Nottingham woman Sue Church is spearheading a campaign to have a blue plaque erected in Hastings in memory of the legendary Biddy The Tubman. This Pathe newsreel footage of Biddy in action probably better explains his ‘act’ than words ever could. Sue says: “As Hastings Borough Council no longer funds these Blue Plaques, it looks […]
https://youtu.be/rN-CF5z4rt8 Hundreds of foster carers across East Sussex are transforming the lives of children by offering them a safe and loving home. But with 50 more children waiting for a placement at any one time East Sussex County Council is using Foster Care Fortnight (May 14 – 27) to encourage more people to consider becoming […]
Not a lot has changed on Hastings Borough Council after yesterday’s election. Labour now has 24 seats, as opposed to 23 on the old authority and the Conservatives have eight seats, the same as they had before. The change is down to Labour winning both seats in Castle ward where retiring councillor Lee Clark had […]
Click the link above to hear Caroline Lucas’ exclusive interview with Hastings In Focus Green Party co-leader Caroline Lucas paid a visit to Hastings on Friday afternoon to help local party members cover the ground in the Old Hastings ward a seat they believe they have a real chance of stealing from Labour at Thursday’s […]
Two local primary schools are taking part in this year’s Sustrans ‘The Big Pedal’. The Big Pedal is running for two weeks, ten school days, and the focus of the campaign is to get children using their bikes and scooters and even walking to get to school. Sustrans is a national campaign group aimed at […]
We’ve collected some great shots of Hastings and we’re particularly proud of the photo from the beach that we use as our main identity shot. We posted three new photos to our instagram account (just search for Hastings In Focus) this morning and we thought we’d reproduce them here too, as well as a few […]
It’s just a week until Friends of Hastings Pier (FOHP) will stage its big pubic meeting in the White Rock Theatre as it attempts to gather public support for it’s plans to save ‘the people’s pier”. In an attempt to prove the viability of its plans FOHP Friends has recruited an eminent list supporters including: […]
The Isabel Blackman centre looks set for closure as East Sussex County Council (ESCC) search for multi-million pound savings from its adult social care budget. Old Hastings borough councillor James Bacon has urged local people to fight in defence of the centre saying: “I attended a Public Meeting at the Isabel Blackman Centre regarding the […]
A pre-election war of words has broken out between the main political parties in Ore over just who is responsible for ‘saving’ Ore Library and whether the library has even been saved at all. On Monday Conservative candidate in Ore James Dee published a lengthy post on Facebook explaining how the library has been saved, […]
