A Freedom of Information Act request has revealed that over the last 10 months, East Sussex County Council (ESCC) has hired scores of guards to “protect” County Hall from emails, petition hand-ins and a tiny vigil of peaceful fasters.
Hastings Borough Council (HBC) has a persistent habit of obstructing local democracy. Through 2023 there were questions to Full Council, but some never got answered. (HBC cabinet of 2 October had more of the same.) Bernard McGinley reports – with necessary detail – on an authoritarian problem that’s causing continuing misery. The next Full Council is on Wednesday 22 November.
The first ever parliamentary inquiry into young and young adult carers has revealed a lack of support is having a huge impact on their education, wellbeing and future prospects. Cally Emerson reports.
Care for the Carers, the East Sussex carers centre, is encouraging all carers to understand their rights, as part of the national Carers Rights Day, this Thursday 23 November 2023. Cally Emerson writes.
HOT’s Judy Parkinson went to Hastings Contemporary to look at a major review of Hurvin Anderson’s paintings and drawings, and some of his latest work.
Two Green councillors on Hastings Borough Council (HBC) have been refused permission to bring forward a motion calling for a ceasefire in Gaza to this Wednesday’s (22 November) Council meeting. Gabriel Carlyle reports.
Local residents have become increasingly worried about pollution in Old Roar Gill, as Richard Price discovered when he walked the stream down into Alexandra Park. Southern Water denies it, but Environment Agency testing points to it. Meanwhile Hastings Borough Council seems not to know what to do.
Hastings Art School are hosting a talk/panel event as part of our upcoming show at ESPS ‘The Old is Dying’ on ‘The Future of Creative Education’. They already have a very exciting line-up shaping-up with various speakers and input from local (and not-so local) organisations, and it will be a really dynamic and exciting event. They are looking to diversify the voices and would love to hear from anyone involved in some way with local creative education who would like to be part of the discussion. Julia Kotziamani writes.
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