A 12 week consultation process designed to give local people a say in the future of the town came to an end at 4pm yesterday afternoon. Launched in July Hastings Borough Council (HBC) sought the input of local people in devising it’s ‘action plan’ (AAP) for the how the town should look in 20 years […]
Hastings Museum and Art Gallery is marking the centenary of the end of the First World War with two new exhibitions How the First World War Shaped the World We Know Today runs from October 13th until January 27th next year. The World had seen nothing like it before with fighting going on in Europe, […]
Hastings Green Party hopes its strong campaign opposing the proposed marina and harbour plan for Hastings Old Town may have influenced the decision by the scheme’s backers to withdraw its plans. Hastings Green Party yesterday welcomed the news that the proposal to build a huge marina complex and hundreds of new homes on a platform […]
If you turn off Springfield Road, into Buchanan Gardens, you get to a small junction in the road. That’s where it all began for me writes James Dee. That is, roughly, the site of the old maternity unit at the former Buchannan Hospital. Many of my friends can recall this hospital, and our parents remember […]
Cash-strapped Hastings Borough Council (HBC) is reviewing how it pays out cash to help the poorest people in the community deal with their council tax bills. Its says that to keep the scheme as fair as possible and in line with the needs of the community it is inviting the public to take part in […]
There’s overwhelming local support for plans to promote ‘Hastings Fish’ as something a bit special. Yesterday morning Hastings In Focus received a press release from Hastings Borough Council (HBC) which is launching its ‘Hastings Fish’ brand at this weekend’s Seafood and Wine festival and it rightly wanted to shout about it. We wrote up the […]
You’ll find it difficult to miss the fact that there’s a new fish brand on the streets this weekend when the Seafood and Wine Festival gets underway on Saturday. ‘Hastings Fish’ is the new brand designed to promote fish caught locally and if you buy some Hastings fish this weekend you’ll get a voucher for a […]
‘Think again’ is the message that Councillor John Rankin hopes members of Hastings Borough Council’s planning committee will listen to on Wednesday night. Mr Rankin is concerned that if councillors agree an access plan for a site just off Harrow Lane it will not just lead to road safety issues but to increased levels of […]
The additional £1million a year Hastings Borough Council (HBC) needs to find to pay for its new street cleaning service is set to put significant strain on council finances. HBC’s cabinet approved a ‘medium term financial strategy’ last week, a strategy that council leader Peter Chowney says, “does not make comfortable reading.” That strategy demonstrates […]
