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Jason Rebello at Jazz Hastings

One of the leading figures in British jazz, world-renowned pianist Jason Rebello, will be gracing the Jazz Hastings stage on Tuesday 13 September. Julian Norridge reports.

Posted 19:14 Sunday, Sep 4, 2022 In: Music & Sound Tags: Jason Rebello, Jazz Hastings, Julian Norridge

The Frockers are coming!

It’s Frock Up Friday weekend – an opportunity to put aside the world’s woes for a brief period and have some fun dressing up, as Joan Taylor-Rowan explains.

Posted 09:39 Friday, Sep 2, 2022 In: One Long Party Tags: Bevali Francis, Frock Up Friday, Joan Taylor Rowan, Susan Simms

Beach protest tells Southern Water to clean up their act

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.

Posted 12:18 Wednesday, Aug 31, 2022 In: Campaigns Tags: Bernard McGinley, CWAG, DEFRA, demo, DWMP, Southern Water, water

Wanted: singers for world premiere of Piatti’s multi-faith oratorio

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.

Posted 11:19 In: Music & Sound Tags: Libera Nos, Nick Terdre, Polo Piatti

Local residents rally against ticket office closures

Thousands of ticket offices are under threat around the country, in a move that would hit elderly and disabled passengers hardest  .

Posted 12:44 Wednesday, Aug 24, 2022 In: Campaigns Tags: Cat Hobbs, Erica Smith, Gabriel Carlyle, Mick Lynch, privatisation, railways, RMT, ticket office closures, We Own It

Palestine on the Pier hosts UK’s first heritage ‘thobe’ show

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.

Posted 12:21 In: One Long Party Tags: Hastings and Rye Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Katy Colley, Palestine on the Pier, thobes

CWAG calls sewage protest meeting on Friday by Azur

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.

Posted 11:52 Tuesday, Aug 23, 2022 In: Clean Seas Please! Tags: Amanda Jobson, Bernard McGinley, Bexhill, CWAG, Feargal Sharkey, Pelham Beach, pollution, Seaford, sewage, Southern Water

Parks fund monies offered to Hastings and Rother

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.

Posted 18:42 Sunday, Aug 21, 2022 In: Local Economy Tags: Hastings, Levelling up, Nick Terdre, parks, Rother