Sidney Little 1885 – 1961 ‘A paradise of concrete and chrome’ is how one commentator of the time described what Borough Engineer, Sidney Little had created in Hastings and St Leonards. Folklore says that the 41-year-old Cumbrian was one of 47 men who had applied for the job of Borough Engineer when it was advertised […]
FAMILIES needing the support of social workers in East Sussex are receiving an ‘outstanding’ service, Ofsted inspectors have said. East Sussex County Council has become one of few local authorities to have achieved the highest possible rating for its work with vulnerable families following an inspection which focussed on front-line staff. For the experiences and […]
The battle to save the walk-in centre at the Station Plaza health centre took to the airwaves of BBC Radio Sussex last night. In an interview with drive-time presenter Sarah Gorrell leader of Hastings Borough Council (HBC) and Labour Parliamentary Candidate for Hastings and Rye Peter Chowney said he was not just opposed to the […]
Speaking yesterday on the BBC’s new daily politics programme Politics Live Hastings MP Amber Rudd said the Prime Minister’s ‘Chequers Deal’ was the ‘best shot’ the country has at a successful Brexit. She roundly condemned the former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson’s intervention in the debate yesterday as a ‘fervent short term approach’. She said that what […]
THE bravery of a First World War solider has been marked with a permanent memorial a century after he was wounded in battle. Claude Nunney died shortly after he was injured during an attack on a heavily fortified German defensive trench system, known as the Drocourt-Quéant Line, at Dury on September 1 and 2, 1918. […]
Newick 49 St Leonards Cinque Ports 38 (HT 14-19) Ports continued improvement as a club meant that for the 18/19 season they started with a pre-season game against a Newick side that finished mid-table of Sussex 2 a division above Ports. A large squad, with some notable missing faces travelled to mid Sussex knowing that […]
East Sussex Football League Division 3 Pebsham Sibex 0 South Coast Athletico 7 South Coast Athletic got its season underway in emphatic style at the weekend routing Pebsham Sibex seven goals to nil. The game got off to a fierce start as Pebsham looked to put a physical authority on the game with some hard early challenges taking man […]
The future of the Station Plaza Walk-In Medical Centre in Hastings is becoming a real political hot-potato. Today Peter Chowney leader of Hastings Council and Labour Parliamentary Candidate for Hastings & Rye has joined the call to keep the centre open in the face of plans – due to be considered later this month – […]
Martial artists from Hastings have returned home with a haul of medals after taking on some of the best Brazilian Jiu Jitsu fighters in the world writes Rob Griffin. Talented members of Gracie Barra Hastings travelled as far as the United States and Albania in search of glory on the competition circuit. And their incredible […]
