Outstanding NHS staff providing mental health and learning disability services in Sussex and Hampshire were recognised for their exceptional work at a special virtual awards ceremony on 3 March 2022 – and were joined by some famous faces lending their support.
Tree correspondent Joan Taylor-Rowan can’t resist the allure of the cherry plum – the first of the Prunus varieties to flower in spring.
On Sunday 13 March, at 11.45am, Women’s Voice will gather at The Common Room, 27–29 Cambridge Road, for an event marking women’s suffrage. The event marks the end of the Suffrage Voices project and is also in honour of Women’s History month. Megan Cronin invites you to join Hastings Women’s Voice.
Top prize in Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition went to 17-year-old Shunta Morimoto from Japan, with the UK’s Thomas Kelly the runner-up, as the prestigious classical music event returned after a three-year absence. Nick Terdre reports, photos by Peter Mould.
When did you last see a greenfinch in Hastings? Probably a while ago – sightings are getting rarer as the population is in serious decline. David Campbell, bird recorder for the Sussex Ornithological Society, said, “Ten years ago we saw greenfinches much more often, but now the numbers have declined by 65% in the south-east.” As climate change causes the Earth to heat up bird diseases will occur more frequently. This article describes how a parasitic bird disease, Trichomonosis and a virus, bird flu, has affected bird species. Richard Price reports.
Jo Persaud, owner of the Old Town community’s shop, at 28-30 The Bourne, tells HOT’s Chandra Masoliver about the threat to its survival.
Politics does not normally enter into the mix at the Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition, but as the Russian government’s invasion of Ukraine darkens all our lives, Russian and Ukrainian participants were pleased to show their friendship, in harmony with the competition’s ethos. Nick Terdre reports.
Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine is both appalling and sickening says Sam Davey. Meanwhile, Erica Smith has been finding out the best ways to donate money or items needed by refugees from Ukraine.
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