Following the recent announcement that National Insurance increases had scuppered the Parchment Trust’s plans to open The Bridge Community Centre, the charity has explained to Hastings In Focus the process they are taking for a sale and how they will use the proceeds to support local disabled people at their other sites, including Friary Gardeners […]
According to Sussex Police increased visible policing patrolsa and working more closele with partners working, are helping keep Hastings and Rother safe. Hotspot policing patrols are being enhanced this summer across Sussex with a dedicated Safer Streets Summer campaign to tackle crime, shoplifting and anti-social behaviour in targeted areas. The campaign addresses the seasonal increases […]
Police are investigating an arson attack in St Leonards believed to be a part of a series of targeted incidents. Officers were called to Quebec Road on Sunday July 25th around 10pm following reports of a black Mercedes car having been set on fire. The owner of the vehicle also had windows smashed at their […]
Since he started writing for Hastings In Focus back in 2019 Tom McCann has never been afraid to court controversy. As a young man trying to make his way in the world and facing an ever more ‘hostile’ local housing market he wonders if Hastings Borough Councillors have their priorities the right way round? With […]
Hana Solarova, 43, has been found safe in London after being reported missing. Hana had not been heard from for more than a week, since travelling from St Leonards to Charing Cross to catch a coach to the Czech Republic. Hana, who is from the Czech Republic, has been resident in the UK for 12 […]
A Hastings man has been given a prison sentence totalling 16 years after being convicted of sexual offences against a young girl over four years. Mark Greenfield, 47, an electrical contractor, now of Elphinstone Road, Hastings, was sentenced at Lewes Crown Court yesterday (July 9th). He had been convicted at the same court on April […]
A project aimed at tackling drug misuse and cutting drug-related crime is starting to show promising results in Hastings. Led by East Sussex County Council (ESCC) and Sussex Police, Project ADDER combines additional and targeted policing with enhanced treatment and recovery services to address the town’s high rate of drug deaths and heroin and crack cocaine […]
Three men – two of them from Hastings – have been convicted in connection with a deliberate house fire which killed a mother and her young son. Today (May 27th) Jacob Barnard, of Winchelsea Andrew Milne, a furniture remover, of Wilmington Road, and John Tabakis, unemployed, of Cornwallis Gardens, were each found guilty by a […]
The Safer Streets Project is continuing to provide support and funding for crime reduction schemes in the Central St Leonards area. Coordinated by Hastings Borough Council’s (HBC) Community Safety Team, the Project began when it became clear there was a significant problem of theft and burglary in the area. Following a successful grant application from […]
