We write this article as participants on the National Citizen Service (NCS) programme, designed for 15 to 17 year olds to develop their communication and teamwork skills, as well as involvement in key issues in their local area. We are: Tom Langley, Greta Beecroft, Grace Tagg, Lorraine Davenport, Dom Nicholas, Will Beard, Pearl Ukairo Morris, […]
In March Hastings MP Amber Rudd said a no-deal Brexit would do ‘generational damage’ to the UK economy, now she believes the risk of a no-deal Brexit is no more than a challenge that can be countered by government action. Defending her position on ITV News today she denied that she had ‘sold her soul’ by abandoning […]
Would you like to have a say in the way the Foreshore Trusts spends its surplus income by determining which local groups and causes deserve support? The Foreshore Trust owns all the land along the foreshore from Bulverhythe to Rock a Nore and Hastings Borough Council (HBC) is the trustee. Now the council wants to find […]
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 […]
Investment in the East Sussex economy has seen the creation of more than 2,000 jobs in the last five years, figures show. East Sussex County Council (ESCC) says it has worked with partners to secure more than £600m in capital investment since launching its growth strategy for the county in 2014. The investment, which is […]
People have the chance to meet specialist tobacco sniffer dogs at a series of events in Hastings and Bexhill between August 12th and 16th. East Sussex Trading Standards is running a Tobacco Awareness Week, at which people can come along and find out more about the effects of smoking on health. People can also give […]
Solar panels on the roof of the Ore Valley Campus of East Sussex College will save over £5,000 a year on energy costs. Hastings MP Amber Rudd is encouraging more schools and businesses to copy the example set by Ore Valley which at one stage this month was generating 76 per cent of its energy […]
Hastings Kickboxing Academy has been spreading its message to new audiences recently bringing the sport to the members of the 13th St Leonard’s Guides group. Chief Instructor Carl Denne and is team were invited in to deliver an hour long kickboxing and self defence seminar. Carl says: “They were a fantastic group of enthusiastic young […]
I’m absolutely gutted I’m not going to be able to be part of The Big Sleep in 2019 writes Stuart Baillie. The number of people sleeping rough in Hastings and St Leonards is rising and I’ve met some of those people thanks to an early morning I spent earlier this year with the outreach team […]
