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Council officers recommend more flats for the Archery Ground and cutting compensation

Planning officers of Hastings Borough Council (HBC) have recommended that the Council accepts the application to squeeze five more flats onto the Archery Ground site. They also propose to let over £53,000 compensation go unclaimed without explaining why. The legal argument is badly out of date. Consideration of disabled rights has been suppressed as well as ignored. The application will be decided by the planning committee on Wednesday 12 March. Bernard McGinley reports.

Posted 11:58 Monday, Mar 10, 2025 In: Home Ground Tags: , , , ,

Labour relaunches Tory fund for deprived communities as Plan for Neighbourhoods

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.

Posted 16:25 Thursday, Mar 6, 2025 In: Local Economy Tags: , , , ,

Two local authors launch new work on World Book Day

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. 

Posted 15:29 In: Literature Tags: , , ,

International Women’s Day 2025 promises to be a roaring success

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.

Posted 21:59 Wednesday, Mar 5, 2025 In: Hastings People Tags:

HBC “shocked” at ESCC cuts to supported housing

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.

Posted 17:20 Sunday, Mar 2, 2025 In: Community Tags: , , , , ,

SONICS 25

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.

Posted 06:54 Saturday, Mar 1, 2025 In: Music & Sound Tags: , , , ,

“Spring” completion for Queensway Gateway junction

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.

Posted 18:34 Friday, Feb 28, 2025 In: Home Ground Tags: , , , ,

Devolution: your chance to comment

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.

Posted 16:31 Wednesday, Feb 26, 2025 In: Local Government Tags: , , , ,
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