Life for the charity sector is tough these days as traditional funding sources come under pressure. The Seaview Project based in St Leonards has been helping people with ‘complex issues’ for more than 30 years. It’s good at raising money which is just as well as the proportion of its funding that it has to […]
A CRIMINAL has narrowly escaped jail after being caught with 85,000 illegal cigarettes in the back of his van. Shirwan Jabar was stopped by police unloading boxes from the van outside a shop in London Road, St Leonards, following a report of a vehicle being driven erratically on September 4th last year. East Sussex Trading […]
Last weekend Hastings Kickboxing Academy had a great day at Battle of Kent. First up was Billy-Joe who had two fights and scored two wins, he deserves a massive ‘well done’. His first fight was fantastic. Billy-Joe only has one button, he just goes in to fight with no slow, or light mode, which means […]
CAREERS provision for secondary school students is set to receive a boost as East Sussex County Council is named one of 20 Careers Hubs nationwide. The East Sussex Careers Hub will link 40 secondary schools, special schools and colleges with employers, support organisations and higher and further education providers to improve the guidance and support […]
As we reported at the weekend Hastings MP Amber Rudd and local fishermen met with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs, Michael Gove on Friday to discuss how the industry would be affected following Britain’s departure from the European Union. Members of Hastings Fishermen Protection Society asked the Secretary of State […]
Lester Magoogan can produce up to 200 pieces of art in a week, not all of it is exhibition quality but each piece represents 36-year-old Lester’s unique perspective and it comes from what mum Marion and dad Wesley describe as ‘Lester’s world’. Lester was in his mid-teens before he discovered his artistic side and it […]
An additional 4,000 people are expected in Hastings tomorrow with big events including PierJam and the Hastings Beer and Music festival. There have been recent concerns about levels of policing in Hastings, with the continued closure of the custody unit at Hastings police station it means that anyone arrested and taken in to custody is […]
It was a phenomenal night of family entertainment in Battle Memorial Hall on Saturday night as the students from the Hastings based Extreme World Wrestling Academy put on a show that had the capacity audience on the edge of their seats – and even out of them! The packed bill mixed students of the EWW […]
New work by SoCo* Artists Hastings Museum & Art Gallery 5 July – 30 September It’s fascinating to see where artists find their inspiration, and visitors are invited to join these creative journeys in a new exhibition at Hastings Borough Council’s Museum & Art Gallery. Kim Forward, lead councillor for Arts and Culture said: “The […]
