A recent spate of vandalism at Hastings Country Park is potentially putting lives at risk says the council. Emergency signs on wooden bollards around the park have been deliberately removed and signs vandalised. Located throughout the park the signs are designed to help people contact the emergency services if they have an accident. Each bollard […]
The call went out at the weekend for Hastings to become a carbon neutral town by 2030 and for Hastings Borough Council (HBC) to declare a ‘climate emergency’ now. Hastings and Rye Green Party launched its call at the weekend and were out in force in the town centre on Saturday morning urging people to […]
Westfield’s annual Christmas lights show has raised more than £8,000 for St Michael’s Hospice. The village’s incredible display of Christmas lights which started at the beginning of December and continued throughout the month, have become a special part of Christmas in the area and a must-visit for many local families during the festive season. Every […]
They say they face a ‘difficult financial outlook’ in the coming years and claim they are setting a budget against a background of uncertainty but when they meet tomorrow members of East Sussex County Council’s cabinet will thrash out a budget for the coming financial year. They will discuss proposals for service changes across East […]
Wisden Junior Cup Quarter Final J.C. Tackleway II – 1 South Coast Athletico – 7 A potential Semi Final place in the ESFL Wisden Sports Challenge Cup beckoned for South Coast Athletico this weekend. Standing in their way was higher Division Two opposition; J.C. Tackleway 2nds who hosted the tie. The game was a stalemate for the first 20 minutes […]
Teenager Lucy Young is tired of seeing all teenagers being tarred with the same brush; that brush being one of negativity. When she looks around at her friends and peers The Claverham Community College student doesn’t recognise some of the stereotypes of teenagers that are portrayed online. Here, in her first piece for Hastings In […]
It’s budget time for local councils! In the coming weeks Hastings Borough Council (HBC) and East Sussex County Council (ESCC) will be debating the finer points of how to spend their budget in the coming year and of more significance to local residents they will be taking decisions on how to raise that money. At […]
Local MP Amber Rudd has written an open letter to her constituents assuring them that she is, “…working to find a Brexit that can command a majority in Parliament and protects jobs, businesses and opportunities in Hastings and Rye.” Ms Rudd issued the letter this afternoon following the government’s crushing and historic defeat in the […]
The last decade has left local authorities strapped for cash, by 2020 they will have lost 60 pence from every pound they were allocated by central government a decade earlier, according to the Local Government Association. Many councils, Hastings Borough Council (HBC) among them, have turned to the acquisition of commercial property in a bid […]
