Full access to Ecclesbourne Glen in Hastings Country Park will finally be restored with the reopening of the main footpath later this year. But according to Save Ecclesbourne Glen group, the failure to investigate the causes of the landslip will make future monitoring of land stability more difficult. Report by Nick Terdre, photos by Russell Jacobs.
A Grade 2 building in Lower Bohemia is the subject of a retrospective planning application, the legal-but-dubious mechanism of the confused or shifty. The applicant is Hastings Borough Council (HBC).
Contrary to criticism from some sections of the media and public, teachers have been working harder than ever over the last 15 months. Secondary school teacher Laura Chamberlain explains how she and her students adapted to the pressures of working from home while schools were closed to all but the most vulnerable of students and the children of key workers.
Hastings retailers have welcomed a newly published series of House of Commons recommendations aimed at tackling violence and abuse towards retail workers.
Buildings in the Trinity Triangle area of Hastings town centre have benefited from a “Spring Clean” over recent weeks, as the start of a local Maintenance Club that is hoping to expand. The aim is for owners and others responsible for buildings to collaborate to save money and protect local buildings. HOT’s Erica Smith looks at the difference some TLC makes to the buildings in our town centre.
Set in a local pub sometime in the 80s, ‘Two’ is a play by Jim Cartwright, the writer of the film, Little Voice.
Women’s Voice has received funding from Comic Relief to run various activities for women aged 16-26. The events aim to empower young women and provide spaces for them to discuss and challenge sexism. The first event, finding power through self-portrait, takes place this coming Saturday. Ann Kramer, chair of Women’s Voice, explains a little more.
The adjudication of the 2021 online Hastings Musical Festival (HMF) took place on Saturday 27 June and the results are published on the website for Singing, Dancing, Instrumental, and Speech and Drama categories. The entrants were allowed to see the entries from their class and, if the other entrants agreed, to share their videos on a private platform. There were over 500 entries for Dance, over 200 for singing, over 150 for instrumental, and over 130 for Speech.
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