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HASTINGS COUNTRY PARK – Going Nowhere
No Current Plan to Reinstate Ecclesbourne Glen Footpath As many readers will know, the main walking route into Hastings Country Park from East Hill has been blocked off following serious…
Judge a Man by the Company he keeps
So how did the Sheikh with a string of failed and failing companies get his pier bid approved? “The aim throughout the process was that the heritage asset be sold…
The Sheikh of Eastbourne
Abid Gulzar arrived in Britain from northern India in 1965 aged 19. In a profile of him on the (national) Independent website in November 2015 at the time of his…
Engaging with the Community – On What?
On Friday 15th June the pier structure and its ongoing business were sold by the Administrators of Hastings Pier Charity to Sheikh Abid Gulzar, owner of Eastbourne Pier. At the…
HASTINGS COUNTRY PARK – Going up
Straw Bale Build to Start in August at Inflated Cost Building of the long planned “Interpretive Centre” at Hastings Country Park is hoped to start in August, according to Cllr…
No Longer ‘INADEQUATE’
Staff commended as trust makes good progress. Emma Harwood writes. Troubled East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust – which manages both the Conquest and Eastbourne District General hospitals – no longer needs…
SEA CHANGE: “We’re Saving Jobs”
But financial decisions of not-for-profit development company come under fire from watch critics. Emma Harwood reports An economic development company which has spent millions of pounds of government funding building work…
Safer To Swim
Camber tragedies sparked RNLI lifeguard cover. Emma Harwood reports The Royal National Lifeguard Institution has been formally appointed by Hastings Borough Council to operate the Hastings beach lifeguard service for three…
“Known for it”
In April this year Hastings was identified by the Office of National Statistics as having the third highest rate of deaths involving heroin and morphine misuse of all local authority areas…
The Best Plaice to Buy
Quality, value and better for the environment. Emma Harwood reports A campaign to create a Hastings Fish brand to encourage residents and tourists to buy fish caught locally and sustainably has…
Drug-Abusing, Homeless and Dead
On 4th January this year the Hastings and Rother coroner’s office announced that there had been three deaths of homeless people in Hastings in eight days over Christmas. MP (and…
Slave Labour: Who cares?
Police investigate Hastings-based agencies Reports. Emma Harwood Locally-based employment agencies which supplied staff to care homes in the Hastings area are being investigated for modern slavery crimes. The agencies are alleged…
TIDE US OVER!
Let us manage the pier until the end of December, say FoHP. Emma Harwood reports. As the clock ticks for the Friends of Hastings Pier (FoHP) to persuade administrators to…
Helenswood Teachers’ Strike
Confrontation at the “good” school. Richard Price and Hugh Sullivan report. OFSTED have just released a report assessing Ark Helenswood Academy, the all girls secondary school in Hastings, as a ‘good…
“Low parental expectations” in Hastings
So say education authorities chasing higher university entry numbers The Department of Education (DoE) has identified Hastings as a ‘social mobility coldspot’. Out of 324 local authority districts in England…
Some Statistics – Make of them what you will
Crime On 16 May the BBC ran a report stating that although recorded crime had risen in Sussex by 16% over the past three years to March 2017 (and at…
Bringing television back home
National TV broadcaster Channel 4 is intending to set up three regional creative ‘hubs’ when it moves outside London next year. Hastings is bidding to be one of them. The…
TRUST IN THE COMMUNITY!
