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Half Marathon to be run in October
HUGH SULLIVAN The 2025 Hastings Half Marathon, which was cancelled on the eve of its intended run on Sunday 23 March, has been rescheduled for Sunday 5 October. Nice Work…
FOOTBALL: Searle Out, United Not Quite Down
25 March Hastings Utd 1 Canvey Island 129 March Hastings Utd 1 Billericay Town 55 April Bowers & Pitsea 0 Hastings Utd 2 HUGH SULLIVAN With four matches still to…
Owens Fall-out Reaches Parliament
HUGH SULLIVAN Helena Dollimore, MP for Hastings & Rye, secured a ‘debate’ in the House of Commons on 10 March concerning the financial collapse of Owens, the short-lived entertainment centre…
Developers Seek to Shed Community Centre
HUGH SULLIVAN The housing estate being built on the site of Ashdown House, the former Department of Work & Pensions office-block off Harrow Lane, is due to accommodate 151 new…
FOOTBALL: Hopes Fade For Goal Shy United
11 March Hastings Utd 0 Wingate & Finchley 2 15 March Dartford 2 Hastings Utd 0 22 March Hastings Utd 0 Chichester City 2 HUGH SULLIVAN Three further defeats have…
FOOTBALL: Lifeline Victory For Battling ‘U’s
1 March: Cray Valley PM 1, Hastings Utd 14 March: Chatham Town 2, Hastings Utd 08 March: Hastings Utd 2, Hendon 0 HUGH SULLIVAN Jon SmalldonDavide Rodari on the ball for Hastings in earlier game…
DEMOLITION JOB
Hollington tower blocks to be bulldozed, residents relocated HUGH SULLIVAN Southern Housing, the largest provider of social housing in Hastings, last week announced plans to demolish four tower blocks on…
Consultation over Castle and Café Project
HUGH SULLIVAN Plans for the development of a £3m plus ‘interpretation centre’ and café/restaurant at Hastings Castle will be presented to local residents at West Hill Community Centre next Thursday…
FOOTBALL: Danny Speaks His Mind
‘U’s manager Danny Searle answers questions from HUGH SULLIVAN before the game against Wingate & Finchley was postponed HS: Danny, I’ll start at the deep end. A Hastings United supporter…
HBC Housing Partner Bust
HUGH SULLIVAN Two private housing companies contracted by Hastings Borough Council (HBC) have ceased to trade following a winding-up petition brought by HM Revenue & Customs. Phi Capital Investments Limited…
FOOTBALL: Pointless January Confirms Relegation Threat
19 January: Hastings Utd 1, Cray Wanderers 2 22 January: Hastings Utd 1, Binfield 2 26 January: Chatham Town v Hastings Utd – match abandoned 28 January: Carshalton Athletic 2,…
West Marina Consultation Jump-started
HUGH SULLIVAN A coalition of design and community groups has unveiled proposals for the future of the ex-bathing pool and holiday camp at West Marina. At a recent exhibition and…
TEAM SPORTS: Another Sporting Dawn at Horntye?
HUGH SULLIVAN The Horntye estate currently provides the town’s primary cricket ground and only current hockey pitch alongside a pavilion complex and large sports hall. Its trustees, the Hastings and…
Tax Hike on Farms: A Local Perspective
HUGH SULLIVAN Frank Langrish’s grandfather first came to farm in the Tilling Valley to the north of Udimore over a century ago. Frank eventually inherited, and has worked on the…
Wisdens Closure: The Departure of a Sporting Family
HUGH SULLIVAN In 1896, W G Grace was opening the batting for England against Australia at the age of 48; The Wednesday club (later re-branded as Sheffield Wednesday) beat Wolves…
Home Office Set to Release Northeye Site
HUGH SULLIVAN A senior civil servant at the Home Office confirmed last week that the former prison premises of Northeye on the outskirts of Bexhill are no longer being considered…
Counselling Minus
HUGH SULLIVAN reports on how NHS cuts are set to deplete another mental health service In HIP 263 we reported on the withdrawal of NHS funding from the Eggtooth Project,…
Home Office Slated Over Northeye Purchase
HUGH SULLIVAN A year ago we reported (in HIP 239: £9m Private Profit Revealed) that when the Home Office bought the former prison site of Northeye on the edge of…
Skates Off!
