Annual Hastings 999 Day on the Stade Open Space
Representatives from the county’s emergency services will descend on the Stade Open Space next month for the annual Hastings 999 Emergency Services Day.The event takes place on Sunday, September 14...
View ArticleLights, camera, action for talented local film student
A talented Bexhill student is heading for the bright lights after scooping the highest marked final project on any degree course along with two prizes at Brighton University.Carey Poole, studying...
View ArticleMAGAZINE: A guide to ‘modern’ etiquette
Our use of technology is increasing, seemingly by the day, but while things like mobile phones and social media have changed the way we communicate, many believe they have also contributed to a decline...
View ArticleBexill 100 Classic & Custom Car Show this weekend
Bexhill 100 Motoring Club present their 10th anniversary Classic and Custom car show at the Polegrove on Bank Holiday Monday 10am-5pm.Wonderful classic cars and attractions include a variety of musical...
View ArticleRail fares set to rise next year
Hundreds of commuters in Hastings and Rother are facing a 3.5 per cent increase to regulated rail fares in January next year after inflation figures used to calculate the rise were published this week....
View ArticleStudents’ joy at GCSEs
GCSE students across the borough celebrated making the grade today (Thursday) as they received their exam results.Many achieved top marks and schools said the borough saw another strong set of...
View ArticleSwim scheme makes waves with children
A swimming scheme at a leisure centre has made waves with local young children with hundreds taking up the scheme. Freedom Leisure – which operates Summerfields Leisure Centre in partnership with...
View ArticleCharity up for national award
A local charity for children is a finalist in this year’s National Lottery Awards and will feature on BBC One’s National Lottery live tomorrow (Saturday). The inspirational work of the Fellowship of St...
View ArticleSuperfast broad band is future
Hastings is already a hub for SMEs and innovation - 60 per cent of people in the area are employed in small and medium size enterprises (that is SMEs) and we have the highest number of patents for the...
View ArticleFree dance fun and cinema at the DLWP this weekend
A free dance event and a free outdoor cinema screening will be held at the De La War Pavilion over the Bank Holiday weekend.On Monday Tango Unlimited will feature the Ragroof Players who host a Tango...
View ArticleAppeal to reunite photo of WW1 soldier with family
A veteran from the Royal Air Force (RAF) is hoping to reunite a long-lost photograph of a First World War soldier with surviving descendants.Trevor Read, 73, of St Dominic’s Close, St Leonards, was...
View ArticleEvent in aid of African farmers
A farmer from East Sussex is about to stage his 14th annual Ride for Africa this Sunday (August 24) to raise money for the charity Farm Africa which works with smallholder farmers in eastern Africa to...
View ArticleHospice Summer Fayre
This year’s St Michael Hospice Summer Fayre will be held on Saturday, September 6.Organised by the Hastings and St Leonards Support Group , the fate will provide plenty of fun for the whole family to...
View Article18-year-old raises money for hospice in memory of gran
An 18-year-old man with special needs has raised funds with his loom band creations for St Michael’s Hospice in memory of his grandmother. Tim Carter began making loom band wristbands two weeks ago and...
View ArticleTREVOR WEEKS MBE - Yet more Tawny owls are being brought in for care
We have ended up with yet more Tawny owls in care this week. A member of the public kindly took in an owl to Henley House vets in Uckfield which is now with WRAS at our Casualty Care Centre at...
View ArticleCYCLE SEAHAVEN - Touring ride from Seaford to Bexhill and back
There have been touring rides aplenty in recent months thanks to the fine weather. These are rides for cyclists who prefer to cycle at a touring pace, ie an average of 12mph while cycling although the...
View ArticleVeteran born days after start of WW1 marks 100 years
A centenarian, who was born just days after the First World War broke out, marked his 100th birthday last Tuesday (August 12).Victor Thornton, of Amherst Close, was born in Leamington Spa in...
View ArticleAA invites public to open seminar in September
Hastings and Rother Alcoholics Anonymous will host a seminar open to the general public on September 24 at the White Rock Theatre. The seminar is to discuss how AA fits into the mutual aid scheme in...
View ArticleCash boost for groups
More community organisations have been awarded grants to help them tackle crime.The Prince’s Trust, Rother Neighbourhood Watch and Hastings Street Pastors are three of 11 groups to be given money from...
View ArticleCelebrating Older People’s Day 2014
A national event designed to celebrate the contributions and achievements of older people and in East Sussex will be held throughout September and October.Pamper days, a Wii Bowling tournament and a...
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