Help End Hygiene Poverty in Hastings
Press Release from Chris Knott Insurance and the Hygiene Bank An insurance broker working in the not-for-profit sector has partnered with a national charity to co-ordinate the donation and distribution of personal hygiene products to local families in need. Hastings-based…
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 elderly and disabled residents are to close following a decision…
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 full figures, the number of home-schooled children has risen 40%…
Streets of Battle back for 2018
The festival of Sussex street art will return to the heart of Battle this Saturday, 28th April. Loved by all ages, Streets of Battle has charmed visitors to Battle's High Street and Abbey Green since 2016. Watch out for uproarious…
Exhibitions
THOMAS DENMAN Earlier this month at Hastings Station, Judy Rogers and Nigel Sinden, the Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Hastings, opened ‘Welcome to Hastings’, a lively, multimedia exhibit brought to us by the not-for-profit Zoom Arts group. Thus opened another exciting…
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 vulnerable Syrian families who have fled war zones. Many refugees…
Children will go hungry due to Tax and Benefit reforms
Richard Price In 2014, child poverty in Hastings was the highest in the South-East, 30 per cent (after housing costs). The figure is likely to rise. The latest Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) report predicts a 40 per cent increase…
Newly Privatised Ambulance Service In Chaos
News from UNISON Ambulances repossessed, more ambulances blockaded by a horse box, mobile phones out of credit and staff unpaid – that’s the shocking state of a patient transport service run by a private company since April. UNISON has been…
Traditional Blessing of the Sea
Ben Hamilton For over a hundred years the blessing of the sea has taken place in Hastings and this year has been no exception. On Wednesday the Revd. Robert Featherstone of St. Clement’s Church in the old town delivered the…
Rocklands “Bunker” Appeal Won and Lost
Kent Barker Hastings Borough Council may have partially won a planning appeal but it appears to have lost the main battle over the controversial ‘bunker’ development at Rocklands caravan centre by the Country Park. The council had demanded that the…