Archive: Month: <span>December 2016</span>

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Love dust

In this vignette inspired by a poem by Sylvia Plath, Sean O’Shea portrays a solitary woman attempting to connect with some inner sense of goodness and quietude.

Posted 17:48 Saturday, Dec 31, 2016 In: SOS Tags: Buddha, meditation, Mirror, Sorrow, Sylvia Plath, Van Gogh

Ombudsman upholds Rocklands complaint

The local government ombudsman has upheld a complaint about Hastings Borough Council’s handling of developments in the Rocklands caravan park, but acknowledges that the council has taken action to improve its procedures. Meanwhile the Save Ecclesbourne Glen group has again resorted to the Information Commissioner to get a proper Rocklands’ site plan from the council. Nick Terdre reports.

Posted 17:14 Thursday, Dec 22, 2016 In: Home Ground Tags: Bunker, Coffey, Country Park, Hastings Borough Council, HBC, Information Commissioner, Kevin Boorman, ombudsman, Rocklands, Save Ecclesbourne Glen, SEG

Christmas message to you from us!

All of us involved in Hastings Online Times (HOT) would like to take this opportunity to send you our wishes for the best possible Christmas and for happiness, harmony and good health in 2017.

Posted 11:00 In: The HOT Planet

Southern Rail or RMT – who cares?

Last month Sandra went to support the RMT strikers at Hastings station for the first time. As a wheelchair user, she’s very worried about the Driver-Only-Operated train policy, because she can foresee that if trains can be operated by the driver alone, the chances are that the role of the guard/conductor/second person on the train will be eroded in favour of profits. Here Sandra tells her heartwarming story for you in the face of adverse travel circumstances.

Posted 16:52 Wednesday, Dec 21, 2016 In: Campaigns Tags: Brighton, DJ Maxwell, Dog AID, DPAC, Hastings, Hove, Kay Green, Professor Elemental, rail strike, railworkers, RMT, Southern rail, strike, Unite

Affordable housing on Station Plaza scrapped

An application for removal of the affordable housing obligation in the Station Plaza development was approved with reluctance by the planning committee last week. The decision raises fears for the future of such housing in Hastings. Nick Terdre reports.

Posted 14:15 In: Home Ground Tags: affordable housing, Chris Lewcock, District Valuer, Hastings Urban Design Group, John Laing, Michael Wincott, Nick Terdre, Phil Scott, Section 106, Station Plaza

Candles lit for people of Aleppo

On Saturday (16 December) over 100 people attended a vigil for Aleppo the Stade Open Space. The event was organised by Hastings Supports Refugees to remember the victims of the terrible war in Syria and to send out a message that here in Hastings people are thinking of them. Jamie Osborn from Hastings Supports Refugees writes.

Posted 08:28 In: The HOT Planet Tags: Aleppo, Bronwen Griffiths, Doctors in Syria UK Action For Refugees, Hastings Supports Refugees, Jamie Osborn, Jane Grimshaw, Not Here Not Us, Stand With Aleppo, Syria

Call to tackle high rate of suicide

The high rate of suicide in the UK has been highlighted by the publication of a report by the Parliamentary Health Select Committee calling for a better government strategy for suicide prevention. Turning Point, a social enterprise which works with vulnerable people often at risk of committing suicide, issued the following statement by their managing director for mental health, John Campbell. The Sanctuary Service, Turning Point’s mental health crisis service, is based in Hastings.

Posted 20:00 Monday, Dec 19, 2016 In: Health Matters Tags: Health Select Committee, John Campbell, Sanctuary Service, suicide, Turning Point

Season’s greetings from Surviving Christmas

Surviving Christmas is putting the final touches to its annual arrangements to bring seasonal cheer to those who are homeless or, for whatever reason, are unable to provide an enjoyable Christmas for themselves and their families. Nick Terdre reports. Photos by Surviving Christmas.

Posted 13:15 In: Grassroots Tags: Caroline Bendell, Crusader Vehicle Hire, East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service, Martin Hyland, Nick Terdre, Sainsbury's, Salvation Army Centre, Surviving Christmas, Sussex Coast College, Xtrax