“See the New Year in at home” is the message from the East Sussex director of Public Health now that Eastbourne, Lewes and Wealdon have followed Hastings and Rother into Tier 4 and new cases in the UK have risen to record levels. Nick Terdre reports, research and graphics by Russell Hall.
Last week, HOT’s Erica Smith dressed up and helped carry a giant cracker around town – appealing to local people and East Sussex County Council (ESCC) to see sense and realise that it’s crackers to invest in fossil fuels. This is her story…
Gabriel Carlyle looks back over the last seven years of campaigning to get East Sussex County Council to divest from fossil fuels.
Although Christmas and Boxing Day gatherings are ruled out, local groups battling food poverty are ready for an unusually busy Christmas period, with the numbers facing hardship exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic. Nick Terdre reports.
One of the reasons why Hastings and Rother have been moved into Tier 3 and now Tier 4 is the increasing pressure on local hospitals from Covid infected people. While hospital treatment is essential for the most serious cases, Hastings-based Brian Bostock, a registered nurse of 25 years currently managing end-of-life and complex care provision over four London boroughs, gives an insider’s view of why admission to hospital should be a last resort, whatever the illness.
The rapidly worsening state of the coronavirus in Hastings and Rother has led to these areas being placed in a newly created Tier 4, in a move which will wreck many residents’ Christmas plans. Nick Terdre reports, research and graphics by Russell Hall.
Coronavirus cases in Hastings and Rother have risen sharply in the last fortnight, prompting East Sussex director of Public Health Darrell Gale to issue a new warning and strengthening the likelihood of these areas being placed in Tier 3 when the current allocations are reviewed this week. Report by Nick Terdre, research and graphics by Russell Hall.
Does West St Leonards deserve better than Hastings Borough Council (HBC) is offering? Local residents and others certainly think so. The pandemic prevented a gathering, so there was a visual protest recently, in advance of the presentation of a petition to the Full Council on Wednesday 16th. Bernard McGinley reports, and took the pictures.
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