The August the Eat Out to Help Out scheme delivered nearly 100,000 discounted meals across Hastings and Rye. The Government backed scheme was designed to encourage people back out to our restaurants, pubs and bars to get those businesses back on their feet after they had been forced to close as a result of the […]
Even as the main hotel reopens the Travelodge Hastings Bar Cafe will stay closed in line with Covid-19 safety measures. The Hastings Travelodge, in Bohemia Road, has been closed since March when lockdown was imposed because of the coronavirus pandemic. The hotel chain, which operates 573 hotels across the UK, said it has invested in […]
The leaders of police, fire and ambulance services across Sussex have come together to condemn a steep rise in assaults against emergency workers. Sussex Police Chief Constable Jo Shiner described the trend as ‘completely unacceptable’. “It can’t be right that the very people dedicating their lives to saving others are increasingly coming under attack…” Jo […]
A man is in a critical condition in hospital following a collision in Ninfield. Just before 11am on Wednesday (2 September) officers received a report of a collision involving a motorcyclist and a Range Rover on the A269 Bexhill Road. The motorcyclist, a man in his 70s, was airlifted to hospital with multiple serious injuries. […]
Self-congratulations was in the air on Tuesday night as the senior members of Hastings Borough Council (HBC) met in cabinet to review the authority’s financial strategy. Under discussion was the council’s financial performance as members reviewed the Treasury Management Report. Chief Finance Officer Peter Grace told the meeting the council’s financial strategies had worked well. […]
A man has been jailed for killing one man and seriously injuring another in two separate incidents. Mathew Gardiner – also known as George Gardiner – was high on drink and drugs when he collided with a cyclist at about 100mph on the A2690 Combe Valley Way, near Bexhill, on May 26th last year. He […]
When your business plan is based on running events with 200 people attending and then you’re told you can’t do that any more the future can look grim. That’s what Jess Scarratt of the Marina Fountain has been facing this year as the Covid-19 lockdown brought her previously thriving business to a complete standstill. But […]
Police are appealing for witnesses to a fight outside a store in Battle Road, Hastings. They are also asking anyone who might have filmed the incident on a mobile phone to get in touch with them as they still need to confirm the identity of one of the men involved. Officers were called to what […]
Police investigating reports of a man brandishing a knife in St Leonards are appealing for witnesses to come forward. Officers were called to Blackman Avenue at the junction with Hollington Old Lane about 11.30am on Friday, July 17th after a man allegedly waved the weapon at a blue Ford Fiesta which was passing at the […]
