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Amber Warning
“Stand with us or we’re finished” say Hastings fishermen. Emma Harwood reports The Hastings fishing community is challenging MP Amber Rudd to oppose concessions to fishing rights made by the…
Drive For Mental Health Nurses – The Ins And Outs
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, which provides mental health and learning disability services in Sussex, is in line for an award for its campaign recruiting 150 new mental health and…
Lib Dems Give Way To Greens – But No Reciprocation
Hastings and Rye Green Party will be fielding a full slate of candidates in the upcoming council elections on 3 May notwithstanding a decision by Liberal Democrats to “stand aside”…
HARBOUR PROJECT JUST ‘NOTIONAL’
As Borough Council elections loom, Labour insist that there’s no “done deal” Three current Labour councillors, including Hastings Borough Council leader Peter Chowney, plus a fourth candidate standing for the…
AUTOMATA ON THE PIER
A season of events on Hastings Pier kicks off with an extraordinary interactive exhibition of automata, including mechanical toys and other inventions. Hastings Pier, 14 Mar 2018-15 Apr 2018 REVIEW BY…
Worth the wait – Central Library opens
DAVE YOUNG REPORTS Long awaited, and a little more expensive than envisaged, Hastings Library has reopened. Located in the Brassey Institute in Claremont, the listed Victorian structure has been sensitively…
On The Rocks or on a Roll?
Pier sale is challenged by revived community group EMMA HARWOOD REPORTS The agent responsible for finding a buyer for Hastings Pier –who claims to have been involved with the sale…
Down the Toilet!
Council Cabinet votes to demolish Harold Place loos despite Tory opposition Hugh Sullivan reports After acrimonious debate and rival accusations of political cynicism levelled from either side of the Council…
More Trains, More Seats, Better Connections
So say Southern as RMT Union prepare to strike again Hugh Sullivan reports In a Which survey published in January this year, Southern Rail was identified as providing the worst…
Pier Sale: The Story Continues
Emma Harwood reports Last November, when the Pier Charity went into administration, its principal creditor the Heritage Lottery Fund agreed to fund fees and expenses for a further twelve month…
Siberian weather suits Russian piano winner
Julian Norridge reports The snow, ice and freezing east wind flaying the outside of the White Rock Theatre last weekend found suitable echo inside the auditorium as this year’s Hastings International…
Hastings Litfest seeks Local Volunteers
BY DIANA LOCK Hastings LitFest, the south coast’s newest literary festival, is seeking volunteers to help make the event an amazing success story. The festival will run from 31 August…
Hastings piano competition attracts a world-class field
BY JULIAN NORRIDGE This year’s Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition is under way. It began on Thursday February 22 at the White Rock Theatre and will culminate in ten days…
Welcome Back!
Warrior Square Surgery returns to Marlborough House five years after fire On Monday 5 March Marlborough House at 19/21 Warrior Square will re-open its doors to patients as a GP…
Welcome back!
Hastings Library re-opens in the Brassey Institute, Claremont After works which have taken over two years to complete and cost over £ million - more than £720,000 over budget - …
Brothel Closed in Modern Slavery Crackdown
EMMA HARWOOD REPORTS Five women who were trafficked to Hastings “for the purpose of sexual exploitation” have been removed to safety following the closure of a brothel in Russell Street.…
Café des Arts to close at end of month
BY ROD WEBB This much-loved café in Robertson Street, Hastings is set to close on 28 February. During the past eight years, it has provided much needed employment opportunities for…
SeaChange under renewed attack
SeaChange Sussex, funded with public money channelled through the South East Local Enterprise Partnership, have been accused by environmental pressure group Combe Haven Defenders (CHD) of presiding over a doubling…
EU Supports Hastings Fishermen
BY KENT BARKER The European Parliament has voted to outlaw electric pulse fishing – a practice long criticised by the Hastings fleet. The recommendation came from the European Committee of…
Brewers back down over pub closure
A community fight to save a favourite pub and social centre has saved The New Inn in Sidley from immediate closure. Formerly owned by Punch Taverns, the New Inn was…
The People’s Pier?
