Winning a prestigious grant will help Hastings Museum and Art Gallery make better use or its archives according to the man in charge. The museum has been given a National Archives scoping grant, one of four grants announced this month and Damian Etheraads, Museum and Cultural Development Manager, says: “It will enable us to better […]
Earlier this week East Sussex County Council outlined the success of Project Adder, the government funded drug-busting initiative that sees Hastings share a £148m funding pot that aims to tackle and reduce drug-related harm and deaths in five key areas across the UK. Not to be overshadowed by their council partners Sussex Police has issued […]
Throughout July, 31 ‘stunning’ gardens will open their gates to visitors as part of St Michael’s Hospice Open Garden season, sponsored by Crest House Care Home. One recent Open Garden visitor said: “For a few hours I got lost in a beautiful garden and watched dragonflies dance, frogs swim and birds sing their hearts out. […]
Police are searching for 15-year-old Druie Price who has been missing since June 16th from the address where he had been living in St Leonards. Druie is described as white, 6′, of medium build, brown eyed, with black hair shaved at the sides, and a scar on the back of his neck. He was last […]
Hastings retailers have welcomed a newly published series of House of Commons recommendations aimed at tackling violence and abuse towards retail workers. The Home Affairs committee’s 75-page report into escalating incidents of threats and violence directed towards shop staff proposes a series of measures that have been called for by local traders for some years. […]
A major restoration of one of England’s finest organs will be celebrated on Monday (July 5th) at All Saints Church in the Old Town The concert will be given by the internationally renowned organist Gordon Stewart who has played in every All Saints concert series for the past 32 years. Last year’s concerts had to be […]
Concerns about an increase in offences surrounding the dumping of commercial waste saw dozens of drivers stopped and spoken to as part of a dedicated campaign to combat the crime last week. Officers from the Commercial Vehicles Unit and Rural Crime Team worked together with Trading Standards during the operation last Tuesday (June 22nd). The […]
Hastings Stand Up To Racism group is hosting a round table discussion tomorrow night (June 30th) to explore the histories and legacies of slave-ownership in Sussex – including ‘Mad Jack’ Fuller – and explain why Sussex is ‘not innocent’ when it comes to colonial slavery. The meeting will also examine the resistance to slavery and some of […]
By this time next week the public inquiry into Rother Valley Railway’s (RVR) controversial planning application to construct a new heritage railway link between Bodiam and Robertsbridge as well as new level crossings – including one on the fast flowing A21 – will be underway. The inquiry will be led by Ian Jenkins, an inspector […]
