Bringing the Bayeux Tapestry ‘home’ to Hastings and winning UNESCO World Heritage Site status for the town were on the agenda when Hastings & St. Leonards (Civic) Society held an open meeting earlier this month. Silverhill Councillor Margi O’Callaghan is fronting a campaign to win support for her plan to bring the tapestry to Hastings. It was […]
Hastings Borough Council’s community safety team and waste services have made some changes at a burglary and environmental crime hot spot in Ore. Colin Fitzgerald, lead councillor for the environment said: “There is a long alley behind properties in Grove Road and Winchelsea Road. This alley has been much complained about by residents who felt unsafe, […]
Recent figures show that almost a quarter of young people between 16 and 24 do not drink alcohol but that doesn’t mean there is not still work to be done when it comes to tackling issues surrounding underage drinking. This week John Whittington, who is Community Safety Manager at Hastings Borough Council (HBC), won a […]
While many people celebrated the news that the Hastings Harbour Quarter Company has withdrawn its proposal for a harbour and marina complex at the eastern end of Hastings’ seafront the story might not have reached its end – yet! Writing in his monthly report for Hastings Borough Council (HBC), council leader Peter Chowney says: “The […]
With the numbers of rough sleepers in Hastings on the rise Hastings Borough Council (HBC) has been awarded additional money by central government to help tackle the problem. Peter Chowney, leader of HBC says Hastings and Eastbourne councils submitted a joint bid for additional funding to help rough sleepers and have been awarded £664,000. Mr […]
The row over whether or not Hastings Borough Council (HBC) should be in the business of buying and renting out commercial property has burst in to the open again this week. The issue was a big talking point at the borough council elections back in May when Conservative group leader Rob Lee described the policy […]
Is it time that Hastings and St Leonards became a World Heritage Site? That’s the question up for debate later this month at an open meeting being staged by the Hastings and St Leonards Society and according to Julia Hilton of Hastings Green party making such an application could form part of “a clear vision and framework […]
The long-awaited cycle path through Alexandra Park could be completed and open for next summer. First muted back in 2014 when Hastings Borough Council, along with East Sussex County Council, launched a walking and cycling strategy, plans to actually build the cycle path have been slow to come to fruition. An East Sussex County Council […]
Damian Etherington (right) is the new museum and cultural development manager at Hastings Museum and Art Gallery His appointment follows the recent retirement of curator Cathy Walling. Damian’s career began in 2005 working on a project with the National Museums of Scotland, since then he has worked on a range of projects with partners including English […]
