Menopause affects half the population – True or False?

False!  Menopause affects everyone! Not everyone goes through it but hands up if you know a woman… Exactly! Picture this… I set off for a local breakfast networking meeting, ready to share, listen, speak and flog some HotWomenAtMenopause literature. I’m hoping for a chance to raise further awareness and offer support. I arrive at the golf club […]

Richard Prior – One man’s love enduring love for the oceans

Born and brought up in Hastings where the sea was a perennial backdrop to his life Richard Prior is an adventurer in the true sense; he has motorbiked down to Israel, he has sailed the oceans under sail and he has bought and restored his own craft. Richard says as a child he spent a […]

How to strike a balance … at menopause!

It was New Year’s Eve, 2019. I’d been reading about choosing a ‘word of the year’ rather than a ‘new year’s resolution’ – it would apparently help me to focus on what I wanted to create for myself during the coming year. So, after some consideration, palpitations and a hot flush, I chose the word ‘balance’! That […]

FOUND – Hana Solarova

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 […]

Ellis’ victim sustained life-changing injuries in attack

Dean Ellis has been jailed for seven years after stabbing a man he met on a night out in Hastings. On November 3rd, 2018, the victim had been enjoying an evening at a pub in the town centre when he met a group of people. One of those people was Ellis, 33, a factory worker […]

Hastings woman jailed for spitting on a police officer

A woman who spat in the face of a police officer has been sentenced to 18 weeks in prison. Sevana Francais, 46, had been asked by staff the leave the Aldi store in London Road, Bexhill, after drinking gin and wine while in the shop on Thursday (May 6th). Francais, who was clearly intoxicated and […]