On 2 May members of Hastings & District Palestine Solidarity Campaign (HDPSC) and Hastings Jews for Justice took over the roundabout outside Hastings Borough Council’s offices to bang empty pots in an hour-long protest against Israel’s deliberate policy of starvation in Gaza. Katy Colley, chair of HDPSC, explains why they took this action.
Residents of The Belmont, a block of 36 retirement flats in Bexhill, are benefiting from significantly reduced energy costs and warmer homes following a major solar and insulation retrofit project. Bex Bastable from the Local Storytelling Exchange reports.
Practical advice on encouraging bees and other pollinators in your garden, and the use of herbs in skincare, are the order of the day at the Alexandra Park Greenhouse community hub during May. Press officer Lynda Foy details what lies in store.
The local branch of the National Education Union has asked MP Helena Dollimore to stand up for local schools and call for government action to avert a crisis. At the root of the problem is inadequate funding, it says. Nick Terdre reports.
The ParkinSongsters, an informal choir of Parkinson’s sufferers – a disease which is sadly on the rise – wish to invite you to their spring concert on Monday 28 April at St John’s Church Hall in Brittany Road. Tony Gifford, one of the participants, provides a snapshot of singing with the group. Also appearing will be the women’s a cappella folk group Rattlebag.
Hastings Borough Council has submitted its response to the government’s devolution consultation, welcoming the policy in general but – in a welcome exercise of telling truth to power — highlighting areas where it considers the policy is inadequate or omissive. Meanwhile analysis by the Local Government Intelligence Unit gives some indication of the likely cost of reorganisation. Nick Terdre reports, research and graphics by Russell Hall.
Many low-income households in Hastings and St Leonards are eligible for a 45% (or more) reduction in their water bill. Energise Sussex Coast’s Gabriel Carlyle explains who’s eligible and how to apply.
Outraged parents and carers are demanding that General Dynamics get out of schools after discovering the arms company had recently visited a host of local schools and colleges. Hastings & Rye Palestine Solidarity Campaign’s Katy Colley reports.
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