David Caffrey, BAFTA award winning director of the hit TV show Peaky Blinders, and a Hastings resident spoke to Hastings In Focus at the weekend about the bid put together by Hastings Borough Council and Locate East Sussex to persuade Channel 4 to set up one of its new creative hubs in the town where television […]
Friends of Hastings Pier has published a revised business plan and details of its financial projections as its battle to secure community ownership of the pier continues. Both documents can be seen in full by following this link http://hastingsvoluntaryaction.org.uk/fohp A spokesman for FoHP said yesterday: “We want to acknowledge the amazing contribution and ongoing commitment […]
Two of the town’s beaches have been named as some of the best in the country. Keep Britain Tidy (KBT) has given its prestigious Blue Flag Awards to beaches at the Marina in St Leonards and Pelham Beach won a KBT ‘seaside award’. They are two of just 15 beaches in the South East to […]
Nottingham woman Sue Church is spearheading a campaign to have a blue plaque erected in Hastings in memory of the legendary Biddy The Tubman. This Pathe newsreel footage of Biddy in action probably better explains his ‘act’ than words ever could. Sue says: “As Hastings Borough Council no longer funds these Blue Plaques, it looks […]
Last night the 32 men and women who make up Hastings Borough Council met for the first time since they were elected just two weeks ago and we would like to wish them all the best for all they will be doing on the behalf of Hastings’ 96,000 residents in the coming years. It’s oh […]
Up to £1m is being made available to the local fishing industry from the EU in the form of grants from the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund. The cash is intended for projects that support the local fishery and follows on from a previous round of funding called Fisheries Local Action Groups or FLAG 1 that […]
Hastings Old Town was presented with the first ever Britain’s best walking Neighbourhood Award yesterday after winning a public vote to find the very best urban area for going about everyday life on foot earlier this year. At a special ceremony at Butlers’ Gap attended by Judy Rogers in one of her last roles as […]
Hastings has a new Mayor and a new set of faces at the top table making the decisions that will affect the every day lives of Hastings’ 96,000 residents. Last night the new borough council met in Muriel Matters House for the first time since the elections just two weeks ago and below we provide […]
Meet the new mayor of Hastings, he’s Nigel Sinden and represents the Silverhill ward on Hastings Borough Council, he takes over from Judy Rogers. His deputy will be Old Hastings councillor James Bacon. Both men were elected to their positions at tonight’s first meeting of the new Hastings Borough Council which was elected on May […]
