Popular yard sale returns
The annual yard sale in Lower Park Road beside Alexandra Park takes place on Saturday 22 June, with part of the proceeds going to charity, as Chris Connelley reports.
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Sanctuary Festival 2024
Helping to make Our Home a Place of Sanctuary for All. To close Refugee Week in Hastings, Sanctuary Festival brings people together for a day of music, creativity and community – celebrating all the cultures that help make Hastings such a vibrant place to live. This event takes place on Sunday 23 June 2024 from 12-6pm at the Hastings Museum & Art Gallery, Bohemia Road, Hastings TN34 1ET. Festival organiser and co-chair of Hastings Community of Sanctuary, Polly Gifford, writes.
Jack in the Green through the eyes of Ella Guru
Painter Ella Guru has had her Jack in the Green works on show at SEED in Hastings Old Town for the last month. To mark the end of the show, she talks to Jude Montague about her painting and her love of Hastings festival life.
Dollimore heads field of eight in Hastings & Rye
Nominations in Hastings & Rye having closed, voters now know they have a choice of eight candidates when they go to the polls on 4 July. HOT’s Chris Connelley surveys the field, graphics by Russell Hall. Information on candidates standing in Bexhill & Battle is given below.
Pier bastardisation OK’d by HBC Planning Committee
On 5 June Hastings Borough Council (HBC)’s Planning Committee decided on the retrospective application for Listed Building Consent (LBC) for plastic fake olde lampposts on Hastings Pier. The approval was unanimous. That was case HS/LB/24/00047. Will companion case HS/FA/24/00046 for the full application now go to Committee? Time will tell. Bernard McGinley reports on an evening of inconsistency.
New Jewish group calls for pledges from Parliamentary candidates
Hastings Jews for Justice, a new Jewish group launched to give voice to those in the community who do not currently feel heard or respected by mainstream political parties or the media, are calling on local parliamentary candidates to adopt five pledges. Nick Terdre reports.
Hastings assembles, for a people-led approach to the general election
There’s a general election coming, but does it matter who gets elected? The question is posed by a growing body of people who find themselves alienated by current party politics. On the back of their disillusionment a community assembly has been organised for Sunday 16 June, where fellow citizens are invited to decide for themselves what the priority issues should be. Nick Terdre reports.
Hastings chessman among England’s winning seniors
Hastings chessman Stuart Conquest was one of England’s five-strong seniors team which won European gold last month in Slovenia. Nick Terdre reports.
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