It’s three years since the then leader of Hastings Borough Council Jeremy Birch died suddenly after suffering a stroke and at the beginning of the month a memorial to him was unveiled in the Peace Garden in Alexandra Park. Mr Birch had been a member of the council since 1998 and led it for 13 […]
It’s a ‘long-shot’ but the bid Hastings has put forward is a ‘convincing’ one. That’s the view of Hastings Borough Council leader Peter Chowney as the town attempts to get itself on the shortlist to become a potential home to a regional studio for national broadcaster Channel 4. Channel 4 is planning to move its […]
Does award winning director David Caffrey think Hastings would be a good base for Channel 4? Here’s his short answer… BAFTA winner and Hastings resident, director David Caffrey is championing a proposal for his home town to become a creative hub for Channel 4. The national broadcaster is moving most of its operations out of […]
Hastings has a new Mayor and a new set of faces at the top table making the decisions that will affect the every day lives of Hastings’ 96,000 residents. Last night the new borough council met in Muriel Matters House for the first time since the elections just two weeks ago and below we provide […]
Tomorrow night sees the first meeting of Hastings Borough Council since the elections were held at the beginning of the month. It’s what’s known as the ‘annual’ meeting and among items on the agenda are the elections of the new Mayor and Deputy Mayor; current Mayor Judy Rogers and her deputy Nigel Sinden will be […]
A grant from the European Union will allow work to start on considering the feasibility of a seafront tram from the Old Town to Grosvenor Gardens. The £133,000 grant is from the EU ‘Destismart’ scheme which is all about developing sustainable transport solutions. Councillor Peter Chowney, leader of Hastings Borough Council (HBC), said this week: […]
This time next week the town’s polling stations will be open for business and local residents will be electing the 32 members who will make up the new Hastings Borough Council. There are 32 candidates standing for the Labour, Conservative and Green parties with 30 Lib Dem Candidates and one candidate from each of The […]
The Harold Place toilets built in the 1980s and closed last year have all but been erased from the townscape of Hastings. Bulldozers moved in last week to raze the the former toilet block to the ground bringing to an end an issue which has been politically controversial in the corridors of Hastings Borough Council. […]
We’ve been talking a great deal on Hastings In Focus about the elections to Hastings Borough Council (HBC) which are now less than two weeks away. For the first time in many years every one of the 32 seats on the council is up for grabs, that’s because there have been boundary changes since the last […]
