St Leonards/Rye XV 65 Alresford 27 (HT 31-5) After their own ground became unavailable Ports needed to find alternative arrangements to host touring Hampshire side Alresford RFC and Rye came to the rescue with a ground and a shared team. Ports provided the majority of players, but Rye provided dangerous backline runners and strong back […]
This week’s newspapers have made uncomfortable reading for Hastings and Rye MP and Home Secretary Amber Rudd. As the week draws to a close calls for her resignation as Home Secretary continue to echo around the corridors of power. But while Ms Rudd may be the most high profile local politician making national headlines, Leah […]
Earlier this evening the crowdfunding account that many people hope will be the key building block that helps keep Hastings Pier in community ownership was launched. If you want to contribute then follow this link https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/fohp2018 It was also revealed tonight that the appeal launched by Friends of Hastings Pier has already secured pledges of […]
This time next week the town’s polling stations will be open for business and local residents will be electing the 32 members who will make up the new Hastings Borough Council. There are 32 candidates standing for the Labour, Conservative and Green parties with 30 Lib Dem Candidates and one candidate from each of The […]
Morris dancers and spectators will get an early morning lift next Tuesday as Hastings Borough Council will be opening the town’s West Hill funicular railway at 4.45am for the ‘dancing at dawn’ event. Kevin Boorman, the council’s marketing manager, explained: “Morris dancers have ‘danced at dawn’ on Ladies Parlour on the West Hill on […]
Fury among parents over plans to axe musical instrument tuition across East Sussex has reached boiling point. On Monday, a single ESCC councillor is expected to agree plans to close the small group instrumental teaching service across the county which will save the council £180K and cost 70 jobs in the process according to a […]
Two local primary schools are taking part in this year’s Sustrans ‘The Big Pedal’. The Big Pedal is running for two weeks, ten school days, and the focus of the campaign is to get children using their bikes and scooters and even walking to get to school. Sustrans is a national campaign group aimed at […]
Since we published our story earlier this morning detailing last night’s public meeting in the White Rock Theatre over the future of Hastings Pier we’ve had readers asking for more, particularly about the creative vision for the pier and the man behind that. So here it is, the full presentation given to the audience in […]
See the best of UK wrestling at a unique show in battle next weekend find out more here https://hastingsinfocus.co.uk/2018/06/20/a-chance-to-shine-trainee-wrestlers-chance-to-show-what-theyve-got/ The glory days of British wrestling when 20 million people tuned in every Saturday afternoon to watch the likes of Mick McManus and Big Daddy on World of Sport may now be a distant memory but […]
