Just days after launching a very public bid to secure the future of the town’s pier in community ownership Friends of Hastings Pier (FOHP) have launched a desperate plea for cash. The group needs to raise at least £1m by Tuesday to keep its bid for the pier alive. A spokesman said: “Friends of Hastings […]
When it was announced that Hastings Pier was being put up for sale ‘Friends of Hastings Pier’ (FOHP) was rebooted at meeting in February with the goal of ensuring the survival of the pier and ensuring that its future lay in community control. The administrators of the pier, GVA, forced the pace by announcing that […]
We’ve collected some great shots of Hastings and we’re particularly proud of the photo from the beach that we use as our main identity shot. We posted three new photos to our instagram account (just search for Hastings In Focus) this morning and we thought we’d reproduce them here too, as well as a few […]
For 26 local men and women the tension is really building now – in just four days time they will be taking on the challenge of a lifetime. For one night only the 26 will be transformed from lorry drivers, engineers, shop keepers and builders into fighters as they step out in front of almost […]
Hollington United 1st – 1 Rye Town – 2 With the sun shining and a lunch time kick-off, designed to help the league with the fixture congestion, Scott and Andy’s first team arguably produced their worst performance of the season against a team who would take full advantage. After a good start with Sam White, […]
East Sussex Football League Division 4 South Coast Athletico – 5 Orington – 1 On a warm Saturday afternoon the South Coast Athletico took on Orington in what would have been a prelude to this Monday night’s Challenge Cup final. Looking to show the early season win of 3-0 was no fluke the Chopbacks set out […]
We’ve been talking a great deal on Hastings In Focus about the elections to Hastings Borough Council (HBC) which are now less than two weeks away. For the first time in many years every one of the 32 seats on the council is up for grabs, that’s because there have been boundary changes since the last […]
Hollington United FC 2nds – 4 Mayfield – 2 As the matches start to come thick and fast the seconds entertained Mayfield on Wednesday night in the Robertsbridge Junior Cup quarter final. Looking to continue their recent good form, the Lions started a little slow against a big Mayfield side who played some decent football. […]
If you go down to West Marina Gardens you’ll find a white marble statue that looks very much the worse for wear! You’d never guess it is a statue of national significance, a piece of art donated to the town almost 150 years ago – you’d never guess and you’d find it hard to find […]
