Hastings hit the national headlines this week when a man living in Alma Terrace, Silverhill, was slapped with an enforcement notice by the borough council after he built a 20 foot replica of the Eiffel Tower in his front garden just a few months ago.. The story might have brought a smile to the faces […]
The straw built visitor centre on Hastings Country Park will form part of the Labour run council’s legacy to the town and will be ’emblamatic’ of the sustainable architecture of the future. That was the view of Councillor Warren Davies when he spoke at Tuesday night’s meeting of Hastings Borough Council (HBC). “The visitor centre […]
In a major public campaign, Hastings’ community leaders are joining forces to ‘kick Covid-19 out of Hastings’ once and for all. Tagged #ImGoingforZero, Hastings Community Hub – which brings together all the organisations supporting people through the pandemic – has launched a huge promotional campaign to help everyone in the town get life back to […]
On Tuesday Hastings Trades Council will launch it’s campaign as part of World Day Against Racism. The online event will feature an impressive line up of speakers including Hollington Councillor Maya Evans, Nadia Sayed of Stand Up to Racism and Wilf Sullivan the TUC Race Equality Officer. On Saturday March 20th an international coalition of […]
‘Disheartened and used’ was how one frontline NHS worked described how he felt when he and a number of colleagues met recently with local MP Sally-Ann Hart. Paul Jones, a porter at the Conquest Hospital, said: “With the NHS pay rise delayed, I feel disheartened and used. Considering that it was key workers who kept the […]
There is a fear the plans to build 192 new homes at Bulverhythe is already a ‘done deal’. On Wednesday Bexhill Road became a sea of yellow and red signs and posters opposing Hasting Borough Council’s (HBC) plans to build houses on the recreation ground – plans that were only submitted for approval three weeks […]
Is your’s a creative business and would you like to be in at the start of the development of what is being called an ‘exciting neighbourhood community project’. With works on the Lower Alley, Claremont set to be completed in April social enterprise developer White Rock Neighbourhood Ventures (WRNV) is now looking for local creative […]
This year’s annual general meeting for Big Local North-East Hastings was held online but in spite of the pandemic, the resident-led partnership which decides how £1 million of lottery money is spent in the area, continues to meet and allocate grants. Much of the AGM was dedicated to hearing about the support for residents during […]
Hastings weather volunteers have confirmed what we already knew – it was cold last week! The maximum temperature on Monday February 8th was -0.6°C, the coldest since February 2018, while last week was the first time – since 1991 – we’ve had six consecutive days in Hastings where the air temperature at 0900 has been at freezing or […]
