New work by SoCo* Artists Hastings Museum & Art Gallery 5 July – 30 September It’s fascinating to see where artists find their inspiration, and visitors are invited to join these creative journeys in a new exhibition at Hastings Borough Council’s Museum & Art Gallery. Kim Forward, lead councillor for Arts and Culture said: “The […]
The new owner of Hastings Pier has met with local councillors to outline his plans for the future of the iconic structure. Sheikh Abid Gulzar met with borough councillors John Rankin and Karl Beaney on Saturday afternoon, Mr Rankin said afterwards: “As councillors we speak to a large number of residents and the overwhelming feeling in […]
Hastings echoed to the sound of horsepower on Sunday as more than 100 high performance machines cruised into town for a fundraising day in memory of a special little boy writes Rob Griffin. A stunning line-up of Lamborghinis, Ferraris, Porsches, Audis, BMWs, Mercedes and other prestigious marques gathered on a gloriously sunny Stade for Hughie’s […]
PROJECTS helping young people prepare for the world of work in and around Hastings have been given a £70,000 funding boost. Organisations in and around the Hastings area are among 21 to receive a share of £1.5 million from the Careers & Enterprise Company Opportunity Area Fund. The money has been allocated to projects in […]
Over the last 20 years, the Links Project has been working with immigrants and asylum seekers right here in Hastings and St Leonards. This year to mark national refugee week, which ran from June 18th – 24th, the Links Project – which is supported by Hastings Borough Council – celebrated acts of welcome shown to […]
Just a year ago Hastings’ newest senior football team was gearing up to play its first match in division three of the East Sussex football league and club chairman and team manager Neil Sutcliffe was feeling just a little bit nervous. “This was something new for us and something really big,” says Neil, “we’d all […]
More than 300 women dressed as suffragists or suffragettes, carrying dramatic banners, placards and posters, all of which had been created by local women, marched along Hastings seafront last Saturday writes Ann Kramer. The purpose of this colourful spectacle was to celebrate the 100 year anniversary of British women winning the vote, after a long and […]
Its seems that arguments over planning are nothing new, in the latter years of the 19th century when Hastings Borough Council decided it wanted to construct a new funicular railway on the east hill its plans came under attack on two fronts. First there was a covenant on the land in favour of the original […]
A NEW free service has been launched to help people in Sussex prepare for extreme hot weather events. As the mercury rises, the heatAlert service sends out warnings by text, voicemail or email when a heatwave or very hot weather is forecast. The service, which runs until September, is particularly aimed at people with respiratory […]