Friends of Hastings Pier look to the Foreshore Trust to back their bid Emma Harwood reports The Foreshore Trust, a charity managed by Hastings Borough Council that owns all the…
Edith Swan-Neck needs a roof
Jo Marks reports If you didn’t know it was there, you could be forgiven for missing the statue of Edith Swan Neck altogether as you drive along the West Marina…
Peace, Poetry and Jeremy Birch Trees
It could not have been a better afternoon weather-wise to celebrate the civic life of a much-loved former Labour leader of Hastings Borough Council. Saturday 5th May saw the Peace…
INSTRUMENTALISTS GET VOCAL BACKING
The prospect of East Sussex Music (ESM) ending its instrumental teaching provision in the county’s schools by reason of a proposed withdrawal of funding by the Council (ESCC) has stimulated…
Grand Design
Nearly 500 people packed into a public meeting on Monday 23rd April at the White Rock Theatre to show their support for FOHP’s £3 million business plan, drawn up with…
Home Schooling in East Sussex
On 26th April the BBC ran a story on its news website stating that, on the basis of a survey of the 177 local authorities across the UK which could provide…
Biker Programme
SATURDAY Wall of Death and screen entertainment The Stade, from SUNDAY Rock Marathon all day Azur Pavilion, St Leonards, to MONDAY 40th Anniversary Mayday Run Starting at at Locksbottom, south…
Jack-in-the-Green Programme
FRIDAY Folk music and singing The Stag, High St, from SATURDAY Morris Dancers Wall of Death, from Dancing on Winkle Island Rattlebag (female harmony group perform folk songs) The Stag,…
Local Business achieves the Queen’s Award for Enterprise
The Source (Hastings) Ltd – a company specialising in the retailing of BMX bikes, parts and accessories – has been awarded The Queen’s Award for Enterprise 2018 in the International…
End of a Paper Trail
After 34 years ‘The Paper Shop’ in Silchester Road has closed, leaving a hole in the heart of St Leonards. Dave Young reports Yasha and Mahadev Desai took over the business…
YOUR PIER NEEDS YOU!
Community bid requires £500,000 by end of May. Emma Harwood reports An urgent fundraising drive has been launched by community group Friends of Hastings Pier (FOHP) to back their proposals to…
Face the Music
County proposals for school music cuts go forward despite petition backlash East Sussex Music Service (ESMS), which provides the major proportion of music tuition across the county, is in crisis…
Murder in Cape Verde
Former Hastings GP Dr Titus Bradley, who absconded a year ago with up to £400,000 of NHS funds from four practices, has been found shot dead in a guest house…
Party Party
Bikers and Morris Dancers get it together for holiday weekend The Hastings Mayday Run, which celebrates its 40th annual happening this weekend, is ‘one of the biggest free-to-attend motorcycle events…
Garden Memorial for Jeremy Birch
On Saturday 5 May at 3 pm in the Peace Garden, Alexandra Park three red birch trees will be planted and a dedication plaque unveiled in memory of Cllr Jeremy…
JOHN THE COBBLER: 29.03.52 – 09.04.18
Harris Woodcock There is a great sadness and a feeling of enormous loss in the Old Town at the news that John Napier, better known as John the Cobbler, will…
A Phoenix from the Ashes
Emma Harwood Four years after his Old Town snack bar was completely destroyed by fire, chef Leo O’Reilly is finally back in business. Leo – who lost everything in the…
PIER FUTURE – Bold Bid on Table
Shareholders and supporters urged to attend public meeting Friends of Hastings Pier (FOHP) has submitted an ambitious £3 million bid to take on Hastings Pier in an attempt to save…
A LIGHT AHEAD?
Hope could still be on the horizon for the future financial prospects of the Hastings fishing fleet and others like it following a series of meetings around the country. Emma Harwood…
Who Needs It Most?
County Council surveys the consequences of its cuts in social provision The Discretionary East Sussex Support Scheme (DESSS) is funded by the County Council (ESCC) and delegated to local social…
Sussex Woman Killed in Defence of Rojava
Jamie Tarrant reports Anna Campbell, aged 26 from Lewes, was killed when a Turkish missile hit the convoy she was travelling with in Afrin on 15 March. Anna was one…
Council to Profit from Property, say Labour
But how will that policy impact on community interests? Purchase of commercial properties in Hastings by the Borough Council (HBC) is a key feature of the Labour Party’s manifesto in…
West Marina
HIP has learnt that bids to Hastings Borough Council (HBC) for the development of West Marina - the site of the former Lido bathing pool at the western end of…