Viewers to BBC’s South East Today last night will have seen Police officers at work in Hastings making arrests as part of Sussex Police’s offensive against so-called ‘County Lines’ drug dealers – Operation Fortress. Police across Sussex have made scores of arrests in the last ten days as the force looks to keep up the […]
AS we reported last week work has begun on the new eco-friendly visitor centre at Hastings Country Park. Yesterday Hastings Borough Council issued a press release about the project which we publish here in its entirety. Work is now underway to build a new visitor centre for Hastings Country Park nature reserve. The centre will […]
Jake Willard (in the white trousers) raised the bar again at the Casino Rooms in Rochester at the weekend in only his second full-contact fight. Jake was matched against Sonny Grieves from the world-class gym, Mick Crossland’s Combat Academy. Both lads had had time off due to injuries and both were clearly wanting to win. […]
Volunteers are helping the public to mark an important milestone in the history of Stables Theatre writes Lynda Foy. They are selling T-shirts, bottles of wine and other memorabilia to highlight the Diamond Jubilee of the Stables Theatre and Arts Centre in The Bourne. The 60th anniversary in June will also be celebrated by the visit of […]
Our democracy has never been so fragile and we need more politicians who want to give the rest of us a greater voice. That is at the heart of how Greens do politics and it is why we saw a 273 per cent increase in Greens elected to local councils this month, taking votes from […]
You’ve been invited to come along and meet Green Party lead candidate for the South East Alexandra Phillips when she arrives in Hastings tomorrow. Ms Phillips is currently a Green Party councillor in Brighton and Deputy Mayor of Brighton and Hove, she will be arriving in town at 3pm tomorrow travelling on a big green […]
Four years after it was first given the go-ahead and four years after Hastings Borough Council (HBC) spent out on buying the straw bales to build it, it looks like work on the new environmentally friendly visitor centre at Hastings Country Park has finally begun. Vans belonging to the specialist straw bale building companies have […]
When you’ve been entrusted with the responsibility for a grade II listed former church built in the neo-classical style in the early 19th century and occupying a high profile position on the seafront you could be excused for being a little apprehensive – the trustees of St Mary in the Castle, however, are far from […]
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