Extinction Rebellion are best known for their campaign to bring home the importance of combatting climate change. But our future is also threatened by the loss of biodiversity, and the two crises are inextricably linked. Richard Price talked to local XR scientist Jane Ripley-Neale about the struggle get government take biodiversity loss seriously.
In April 2016 Hastings Borough Council voted to call on the East Sussex Pension Fund to stop investing in fossil fuels (oil, coal and gas). Will Rother District Council vote to join it next week? Gabriel Carlyle reports.
After a decade of zero activity, community planning is being pushed forward in the west of the borough, where a consultation is under way to test local support for the development of a neighbourhood plan. HOT’s Chris Connelley investigates.
The executive of the local Tory Association has deselected sitting MP Sally-Ann Hart, who says she will appeal to the membership. Nick Terdre reports.
Council must stop ‘providing political cover’ for fossil fuel companies investing in new oil & gas say campaigners. Gabriel Carlyle reports.
As the Covid-19 pandemic moves into a new phase, the vaccination programme is being rejigged towards a more targeted campaign. Meanwhile, infections have begun to rise again, as emerging Omicron sub-variants prove increasingly effective. East Sussex hospitals are top of the league for bed-blocking. Text by Nick Terdre, research and graphics by Russell Hall.
HOT’s Judy Parkinson took a biscuit and a cup of tea with artist Jeb Haward ahead of his show at Project 78, over which they talked about art, truth, freedom and chaos.
After finding that many of the residents in his ward felt that the local Job Centre had little to offer them, Glenn Haffenden, Green Party councillor for Tressell ward, has organised a jobs fair for Saturday 4 February.
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