The ‘chemical shutdown’ in sleepy St Leonards was competing in the national news cycle with the closure of Heathrow Airport this week. The story was covered by the BBC, Guardian, Independent, Metro and Sky News. But what’s the word on the street? HOT reporter brings you the latest news and speculation.
Hastings Philharmonic Choir’s next concert, on Saturday 5 April, will be a performance of Antonin Dvořák’s famous Stabat Mater. They will be accompanied by the Hastings Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Marcio da Silva, with soloists Helen May (soprano), Julia Piñon (contralto), Leonel Pinheiro (tenor) and Robert Winslade Anderson (bass). Press officer Gareth Simpson sets the scene.
Residents and visitors often have an opinion that Hastings and St Leonards is special. What makes it so? Could the borough be improved or looked after better? Hastings Commons is trying to find out, as Bernard McGinley reports.
At last Thursday’s (20 March) Full Council meeting of East Sussex County Council, members of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) handed in a petition of 813 residents calling on the council to divest its pension fund (the East Sussex Pension Fund) from companies enabling Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza. Hastings & Rye PSC chair Katy Colley reports.
Raymond Kilgarriff, exceptional bookseller and much else, died peacefully at his home in St Leonards last month, aged 96. Bernard McGinley remembers an old-fashioned and charming professional.
Opposition parties were dismayed when the East Sussex County Council elections scheduled for May were cancelled, having held high hopes of removing the Conservatives from power. A poll now suggests that the Tories were indeed heading for a disastrous result, but with Reform UK also set to benefit. Text by Nick Terdre, research and graphics by Russell Hall.
Hastings Jews for Justice will be marking Passover this year with a community ‘seder’ meal and everyone is invited. Gabriel Carlyle reports.
The community hub at Alexandra Park greenhouse will imminently be hosting two events, a chance to make a Mother’s Day gift and a talk on combating garden pests. Lynda Foy gives details.
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