Crawley 29 St Leonards Cinque Ports 19 (HT 17-5) Ports travelled to Crawley with a strong squad, knowing they would face a strong home team XV. Despite the strength and the size of the squad Ports had enforced changes in key positions, but the initial exchanges were defined by Crawley’s offloading game and strong running. […]
NHS bosses are being asked to think again about their controversial decision to run down local treatment of ear, nose and throat conditions at the Conquest Hospital. Hastings and Rye Labour Party is pressing for health bosses to think again about their decision which, if implemented, would see patients from the Hastings area having to […]
Allowances paid to councillors on the town’s borough council are among the most generous in the south east of England. Discussing a report from the Independent Remuneration Panel (IRP) at it’s cabinet meeting on Monday night councillors were told the panel recommended the current level of allowances remained in place for next year, the panel […]
Hastings will see its first ever community energy investment offer go live this week with residents able to buy shares to fund 250 kilowatts of solar energy – roughly 1066 panels worth – on the roof of the Ore campus of East Sussex Coast College. The solar roof will supply the college with a significant […]
Two of the country’s top athletes were in Hastings to celebrate the reopening of the athletics arena at William Parker. Ark William Parker Academy and Hastings Athletic club came together to celebrate the reopening of the high specification William Parker athletics facilities. Team GB elite athletes Adam Clarke and Charlotte Purdue officially declared the track […]
Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC), Katy Bourne has secured £890,616 from the government’s Early Intervention Youth Fund to work with young people and attempt to steer them away from a life of crime. The money is also intended to help create what are described as ‘positive youth projects’ in local communities. However Councillor Godfrey […]
It’s time for dramatic gestures East Sussex County Council (ESCC) heard yesterday as Hastings’ councillor Godfrey Daniel called on the authority’s Conservative members to resign from their party. He said it was time for members of the ruling Conservative group to reconcile what they believe in with what they do, “none of you came into […]
As Christmas fast approached the lights are now on in Westfield as the village aims to raise another five figure sum to donate to St Michael’s Hospice. Last year Westfield raised an incredible £10,385.29 for the Hospice which helps it continue to provide vital services to the community of Hastings and Rother – it costs […]
Hastings Kickboxing Academy has a new English Champion in its ranks. Billy Joe Fitzgerald fought in his first IKF open tournament in Gillingham, Kent where after a tough day of competition he secured his title in style. HKA chief instructor Carl Denne said: “In one of the busier weight categories Billy Joe won his way through […]
