At a meeting yesterday between Hastings MP Amber Rudd and Sheikh Abid Gulzar the new owner of Hastings Pier assurances were given that entry to the pier will always be free. After almost eight months in administration, the sale of the pier was concluded on Friday. Yesterday’s meeting between the MP and the new owner […]
The Conquest Hospital, part of East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, is no longer in special measures news that has been warmly welcomed by local MPs. The trust is made up of the Conquest and Eastbourne District General Hospital. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) this week published a report following their latest inspection of the two hospitals […]
The Seaview Project based at the Southwater Centre in St Leonards was deemed to have made such an impact on the community it serves that it’s one of only eight national winners of a GSK/Kings Funds Impact Award this year. Local MP Amber Rudd visited the project last week and met with Annie Whelan, the […]
Local groups should stake their claim to a share of the £1m of new money to be made available through Coastal Revival Fund (CRF) announced by government minister Jake Berry in Bournemouth yesterday. Hastings MP Amber Rudd speaking immediately after the new pot of money was announced said: “I encourage any interested organisations to apply […]
Its been a hectic week for Hastings and Rye MP Amber Rudd who has had a series of high profile meetings in and around her constituency. Among initiatives launched includes a survey of local people to find out just what people really think about plans to put a level crossing over the A21, Ms Rudd […]
Education secretary Damian Hinds has been in Hastings during Mental Health Awareness Week pledging a £600,000 annual investment in the town to beef up mental health services. The money will come from the Opportunity Area programme. Hastings is one of 12 ‘Opportunity Areas’ identified as social mobility ‘coldspots’ which are receiving a share of £72million […]
When the news broke around 10pm yesterday that Hastings and Rye MP Amber Rudd had decided to call time on her tenure at the Home Office it was inevitable that there would be a polarisation of views. Peter Chowney, the man who almost snatched the Hastings and Rye seat for Labour at last year’s general […]
The full list of candidates for May 3’s elections to Hastings Borough Council was unveiled earlier this week. As a result of boundary changes the whole council is up for election and therefore Hastings voters will be electing two councillors in each of the town’s 16 council wards. The Conservatives, Green Party and Labour are […]
