Weavering Warriors II 31 St Leonards CP 29 (HT 7-24) A much changed Ports XV travelled to Kent to face a friendly against new opposition. For the first time Weavering had put together a 2nd XV but the core of the side was well drilled and organised. This was clear from the off and Ports […]
East Grinstead II 30 St Leonards CP 10 (HT 0-7) The journey to East Grinstead is always a challenging one, and this league trip was made tougher for Ports with a number of injuries and unavailable players meaning that an unfamiliar looking squad took the field in heavy and wet conditions. From the kick-off though […]
Is St Leonards really the ‘yin’ to Hastings’ ‘yang’? That was how The Guardian summed up the relationship between the two towns – or are they really two parts of the same town? In answer to the question about St Leonards: what’s going for it? The Guardian feature writer answered that the town has, ‘come of age’. […]
Hastings fairs particularly badly in The Indices of Deprivation 2019 that have just been published. In seven of the 11 identified areas, problems in Hastings have got worse. The figures from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government are produced to show how deprived local areas are, in comparison to other parts of England. Hastings […]
South Coast Athletico – 3 St Leonards Social II – 2 Wet and windy weather was the order of the day as St Leonard Social 2nd team arrived to take on South Coast Athletico. Looking for a first win in three league games the Chopbacks found themselves behind early on after poor communication at the back allowed Social to take advantage and […]
Leading Labour councillor Andy Batsford says the town’s borough council is a “bold interventionist council determined to improve the lives of our residents.” He was talking after Hastings Borough Council (HBC) carried out a review os a 16 year programme of renewal work in central St Leonards. The £32 million public/private investment has been focussed on […]
When artist Marcia Buckley throws open the doors of her home for the next two weekends as part of Coastal Currents she’ll be showcasing not just her own work but the work of a dozen of her students – and she’ll be brimming with pride at what she and all of her students have achieved. […]
Solar panels on the roof of the Ore Valley Campus of East Sussex College will save over £5,000 a year on energy costs. Hastings MP Amber Rudd is encouraging more schools and businesses to copy the example set by Ore Valley which at one stage this month was generating 76 per cent of its energy […]
Tighter regulations to clamp down on anti-social behaviour in and around the town come in to force this week. Hastings Borough Council (HBC) is changing its current anti-social behaviour public space protection order (PSPO) as a result of feedback organisations, businesses and councillors across the town. The changes to the antisocial behaviour PSPO were agreed […]
