Hastings Borough Council has issued a call for local residents to make sure they can vote in the general election on Thursday 4 July. As well as being registered, voters are nowadays required to show proof of their identity. Nick Terdre reports, research and graphics by Russell Hall.
Nature lovers from Hastings will be travelling to London on Saturday 22 June to join a march to Restore Nature Now. This protest has been called by a broad coalition of environmental organisations from the RSPB to Extinction Rebellion. Taking place just two weeks before the general election, the aim is to focus politicians’ attention on the urgent need to protect and restore the natural world. Charmian Kenner invites you to join the march.
The East Sussex Pension Fund’s long awaited vote on fossil fuel divestment has been postponed for a third time – and now cannot take place until September at the earliest. Gabriel Carlyle reports.
Local housing campaigners have launched a new petition, are holding a free film screening on Wednesday (19 June) and are staging a protest next Sunday (23 June). Gabriel Carlyle reports.
HOT’s Judy Parkinson has packed her opera glasses and cocktail gloves ready for this year’s Barefoot Opera production of Verdi’s La Traviata.
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.
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.
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.
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