Category: <span>HOT Topics</span>

Post-Covid reboot needed to orient town towards climate change objectives?

Now that the council’s climate change strategy is in the public domain, the voices omitted from helping to form it can be heard. Chris Lewcock, former chair of Hastings Urban Design Group, local government town planner and lecturer in the built environment, wonders whether, when we are past the Covid-19 crisis, a Hastings reboot conference open to all could help us put the climate emergency centre-stage. Below, the Green Party’s Julia Hilton calls for concrete goals and localist action.

Posted 15:33 Friday, May 15, 2020 In: The HOT Planet Tags: biodiversity Chris Lewcock climate change HBC Julia Hilton Maya Evans Town Board

Warm welcome for decision to drop solar farms proposal

Hastings Borough Council’s decision to drop its proposal to install solar farms in the Country Park has been widely welcomed. HOT has now received comments from Tory councillor Andy Patmore and the Green Party’s Julia Hilton. Nick Terdre reports.

Posted 12:12 In: Energy Tags: Andy Patmore Hastings Borough Council Julia Hilton Natural England Nick Terdre Peter Chowney solar

Dying to be Heard: Time to talk AND listen about organ donation

Dying to be Heard is the theme of Dying Matters Awareness Week, 11-17 May. Consider the other side of the conversation – talking yes, but listening too. If you’ve already made your organ donation decision, do you know the decision of those around you? Chris Cormack considers changes in the law on organ donation starting on 20 May 2020.

Posted 09:57 In: Health Matters Tags: Dying Matters Awareness Week NHS Organ Donor Register organ donation organ transplant

Council’s roadmap to carbon-neutral Hastings

Armed with a climate change strategy and action plan, Hastings Borough Council has embarked on a journey to make the town carbon-neutral by 2030, as called for in the climate emergency motion approved last year. Nick Terdre describes the main features of the plan.

Posted 19:36 Wednesday, May 13, 2020 In: The HOT Planet Tags: AECOM carbon climate Energise Sussex Coast Hastings Borough Council Jane Hartnell Local Plan Maya Evans Nick Terdre renewable energy

Council drops plan for solar arrays in the Country Park

Hastings Borough Council has decided to scrap its proposal to install solar arrays at two sites in the Country Park after receiving advice from Natural England. The news was welcomed by the Friends of Hastings Country Park and local Liberal Democrats. Nick Terdre reports.

Posted 23:06 Tuesday, May 12, 2020 In: Energy Tags: AONB Friends of Hastings Country Park Hastings Borough Council Kim Forward Natural England Nick Terdre solar

Coronavirus statistical update: UK heads the death toll in Europe but East Sussex numbers remain low

As the coronavirus works its way towards peak effect, HOT is providing a regular update of the statistics for our region and the country provided by the public health authorities and other official sources. Latest figures show that the UK now has the highest death toll in Europe, though East Sussex, in both number of cases and deaths, remains relatively unscathed.

Posted 21:35 Wednesday, May 6, 2020 In: Covid-19 Tags: coronavirus Nick Terdre Russell Hall

Patients who survived

The first patient has been discharged from Conquest’s Baird Ward following successful treatment for Covid-19 using a novel type of non-invasive ventilation. Other survivors of the virus have been discharged from East Sussex NHS Healthcare Trust hospitals. Nick Terdre reports.

Posted 13:22 Sunday, May 3, 2020 In: Covid-19 Tags: Conquest CPAP Eastbourne District Jon McMullan Lily Kitcher Nick Terdre Uma Pradhan

Coronavirus statistical update: UK heads towards highest death toll in Europe

As the coronavirus works its way towards peak effect, HOT is providing a regular update of the statistics for our region and the country provided by the public health authorities and other official sources. Latest figures show that the UK is heading towards the highest death toll in Europe.

Posted 21:42 Friday, May 1, 2020 In: Covid-19 Tags: coronavirus covid-19-archive Nick Terdre Russell Hall statistics