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Hastings Week Poetry Competition
The Annual Hastings Week Poetry Competition, organised by Councillor James Bacon and the Mayor, Councillor Judy Rogers, will be going ahead once again. This year, the theme is ‘Hastings Memories’…
O’Callaghan Unveils her Shadow Cabinet Team
Margi O’Callaghan, the Labour Group Leader on Hastings BC, has announced her Shadow Cabinet team following May’s local elections. The Braybrooke Councillor took over the leadership of the Labour group…
HIP LIT NEWS
Hastings Week Poetry Competition‘Hastings Women’ Theme It’s time to get writing for the annual Hastings Week Poetry Competition 2023, organised by Councillor James Bacon. This year, the theme is ‘Hastings…
Hastings’ New Cat Mayor
ANITA KELSEY Since asking for mayor nominations of the feline kind I received a message from Connie Fox Richmond aged 10. She thinks her cat Mackerel should be mayor stating…
Hastings Cat Mayor
ANITA KELSEY I think it’s time Hastings elected a cat as mayor. Our human mayor, James Bacon, thinks it’s a great idea! And there is precedent: in a quirky Alaskan…
Cabs to the Coast
Julie Keeler, one of the tireless committee members of the Friends of Albany Taxi Charity (Hastings) shares this year’s very special taxi trip from London. The Albany Taxi Charity’s annual…
Beach Shoes Combines Rock and Sole!
Visitors to the Fishermen’s Beach last week might have been baffled to see a group of people – including the Mayor, James Bacon – modelling a fancy new kind of…
Hastings Week will brighten up your shopping experience
Hastings Week’s ‘Best Dressed Window Display’ Competition has now been officially launched by the Deputy Mayor, Cllr James Bacon. Time to get dressing. The first thing to point out is…
Seafront Pavement Scheme Panned by Locals
A news report in our last edition (Active Travel: Council Scolded For Lack Of Ambition) revealed that most of the 16 projects proposed by East Sussex County Council (ESCC) under…
Get writing for Hastings Week Poetry Competition
Hastings Week Poetry Competition continues to be a successful part of Hastings Week held each year in October. This year, the theme is Love Hastings. The competition is for all…
Hike In Parking Charges
Retailers and shoppers returning in cars to town centres across East Sussex, as ‘non-essential’ shops reopened last month, will have found notices warning of steep rises in on-street parking charges…
PREVIEW: RADICAL VOICES
The Stag Inn HastingsStag Landlord Nick Holt invites your participation Between 24th November and 1st December Nicole and I will be opening up the Stag to a week-long celebration of…
Hastings Week Poetry Competition
By James Bacon As this competition has been a great success, we continue this year with a theme of the ‘Bayeux Tapestry’. All ages can enter and there are three…