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Hands up for HEART!

We all came to expect the unexpected last year. From discovering the reemergence of birdsong to the less savoury COVID impacts many of us have had to face. It can certainly be called a ‘strange time’. Rowland Jobson was an early victim of Covid-19 and wanted to share his experience – and his appreciation of his Hastings Emergency Action Resilience Team (HEART) volunteer.

Posted 14:42 Thursday, Jan 14, 2021 In: Hastings People Tags:
This image shows the painting Arrangement in Grey and Black No.!, known popularly as Whistler's Mother. Alongside is a recreation of the painting by the author of this article.

The mother of all portraits

One of the world’s most iconic mothers, her image immortalised

Native Selenium

Is there a connection between lack of selenium and low immunity?

The amount of selenium in the soil varies. David Marsh, co-author of “The Driving Force, Food, Evolution and the Future” talks with HOT’S Chandra Masoliver about the importance of selenium for our immune system, where we get selenium from, and how a lack of it might affect our susceptibility to Covid-19.

Posted 11:29 In: Covid-19 Tags: , ,

HBC’s new weapons against critics: censorship and a reverse-ferret

Open debate and argument about the legal and other merits of a case is part of the planning process. That’s the theory anyway. Hastings Borough Council (HBC) has other ideas. Bernard McGinley reports on recent changes, including a surprise development.

Howell triumphs in Hastings online chess tournament

Hastings International Chess Congress’s first online tournament proved a triumph for top English player David Howell in an all-play-all format involving many of the country’s top players. Nick Terdre reports.

Posted 18:40 Monday, Jan 11, 2021 In: Sport Tags: , , , ,

Stabbed in the back: Brexit’s betrayal of Britain’s fishermen

By all accounts, the gains for the British fishing industry in the Brexit deal were marginal at best – many were left with a feeling of being totally sold out, and none more so than the Hastings fishing community, writes HOT reporter/photographer John Cole.

A Town Explores A Boxall

Young illustrator Erin Brookes-Doolan meets established illustrator Ed Boxall and talks to him about his work.

Posted 19:40 Thursday, Jan 7, 2021 In: Hastings People Tags:

Coronavirus statistical update: East Sussex hospitals under the cosh as new lockdown imposed

As the Covid-19 virus continues to spread rapidly, England has moved into a new lockdown, a major incident has been declared in Sussex and local hospitals are in danger of being overwhelmed. Report by Nick Terdre, research and graphics by Russell Hall.

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