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Harmony at Christmas

It has been a great year for musician, Debbie Warren, culminating in a brilliant performance of Benjamin Britten and John Rutter Carols at Christmas and her appointment as Soundwaves Community Choir’s first resident Music Director. HOT’s Chris Cormack looks at Debbie’s achievements in 2015 and carol concerts this Christmas. If you’ve missed the concerts in the last few weeks you can still get in the mood for Christmas this Saturday at St Mary in the Castle with the Hastings Philharmonic Choir.

BID: new town centre marketing initiative

Hastings town centre could see £1 million of improvements if local businesses agree to become a ‘BID’ (Business Improvement District). The town centre partnership is working with consultants Revive & Thrive to explain the benefits of becoming a BID, which will be voted on in autumn next year.

Posted 14:36 In: Home Ground Tags: BID, Business Improvement District, Dave Padmore

Now walk the walk, local MPs told

In the run-up to Paris, members of Bexhill and Hastings Global Justice Now were out on the streets persuading their fellow citizens that the climate talks needed to come up with a committed and fair agreement. Now that an agreement is in place, they want to see our MPs taking the necessary actions to enforce it, as they explain.

Posted 13:48 In: The HOT Planet Tags: Amber Rudd, climate talks, Global Justice Now, Hastings and Bexhill Global Justice Now, Huw Merriman, Paris, UN Climate Conference

In2Play pre-school places available

In2Play is a community interest company based at the Bridge Community Centre, who run a pre-school for children aged 2-5 years old. They encourage the children to reconnect with nature and spend a great deal of time outside whatever the weather!

Posted 13:18 In: Education Tags: Ceri Milne, In2Play, pre-school, The Bridge Community Centre, Woodland Trust

Transition Town gardening

The Transition Town Hastings team have set some dates to go to St Leonards Warrior Square station – and they’d like some fellow gardeners – beginners through to the thoroughly green-fingered – to come along and help. The plan is to do some clearing, possibly cutting back of brambles, thinning out of any young trees and sorting a compost area. Basically, see what needs doing when people get there – and prepare the area for the coming winter.

Posted 13:08 In: Grassroots Tags: St Leonards Station, Transition Town Hastings

On the route of the proposed North Bexhill Access Road

Sea Change withdraws NBAR road application

A planning application for a major new road in Bexhill, the North Bexhill Access Road (NBAR), has been withdrawn by developers Sea Change Sussex after an objector pointed out flaws in the environmental data provided by the company.

Posted 13:03 In: Home Ground Tags: Andrea Needham, Combe Haven Defenders, Hastings Borough Council, High Court, North Bexhill Access road, Rother District Council, Sea Change Sussex

Coffee with Rosie

HOT’s Sean O’Shea talks with local author, teacher, trainer and illustrator Rosie McAndrew about her recently published memoir Wordsworth’s White Wife, her life in Guyana, her passion for Tango and her bond with Hastings.

Posted 14:11 Tuesday, Dec 15, 2015 In: Literature,SOS Tags: Community Service Volunteers, Demerara, Essequibo river, Georgetown, Guyana, Hastings College of Art, Mainstay Lake, Nicola's Flying Bicycle, Schools broadcastings, Wordsworth Mc Andrew

When all else fails, Seaview is there

You can call the emergency services if you need police, ambulance or fire-fighters, but there is another emergency service in town performing an equally important role – the Seaview Project, which helps homeless and vulnerable people and those whose lives have fallen apart but who can find no help from the official agencies. Strategy director Mike Cornish told Nick Terdre how it works.

Posted 13:01 In: Home Ground Tags: Brighton Housing Trust, East Sussex County Council, Fulfilling Lives, Hastings Borough Council, Mike Cornish, Nick Terdre, rough sleepers, Seaview, street community, Sussex Homeless Outreach Reconnection and Engagement