Strandliners is a charitable organisation dedicated to cleaner rivers, cleaner seas and increasing public awareness of our environment through citizen science and community engagement. Beverley Coombes writes a review of their achievements in the last year.
Hastings’ Stade Hall will be playing host to a unique exhibition over half term (9 – 15 February) of art and poetry by children from Gaza, Palestine. Katy Colley
Green spaces like Alexandra Park play an important role in keeping children healthy, says Sussex-born author Travis Elborough, who will visit Hastings on Wednesday 21 February to give a talk called A Walk in The Park under the auspices of the Alexandra Park Greenhouse Group. Press officer Lynda Foy previews the occasion.
With local and general elections looming, and Conservative MPs becoming anxious, the government has loosened the purse strings somewhat to increase funding for local authorities. However, some sleight of hand is involved – the additional funding includes an assumed maximum increase in council tax collection. Report by Nick Terdre, research and graphics Russell Hall.
Two new Freedom of Information Act requests have revealed that East Sussex County Council (ESCC) spent £19.5k on four dates in 2022–23 ‘protecting’ County Hall from petition hand-ins, street theatre, giant newspaper headlines and mince pies. Gabriel Carlyle reports.
Markus Thonett talks to Jude Montague about his work and new exhibition at the upstairs gallery at St Andrews Mews.
Friends of Pat Fisher, the visionary founder and director of Gizmo Kids are invited to wear a red hat and parade along Kings Road at 12.30 tomorrow, Thursday 1 February, to pay respects as her funeral cortege passes by. Her funeral will take place at Hastings Cemetery and Crematorium on the Ridge, at the top of Elphinstone Road.
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