Mayor and deputy stay in position for a further year

Hastings’ Mayor Nigel Sinden and his deputy James Bacon will have an additional year in their current roles. Councillor Sinden’s tenure as Mayor would normally have ended at Hastings Borough Council’s (HBC) annual meeting in May and as is the tradition Councillor Bacon would have stepped up in to the principal role after two years […]

Ambitious, optimistic and fighting for the resources it needs

Earlier this month Hastings Borough Council (HBC) held its ‘Annual Full Council’ meeting at which Nigel Sinden was re-elected as Mayor and Peter Chowney was re-elected as Leader of the Council. Mr Chowney also leads the ruling Labour group on HBC which occupies 23 of the 32 seats. Of the remainder eight are held by […]

Mayor calls on town for its ‘enthusiastic’ support

Local Explorer Scout Ryan Kent met the Mayor of Hastings, Councillor Nigel Sinden, to accept some town badges ahead of his trip to the 24th World Scout Jamboree later this year. Ryan is one of eight Explorer scouts from Hastings chosen to be among the lucky few to represent the UK after a long and […]

Standing side by side – one Hastings many voices, mosque vigil is huge success

The vigil outside the mosque in St Leonards today attracted, at its peak, an estimated 350 local people. Having been moved by what she saw on television Jane Grimshaw was the driving force in getting the event off the ground under the auspices of Hastings Supports Refugees and Hastings and Rother Refugee Buddy Project The […]

William Parker and Hastings Athletic club are back on track

Two of the country’s top athletes were in Hastings to celebrate the reopening of the athletics arena at William Parker. Ark William Parker Academy and Hastings Athletic club came together to celebrate the reopening of the high specification William Parker athletics facilities. Team GB elite athletes Adam Clarke and Charlotte Purdue officially declared the track […]

Hastings Youth Awards celebrate our local stars

More than 240 people attended a ceremony last weekend to mark the return of the Hastings Youth awards, a celebration of our local young people. There were awards to individuals but recognition went too to what were deemed to be ‘outstanding’ youth organisations, these included Gizmo Kids, Hastings Woodchips, Hastings and Rother YMCA, Xavier Ralph, Hastings […]

Every reason for Hastings to be proud

Hastings mayor, and speaker of the Cinque Ports, Councillor Nigel Sinden, hosted ‘Speakers Day’ in Hastings last Saturday. There are seven Cinque Ports, and each year, in rotation, the mayor of one of the five head ports and two ‘antient towns’ (sic) is appointed as speaker. The speaker acts as chairman and principal representative of […]

One Hastings… many footballers!

It was a day of intercultural football at the Oval on Sunday as ten teams competed for top honours in the Hastings Intercultural Organisation (HIO) football tournament. Teams taking part included two from Hastings Borough Council (HBC). There was a team from Pestalozzi Village that included students from around the world and  Hastings Mosque fielded […]


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