Punnetts Town 1 South Coast Athletico 1 On a windy Saturday afternoon, South Coast Athletico visited Division One side Punnets Town. After a 4-0 win over Polegate Town the Chopbacks were hoping to keep the early preseason form going, Connor Easton, Dom McGurk, Jack Bloomfield and Harry Jackson were all noticeable absentees. The game started slowly as […]
Were you one of those who endured commuter hardship when the mass overhaul of train timetables was introduced in May? The chaos caused by the biggest overhaul in train timetables has been well documented and commuters in the south east were among the hardest hit. Now the Government has asked the Office of Rail and […]
There are some great photographers in Hastings and it’s great to be able to share some of their work. Here’s a selection of shots from the last week courtesy of Sid Saunders, Kevin Burchett, Alan Roberts and Dan Hicks. Aviation has played a big part in the story of the last seven days, this is […]
Hastings Borough Council’s Active Hastings team are staffing the seaside cycle hire hut this summer with adult bikes, balance bikes, adult electric bikes and a powered trike to hire. They will also be hiring out deck chairs for visitor and residents. Councillor Andy Batsford, Hastigs Borough Council’s lead member for leisure and sports development said: […]
An ‘urgent’ meeting requested by The Arts Council (ACE) in May will take place on August 13th according to East Sussex County Council (ESCC). In May The Arts Council’s area director Hedley Swain asked for a meeting with the council so it could provide ‘urgent confirmation’ that ESCC would be able to hold up its […]
The world’s largest online BMX bike retailer is right here in Hastings and last week it was rewarded for all it has achieved in the 15 years since it was founded when it was presented with The Queen’s Awards For Enterprise in the field of international trade. Peter Field, the Lord Lieutenant of East Sussex […]
A CRIMINAL has narrowly escaped jail after being caught with 85,000 illegal cigarettes in the back of his van. Shirwan Jabar was stopped by police unloading boxes from the van outside a shop in London Road, St Leonards, following a report of a vehicle being driven erratically on September 4th last year. East Sussex Trading […]
We have an award winning pier, award winning beaches and last week we heard that we have award winning parks too. But I didn’t know until today that once-upon-a-time Hastings was cursed. It was said that if you ever stayed here, you would never leave. That’s just one thing I found out reading a piece […]
South Coast Athletico 4 Polegate Town 0 William Parker School On a scorching Saturday afternoon, South Coast Athletico welcomed Polegate Town to William Parker for the first pre-season friendly. Polegate started the stronger of the two teams as they looked to take the initiative early on but solid backline work from the Chopbacks frustrated Polegate Town […]
