Hastings & Bexhill II 29 St Leonards CP 33 (HT 12-12) An injury crisis at Ports meant they did not complain too strongly at Crawley RFC’s cancellation and instead rapidly arranged friendly against a Hastings & Bexhill XV. The match saw Ports start with a bare XV including a number of players playing out of […]
From a base on the Castleham Industrial estate a small but dedicated team made one of possibly the most beautiful ‘estate’ cars ever conceived – the Lynx Eventer, based on Jaguar’s XJS sports coupe. Lynx Engineering made its start in 1973, building faithful replicas of the Jaguar C and D-Type in a converted farm near […]
Could Hastings MP Amber Rudd be heading for the cabinet exit door for the second time in just nine months? Ms Rudd has been forefront of the Brexit debate this week and she is being tipped by the national media as one of several high-profile cabinet ministers who are set to resign in protest if […]
Prudent planning for the future or reckless behaviour creating a ‘ticking time bomb’ for Hastings Borough Council’s (HBC) finances? Your council has borrowed more than £40m in your name in the last five years to invest in commercial property – and more is planned. Like everything that happens in politics there is a group of […]
Last week we published a column from Jay Kramer about the proposal to shut the English as an Additional Language Service (EALs) across East Sussex. Here Dr Felicity Laurence Chair Hastings Community of Sanctuary explains in more detail not just what the service provides and why she believes it is vitally important that it is […]
A recent spate of vandalism at Hastings Country Park is potentially putting lives at risk says the council. Emergency signs on wooden bollards around the park have been deliberately removed and signs vandalised. Located throughout the park the signs are designed to help people contact the emergency services if they have an accident. Each bollard […]
The call went out at the weekend for Hastings to become a carbon neutral town by 2030 and for Hastings Borough Council (HBC) to declare a ‘climate emergency’ now. Hastings and Rye Green Party launched its call at the weekend and were out in force in the town centre on Saturday morning urging people to […]
Westfield’s annual Christmas lights show has raised more than £8,000 for St Michael’s Hospice. The village’s incredible display of Christmas lights which started at the beginning of December and continued throughout the month, have become a special part of Christmas in the area and a must-visit for many local families during the festive season. Every […]
They say they face a ‘difficult financial outlook’ in the coming years and claim they are setting a budget against a background of uncertainty but when they meet tomorrow members of East Sussex County Council’s cabinet will thrash out a budget for the coming financial year. They will discuss proposals for service changes across East […]
