Plans to honour the memory of Biddy the Tubman are gathering momentum. Sue Church, the woman behind the campaign to have a blue plaque erected in his memory now has a unique design for the plaque which would sum up Biddy perfectly. The idea to erect a plaque came from Sue’s father Terry Baldwin who […]
A petition has been launched to fight plans to close the NHS walk-in facility at the Station Plaza health centre in the middle of Hastings. News broke that the centre was under threat at the start of this year but plans for its relocation were put on hold during the summer, however, these plans are […]
Locally there is probably no better known – or better loved – good cause than St Michael’s Hospice. For too many local people the hospice has played a big part in their lives as a member of their family, or close friend, has seen out their days being cared for there. The cost of running […]
Carl Denne says he’s just experienced one of the proudest moments of his life. It’s a couple of months since he put himself through the rigours of a kickboxing grading and his 3rd Dan Belt and certificate arrived this week and he says he feels humbled that he has, ‘earned’ his stripes. “This is my […]
The first phase of Hastings Borough Council’s energy generation programme is now underway, with PV (solar) arrays being installed on council-owned buildings. In his monthly report on council activities HBC leader Peter Chowney says the work should have started sooner but was been delayed because of ‘technical contractual issues’. “Thanks to the council’s recent commercial […]
Plans to increase rail fares by more than three per cent cannot be justified according to Hastings MP Amber Rudd who says she will be writing to Secretary of State at the Department for Transport with her concerns. It was confirmed earlier this week that rail fares would increase by up to 3.2 per cent in […]
There are fund raising challenges and then there are fundraising challenges and when you need to raise thousands of pounds every single day you need to be innovative, creative and come up with some pretty special ideas. Well that’s just what the team at St Michael’s Hospice has done in offering local people the chance […]
The garden full of cultural delights community event 2018 was held at St Leonards Gardens last Sunday. The event was organised by a number of community and faith groups and is supported by Hastings Borough Council. Mayor of Hastings Councillor Nigel Sinden and Councillor Kim Forward the council’s deputy leader joined the event along with […]
Hastings council has almost halved the management fee it pays to keep the White Rock Theatre running. Figures seen by Hastings In Focus indicate that under the new contract just signed with HQ Theatres and Hospitality Ltd Hastings Borough Council (HBC) will pay £1.75m over the next five years as the ‘management fee’ an average of just […]
