Any lingering hopes that the Debenhams store in Robertson Street might be saved have gone with the news this morning that the Debenhams brand has been bought by online retailer Boohoo. The billionaire owner of Boohoo has pledged to take on the might of Amazon and paid £55million for the Debenhams name – but crucially […]
Ensuring care homes are Covid secure is the aim of a new project between Hastings Borough Council (HBC) and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). The council will be working with local care homes to ensure the correct Covid-19 measures are in place so the health and safety of both residents and staff are protected. This […]
Did Hastings councillors give their officials a blank cheque to finish controversial straw bale project at any cost? Additional costs being incurred by Hastings Borough Council (HBC) to complete and then to run the new visitor centre in Hastings Country Park are not being released to the public! After Monday night’s cabinet meeting we emailed […]
Hastings’ leading live music website has turned its attention to featuring the people who run the town’s independent businesses in order to put human faces to local shops, cafes, and pubs and remind customers of the importance of spending their money locally – when they can. The Hastings Flyer has been running for the last […]
Local MP Sally-Ann Hart has said she voted with the government in favour of the deal that’s been negotiated to cover trade with Europe now that we are no longer members of the European Union (EU). She said: “This afternoon I supported the Prime Minister and voted for the European Union (Future Relationship) Bill – […]
Sally-Ann Hart, Hastings and Rye’s Member of Parliament has responded this afternoon to the news that the UK and the European Union have struck a trade deal that will smooth the UK’s departure from the EU. Here’s what she had to say: “I am delighted that four and half years since the referendum result, today […]
Redeveloping York Buildings in Hastings town centre has been an object lesson in how ‘not to do things,’ and risks damaging the council’s reputation according to one councillor. Earlier in the month members of the Hasting Borough Council’s (HBC) ruling cabinet approved an additional £166,000 on the renovation of York Buildings to cover unforeseen costs. […]
A £10,000 fund has been launched to help shops and houses in Central St Leonards get a mural-makeover. The money is part of the Home Office’s £450,000 Safer Streets project, which aims to make the area look safer as well as being safer. Alongside grants for property security upgrades, anyone with a bare wall or […]
As talks continue to develop a free trade agreement between the EU and UK, fishing has become one of the key sticking points in the two sides reaching an agreement. There’s history too! fishermen feel they were betrayed by a Conservative government when the UK joined the then Common Market in the early 1970s. Despite […]
