Tag archives for East Sussex
Free Help withRising Water Bills
With water bills rising yet again from 1 April, local community benefit society Energise Sussex Coast (ESC) is urging anyone in East Sussex who is struggling with their water bills…
Big Brother Is Watching
Residents of Hastings and across East Sussex could soon be subject to measures that have been condemned as serious erosions of civil liberties. Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner Katy Bourne…
Call for More Gypsy and Traveller Sites
The South Downs National Park Authority has partnered with local district and borough councils across East Sussex, including Hastings Borough Council, to launch a collaborative call to identify land sites…
Families and New Parents in East Sussex to Receive Early Years Support
Families and children in Hastings, Rye and the villages will be able to access early years support, such as pregnancy support, parenting classes, and various other schemes and resources, to provide their…
Eco-Open-Home Events to Take Place Around East Sussex
Local residents open homes to the public to view energy-saving improvements and renewables Local residents from around East Sussex who have installed energy-saving and green technologies will be opening their…
Passing of the Light
A quintet of Zoom Artists will meet in an eclectic exhibition that goes well off the beaten tracks. Including photography, fused glass, embroidery, calligraphy and digital imagery, a good selection…
FESTVAL BY THE LAKE 2019
Top musicians support festival welcoming refugees to Hastings Top jazz musicians Sarah Jane Morris and Gwyneth Herbert are headlining at this year’s Festival by the Lake on Sunday 23 June,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
University U-turn?
University of Brighton in Hastings Robert Joyce The University of Brighton have seemingly withdrawn their decision to close their operation in Hastings following growing legal pressure over the way their…
The Wall Goes Up – Bohemia Nets Major Heritage Lottery Grant
The Bohemia Walled Garden Association The Bohemia Walled Garden Association has been awarded a grant of £97,000 to complete its restoration and development of the unique Victorian garden situated in…
In Response to the Orlando Massacre
Oliver Speer In 1999 I was in Comptons, a gay bar in Soho when the news spread that a bar across the road The Admiral Duncan has been the target…
Arts and Crafts Exhibition returns to The Stade
Arts and Crafts Exhibition is here again Last year the Arts and Crafts Exhibition celebrated its 125th anniversary, and the next exhibition is appearing once again in The Stade hall…