The search is on again to find the best small shops in the UK and local MP Amber Rudd says she hopes lots of local traders will enter. …get your entry in by Monday at www.bestsmallshops.co.uk The Best Small Shops Competition celebrates the creativity of small shops and the central role they play in their community […]
It was in 1926 that the Hastings Corporation advertised for an engineer to ‘rebuild Hastings’ and the man they appointed was Sidney Little who would go on to leave a lasting mark on the town. The regeneration of Hastings was the subject of a ‘short history’ last month written by Council leader and Labour’s prospective parliamentary […]
Nick Perry is in an upbeat mood and it wasn’t just the fine weather in Alexandra Park when we met today that was cheering him up writes Stuart Bailie. Perry has endured some tough times as a Liberal Democrat and his three bids to become the Liberal Democrat MP for Hastings and Rye have come […]
Hastings and Rye Liberal Democrats put themselves on a war footing at the weekend when they confirmed that Nick Perry will be their candidate when a General Election is called and they are ready for that contest whether it comes sooner or later. Mr Perry, who lives on the West Hill, has fought the Hastings […]
You’ve done it… your votes have been counted and Alexandra Park is THE best park in the south east and now it will compete with other parks from across the UK for the title of UK’s BEST Park 2019. Local people responded in their thousands to our story last weekend that Alexandra Park was in […]
The local ambulance service ‘Secamb’ is out of special measures. It was announced this morning that the South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, to give it its full name, had been taken out of special measures after almost three years. The Care Quality Commission has given Secamb a ‘good’ overall rating. The ambulance […]
In March Hastings MP Amber Rudd said a no-deal Brexit would do ‘generational damage’ to the UK economy, now she believes the risk of a no-deal Brexit is no more than a challenge that can be countered by government action. Defending her position on ITV News today she denied that she had ‘sold her soul’ by abandoning […]
The new Prime Minister must put an end to ‘sticking plaster’ solutions and properly fund local councils – that’s the message that Peter Chowney, Hastings Council leader and Labour parliamentary candidate for Hastings & Rye has sent to Boris Johnston. He has joined with more than 100 other Labour council leaders from across England and […]
Just days after Hastings Borough Council (HBC) announced plans to tighten up on anti-social behaviour around the town MP Amber Rudd says she is “on a mission” to protect businesses. Ms Rudd has been approached by several businesses in Robertson Terrace and Carlisle Parade who have complained that anti-social behaviour has been affecting their day […]
