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County Council to debate fossil fuels next Tuesday (9 May)
Oil giants Shell and BP have just announced bonanza quarterly profits. East Sussex County Council (ESCC) will have to defend its continued investment in these climate-busting companies – and its failure to support a proper windfall tax on their profits – in a public debate on fossil fuel companies at County Hall in Lewes next Tuesday (9 May). Gabriel Carlyle reports.
JJ Waller’s May Day 2023
How appropriate that the 40th Jack in the Green fell on Monday 1 May 2023! Photographer JJ Waller made his regular pilgrimage along the seafront to see the bikers and up the hill to see Jack and his followers. Here are a few of his favourite photographs.
West St Leonards Forum exhibition leads on to Neighbourhood Planning recognition
The recent West St Leonards Forum (WSLF) exhibition at Electro Studios in Seaside Road (7 – 16 April 2023) was a success. One of the organisers, Bryan Fisher, tells HOT what was involved, and of recognition by Hastings Borough Council (HBC) of the proposed Neighbourhood Plan area boundary and of the Forum under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
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- Kate Meakin wins ‘Community Energy Champion’ award
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