Tag archives for Hugh Sullivan
CRICKET: Priory Thriller Ends in Tie
15 August: Hastings & St Leonards Priory 154 all out; Bognor Regis 155 for 4 22 August: Priory 237 for 9; Horsham 237 for 7 HUGH SULLIVAN After suffering a comprehensive home…
Crime Rise, or Better Reporting?
HUGH SULLIVAN A survey of police records has revealed the borough of Hastings has the highest crime rate out of 64 local authority districts in the South East of England.…
CRICKET: Team Priory Find a Higher Gear
1 August: Hastings & St Leonards Priory 231 for 8; Middleton 184 all out 8 August: Roffey 244 for 6; Priory 201 for 7 HUGH SULLIVAN Craig NowlanShawn Johnson bowling against Roffey…
Pier Owner Gulzar Faces Triple Court Reckoning
HUGH SULLIVAN Sheikh Abid Gulzar, 80-year-old owner of Hastings Pier, is set to make three court appearances, each at a different venue, over the next four months. On 12 August,…
CRICKET: Chastening Defeats for Priory
18 July: West Chiltington & Thakeham 231 for 9; Hastings & St Leonards Priory 181 all out25 July: Priory 237 all out; Haywards Heath 238 for 3 HUGH SULLIVAN After their encouraging win against…
CRICKET: First Win in Eight For Priory
4 July: Hastings & St Leonards Priory 267 all out; Preston Nomads 216 for 7 11 July: Cuckfield 152 all out; Hastings & St Leonards Priory 156 for 5 HUGH SULLIVAN The…
Pride in Place Applications Invited
HUGH SULLIVAN The Hastings Neighbourhood Board (HNB), charged with allocating £20 million of government money over the next ten years to boost community amenities and activities in the town, is…
Taken for a Ride
Will Some School Children Miss Out? HUGH SULLIVAN Ever since the British Museum, backed by the national Government, persuaded authorities in France to loan the original Bayeux Tapestry for exhibition…
Permissions Sought for 471 Greenfield Homes
HUGH SULLIVAN Outline planning applications have been lodged with Rother District Council for the building of two adjacent housing estates off Ninfield Road, Bexhill. The estates are aimed to encompass…
Tories Toppled From County Hall
Now it’s Deal or No Deal with Reform HUGH SULLIVAN Prior to the election on 7 May, the Cabinet of East Sussex County Council consisted of seven Conservative members. Their…
FOOTBALL: The Rise and Rise of Westfield FC
HUGH SULLIVAN It’s early Saturday morning and there’s just one car parked outside the Knight & Davey Community Stadium in Westfield. Must be the groundsman – there he is, on…
CRICKET: Team Priory Back in the Groove
9 May: Hastings & St Leonards Priory 308 for 7, Cuckfield 311 for 3 16 May: Hastings & St Leonards Priory 220 all out, West Chiltington & Thakeham 169 all out HUGH SULLIVAN Craig NowlanJohn…
Homes or Community?
Council and MP Challenge Developers of Ashdown House HUGH SULLIVAN The housing estate recently built on the site of Ashdown House, the former Department of Work & Pensions office block…
CRICKET: Premier League: ‘We Want to Compete’
HUGH SULLIVAN For the fourth time in the last six years, the cricketers of Hastings and St Leonards Priory are preparing for a summer season among the ten elite teams of the…
Local Schools Celebrate National Recognition
PAUL MCLAUGHLIN AND HUGH SULLIVAN Three local schools are celebrating after being nominated for prestigious national teaching awards recognising the exceptional quality of their teaching and support staff as well…
FOOTBALL: Survivors!
United Retain Isthmian League Status 10 April: Broadbridge Heath 2, Hastings Utd 4 17 April: Hastings Utd 1, Herne Bay 1 HUGH SULLIVAN On a sunny spring afternoon, before their…
Gulzar Eyes 6,500% Profit
HUGH SULLIVAN Friends of Hastings Pier (FoHP), the group seeking return of the landmark asset to community ownership, have been told by owner Sheikh Gulzar that he wants £4m for…
SPEEDWAY: Lifting the Lydd
HUGH SULLIVAN The basic elements of speedway have changed little in a hundred years. Contestants race motorcycles up to 500cc around a flat oval circuit. They have only one gear…
FOOTBALL: Small Easter Comfort For United
28 March: Hastings Utd 1, VCD Athletic 0 3 April: Hassocks 2, Hastings Utd 1 6 April: Hastings Utd 1, Ashford Utd 2 HUGH SULLIVAN With just three games left…
Council Responds to Government on Planning Policy
HUGH SULLIVAN Hastings Borough Council has submitted its formal response to the government’s consultation on the draft National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) 2025. The full text of this response has…
FOOTBALL: Relegation Nerves at the Pilot Field
14 March: Hastings Utd 0, Margate 121 March: Sevenoaks Town 2, Hastings Utd 0 HUGH SULLIVAN After back-to-back wins had seemed to lift Hastings United out of relegation trouble in…
HOCKEY: International Call-up for Billy Whizz
HUGH SULLIVAN South Saxons veteran goalkeeper Richard Harvey, aged 56, will be playing for the Wales over-55s indoor hockey team at Nottingham this weekend in a tournament billed as the…
Judge Backs Leaseholders in Vive Tussle
HUGH SULLIVAN Leaseholders of the 97 residential flats at 44 Havelock Road, formerly the Vive Hotel, gained a significant victory in the High Court in London last Thursday. After two…
Conquest History to be Rewritten?
