Labour has picked a new leader to take over from Peter Chowney when he steps down from the helm of Hastings Borough Council next month. Current deputy, Kim Forward, was the choice of Labour councillors at a hustings this week, and becomes the first woman to lead the party, in power, locally. Fellow councillor Margi […]
Individuals and businesses are being invited to discover the ‘career-boosting’ benefits of being a school governor at an event next month. With vacancies for school governors across the county, East Sussex County Council (ESCC) has launched a major recruitment campaign to address the shortfall. In the latest push, a special event will take place on […]
Local artists Lawrence and Arron Hosannah approached local councillors Ruby Cox and Trevor Webb with an idea for a mural on the wall alongside the steps between London Road and Alfred Street, next to Renaissance House in St Leonards. Using local shops as an inspiration, Lawrence used archive material from Hastings Museum and Art Gallery […]
Cavernous and atmospheric the old Observer Building in Hastings town centre thrown open its doors this weekend for a unique drop-in event. streetsmART slam celebrates the world of graffiti and street art. Visitors can “watch, try, learn and buy”, with artist workshops, stencilling, spraying and rollering activities, exhibitions, stalls, films, DJ and food, plus live […]
It’s fair to say that local people have in general been less than complimentary about the actions of the surfer whose distress caused the Hastings Lifeboat to be launched during Storm Ciara earlier in the month. Some have even suggested that the surfer should have been sent a bill to cover the costs of the […]
There’s some of good old fashioned variety coming to The Stables next month with a bit of something for everyone. There’s This is Me featuring Helen Ward Jackson performing an acoustic set of songs by Adele and ‘other Divas’ who have inspired her; these include Etta James, Celine Dion, Dusty Springfield and Whitney Houston! Helen […]
Hastings Country Park is the best site in the UK for the rare plant Dumortier’s Liverwort. That’s according to a survey on behalf of Natural England that says the plant, known in Latin as, Dumortiera hirsuta, is thriving because of improved management of Fairlight Place Farm at Hastings Country Park. Half of all England’s Dumortier’s Liverwort is […]
A man caught drink-driving on Christmas Eve confessed: “I know I shouldn’t have been driving”. Appearring at Hastings Magistrates’ Court on January 29th George Reynolds a 24-year-old, sales assistant, of Shipley Road, Brighton was disqualified from driving for 12 months and ordered to a pay a £120 fine, £85 costs and a £32 victim surcharge. […]
Praise and tributes pour in for the crew who manned Hastings Lifeboat on Sunday. Hastings Lifeboat crew is famous the world over this week as a video of their boat almost capsizing in last Sunday’s storms has been seen all around the globe. Now thanks to photographs by Kevin Boorman we can bring you a […]
