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Adventures in Pop welcome Mark and the Clouds to the Jenny Lind

The band spoke about their music to Jude Montague in advance of their gig at the Jenny Lind on Tuesday 2 September.

Posted 21:25 Wednesday, Aug 13, 2025 In: Music & Sound

Very poor form from HBC planning department

On Thursday 7 August the mature lime tree outside Gensing Manor was felled. This was only two weeks after the planning application to destroy the tree was passed, and one week into August – the month when tree surgeons decree that the bird nesting season is over. Erica Smith mourns the death of her arboreal neighbour.

Posted 21:37 Tuesday, Aug 12, 2025 In: Local News Tags: , , , , , ,

Allotments furore launches silly season

It was Conservative MP Kevin Hollinrake who set the hare running on what appears to be a decidedly silly season story, namely that the government is threatening to sell off the nation’s allotments. Hastings Borough Council has hastily assured local residents this is not about to happen here, prompting Labour councillors to accuse them of “senseless scaremongering.” Nick Terdre reports.

Posted 19:50 In: Green Times Tags: , , , ,

Local campaigners to join protests over Palestine Action ban in London and Hastings

Local anti-genocide campaigners are planning to join a mass protest in London in defiance of the government ban on Palestine Action on Saturday 9 August – and some are planning to take a stand closer to home. Gabriel Carlyle reports.

Posted 14:24 Thursday, Aug 7, 2025 In: Campaigns

Hastings MP backs continued UK arms sales to Israel

Hastings’ Labour MP, Helena Dollimore, has finally broken her silence on UK arms sales to Israel. Gabriel Carlyle reports. The MP has responded to some of his claims.

Posted 21:34 Wednesday, Aug 6, 2025 In: Campaigns

Data harvesting by MP: concerns over alleged misuse of local petitions 

The data management practices of Helena Dollimore MP have been challenged by the Green Party. They point out that campaign petitions are launched on constituency issues, but not often delivered (though some were) or reported on. How many had an outcome publicly declared? Other questions follow, such as ‘Are these petitions a way of gathering targets for campaigning or electoral messages, and is that within ‘the regs’?’ Bernard McGinley reports.

Posted 20:14 In: Politics Tags: , , , ,

Bourne chosen as Tories’ mayoral candidate

The Conservatives have selected Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner Katy Bourne as their candidate for Sussex’s first mayoral election in May next year, though none of the other parties has yet done so. The latest polls suggest that most voters in Sussex favour Reform UK and the Liberal Democrats over the Tories. This year’s postponed county council elections will also take place next  May, along with local elections. Nick Terdre reports, research and graphics by Russell Hall.

Posted 11:43 In: Local Government Tags: , , , ,

‘Bestial Delights’, insights into curating a joint show

Rachel Williams and Jude Montague open their two week show Bestial Delights at Electro Studios Project Space. Jude Montague reports and gives an insight on what it is like to put on an independent show at the project space.

Posted 16:54 Monday, Aug 4, 2025 In: Visual Arts
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