Well spotted – reader finds glaring error on Police station plaque

As publishers we undertsnad the pane of the ‘tyop’ and so out harts go out to the teem at Sussex Plice this week after an eagle-eyed reader spitted an error on the plaque that was unvailed last weed to mark the re-opening of the Hastings custard centre. The plaque, ceremoniously unveiled on Thursday by Sussex […]

After the highs of last season Chopbacks prepare for fresh battles ahead

The departure of Neil Sutcliffe as both club Chairman and first team Manager The Chopbacks have had to make a number of changes to the management setup before the start of the new football season writes Tony Cook. First was to install a new first team manager and Sam Cook accepted that role. He needed to rebuild his coaching team […]

Hastings schools go solar – community share offer will provide funding

One of the biggest school solar roofs in Britain will be constructed on a school in St Leonards. Energise Sussex Coast has announced plans that will see six local schools benefit from its community funded solar roof offer through its new renewables arm, Energise South. Over 400 kw of solar will be installed on five of the […]

Driven by ‘absolute passion’ will 2019 be Nick Perry’s year?

Nick Perry is in an upbeat mood and it wasn’t just the fine weather in Alexandra Park when we met today that was cheering him up writes Stuart Bailie. Perry has endured some tough times as a Liberal Democrat and his three bids to become the Liberal Democrat MP for Hastings and Rye have come […]

Your votes needed again – town’s museum in line for a top award

Another Hastings icon is in line for a top award and needs your support to get it over the line. Just days after Alexandra Park won the title of Best Park in the South East Hastings Museum and Art Gallery is in the running to be crowned the Best Educational Day Out in London and the South […]

Londinium – audience was ‘blown away’ by performance

London chamber choir Londinium entertained enthusiastic audiences in St Leonards and Bexhill over the Bank Holiday weekend with its sparkling, sea-themed programme of unaccompanied choral music Time and Tide. It was the choir’s first tour to the South Coast and over a weekend of glorious sun and blue skies many of the choir’s members were […]

How women have been finding their voices this summer

Back in April we told you about the Women’s Voices project – Women in Hastings were being encouraged to ‘find their voices’ as part of a summer long campaign that was launched on International Women’s Day. As the project winds down Ann Kramer explains some of what’s been going on   Since May Women’s Voice […]

With ‘thanks from a grateful town’ – council marks closure of Hastings Campus

Closure of Brighton University’s Hastings Campus was marked at a recent meeting of the town’s borough council with members hearing the campus was a ‘vibrant and welcoming place to study,’ and would be greatly missed. Lecturers from the Hastings Campus were thanked for their service to the town by councillors and were presented with a plaque […]