News that Hastings Pier has been designated by the borough council as an Asset of Community Value (ACV) has been warmly welcomed by campaigners. The application for the pier to be recognised as an ACV was made by The Friends of Hastings Pier earlier this year, it was then up to Hastings Borough Council (HBC) […]
Chief instructor at Hastings Kickboxing Academy, Carl Denne is looking forward to the next few years as he watches his students grow and develop. “We really are starting to get some amazing young talent in the gym and really looking forward to the next few years as they develop and expand theirs skills as kickboxers,” […]
Representing Hastings Community of Sanctuary Alex Kempton and I attended the annual Sanctuary in Parliament event earlier this month and met our MP Amber Rudd to discuss the day’s theme – Towards a Fairer Asylum System, writes Dr Felicity Laurence. There were moving accounts from those within the asylum system, music from the Stories of Sanctuary choir, […]
Another national award has come Hastings’ way. Hastings Borough Council (HBC) is celebrating after its Bottle Alley lighting scheme won the Outdoor lighting project of the year award at the prestigious 2018 LUX awards, which took place in London last week. As local people know Bottle Alley is a 250m long covered walkway along Hastings seafront. Located […]
The first time the young Stu Allen watched wrestling on TV he knew that’s what he wanted to do and that’s what he went on and did, travelling to the US as a teenager to train with some of the biggest names in the business. Stu’s been wrestling professionally for the best part of 30 […]
Labour is calling for more fishing quota to be given to smaller fishing boats after Brexit saying it will provide a fairer deal for Britain’s hard-pressed fishermen. The party says that help for small fisheries such as Hastings is missing from the Government’s current Fisheries Bill due to be debated by MPs today. But Labour […]
Round the world travel in the 19th century was something only a handful of people could do. One of those who did was Annie Brassey and there’s a major project underway to look again at her works as a photographer, a writer and a prolific collector. Hastings Museum and Art Gallery is partnering with the […]
Visitors and stallholders to the Herring Fair held on The Stade open space at the weekend say it was the best one yet. Thousands of people flocked to the event that was organised by Hastings Borough Council (HBC) to help support the local fishing industry and also to encourage more people to visit the town […]
South Coast Athletico 4 Sandhurst 2 Sandhurst were the Chopbacks opponents on Saturday, their form having been very strong in their last couple of games beating and drawing with two of the league’s top placed teams. The lads of South Coast Athletico needed to be on top form, before the game the mood in the squad was high and very […]
