaiting Release
European Union funds worth £ aimed at supporting “social and economic development of the most deprived areas of Hastings and Bexhill” remain in the pipeline four years after being applied…
Reasons For The Ban: A Dissenting View
By David Roberts I have worked as a volunteer for the St Vincent de Paul Society in Hastings for 18 years, and have specialised in arranging support for asylum seekers…
East Sussex College Sees Digital Boost In New Skills Partnership
The South East Local Enterprise Partnership (SELEP), whose role is to boost economic growth across the counties of East Sussex, Kent and Essex, has obtained funds from the Department for…
‘Bouncing & Smiling’ Kissmet Headline At St Leonards Festival
By Rod Webb Crowds of around 10,000 are expected at the 14th annual St Leonards Festival this Saturday 29 June. The festival, starting at noon and finishing at 10 pm, centres…
Lift The Ban: Let Asylum Seekers Work!
By Jay Kramer Hastings & St Leonards took part in a national campaign on 15th June aimed at persuading the Home Office to allow asylum seekers to undertake paid work…
RNLI Honours Lost French Lifeboat Crew
The flags at Hasting Lifeboat station were lowered to half-mast last Friday (7th June), as a mark of respect to the three French lifeboat crew who died during last week’s…
The Piper Calls
Norman Road bar rises to a new dawn A St Leonards pub which has been closed since 2013 is soon to reopen its doors as an exciting underground music venue…
Ore Community Land Trust receives cash boost
A charitable organisation dedicated to protecting a 13-acre beauty spot in Ore from development has been awarded a cash boost of £20,200. Ore Community Land Trust (OCLT) received the grant…
Parking charge hikes
Disgruntled residents could have a say Residents could be asked for their views on proposed increases in parking charges if East Sussex County Council approves a six-week public consultation for…
OBE For Katy Bourne
The Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner has received an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for public and political ; Ms Bourne – who is responsible for holding the Chief…
What’s Next For Hastings Pier?
A look back over the twelve months since its sale. By Emma Harwood When the historic landmark was refurbished with £14 million of public, Heritage Lottery and shareholders money, it…
Fishing For Generations
John Cole records over twenty years of Hastings’ fishing industry. By Emma Harwood Hastings’ beach-launched fishing fleet is arguably the heart and soul of this seaside town and the lifeblood…
Save The Isabel Blackman Centre
Mystery donor pledges £40,000 but community told a viable ‘sustainable’ solution is needed by end of June. By Emma Harwood A mystery benefactor has offered to donate £40,000 to help…
Youth Strike 4 Climate
By Mima Bone Young people gathered in Hastings once again on Friday 24th May to mark the 4th UK and 2nd international Youth Strike 4 Climate. Inspired by activist Greta…
Intervention Programme Helps Children At Risk
The first Early Intervention Youth Programme of its kind in the UK has now been fully mobilised across Sussex and has begun to steer more than 60 young people away…
Hastings Group Opposes 5G Rollout
A new organisation called ‘Stop 5G’ has been launched in Hastings. It aims to raise awareness of the potential health hazards from wireless radiation coming from the new mobile phone network. The…
Hygiene Poverty Relief
Hygiene poverty has been identified as ‘a hidden crisis’ in Britain and one that is growing, according to a 2017 report by In Kind Direct. With little money to cover…
Lost Words Trail
By Alan Bolwell Families in Hastings are encouraged to get outside and practise their communication and literacy skills this summer with a new Lost Words Trail around the town. As…
AI To Help Dementia Sufferers Stay At Home
Radio Me is a new project from a broad group of academic, healthcare and media leaders. It hopes to help dementia sufferers better regulate their day without full-time care, using…
Stables Theatre Celebrates Diamond Jubilee
By Lynda Foy Volunteers are marking an important milestone in the history of a town’s theatre by selling T-shirts, bottles of wine and other memorabilia to highlight the Diamond Jubilee…
Children’s Centres Face Closure
By Emma Harwood Fourteen children’s centres around the county face closure while 13 youth clubs will have funding axed as part of cost-cutting plans announced by East Sussex County Council.…
We Are The Ones We Have Been Waiting For
By Mima Bone Saturday 18th May saw the first protest by the newly-formed Hastings and St Leonards Extinction Rebellion (XR) group. Around 150 people came together to take action to…
Closure In The Community
Another Isabel Blackman Centre Shuts Its Emma Harwood A decision to close the Isabel Blackman Centre in St Leonards, which has provided a range of vital services for many elderly…
Gambling on the Pier
On 1st May owner Sheikh Gulzar was given planning permission to turn the current visitor centre building on Hastings pier into a “family entertainments centre”, effectively to install amusement arcade…
Tories Toppled In Rother Revolution
There were no local elections in Hastings on 3rd May, the Borough Council and East Sussex County Council having held polls last year. But down the road in Rother, where…
Hastings Opportunity Area Launches Fresh £250,000 Activities Fund
By Rod Webb Hastings Opportunity Area (HOA), a Department for Education initiative, launched its latest funding round at a seminar in Horntye Park earlier this month. Local groups and enterprises…
Where Have All The Flowers Gone?
The sudden disappearance of flowerbeds in Warrior Square and Gensing Park has puzzled St Leonards residents. Local resident Alison Wright is puzzledPICTURE: Dave Young In Warrior Gardens south, semi-circular beds…
Green Light in Bexhill
One beneficiary of the local political revolt in Bexhill was Green Party candidate, Polly Gray, who topped the poll in the Old Town and Worsham ward. At the last council…
A Treasury Of Community Ideas
The Common Treasury aims to bring into Hastings the experience of other UK organisations who have effected far-reaching change in their own communities. Driven by Energise Sussex and Jericho Road,…
The Freedom To Get Organised
By Emma Harwood Sixty one people from around the borough, many of whom have previously faced barriers to employment, have come together at the Observer Building (OB) in Cambridge Road…
£25M Bid For Town Centre Funding
But Council Leader Queries Competitive Process At a meeting of the Hastings and St Leonards Local Strategic Partnership (LSP) held at the chambers of Hastings Borough Council on Monday, Director…
Hastings Lifeboat Gets Its Name
By Richard Price On Saturday 27th April the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) named the new Shannon class lifeboat stationed at Hastings. The boat is now called the Richard and…
The Squeeze On Landlords
Hugh Sullivan examines whether the government’s increasing regulation of the private rental market will actually benefit tenants in the manner it claims In an era of low economic returns on…
Between A Rock And A Hard Place
Austerity cuts to vital support services and resources, a shortage of available social housing and sites for building council houses are just some of the challenges being faced by HBC…
All You Need Is Love, And A Planet To Live On
By Mima Bone Speaking last week, David Attenborough summarised the state of our climate and ecological crisis as follows: “As far as we know, there have been five major extinctions…
Jerwood Gallery To Hastings Contemporary
After exciting a fair measure of controversy when it came to Hastings, the Jerwood Gallery is now set to become – relatively quietly, it seems – another new entity. Once…
Dog Attacks: A Weakness In The Law?
It happened like a scene out of a horror movie and was duly splashed across the Daily Mail last week: the art-collecting hedge fund owner of a Gothic mansion deep…