Our recent feature on the ‘old bathing pool’ certainly stirred up a lot of happy memories and it has gone on to be the story that has attracted the biggest audience of any on Hastings In Focus. One reader pointed out:”People still say ‘meet you at the bathing pool’ even today, you can tell their […]
By day she’s a mild mannered baker turning out some of the most delicious and imaginative delights from her shop in Battle but when night falls Tarnya Allen takes on a whole new persona as she morphs in to Skarlett – The Bombshell from Hell. Tarnya never set out to become a professional wrestler. Like […]
There’s a public meeting next Friday in Sussex Coast College for local people to say why they wants the Station Plaza NHS walk-in centre to stay open. The meeting is to be chaired by local MP Amber Rudd and in attendance will be Amanda Philpott, the Chief Officer for the NHS Hastings and Rother Clinical […]
If you turn off Springfield Road, into Buchanan Gardens, you get to a small junction in the road. That’s where it all began for me writes James Dee. That is, roughly, the site of the old maternity unit at the former Buchannan Hospital. Many of my friends can recall this hospital, and our parents remember […]
A family-friendly ‘tea ‘n’ tips’ event being run by Hastings Green Party will offer advice on reducing the use of plastic. The event is designed to be fun, interactive and it’s intended to be a fundraiser too. It’s being held later this month to raise awareness of the problem of plastics in the world’s oceans […]
It was a day of intercultural football at the Oval on Sunday as ten teams competed for top honours in the Hastings Intercultural Organisation (HIO) football tournament. Teams taking part included two from Hastings Borough Council (HBC). There was a team from Pestalozzi Village that included students from around the world and Hastings Mosque fielded […]
Cash-strapped Hastings Borough Council (HBC) is reviewing how it pays out cash to help the poorest people in the community deal with their council tax bills. Its says that to keep the scheme as fair as possible and in line with the needs of the community it is inviting the public to take part in […]
Hastings’ Conservative MP Amber Rudd has been out and about in her constituency meeting people who make things happen in the community. In the last week she has met Southdown, a group providing housing, care and support for vulnerable people living in Hastings and she also met up with representatives of the local Citizens Advice […]
There’s overwhelming local support for plans to promote ‘Hastings Fish’ as something a bit special. Yesterday morning Hastings In Focus received a press release from Hastings Borough Council (HBC) which is launching its ‘Hastings Fish’ brand at this weekend’s Seafood and Wine festival and it rightly wanted to shout about it. We wrote up the […]
