As the Renters (Reform) Bill passes its second reading, many housing campaigners in Hastings will be hoping that renting will become easier and more affordable. But it’s a complex picture, as Dee Williams has discovered.
Local author and historian Helena Wojtczak, most famous for Strange Exits from Hastings, volumes I and II, releases a new book detailing the remarkable life of Mary Raleigh Richardson, suffragette arsonist. Dee Williams reports.
Two sets of campaigners will be converging on County Hall in Lewes this Tuesday (11 February) to protest about the East Sussex Pension Fund’s role in the Gaza genocide and the climate crisis. Divest East Sussex’s Gabriel Carlyle reports.
Sussex has been chosen to join the fast track to a mayoral authority, the county council elections due to be held in May postponed along the way. The news was welcomed by the East Sussex County Council leader Keith Glazier, and deplored by the Hastings Borough Council leader Julia Hilton. Nick Terdre reports graphics by Russell Hall.
Who knew that it was 200 years since the naming of a dinosaur known as Iguanodon? It was the second dinosaur ever to be named; the first being a Megalosaurus, yet the term dinosaur was not coined until 1842. Who knew? Certainly not HOT’s Lauris Morgan-Griffiths.
Hastings International Piano is delighted to announce that its patron, the internationally-renowned concert pianist Sir Stephen Hough, will give a fundraising recital in support of the organisation at Fairlight Hall on Saturday 1 March, as well as composing a new five-minute work which every competitor reaching the second stage in the 2026 competition will play. Nicky Webb reports
The Hastings Half Marathon will be run on Sunday 23 March, a great opportunity for local charities to boost their fundraising by recruiting sponsored runners to support them. Well ahead of the competition this year, at least in notifying HOT of their intentions, was St Michael’s Hospice, as Nick Terdre reports.
Over the winter, huge steps have taken place in planning the future of West St Leonards. Patricia Walton from the West St Leonards Neighbourhood Forum shares the latest news – and a date to add to your diaries.
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