HUGH SULLIVAN King Harold wasn’t shot in the eye at the famous battle of 1066, he was hacked to death with lances and swords. And many researchers claim that the…
Not in Ore Back Yard
HUGH SULLIVAN Hastings Borough Council (HBC) has launched a consultation on its draft Local Plan – and stirred the residents of Ore into a hornets’ nest of opposition to several…
Altendorff Answers Back
‘U’s manager faces up to questions from HUGH SULLIVAN after the game against Merstham Jon SmalldonDavid Altendorff with new recruits Jedd Hobbs and Harry Haines HS: How did you rate…
FOOTBALL: Crucial Week for United’s Future
14 February: Hastings Utd 0, Merstham 0 21 February: Deal Town 3, Hastings Utd 0 HUGH SULLIVAN Hastings United remain perilously close to the relegation zone of the Isthmian League’s…
Pavilion Re-Powered, Azur Branding Dropped
HUGH SULLIVAN Sea Change Sussex, leasehold owners of the former Azur Marina Pavilion, confirmed last week that a new power supply has finally been installed and connected by UK Power…
HIP BOOK REVIEW Escape Or Die: A Refugee’s Tale
The Right of PassageBy Julian Beecroft (with Sheri Blaney) Published by The History Press Hardback £25REVIEW BY HUGH SULLIVAN This book traces the endeavours of one German Jewish family to…
FOOTBALL: United Look to the Future
Jon Smalldon 31 January: Faversham Town 5, Hastings Utd 1 7 February: Hastings, Three Bridges Utd match postponed HUGH SULLIVAN Heavy defeat at Faversham followed by heavy rain at the…
FOOTBALL: Mud, Sweat and Cheers at the Pilot Field
17 January: AFC Croydon 4, Hastings Utd 1 20 January: Hastings Utd 1, Crowborough Athletic 2 24 January: Hastings Utd 0, Whyteleafe 0 HUGH SULLIVAN Hastings United scraped one point…
Frozen Assets – Would a Town Council do Better?
HUGH SULLIVAN Following intended local government reorganisation, a future unitary council – whether it administers the whole of East Sussex or some other territory – will assume responsibility for the…
Fare Fight?
MP, county council and campaigners clash on bus priorities HUGH SULLIVAN Photos: Jason Ellis In recent days, residents of Hastings and Rye have received a circular through their letterboxes from…
INDOOR CURLING: A Sport to Break the Ice
HUGH SULLIVAN Citius altius fortius - faster, higher, stronger – is the Olympic motto, and the blueprint for most sporting contests of our youth. But as we age, our bodies…
FOOTBALL: United Looking Up
20 December: Hastings Utd 3, Sheppey United 227 December: Ashford Utd 1, Hastings Utd 010 January: VCD Athletic 0, Hastings Utd 3 HUGH SULLIVAN An eventually comfortable 3-0 victory for…
Landslip Concerns at Conqueror Road
Hugh Sullivan Residents of Conqueror Road in West St Leonards, which runs off Harley Shute Road, are currently opposing proposed development of a steeply sloped woodland plot at its eastern end, claiming…
Town Deal Projects Slippage
HUGH SULLIVAN There has been further delay in undertaking two principal development projects in Hastings funded by the government’s Town ; Under the £ million Public Realm and Green Connections…
FOOTBALL: League Improvement After Cup Collapse
18 November: Broadbridge Heath 5, Hastings Utd 122 November: Hastings Utd 1, Jersey Bulls 029 November: Erith Town 1, Hastings Utd 3 HUGH SULLIVAN The second half of November began…
Ten-Year Plan to ‘Transform’ Hastings?
HUGH SULLIVAN Cleaner, greener and safer streets. Revitalised community spaces. Restored heritage assets. Modern sports, leisure and play facilities. These are the things which matter most to the people of…
Town Hall Set to Lose Registry Functions
HUGH SULLIVAN A decision taken by East Sussex County Council (ESCC) to move the functions of the Hastings Register Office from the Town Hall on Queens Road to the Library…