While many people celebrated the news that the Hastings Harbour Quarter Company has withdrawn its proposal for a harbour and marina complex at the eastern end of Hastings’ seafront the story might not have reached its end – yet! Writing in his monthly report for Hastings Borough Council (HBC), council leader Peter Chowney says: “The […]
Two leading martial artists are joining forces to give their students an extra set of skills writes Rob Griffin. Paul Bridges, head instructor at Gracie Barra Hastings, and Ed Lofts of the Fitness Loft are putting on a series of masterclasses at each other’s schools. While Bridges will provide a 16-week introduction to Brazilian Jiu […]
With the numbers of rough sleepers in Hastings on the rise Hastings Borough Council (HBC) has been awarded additional money by central government to help tackle the problem. Peter Chowney, leader of HBC says Hastings and Eastbourne councils submitted a joint bid for additional funding to help rough sleepers and have been awarded £664,000. Mr […]
•Scroll to bottom of page for video link Last Saturday saw Carl Denne stage his ninth Hastings Kickboxing Academy Fight Night. Feedback from those who attended confirm it was Carl’s biggest and best show yet with the night’s final showdown between local favourite Marlon Gillett and Michael Samperi who’d travelled from Italy specially for HKA […]
Does Hastings have what it takes to be a UNESCO world heritage site? Hastings is at the centre of a richly historic area, with a heritage of enormous potential, worthy of conservation. The first harbour development proposal might have been withdrawn but there is still a threat of a revised development coming forward and no […]
The row over whether or not Hastings Borough Council (HBC) should be in the business of buying and renting out commercial property has burst in to the open again this week. The issue was a big talking point at the borough council elections back in May when Conservative group leader Rob Lee described the policy […]
Radio presenter Iain Dale received a metaphorical slap on the wrists from Hastings MP Amber Rudd last night when he suggested that Boris Johnson was the “…subject of the day” at the Conservative party conference. “He is not the subject of the day Iain!” Ms Rudd said forcefully… “No, no, no the home secretary has been out […]
Saxon Mount is doing ‘outstanding work’ to prepare its pupils for the world of work according to Christine Hodgson, Chair of The Careers and Enterprise Company, a national organisation helping to inspire and prepare young people for the workplace. Ms Hodgson was on a visit to the school last Friday alongside Hastings MP Amber Rudd and […]
Hastings mayor, and speaker of the Cinque Ports, Councillor Nigel Sinden, hosted ‘Speakers Day’ in Hastings last Saturday. There are seven Cinque Ports, and each year, in rotation, the mayor of one of the five head ports and two ‘antient towns’ (sic) is appointed as speaker. The speaker acts as chairman and principal representative of […]
