Is Hastings Cracking Up?
By Nick Pelling A recent public Zoom meeting, promoted by several local community groups including Next Door Bohemia and Tidy Up St Leonards, and chaired by Hastings Borough councillor Andrew Batsford, has discussed the perennial issue of potholes in the…
£5m Government Funding To Combat Drugs Abuse
Hastings is set to receive £5 million funding from central government to address harms caused by the use and abuse of illicit ; The Home Office has selected the town as a pilot area for Project ADDER (Addiction, Disruption, Diversion,…
Free food for kids
On 21st October a parliamentary motion to provide around disadvantaged children in England with £15-a-week food vouchers during school holidays until Easter 2021 was voted down by the Conservative government majority at ; Hastings & Rye MP Sally-Ann Hart was…
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Greening Hastings
Local Green Party leader Julia Hilton will meet Hastings Council cabinet member for Environment, c, on 28th September as part of a continuing campaign against the use of glyphosate weed killer in the town. Please add your support by emailing:…
Seafront Pavement Scheme Panned by Locals
A news report in our last edition (Active Travel: Council Scolded For Lack Of Ambition) revealed that most of the 16 projects proposed by East Sussex County Council (ESCC) under the first tranche of the Department for Transport’s Emergency Active…
Active Travel: County Council Scolded For “Lack Of Ambition”
The stated aim of the Department for Transport (DfT) in its Emergency Active Travel Fund, amounting nationally to £250m, is “to enable more people to walk and to cycle”. The share of this sum allocated to East Sussex County Council…
Turning the Lights Back on at the IB Centre
The closure of the much-loved Isabel Blackman day centre in Winding Street reduced many of its older users to tears 17 months ago. Now it could soon reopen its doors if a community bid to buy it is successful. Volunteers…
Best Beach in East Sussex?
As a newsletter from East Sussex County Council proclaims: “When the sun is out there is nowhere quite like the beach, and in East Sussex we have some of the most beautiful coastline around.” Referencing Hastings, it mentions “… the…
Rural Rides
Tips to stay safe and avoid traffic when cycling in Sussex Perhaps, like many during lockdown, you’ve got a new bike, or have refurbished an old one that’s been lurking unused. Determined to get fit, cut car use and go…