People in Hastings are being to help in the battle against dementia by signing up for a local Alzheimer’s Society’s Memory Walk this Saturday(September 29th). Local woman Jay Kramer saw her life transformed by her mother’s dementia and it’s this that has motivated her to try to make a positive difference. Jay is asking the […]
Yesterday’s political news coverage was dominated by the Labour Party’s conference in Liverpool and what the party’s position is on the subject of Brexit. And across TV and radio on Sunday and Monday many political commentators were speculating that there might even be a general election before Christmas. Conservative MP Amber Rudd has a […]
Damian Etherington (right) is the new museum and cultural development manager at Hastings Museum and Art Gallery His appointment follows the recent retirement of curator Cathy Walling. Damian’s career began in 2005 working on a project with the National Museums of Scotland, since then he has worked on a range of projects with partners including English […]
A 12 week consultation process designed to give local people a say in the future of the town came to an end at 4pm yesterday afternoon. Launched in July Hastings Borough Council (HBC) sought the input of local people in devising it’s ‘action plan’ (AAP) for the how the town should look in 20 years […]
Hastings Museum and Art Gallery is marking the centenary of the end of the First World War with two new exhibitions How the First World War Shaped the World We Know Today runs from October 13th until January 27th next year. The World had seen nothing like it before with fighting going on in Europe, […]
Victoria Baptists 4 South Coast Athletico 6 For this weekends game the Chopbacks traveled to Victoria Baptists in Eastbourne’s Old Town. The Baptists have had mixed fortunes so far in the season’s opening fixtures recording a win, a loss and a draw. As the weather closed in the inevitable rain set in for the day and both teams began the process of feeling […]
Lewes II 36 St Leonards Cinque Ports 12 (HT 17-7) A substantial list of injured and unavailable players meant Ports were without 19 regular squad members for selection, and as late as 6pm the night before the game had only 11 available players. They made the trip to Lewes eventually with a squad of 15, […]
Hastings Green Party hopes its strong campaign opposing the proposed marina and harbour plan for Hastings Old Town may have influenced the decision by the scheme’s backers to withdraw its plans. Hastings Green Party yesterday welcomed the news that the proposal to build a huge marina complex and hundreds of new homes on a platform […]
To describe Georgij Rogolev as driven is a bit of an understatement, Georgij sets himself a goal and lets nothing get in his way of achieving it. He’s the current champion of Europe in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu – he’d set himself the goal of winning that title before he was 30 and at the beginning […]
