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Tipping Point
According to Government figures issued by the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), there were 1,555 recorded incidents of illegal dumping across the town of Hastings in…
Council Presses for Investigation Into Conduct of Pier Company
HUGH SULLIVAN Lions Hastings Pier Limited, the company which was managing the pier for its owner Sheikh Abid Gulzar, was put into voluntary liquidation in August this year. Its debts…
Azur Time Goes By: A Financial History
In 2004 the Marina Pavilion, then a sun lounge and café on the lower promenade of St Leonards seafront opposite the Royal Victoria Hotel, had been abandoned by previous owners…
Azur Company Faces Winding-Up Order (Again)
by HUGH SULLIVAN The future of the Azur Marina Pavilion on St Leonards seafront will be at stake next Wednesday 1 March in the High Court in London. The company…
We’ve got the space, so let’s use it
KEN DAVIS from Transition Town Hastings sets out the group’s innovative approach to solving the housing crisis in ; We need more homes, but homes of the right quality in…
St Mary in the Community
Creatives call halt to disposal, seek link to castle. Under an initiative co-ordinated on behalf of Hastings Creatives group by Glenys Jacques, trustee of Barefoot Opera and long-time collaborator on…
Fire at George Street Site Due For Demolition
A major fire broke out in the Old Town on the evening of Wednesday 18 January in a building due for demolition, part of which is Grade-II listed. Saturdays burnt-out.…
Council Plans to Buy Housing for Homeless
By Paul McLaughlin Hastings Borough Council (HBC) has unveiled an ambitious £11 million plan to buy up to 50 properties to provide temporary housing for local residents who need somewhere…
Put St Mary back in the Castle!
Commercial land agents Dyer & Hobbis are continuing to market former church-turned-arts-venue St Mary in the Castle for outright sale or lease on behalf of Hastings Borough Council. However, local…
Heart Surgery Stitch-Up?
Conquest Hospital Loses Out to Eastbourne on Future Despite an outcry by Hastings Borough councillors and more muted objections from within the local medical community, the Conquest Hospital is to…
Walking The Walk
We all get frustrated with the car congestion on the school run, so well done to Ark Little Ridge Primary School for winning the 2019 Walk to School trophy out…