Just to prove that everybody loves a dinosaur and a good dinosaur story around 1,100 dinosaur fans flocked to see a 35-foot Victorian Iguanodon that visited Hastings Museum and Art Gallery last week. The amazing sight was the stage for a performance by Emerald Ant’s outdoor family theatre of, The Iguanodon Restaurant. The play told […]
Proposals for new leisure facilities, a purpose built theatre plus housing, open space and new retail areas are just some of the ideas up for discussion as the consultation process around the Hasting Town Centre and Bohemia Area Action Plan. Hastings Borough Council (HBC) launched its 12 week consultation process at the beginning of July […]
The Hastings Bengali Forum held their summer festival at the White Rock Theatre Hastings, last Monday. Special guests at the event included Councillor Nigel Sinden, Mayor of Hastings,Councillor James Bacon, Deputy Mayor of Hastings,Councillor Abul Kalam Azad, Mayor of Bexhill and Councillor Zulhash Uddin Mayor of Southborough Town Council. The festival was opened with the […]
The man bidding to become the first person to swim the length of the English channel in a effort to raise awareness of the damage that plastic is doing to the world’s oceans was off the coast of Hastings at the weekend. Lewis Pugh’s target is to arrive in Dover tomorrow (Wednesday) but at the […]
Hastings-born Claude Nunney has been described as a ‘fearless’ soldier and his valour will be commemorated next Sunday at a special ceremony in Alexandra Park. A permanent memorial is being unveiled to the man who bravely charged through a barrage of gunfire during a First World War battle and was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross – […]
Can you help keep St Michael’s Hospice on the road, helping people in their homes? The ‘Hospice at Home’ car fleet, is instrumental to the team. Whatever the weather, night and day, 365 days a year the dedicated ‘Hospice at Home’ nurses support people with life-limiting illnesses in their homes. With over 3,500 visits carried […]
It’s going to be a busy few weeks for Hastings wrestling boss Stu Allen and his wife Tarnya. This weekend they head across to Kent to stage one of EWW’s renowned academy shows which showcases the young wrestling talent that trains every week in Stu’s wrestling academies now based not just in Hastings but in […]
Due to severe fog and after a gruelling 16 miles the safety boat had no choice but to stop Mark and Jason’s kayaking mission. The pair set off this morning in the hope of crossing the channel as art of a fund raising charity effort. However the team is not giving up on its plans […]
Ramsey & Mistley II 3 South Coast Athletico 8 This weekend’s fixture away to Essex and Suffolk Border Football League Division 3 Ramsey & Mistley FC got off to an interesting start. Due to an accident on the M25 delaying the Chopbacks journey the kick-off had to be postponed for 40 minutes leaving the team with less than ten minutes to […]
