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Bohemian Rhapsody
Council votes funds for feasibility study The Labour-controlled cabinet of Hastings Borough Council (HBC) voted on Monday evening to pursue a feasibility study for the development of a combined sporting…
The Green Transformation
By Josie Demuth The Labour Party is driving forward a set of environmental policies that link social issues like housing, jobs and transport into a large array of progressive green…
Carbon Neutral By 2030?
Only if the Government allows, say Labour In response to the threat of climate change, Hastings Borough Council passed unanimously a motion brought by leader Peter Chowney last Wednesday that…
West Marina Development Inches Forward
The former bathing pool site at West Marina, on the West St Leonards seafront beyond Grosvenor Gardens, has been vacant for over 30 years. From the point of view of…
Local Greens Seek Climate Emergency Action
Over 750 businesses and individuals in Hastings and Rye have signed up to the contents of a letter circulated by the constituency Green Party calling for Hastings Borough Council (HBC)…
Preaching to the Converted
Kent Barker, HIP co-Political Editor, listened to Jeremy Corbyn speechifying in Hastings last thursday St Mary in the Castle may not have been a proper church for years, but there…
St Leonards Post Office
Smiling bravely The sell-off one year on. By Rod Webb As Britain madly shops in the dark of winter streets, illuminated shop windows lure us in with music and bright…
What’s Red, Green and Hairy?
Peter Chowney Climate Change is the most serious issue facing humankind. This was endorsed in a recent report by the United Nations International Panel on Climate Change which said that…
Stifling Community Action?
In the last issue HIP reported that Hastings Borough Council had rejected a proposal to designate The Observer Building as a Community Asset. Here, council leader PETER CHOWNEY, argues that…
Funding Crisis to Hit Borough Council Services
Services provided by Hastings Borough Council are expected to be further cut or discontinued following urgent discussions this month. Council Leader Peter Chowney will be closeted with senior council officers…
A Sticking Plaster
Government funding to provide short term solution for Hastings homeless as the council borrows millions to provide affordable accommodation by Emma Harwood Funds to help tackle the sharp increase in…
Marina Proposal Sunk
The Hastings Harbour Quarter company which had put forward a multi-million pound scheme to develop a modern marina complex, including over a thousand new executive homes off Rock-a-Nore, has formally…
Labour Opts To Keep Bohemia Road Base
By Rick Dillon The future of the Hastings & Rye Labour Party headquarters in Bohemia Road, St Leonards was debated at a packed meeting of over 60 members last Saturday.…
Proposed Walk-In Centre Closure: Opposition Mounts
By Emma Harwood A campaign to prevent the closure of the Station Plaza walk-in health centre is building momentum as the cash-strapped Hastings and Rother Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has…
We Need You, Fishermen Tell Gove
By Dave Young Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, recently made a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it visit to the Stade. Accompanied both by local MP and former Home…
“The Dead Wood is Going: This Boat is Going to Sail”
Mr. Sheikh Abid Gulzar discusses the future of Hastings Pier with HIP's Emma Harwood The pier’s flamboyant new owner says he is spending “hard earned money” to ensure its long…
Bringing television back home
National TV broadcaster Channel 4 is intending to set up three regional creative ‘hubs’ when it moves outside London next year. Hastings is bidding to be one of them. The…
Ask what your Council can do for you
Kent Barker considers what the priorities should be for the new council and offers some praise - and some brickbats - for their current activities So Labour are back in…
Council to Profit from Property, say Labour
But how will that policy impact on community interests? Purchase of commercial properties in Hastings by the Borough Council (HBC) is a key feature of the Labour Party’s manifesto in…
HARBOUR PROJECT JUST ‘NOTIONAL’
As Borough Council elections loom, Labour insist that there’s no “done deal” Three current Labour councillors, including Hastings Borough Council leader Peter Chowney, plus a fourth candidate standing for the…
Down the Toilet!
Council Cabinet votes to demolish Harold Place loos despite Tory opposition Hugh Sullivan reports After acrimonious debate and rival accusations of political cynicism levelled from either side of the Council…
More Trains, More Seats, Better Connections
So say Southern as RMT Union prepare to strike again Hugh Sullivan reports In a Which survey published in January this year, Southern Rail was identified as providing the worst…
Holocaust Memorial Service Success
A packed St Mary in the Castle saw a moving, thought-provoking Holocaust Memorial Day service on Saturday (27th January) themed around the power of words. The mayor of Hastings, Cllr…
Council Faced With Difficult Choices In Tough Budget
Hastings Borough Council Hastings Borough Council has unveiled proposals for its 2017/18 budget. Council leader Cllr Peter Chowney explained “We are faced with continuing cuts from our government grant, which…
Drinking Fountain Restoration
Janet Langdon (centre red coat) together Mayor of Hastings Cllr Judy Rogers and the leader Hastings Borough Council Cllr Peter Chowney (right of fountain). Press Release by Tracy Hobden The…