Category: <span>HOT Topics</span>

Question Time provides useful information while East Sussex health indicators improve

Welcome light on the latest developments in the local battle against Covid-19 was thrown in Friday’s Question Time on Isolation Station, including news on the imminent roll-out of asymptomatic testing in East Sussex. Meanwhile, as the government unveils its roadmap to normality, the latest East Sussex health statistics indicate substantial improvements. Research and graphics by Russell Hall, text by Nick Terdre.

Posted 10:58 Tuesday, Feb 23, 2021 In: Covid-19 Tags: Glazier Graham Peters Greg Wilcox Nick Terdre Question Time roadmap Russell Hall vaccination

Floods of new housing in Hastings

Members of The Friends of Combe Valley, David Dennis and Elise Liversedge, believe that the future of the Combe Valley Country Park is in peril. They explain here why they are worried about a current planning application which closes for public comment this Friday.

Posted 19:56 Sunday, Feb 21, 2021 In: Home Ground

Censorship and free speech in focus at local PSC meeting

Issues of censorship and free speech in public discussions of what is happening to Palestine will be in the spotlight at Hastings & Rye Palestine Solidarity Campaign’s (HRPSC) upcoming online meeting, with two frontline journalists adding their experience to the debate. Nick Terdre reports.

Posted 16:41 Saturday, Feb 20, 2021 In: Campaigns Tags: Asa Winstanley Jonathan Cook Kate Colley Nick Terdre PSC

Developer cocks an oversized snook at HBC planners

Up at Bachelor’s Bump in Ore a new planning row is heating up. A retrospective application is seeking approval for works that were previously refused. Locals are angered by what they see as rogue development. The overbearing house is on a laneside slope and the skyline. The Council have yet to decide what to do. Who will prevail? Bernard McGinley reports from the Country Park borders, with apologies for so many numbers.

Posted 19:52 Thursday, Feb 18, 2021 In: Home Ground Tags: 884 Bernard McGinley Bunker Enforcement Martineau Lane Mill Lane overdevelopment planning Rocklands

Divestment success “major victory” says local PSC

East Sussex Pension Fund has divested from Elbit, an Israeli arms manufacturer, in what Hastings & Rye Palestine Solidarity Campaign claims as a major victory for campaigners. There was no progress however towards persuading the fund to withdraw its investments in fossil fuel companies. Nick Terdre reports.

Posted 11:45 Monday, Feb 15, 2021 In: Campaigns Tags: Divest East Sussex East Sussex Pension Fund Gerald Fox Nick Terdre PSC

Public funds for Sea Change to develop empty business park

Sea Change Sussex has been allocated £3.5m of public funds to finance a fresh attempt to develop the vacant North Queensway Innovation Park, but its plans have been criticised for posing danger to the local ecology. Nick Terdre reports.

Posted 19:43 Saturday, Feb 13, 2021 In: Home Ground Tags: Andrea Needham Nick Terdre sea change SeaChangeWatch Selep

Online event will throw light on Napier Barracks scandal

Following the mass outbreak of Covid-19 at Napier Barracks in Folkestone, where several hundred asylum-seekers are being kept in inhumane conditions, Hastings Community of Sanctuary has arranged an online event next Monday to provide first-hand accounts of what is happening there. Nick Terdre reports. Photos by Care4Calais.

Posted 15:32 Thursday, Feb 11, 2021 In: Politics Tags: asylum-seekers Felicity Laurence Hastings Community of Sanctuary Nick Terdre

Does the loss of local distinctiveness through pursuit of congruity also lead to loss of our local history?

Design consultant Ken Davis completes his series on distinctiveness in local architectural style taking the comments on his previous article as starting-points for further reflection. He also took the photographs.

Posted 09:43 Tuesday, Feb 9, 2021 In: Architecture and Design Tags: congruity Ken Davis