KENT BARKER REPORTS: Discussions have been held over possible future community ownership of the Hastings Pier. A packed meeting of Pier shareholders considered whether they might be able to establish…
ARK financial woes predicted by parents
BY KENT BARKER Hastings parents have said they are ‘unsurprised’ at the financial difficulties facing the Ark Academies group. The multi-academy trust (MAT) which runs five Hastings schools, posted a…
Rail Engineering Hits Mardi Gras Plans
KENT BARKER REPORTS: Many of the 20,000 people expected to attend this year’s Fat Tuesday Mardi Gras festival in Hastings will be affected by rail engineering works on South Eastern.…
Appeal for Solar Energy Sites
BY KENT BARKER The Hastings cooperative, Energise Sussex Coast, has won a grant to install solar panels in Ore. Energise Sussex Coast (ESC) is a community benefit organisation set up…
What the Dickens!
By Pete Donohue Once upon a time -- of all the good days in the year, on Christmas Eve -- old Scrooge sat busy in his counting-house. When I took…
Jeremy Rallies Hastings (Whilst Amber Goes To the Dogs)
By Pete Donohue It came as little surprise that Jeremy Corbyn chose Hastings to launch a series of campaigning rallies around the country in preparation for the next General Election.…
Arts and affordable housing meet in the Ore Valley
A local trust has announced a one day festival of music, food and arts in the Ore Valley on the site of the old Broomgrove Power Station Site, featuring the…
Brexit Fish Stew – Toxic and Incendiary
By Kent Barker It was one of UKIP’s key platforms before last June’s referendum – Nigel Farage, stately as a ship’s figurehead, lead a flotilla of fishing vessels up the…
Home Secretary’s home targeted in refugee rehousing protest
Protestors gather outside the constituency home of Amber Rudd to protest the foreshortening of the Dubs amendment. By Sam Kinch Protestors gathered outside the constituency home of Hastings & Rye…
Council Faced With Difficult Choices In Tough Budget
Hastings Borough Council Hastings Borough Council has unveiled proposals for its 2017/18 budget. Council leader Cllr Peter Chowney explained “We are faced with continuing cuts from our government grant, which…
East Sussex welcomes Syrian refugee families
In September 2015 the UK pledged to welcome 20,000 refugees from Syria over the next five years East Sussex district and borough councils have agreed to support the resettlement of…
Sea Change Waives Rules
By Sam Kinch The future of a valuable publicly owned asset in the heart of the Ore Valley has been cast into doubt after the company in charge of its…
Troubled Mental Health Trust ‘needing improvement’ welcomes new CEO
By Andrew Everest The mental health trust that services Hastings and Rother, has been assessed by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) as ‘requiring improvement’ as of September 2016, as it…
Youth Council submit petition to the Home Secretary
Following on from the successful Love Hastings, Love Yourself event held in Hastings (October 2016) to celebrate World Mental Health Day, Hastings Youth Council has submitted a petition to Amber…
Hastings Academy students’ fun fashion and refreshments find funds for MIND
By Andrew Everest Students at Hastings Academy have used a fun fashion day, and a dash of enterprise, to raise funds for the school’s chosen cause, the mental health charity…
Campaigners Call On County Council To Divest Local Pensions From Fossil Fuels As Value Of Funds Divested Globally Passes $5 Trillion
Divest East Sussex Pension funds that fail to consider climate risk could face legal challenges say leading UK barristers. Campaigners from around East Sussex have hailed a new report, showing…
Obituary: Pete Burden – 4th April 1941 – 27th December 2016
by Marcus Weeks Hastings, and the world of music, is a quieter, sadder place with the loss of alto saxophonist Pete Burden, who has died aged 75. Perhaps the best…
Local Youth Celebrated At Awards Event In Hastings
Hastings Youth Awards 2016 took place last Sunday (20 November) at Sussex Coast College, Hastings. Over 450 people came together to celebrate the achievements of young people and youth organisations…
A Penny Pincher’s Christmas Carol – Hastings’ alternative Christmas panto at The Palace
Local writing and performing team Kate Tym and John Knowles (aka It’s Not Us) have already established themselves with a series of successful small theatre productions at various venues across…
Pitch Perfect: ‘A Sort of PechaKusha’ at Ro – Tuesday, 29th November
TED (Technology, Entertainment,Design) is type of networking conference, originating in the United States and now held across the world. Speakers are given a maximum of 18 minutes to present their…