Tag archives for Sussex Police
My Antisocial Town Centre
In this special investigative report, new HIP writer JAMES ARNOLD-HO presents a detailed picture of the acute problems facing businesses and their employees in Hastings’ busy town centre throughfare, Wellington…
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…
RNLI Coastal Training Exercise
Volunteer crew from RNLI Hastings have taken part in a large-scale water safety training exercise alongside local emergency services, organised by HM Coastguard. RNLI The event, hosted at the Hastings…
Arson Suspected in Magdalen Road Fire
JOEL CHESHIRE A fire at the disused former convent site on Magdalen Road in St Leonards required a major response from emergency services last Sunday (1 February) afternoon. Police have…
Police in Christmas crackdown on drink and drug-drivers
Sussex Police have made 63 arrests for drink and drug driving in the first week of its Christmas crackdown on drink and drug drivers. With the festive party season in…
NEWS IN BRIEF
DOG-FOULING IN HASTINGS A pet agency Bubblegum Search has reported the results of Freedom of Information (FOI) research into data of dog-fouling across the UK. It reveals that 347 complaints of dog-fouling were…
Review of Alcohol Licensing
Hastings Borough Council has launched a public consultation on plans to remove the High Street in the Old Town and the area surrounding Cambridge Road in the New Town from…
No Place for Racial Divisionin Hastings
ROD WEBB The Hastings Is No Place for Hate event hosted by the Observer Building earlier this month was the second in a series of meetings to tackle issues connected…
WHAT’S ON YOUR MIND?
from our website Extreme Vandalism So a violent attack on elderly people by masked thugs and extreme vandalism of their property is effectively ignored by Sussex Police even though they…
Fence Following Fall
High fencing has been placed around the perimeter wall at the top of The Courtyard food court, adjacent to Source Park, following a fatal fall. A Sussex Police spokesperson said,…
Six Heroin Takers Treated in Conquest Hospital
Dave Young Sussex Police issued a warning earlier this month that a number of people have had to seek medical treatment in East Sussex – six of them at the…
Lines of Duty
Following a Home Office pronouncement last week that police are to follow “all reasonable lines of enquiry” in their approach to tackling crime, Sussex Police & Crime Commissioner Katy Bourne…
Police Commissioner responds to mixed performance report
His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire Rescue Services (HMICFRS) issued a PEEL report (on police effectiveness, efficacy and legitimacy) to Sussex Police last week which mixes praise and criticism…
Vendetta Ends in Lengthy Prison Sentences for Hastings Duo
By Ethan MacDonald Two Hastings locals conducted a campaign of offences between June 2021 and January 2022. Over the course of their spree, the men smashed windows, vandalised houses and…
Scam Builder Update
Following the report in HIP 212 Ore builder scams multiple victims, a further case in Scott Saxby’s standard pattern of taking a hefty deposit, then failing to deliver, has come…
A Search For “Illegals”
By Charlie Crabb On the afternoon of 8th April, out on my daily walk with my partner in Hastings Country Park, we were approached by two policemen. They asked us…
Autism: Exercise Rules Relaxed
People with autism and learning disabilities may now go out for exercise up to three times a day. The government has changed the outdoor exercise rules after being threatened with…
Intervention Programme Helps Children At Risk
The first Early Intervention Youth Programme of its kind in the UK has now been fully mobilised across Sussex and has begun to steer more than 60 young people away…
OPINION: Not Riding into the Sunset
BY TIM GODWIN To ride a bicycle from Hastings Station to the popular seafront cycle route, without breaking a byelaw and risking a fine, currently involves crossing at least two…