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.
Parkinson’s UK has launched a new physical activity grants programme for marginalised communities across the country to help more people living with the condition to get active. In the South East, Hastings is the only area eligible to apply for grants. But the deadline – 10 August – is approaching!
Hastings Labour Group have welcomed Hastings Borough Council’s recently published draft housing strategy, which is currently out to consultation. They also laud measures taken by the government to boost housing supply and improve renters’ rights. Nick Terdre reports.
On Wednesday August 6th it will be exactly 80 years since the U S air-force dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The bomb was dropped by parachute and exploded 1,900 feet above ground level. Below, between 60,000 to 80,000 people died instantly, some ‘vapourised’ by the intense heat. Many more succumbed to radiation sickness later on, an illness not understood at the time.(1) Report by John Enefer.
The horrifying situation in Gaza, where the withholding of food aid from Palestinians by the Israeli government is leading to widespread starvation, continues to send shock waves through the local community. In an open letter, Felicity Laurence of Amnesty Bexhill & Hastings Constituencies calls on local MP Helena Dollimore to condemn Israel’s actions and the goverment’s “complicity”.
The six councillors of the Hastings Independents Group have formally joined the newly launched left-wing political movement, Your Party, co-founded by Zarah Sultana MP and former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. Nick Terdre reports.
Hastings Friends of Al-Mawasi have announced that they will hold another fundraising walk from Hastings to Bexhill on Sunday 10 of August after a woman on a recent fundraising walk suffered a serious attack. Hastings & District Palestine Solidarity Campaign’s Katy Colley reports.
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