Riley and Abigail – controlled and thoughtful in competition

Hastings Kickboxing Academy attended a light contact show at TKO last weekend writes Carl Denne.  Although we have a big team we could only match Riley Davis and Abigail Jordan. ‘Super’ Riley was up first and was awesome. He was controlled, listened and gave a perfect little performance wining not just his second fight but […]

Hastings girls can! New year sessions planned to improve female fitness

It’s reckoned that 45 per cent of women in Hastings are not fit enough and many of those are uncomfortable attending traditional exercise classes or going to a gym. That’s why Hastings Borough Council (HBC) and East Sussex County Council’s Active Hastings team have linked up with Sport England’s This Girl Can campaign to bring […]

New poll says Hastings voters would back remain in second referendum

Voters in Amber Rudd’s Hastings and Rye constituency are changing their mind when it comes to Brexit. At the EU referendum in June 2016 Hastings and Rye voted 56.2 per cent to leave with 43.8 per cent voting to remain. However, polling carried out by the ‘Best for Britain’ pro-EU campaign group indicates that opinion […]

‘Shameful’ number of local children without a home for Christmas

Figures suggest that 83 Hastings and St Leonards children will be homeless on Christmas day a situation Labour’s prospective parliamentary candidate Pater Chowney says is ‘shameful’. Research by the homeless charity Shelter has come up with the figure and the charity says that number is set to continue rising. It is a 63 per cent […]

Rudd backs May in leadership battle

Amber Rudd has thrown her full support behind Prime Minister Theresa May as news breaks that Mrs May will face a challenge to her leadership of the Conservative party later today. Writing on her Twitter account minutes ago the Hastings MP said: “The PM has my full support. At this critical time we need to […]

Source Park claims top tourist award for the south east

Source Park on Hastings’ seafront has continued its winning ways notching up another big win this time coming out as one of the best ‘tourist experiences’ in Sussex. Source Park founders, brothers Marc and Richard Moore, joined the cream of the South East’s tourism industry as it celebrated success last week at the Beautiful South […]

Council leaders’ plea to Treasury for fair funding settlement

Leaders from East Sussex have taken the case for fair funding right to the heart of Government. Councillor Keith Glazier and Councillor David Elkin, leader and deputy leader of East Sussex County Council (ESCC), met Liz Truss, Chief Secretary to the Treasury on Thursday to explain the pressures the county and its people are under. […]

It’s up to us to ‘do the right thing’

Last week Sir David Attenborough spoke at the UN Climate Change Summit in Katowice as the representative of the world’s people and warned that climate change is the greatest threat to humanity and could lead to the collapse of civilisations. Four former presidents of the annual UN climate talks warned the ‘world is at a […]

Chopbacks show no signs of winter rust

South Coast Athletico 5 Hawkhurst II 0 With the winter weather closing in rain began to fall at the Chopbacks’ home pitch at Bexhill College for this Saturday’s league return clash against Hawkhurst United seconds. The first game at Hawkhurst ended honours even with a 3-3 scoreline, Chopbacks management team, Neil Sutcliffe and Sam Cook had made positive changes approaching the game which they felt would make […]