Following the mass outbreak of Covid-19 at Napier Barracks in Folkestone, where several hundred asylum-seekers are being kept in inhumane conditions, Hastings Community of Sanctuary has arranged an online event next Monday to provide first-hand accounts of what is happening there. Nick Terdre reports. Photos by Care4Calais.
Design consultant Ken Davis completes his series on distinctiveness in local architectural style taking the comments on his previous article as starting-points for further reflection. He also took the photographs.
HOT photographer Russell Jacobs has been out and about in Hastings and St Leonards, snapping what comes his way, whether people or buildings in the news or emergencies he comes across. Closure seems to be the theme of the moment – and not necessarily due to lockdown. Text by Nick Terdre.
The Town Investment Plan – Hastings’ Town Deal bid – could bring more than £110m into the town to fund a range of projects. If the Town Deal board’s vision becomes reality, Hastings will become the South East’s first green city, with new housing, commercial and leisure facilities, new jobs and two regional ‘green skills’ bases. Nick Terdre reports.
Winter swimmers don’t need science to tell them the benefits of plunging into cold water, they live them. Sarah Corrie spoke to five Hastings and St Leonards swimmers to find out how going in the sea is improving their mental, physical and spiritual wellbeing.
The growing network of vaccination sites is enabling immunisation against the coronavirus to gather pace in Hastings and Rother. The NHS East Sussex Clinical Commissioning Group has moved to fill the information gap on how the service is organised and how it works. Nick Terdre reports.
East Sussex County Council has decided to introduce mass community testing for Covid-19 using lateral flow devices. Reservations have been aired about this form of test – is it up to the job? Text by Nick Terdre, research and graphics by Russell Hall.
The Hastings Musical Festival (HMF) has already had almost 600 entries for its Virtual Festival. Teachers in all sections said they had hoped to use the January school term to complete teaching and recording of performances for uploading, but this is no longer possible given the new lockdown, writes Chris Cormack.
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