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Ore Library Closure
By Colin Gibson After efforts by the local community to keep it open after its initial closure order in May 2018, Ore public library will now close and will be…
The Council Has Made A Commitment To Becoming Carbon Neutral By 2030. What next?
By Julia Hinton Back in February – thanks in part to pressure from the Hastings Green Party and our open letter calling on the council to declare a climate emergency…
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…
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…
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.…
Community Notices
Part Provided by HVA E-Bulletin Red Box Project coming to HVA The Red Box Project ultimately aims to provide free sanitary products to young women in schools to prevent them…
Funding Crisis to Hit Borough Council Services
Services provided by Hastings Borough Council are expected to be further cut or discontinued following urgent discussions this month. Council Leader Peter Chowney will be closeted with senior council officers…
Hastings Residents Join Global Day Of Action
Fossil fuel disinvestment no threat to pensions By Dave Young On 8th September climate change activists from Papa New Guinea to Panama called for a transition to a world without…
NEEDS MUST – County Council Plans To Reduce All Services to ‘Core Offer’
At the Cabinet meeting of East Sussex County Council (ESCC) held on 17 July, councillors resolved to agree the development of a ‘Core Offer’ in line with a report produced…
Hastings Greenway Group
Hastings Greenway Group continue to put pressure on East Sussex County Council (ESCC) following its diversion of funding intended for walking and cycling projects to bail out two over-budget road…
Duty Of Care
By Rebecca Whippy On 10 July families of special needs and disabled children protested outside County Hall in Lewes with regard to the threatened closure by East Sussex County Council…
Day Centres Closure Confirmed
Leaders of East Sussex County Council have agreed to cease day services at the Charter Centre in Bexhill and the Isabel Blackman Centre in Hastings. The two day centres for…
From Potholes to Pavements
Dave Young If ever there was a surface likely to cause people to trip or slip in the wet it’s these overgrown paving slabs on Carisbrooke Road St Leonards. Grass…
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…
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 - …
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…
Helping Self Help
By Tanya Vice October was a very busy month for the Helping Self Help project! Tuesday 4th October saw self- help groups coming together for our Networking Café at Sussex…
Open letter to Amber Rudd, MP Hastings and Rye
11th October 2016 Dear Amber Rudd, As your constituents we write to express our deep concern for at least 387 unaccompanied children in the Calais ‘Jungle’ who have been granted…