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 […]
There’s a £1.5m support from East Sussex County Council to help people struggling to make ends meet during the pandemic. The council has received funding through the Government’s Covid Winter Grant Scheme which aims to support those most in need with the cost of food, energy, water bills and other associated costs. At least 80 […]
A man has been convicted of burgling a business in St Leonards after his DNA was found at the scene. Jack Tyler, 27, unemployed of Michelson Close, St Leonards, pleaded guilty to a charge of burglary other than dwelling when he appeared at Brighton Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, December 10. He had been arrested by […]
Old wounds are being reopened this weekend as Hastings councillor Leah Levane is billed to speak at a rally in London that will be discussing what it describes as ‘the right to free speech on the subject of Israel and Palestine’. Ms Levane, who represents Castle Ward on Hasting Borough Council (HBC) and is also […]
A purpose-built medical centre for Hastings and St Leonards has opened its doors to patients. Housing two GP surgeries and a Paydens pharmacy, the St Leonards Medical Centre will care for up to 20,000 patients and be an important community health hub for the area. The centre, on Bexhill Road, will house the Carisbrooke Surgery […]
Hastings Museum is ‘Good to Go’ for reopening Hastings Museum & Art Gallery reopens tomorrow (Thursday Dec 10th). The museum which was established over 125 years ago is a family-friendly museum with amazingly diverse collections, offering access to art, culture and history from around the world. The museum is free to visit with free onsite parking. […]
More than 160,000 households in Hastings, Rother and Wealden can declutter and help the environment at the same time by recycling their small electrical items via a kerbside collection service. Unwanted small electrical items are one of the fastest growing waste streams in the UK. In a concerted effort to tackle this growing challenge, the […]
Pet cats and dogs are being banned from Hastings Borough Council (HBC) meetings as the authority amends its constitution to cope with the demands of running online ‘virtual’ meetings. “Councillors need to be aware that the cameras give a ‘close up’ view of thecouncillor and their surrounding area. So councillors need to keep the area […]
Hastings MP Sally-Ann Hart is pleading with local people to follow Covid guidelines to stop the town moving in to Tier 3 the mosts restrictive level of measures designed to curtail the spread of coronavirus. Covid-19 cases have been rising sharply and in a sustained way in recent days, Mrs Hart has warned this morning. […]
