When it reopens next week Hastings Museum and Art Gallery will have a newly-acquired piece of the town’s history on display thanks to the Hastings and St Leonards Museum Association. It’s a silver trowel which was presented to Thomas Farncomb, Lord Mayor of the City of London, on October 28th 1850 by the South Eastern […]
Police have charged a man with supplying Class A drugs in St Leonards. On Thursday (August 13th), officers in plain clothes were patrolling Gensing Gardens when they witnessed a suspected drugs deal take place. Enquiries led police to an address in Tower Road West and on Friday morning, officers attended and found and seized approximately […]
A stand off between Hastings police and a man who was threatening to shoot officers ended just before 1pm today. Things started in the early hours when police were called to reports of a dispute between neighbours at a block of flats in Priory Avenue, Hastings, at 3.40am. Two occupants in one of the flat […]
For those of us that love a good read and story about an unsolved death, murder and intrigue, especially in your home town of Hastings, Strange Exits From Hastings: A Cornucopia Of Bizarre Deaths Unsolved Murders by Helena Woitczak is a must! When Darren McCann reviewed it for Hastings In Focus he said: “So well […]
Is your favourite restaurant taking part in the Eat Out to Help Out scheme backed by the government? You can use the Eat Out to Help Out Scheme at these local establishments listed below and you’ll receive: up to 50 per cent off your food and non-alcoholic drinks up to a total value of £10 […]
A Hastings man has been given a six-year prison sentence for drugs and firearms offences. Joshua Sawyer, 29, unemployed, of Grove Road, was sentenced at Lewes Crown Court last Tuesday (July 7th). He had pleaded guilty to; possession with intent to supply cocaine, for which he was given three years; possessing an imitation firearm with […]
