St Michael’s Hospice has opportunities for registered nurses to pursue a career in palliative care across a variety of ‘challenging and fulfilling roles’ in its in-patient unit, community service and telephone support and advice line. The team provide skilled hands-on nursing care, palliative care assessment, as well as advice and compassionate support ensuring the holistic […]
Back in September we reported that the “road to nowhere” was “going somewhere” telling our readers on September 17th that “Work will start on Monday to complete the Queensway Gateway link road…” So okay, what was being proposed was just a temporary fix not the completion of a project that seems to have been with […]
Increases to the rate of the minimum wage that come in to force today will increase the earnings of 283,000 workers in the South East and that’s good news according to hastings and Rye MP Sally-Ann Hart. Mrs Hart has welcomed this year’s increases to the ‘National Living Wage’ and ‘National Minimum Wage’ that sees […]
The auctioneer who sold Queens Arcade yesterday says he expects the sale to mean a new start for the Victorian arcade in Hastings town centre. Sam Kinloch from Clive Emson Land and Property Auctioneers was not able to confirm the identity of the new owners but was able to say that the buyers are property […]
Queens Arcade was sold at auction this morning for £461,000 – £136,000 above the guide price. It’s just three weeks since news broke that the arcade was for sale as the charity that owned it had lost almost £200,000 in just five years. Figures available on the Charity Commission website show that in 2019 the […]
Over the last couple of weeks we’ve been looking at the state of planning in Hastings Borough. In this third and final special report we look at two current controversial proposals for West St Leonards where public opinion is wildly at odds with the views of the council. Plans for 192 houses on the Bulverhythe […]
The scheduled closure of Battle Road from Monday (March 15th) for the installation of temporary concrete protection blocks has been postponed due to emergency gas works. The work to install the concrete blocks is now expected to start on Tuesday, April 6th. During the work the road will be closed 24 hours a day for […]
The man behind the installation of the new lightning fast broadband for Hastings started his business out of frustration as he struggled to find decent broadband for his family. This week Lightning Fibre Chief Executive Ben Ferriman confirmed the roll-out of lightning fast broadband for Hastings is well underway. Having announced a multi-million pound partnership […]
You have two weeks left to have your say on the document that will shape the town right through until 2039. In January Hastings Borough Council (HBC) launched its consultation on the Draft Local Plan. As the end of the eight-week consultation approaches, the council says it wants to ensure that everyone has a chance […]
