Improving local transport remains top of Hastings MP Amber Rudd’s list of priorities. That was her message last week after hosting her fifth ‘rail summit’ in Hastings which included a presentation from the government’s rail minister Jo Johnson The summit brought together representatives from central and local government and rail infrastructure companies to update local […]
As the questions, bickering and random referendum recount demands continue, Fiona Allman-Treen asks; is hidden progress being made – and will local businesses even notice? I remember years ago reading something which explained how glaciers are constantly moving – grinding away in secret with no obvious signs of movement on the surface, or none visible […]
Over 120 people turned up for the two walkabouts organized by volunteers from Hastings Urban Design Group last week to see and hear about what the council’s Town Centre and White Rock area action plans would mean on the ground. Julia Hilton, a landscape architect and member of Hastings Urban Design Group said: “It was […]
Last month we wrote about the Seaview Project based in the heart of St Leonards that’s been helping people with ‘complex issues’ for more than 30 years. We touched briefly on how the charity was set up and more importantly why, but this month we look in a little more depth about those early days and […]
Local MP Amber Rudd has joined the battle to save the NHS walk-in centre at Station Plaza right in the centre of the town. It was announced in April that the popular centre was under threat with plans proposed to relocate it to the Conquest Hospital on The Ridge. Plans were put on hold during […]
The man bidding to become the first person to swim the length of the English channel in a effort to raise awareness of the damage that plastic is doing to the world’s oceans was off the coast of Hastings at the weekend. Lewis Pugh’s target is to arrive in Dover tomorrow (Wednesday) but at the […]
Photographer Sid Saunders is well known for his great photographs of the town and he has recently published a series of shots he has taken in Old Roar Gill and Coronation Wood, part of Alexandra Park. Sid says: “Little Roar Gill waterfall was my destination situated in the Old Roar Gill part of Coronation Wood […]
The future of Hastings’ White Rock Theatre has been secured for another five years and the council says it’s paying less than before to keep the theatre running. Hastings Borough Council (HBC) and HQ Theatres and Hospitality Ltd announced this morning that they have agreed a five year extension to the contract to manage the […]
YOUNG readers can join a team of Mischief Makers for a tour around Beanotown as this year’s Summer Reading Challenge gets underway. East Sussex libraries are calling on children aged four to 11 to sign up to read six books over the summer. Those taking part will earn stickers – some emitting a mysterious smell […]
