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Conservative mayoral candidates: Katy Bourne, far left, next to Paul Marshall, and Sally-Ann Hart, far right, next to Tim Loughton. In the centre is Eliza Brazil, not a candidate, to whom the photo is attributed.

Bourne chosen as Tories’ mayoral candidate

The Conservatives have selected Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner Katy Bourne as their candidate for Sussex’s first mayoral election in May next year, though none of the other parties has yet done so. The latest polls suggest that most voters in Sussex favour Reform UK and the Liberal Democrats over the Tories. This year’s postponed county council elections will also take place next May, along with local elections. Nick Terdre reports, research and graphics by Russell Hall. Continue reading…

Local campaigners to join protests over Palestine Action ban in London and Hastings

Local anti-genocide campaigners are planning to join a mass protest in London in defiance of the government ban on Palestine Action on Saturday 9 August – and some are planning to take a stand closer to home. Gabriel Carlyle reports.

Hastings MP backs continued UK arms sales to Israel

Hastings’ Labour MP, Helena Dollimore, has finally broken her silence on UK arms sales to Israel. Gabriel Carlyle reports.

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Data harvesting by MP: concerns over alleged misuse of local petitions

The data management practices of Helena Dollimore MP have been challenged by the Green Party. They point out that campaign petitions are launched on constituency issues, but not often delivered (though some were) or reported on. How many had an outcome publicly declared? Other questions follow, such as ‘Are these petitions a way of gathering targets for campaigning or electoral messages, and is that within ‘the regs’?’ Bernard McGinley reports.

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‘Bestial Delights’, insights into curating a joint show

Rachel Williams and Jude Montague open their two week show Bestial Delights at Electro Studios Project Space. Jude Montague reports and gives an insight on what it is like to put on an independent show at the project space.

Hastings among areas eligible for Parkinson’s UK’s physical activity grants programme

Parkinson’s UK has launched a new physical activity grants programme for marginalised communities across the country to help more people living with the condition to get active. In the South East, Hastings is the only area eligible to apply for grants. But the deadline – 10 August – is approaching!

Labour welcomes housing moves by both council and government

Hastings Labour Group have welcomed Hastings Borough Council’s recently published draft housing strategy, which is currently out to consultation. They also laud measures taken by the government to boost housing supply and improve renters’ rights. Nick Terdre reports.

Hiroshima Day Commemoration 2025

On Wednesday August 6th it will be exactly 80 years since the U S air-force dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The bomb was dropped by parachute and exploded 1,900 feet above ground level. Below, between 60,000 to 80,000 people died instantly, some ‘vapourised’ by the intense heat. Many more succumbed to radiation sickness later on, an illness not understood at the time.(1) Report by John Enefer.

Open letter calls on MP to condemn Israel’s actions in Gaza

The horrifying situation in Gaza, where the withholding of food aid from Palestinians by the Israeli government is leading to widespread starvation, continues to send shock waves through the local community. In an open letter, Felicity Laurence of Amnesty Bexhill & Hastings Constituencies calls on local MP Helena Dollimore to condemn Israel’s actions and the goverment’s “complicity”.

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Hastings Independents join Sultana and Corbyn’s Your Party

The six councillors of the Hastings Independents Group have formally joined the newly launched left-wing political movement, Your Party, co-founded by Zarah Sultana MP and former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. Nick Terdre reports.

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Fundraising Walk for Gaza planned, in defiance of ‘violent thugs’

Hastings Friends of Al-Mawasi have announced that they will hold another fundraising walk from Hastings to Bexhill on Sunday 10 of August after a woman on a recent fundraising walk suffered a serious attack. Hastings & District Palestine Solidarity Campaign’s Katy Colley reports.

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Bourne chosen as Tories’ mayoral candidate

Local campaigners to join protests over Palestine Action ban in London and Hastings

Hastings MP backs continued UK arms sales to Israel

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Data harvesting by MP: concerns over alleged misuse of local petitions

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‘Bestial Delights’, insights into curating a joint show

Hastings among areas eligible for Parkinson’s UK’s physical activity grants programme

Labour welcomes housing moves by both council and government

Hiroshima Day Commemoration 2025

Open letter calls on MP to condemn Israel’s actions in Gaza

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Hastings Independents join Sultana and Corbyn’s Your Party

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Fundraising Walk for Gaza planned, in defiance of ‘violent thugs’

The Egg, w/ The Irresistible Force & Ramjac Corporation, at Henry Ward Hall

Latin jazz and salsa from Salsadelic at Jazz Hastings

Local Greens and MP tussle about Gaza

Battle aims to become UK’s first ‘solar town’

Cobalt birds flying with Marnie Collyer