Ice Rink and Markets Pulled from Pier as Leaseholders Depart HUGH SULLIVAN An ice skating rink and “covered and heated” Christmas markets, which were due to be opened today (Friday) on…
HIP BOOK REVIEW: My Battle of Hastings
By Xiaolu GuoPublished by Chatto & Windus. £ BY HUGH SULLIVAN Xiaolu Guo, an award-winning writer and film-maker, spent the year 2022 living alone in a small one-bedroom flat on…
Football: United Manager Sacked After Cup Defeat
HUGH SULLIVAN Danny Bloor, appointed as Hastings United manager on a two-year contract from last May, has been dismissed. On 26 October the team were defeated 4-3 in an FA…
Owens Directors’ £4m loss
HUGH SULLIVAN Draft accounts of CFEC Ltd, the company which developed the Owens entertainment centre in the former Debenhams building in Robertson Street in 2022 and which filed for insolvency…
FOOTBALL: United Rebound From FA Cup Defeat
28 September:Cray Wanderers 3, Hastings Utd 0 1 October:Hastings Utd 3, Chatham Town 25 October:Leatherhead 1, Hastings Utd 2 HUGH SULLIVAN Hastings United slumped to disappointing defeat in the third qualifying…
SCHOOL SPORT: ‘Make It Happen’
Olympian Athlete Inspires Hollington Schoolkids HUGH SULLIVAN Sport is part of the curriculum at Hollington Primary School. There are two PE lessons a week with staff teacher Marlon Diamond. There’s…
Northeye: Back in the Frame for Detaining Would-Be Migrants?
HUGH SULLIVAN Amidst a flurry of news about cross-channel migration, including stepped-up border security and multiple drownings, there has been no word from Sir Keir Starmer’s government about the future…
CRICKET: The Royals’ First Season
HUGH SULLIVAN The Sussex Cricket League, whose 2024 season ended earlier this month, spreads over 39 Divisions, accommodating over 370 teams between Bosham in the west and Rye in the…
CRICKET: Over and Out
Gallant Priory Relegated After Nail-Biting Finish 31 August: Bognor Regis 119 all out; Hastings Priory 120 for 4 7 September: Hastings Priory 165 for 7; Horsham 166 for 9 HUGH SULLIVAN It all came…
FOOTBALL: ‘U’s Pointless Over Holiday Weekend
13 August: Whitehawk 0, Hastings Utd 1 17 August: Hastings Utd 2, Bognor Regis Town 2 24 August: Potters Bar Town 2, Hastings Utd 0 26 August: Hastings Utd 1, Folkestone Invicta 2 HUGH SULLIVAN Hastings United pause…
Pier Licence At Risk Over Safety Concerns
HUGH SULLIVAN The future of mass gathering events at Hastings Pier could be under threat when a licensing sub-committee of Hastings Borough Council (HBC) meets on Monday 2 September to…
CRICKET: Depleted Priory Beaten Twice More
3 August:Middleton 367 for 5; Hastings Priory 140 all out 10 August Hastings Priory 160; Three Bridges 166 for 5 HUGH SULLIVAN Naz MontagTom Gillespie, captain in 2021 Two heavy defeats for…
FOOTBALL: United Up And Running
HASTINGS UNITED 2, HORSHAM 0 HUGH SULLIVAN Hastings United made an encouraging start to their Isthmian Premier League season last Saturday when they beat Horsham 2-0 at the Pilot Field.…
County Council Hires Fresh Contractors to Complete Link Road
HUGH SULLIVAN The Queensway Gateway link road is set to be completed by fresh contractors. It was originally to have been opened for traffic in 2016 but an unfinished section…
Councils Objectto Solar Farm in Crowhurst
HUGH SULLIVAN Local green energy co-operative Energise Sussex Coast (Energise) has lodged a planning application with Rother District Council, seeking its approval of a prospective solar farm off Swainham Lane…
CRICKET
Priory Batting Comes Up Short 25 May:Hastings Priory 175; Cuckfield 176 for 2 1 June: Middleton 214 for 4; Hastings Priory 155 all out HUGH SULLIVAN In winning their opening two matches, the…
FOOTBALL: Exit Agutter, Enter Danny Bloor
HUGH SULLIVAN The merry-go-round of football management appointments is perennial material for the national media from back pages of newspapers to talkSport radio – who’s coming, who’s going, who’s being…
Burst Pipe Replacement ‘Wasn’t Necessary’
HUGH SULLIVAN HIP recently reported that in 2007 Southern Water obtained planning permission from Rother District Council to replace the mains supply pipeline on the basis that it was “outworn”.…
CRICKET: Scowen Leads From The Front
11 May: Hastings Priory 316 for 5; Roffey 306 for 9 18 May: Hastings Priory 204 for 8; East Grinstead 104 all out HUGH SULLIVAN Hugh SullivanHarry Scowen after century at Horntye The…
Flood Report Blames Rain, Tide…
and Southern Water HUGH SULLIVAN A report commissioned by East Sussex County Council into the flooding of Hastings Town Centre in October last year has been delivered by consulting engineers…
Challenge to Dog Exclusion Zone on Stade Beach
HUGH SULLIVAN The extent of the dog control public space protection order (PSPO), which has limited the exercising of dogs on beaches, parks and green spaces across the borough since…
The Hub and the Pavilion
HUGH SULLIVAN The distance between Sidley Recreation Ground and the De La Warr Pavilion (DLWP) on Bexhill seafront is around a mile and a half. Historically and culturally, it has…