The Labour government this week announced the Plan for Neighbourhoods, a £1.5bn fund to be dispensed to 75 deprived towns and communities, including Hastings, Rother and Eastbourne. The money is not new – this is the previous government’s Long Term Plan for Towns under a new name. Nick Terdre reports, research and graphics by Russell Hall.
Hastings is blessed with a plethora of local talent so why not ‘shop local’ on World Book Day and treat yourself to a fiction set on the beach of Bulverhythe or the streets of Hastings Old Town? Dee Williams reviews.
Women’s Voice is excited to announce “Hear Me Roar 2025”, a dynamic community festival celebrating International Women’s Day with the many inspiring women and women-led organisations in our town. Anne-Marie Watson from Women’s Voice tells us some of the events that will make up the day.
Hastings Borough Council declared itself shocked and disappointed at the savage cuts which East Sussex County Council has made to its financial backing for supported housing services, some of which face closure. Nick Terdre reports.
Sunday Sonics is 10 years old this March. The lineup includes much new talent and some returning performers. As a prelude to the Hastings Fat Tuesday Festival, Sonics gets the ball rolling with a mind expanding cocktail of sound and vision. Nick Weekes has the information.
Work continues on joining the Queensway Gateway Road to the A21 while vehicles travelling the main road where the junction is being constructed close to The Ridge continue to be inconvenienced. East Sussex Highways can give no more definite date for the completion of the project than “spring.” Nick Terdre provides an update.
The government is seeking the public’s views on its devolution proposals for Sussex, one of the few opportunities for local residents to have a direct say in the most drastic rearrangement of local government since the Second World War. It has also invited local councils to suggest how local government could be reorganised. Nick Terdre reports, research and graphics by Russell Hall.
Just 12 years after the completion of a £10m refurbishment project, Southern Housing has announced the demolition of the Four Court Towers with the commencement of a new building project to start in 2028. Dee Williams reports.
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