Small-scale farms, that are less affected by adverse weather conditions, could soon become an important part of our food security. Here in Hastings we are fortunate to have local producers such as Stonelynk Organics in Fairlight run by Hélène Maerschalck and her partner Stephen Atkinson who live in Hastings. Dee Williams reports.
Sharon Rhodes asks us all to fill in the HHA housing survey as a first step towards getting affordable housing back on the streets of Hastings.
Learn about the techniques and benefits of wood carving at a forthcoming workshop organised by the Alexandra Park Greenhouse Group. Press officer Lynda Foy explains.
Do seals harm local fishing? It’s become a much-argued local issue. Academics from Oxford University have been studying seal-human interactions by analysing data gathered from small fishing fleets around the UK, including the Hastings fleet. Richard Price reports.
On Saturday 18 May protesters gathered around Hastings pier, paddling out to sea to demonstrate their anger about the disposal of wastewater in the sea. Jude Montague talked to Surfers against Sewage.
Hastings Pier is a slum. Supervision rests with Hastings Borough Council (HBC) and its Enforcement team, no doubt hardpressed and under-resourced. The Pier is of exceptional importance to the town’s economy and reputation however. Bernard McGinley reports.
Barnaby Davies will be wheeling out his Big Band to provide a couple of hours of entertainment for passers-by and music-lovers outside Barnaby’s Lounge in Robertson Street on Sunday 26 May, as Nick Terdre explains.
Bees are on the move. Jude Montague talks to A Curious Agenda about their upcoming bee workshop on Sunday 19 May and meets Sarah Nixon and her temporary garden swarm.
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