Controversial plans to develop and extend the amusement park on the Stade have put the Hastings and St Leonards Foreshore Trust under the spotlight. The Foreshore Trust is a charity which manages land from Rock-a-Nore to Bulverhythe on behalf of the public and there has been criticism over its response to the planning application by […]
Last Friday Hastings’ MP Amber Rudd hosted her third Seniors Fair in the town, the event followed on from a successful Rye Seniors Fair held earlier this year. Ms Rudd was joined by more than 30 local and national organisations at Sussex Coast College. The organisations were able to meet local people and were able […]
Hastings Arts Forum is staging a new exhibition by local artist Emily Johns starting next week that celebrates the people and movements that resisted the First World War and is timed to coincide with 100th anniversary of the end of WW1. The exhibition will open at Hastings Arts Forum, 36 Marina, St Leonards-on-Sea, TN38 0BU […]
He’s a lover of ‘socialist architecture’ and the man who in 2005 fought a valiant battle against the demolition of the 90 concrete chalets at West St Leonards, the last trace of the old bathing pool. That campaign might not have ended in success but Colin Booth’s passion for the work of borough engineer and ‘Concrete […]
When the Richard and Caroline Colton arrived in Hastings on Saturday local people turned out in force to welcome the town’s brand new Shannon class lifeboat. It’s been three decades since Hastings has had a new lifeboat. When the Mersey Class Sealink Endeavour came to Hastings 30 years ago who would have guessed then that it would go on […]
No need for words, just enjoy a few photographs from yesterday’s bonfire night and fireworks display.
Each year St Michael’s Hospice hosts Lights of Love, an opportunity to make a tangible act of remembrance for loved ones no longer with us, this takes the form of dedicating a star or heart on a Lights of Love tree. Whether your loved one received the care of St Michael’s Hospice or not, young […]
Does Hastings have what it takes to be a UNESCO world heritage site? Hastings is at the centre of a richly historic area, with a heritage of enormous potential, worthy of conservation. The first harbour development proposal might have been withdrawn but there is still a threat of a revised development coming forward and no […]
Crowds flocked to Bottle Alley on Friday evening for the great ‘Sound and Light’ experience. Combining great music from some great bands and the stunning colourful light display along Bottle Alley that people have come to know and love, all the ingredients were there for a stunning night of entertainment. The revolutionary double deck promenade […]
