St Leonards CP 7 Rye 18 (HT 7-7) Ports faced their local rivals as the wind and rain swept in across the William Parker pitch. From the off the weather was the clear controlling force and both sides spilled the ball. Rye played sensibly within the conditions but Chopper Gooders, Chris Perry and Mike Hutchins […]
Hastings Borough Council’s (HBC) ‘grotbusting’ team have been in action again, resulting in the owners of two rundown buildings pleading guilty in court. The council started its Grotbuster campaign in 2000 targeting run down or derelict buildings and structures for improvement. So far, 880 have been improved, 33 so far this year, winning the council […]
The police cannot be expected to pick up the pieces of a ‘broken mental health system’. That’s the headline finding of a report by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) published earlier this week. Hastings In Focus understands that an increasing amount of local officer’s time is spent dealing with people […]
Hastings student Georgia Harrison was at the forefront of a national campaign last week when she met her local MP in the Palace of Westminster. Amber Rudd had asked Georgia, a Hastings student at Sussex Coast College, to join her in Parliament for the #AskHerToStand day. The event is aimed at trying to get more […]
Met Police (Hayes) 19 St Leonards Cinque Ports 24 (HT 0-21) Ports travelled up the A21 for a friendly against new opposition in the Met Police. Despite travelling with a sizeable squad there were a number of changes in the Ports team, the clock being rolled back with Paul Smart skippering the side. Ports found […]
Chief instructor at Hastings Kickboxing Academy, Carl Denne is looking forward to the next few years as he watches his students grow and develop. “We really are starting to get some amazing young talent in the gym and really looking forward to the next few years as they develop and expand theirs skills as kickboxers,” […]
Representing Hastings Community of Sanctuary Alex Kempton and I attended the annual Sanctuary in Parliament event earlier this month and met our MP Amber Rudd to discuss the day’s theme – Towards a Fairer Asylum System, writes Dr Felicity Laurence. There were moving accounts from those within the asylum system, music from the Stories of Sanctuary choir, […]
Another national award has come Hastings’ way. Hastings Borough Council (HBC) is celebrating after its Bottle Alley lighting scheme won the Outdoor lighting project of the year award at the prestigious 2018 LUX awards, which took place in London last week. As local people know Bottle Alley is a 250m long covered walkway along Hastings seafront. Located […]
The first time the young Stu Allen watched wrestling on TV he knew that’s what he wanted to do and that’s what he went on and did, travelling to the US as a teenager to train with some of the biggest names in the business. Stu’s been wrestling professionally for the best part of 30 […]
