Many hundreds of people turned up to St Leonards beach on Friday 26th to protest against the notoriously poor record of Southern Water in looking after local water. A year after the pollution in Bulverhythe, raw sewage was being pumped into the sea at Seaford, and Bexhill beach was closed. Bernard McGinley was at the demonstration and took the photos.
With the world premiere of his multi-faith oratorio Libera Nos approaching in November, composer Polo Piatti is looking for 20 additional singers to take part. Nick Terdre reports.
Thousands of ticket offices are under threat around the country, in a move that would hit elderly and disabled passengers hardest .
Palestine on the Pier, the free cultural festival, returns to Hastings Pier on 4 September with another UK first – a fashion show of embroidered dresses – ‘thobes’ – from all over Palestine. Katy Colley, one of the festival organisers, writes.
As local and national standards of water management provoke widespread concern and anger, the local Clean Water Action Group has called a protest meeting on the beach opposite the Royal Victoria Hotel at noon on Friday. Bernard McGinley reports.
Hastings and Rother are among the local authority areas chosen to benefit from the government’s Levelling Up Parks Fund aimed at improving existing parks and creating new ones. To receive their funding, local authorities must submit a package of proposals for government approval. Nick Terdre reports.
This Sunday, 21 August, there will be a summer fete and community picnic in Gensing Gardens from noon to 3pm. It is the last of a series of summer events hosted by local arts organisation ATownExploresABook and funded by the Heritage Fund to mark the 150th anniversary of Gensing Gardens. HOT’s Erica Smith looks forward to the event.
The recent trio of planning applications for 5G telecommunications masts nearly 60 feet (18m) high have been decided by Hastings Borough Council (HBC). Warrior Square (‘528’) was nixed because it’s in a Conservation Area. Little Ridge Avenue (‘526’), just south of the Conquest, was refused because of the damage to visual amenity. The one beside the Oval (HS/TL/22/00527) was approved however. Bernard McGinley reports.
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