Westfield II – 2 South Coast Athletico – 1 South Coast Athletico was back in league action at the weekend against a Westfield II side that has started to find some form in Division 2. A slow start by the Chopbacks led to Westfield taking an early lead in the sixth minute when their number ten managed to wriggle his way […]
It’s time to create legal and safe routes into the UK and avoid the risk of vulnerable people being exploited by unscrupulous gangs and people traffickers. That’s the view of a group of Hastings based charities following the news that 17 people, thought by police to be ‘illegal immigrants’ arrived on the beaches of Hastings […]
This morning’s announcement made ahead of the Conservative party annual conference that a Tory government will plough £13billion in to the NHS looks set to be a significant one for Hastings. The Conquest Hospital on The Ridge is earmarked for investment in the second phase of government spending plans and talking to Hastings In Focus […]
Amber Rudd has pulled no punches in an exclusive interview she has given to the London Evening Standard published earlier today. In it she says Boris Johnson’s ‘casual approach’ to the safety of MPs is ‘immoral’. She accuses the Prime Minister of deploying ‘aggressive language’ that she believes ‘incites violence. And Ms Rudd, who has been […]
Borrowing around £50 million over the last five years has underpinned Hastings Borough Council’s commercial property acquisition programme. Many local people still don’t realise that their council owns the site in Sedlescombe Road North where Pets at Home and Dunelm are based and also owns the T.K. Max site on Bexhill Road. The council has […]
Former Castle Ward Councillor Lee Clark, who served as Chair of Labour’s Hastings Borough Council Group for a number of years, has joined the Liberal Democrats. “It’s been a long political journey since leaving the Labour Party in 2016,” said Mr Clark. “The dark arts of Labour’s hard left which have resulted in the narrowing […]
Amber Rudd has been ‘a great champion for Hastings and Rye’ and has been ‘working tirelessly’ for her constituents since she was elected in 2010 according to Martin Clarke, chairman of the Hastings and Rye Conservatives. “During the last nine years she has helped to achieve great improvements in many areas of life in the […]
Amber Rudd says she hopes she might still be able to fight the next general election as a Conservative candidate. Speaking on BBC’s Andrew Marr Show this morning just hours after her shock resignation announcement she said she hopes that she and the other 21 – what she describes as moderate – Conservative MPs who […]
Local poet Lucas Howard has launched a crowdfunding campaign for his debut collection Of Few Words. A veteran performer and designer by trade, Lucas’ book combines his twin passions in a stunningly illustrated coffee table book. To fund this, a pre-order campaign has been set up with Margate-based publisher Whisky & Beards Publishing, with a […]
