An outstanding St Leonards school has been welcoming guests to show off its brand new catering facilities and allow its students to demonstrate their hospitality skills. When education watchdogs OFSTED visited New Horizons they rated the school as ‘oustanding’ the top award that OFSTED can give a school. Winning that accolade opened up a number […]
Old Hastings councillor James Bacon paid tribute to the friendliness of the people of Hastings today and credited them with a big role in ensuring Hastings Old Town won the Ramblers’ Walking Neighbourhood award. Hastings Old Town was announced as the winner of the national award on Monday and Mr Bacon says the accolade is […]
Rents earned from Hastings Borough Council’s (HBC) expanding portfolio of commercial property is saving jobs and services says the council’s Labour leader Peter Chowney. Last month we reported that in his report to council Mr Chowney had explained why the council had bought a number of commercial properties. He outlined that income generated from the rents […]
At Hastings In Focus we’ve made a promise to give a mention to anyone who was running Sunday’s race for a worthy cause – all you need to do is send us a photograph and a few details about the cause you were running for and how much you raised. Here are a few photographs that […]
It was bitterly cold, there was snow on the ground and many runners described Sunday’s Hastings Half Marathon as the toughest challenge they have faced but that didn’t stop 2,471 runners completing the 13 mile course. More than 3,000 people had entered the event but the return of arctic conditions meant that a number of […]
Tourism providers from across 1066 country attended a workshop in Rye last Thursday to hear about new initiatives for promoting themselves, their towns and the whole of 1066 Country. More than 50 people attended the event and heard how they can get their hands on a ‘toolkit’ to market themselves and ensure that the value […]
Hastings Borough Council has hosted a conference for housing professionals from across the county. Councillor Andy Batsford, lead member for housing at the council, explained: “Lack of housing is a problem in many places, but in East Sussex, Hastings has a particular problem. So when housing providers were looking for a place to hold a […]
There was jubilation in Hastings Old Town today as it was announced that it had won the inaugural Ramblers award for the best Walking Neighbourhood in the country. Over the last couple of weeks there has been a concerted effort to ensure that as many people as possible voted for the Old Town, and they […]
It’s official Hastings Old Town has been crowned Britain’s Best Walking Neighbourhood and it has won the accolade by a decisive margin. More than 12,000 votes were cast in total for the ten areas of the UK fighting it out to win this new award and Hastings Old Town secured 21 per cent of the […]
