Category: <span>HOT Topics</span>

20’s plenty in residential areas

Love our Streets! Make 20mph the default speed on our residential streets across Hastings and St Leonards where we live, work, shop, play and learn. HOT’s

Posted 13:38 Tuesday, May 24, 2022 In: Campaigns Tags: 20s plenty Action Network Amanda Jobson Green Party speed restriction

Proposal to add BHCC councillors to East Sussex Pension Fund Committee

A Brighton & Hove City Council (BHCC) Councillor will propose that East Sussex County Council (ESCC) add two BHCC Councillors to the decision-making body for the East Sussex Pension Fund Committee at a meeting of the East Sussex Pension Board at County Hall in Lewes this Friday [2]. Divest East Sussex reports.

Posted 13:55 Monday, May 23, 2022 In: HOT Topics Tags: Cllr Tom Druitt Divest East Sussex Sarah Hazlehurst The East Sussex Pension Fund

Planning submitted for new mental health hospital in Bexhill

The local NHS has submitted a detailed planning application to Rother District Council to build a new 54-bed mental health hospital on a site in Mount View Street, Bexhill-on-Sea, to replace outdated services at the Department of Psychiatry in Eastbourne.

Posted 12:59 In: Health Matters Tags: NHS East Sussex Clinical Commissioning Group Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

International pioneering self compassion teachers come to Sussex

The Sussex Mindfulness Centre is excited to host the 2022 Mindful Self Compassion (MSC) workshop led by American founders of the programme, Drs Kristin Neff and Chris Germer.

Posted 21:12 Friday, May 20, 2022 In: HOT Topics Tags: Chris Germer Kristin Neff Mindful self compassion Self compassion

Pier-owner shamed by Tribunal decisions

When Hastings Pier was sold off in June 2018, the Hastings Pier Charity staff were transferred to the new owner too — for a while. Sheikh Abid Gulzar was a controversial employer. By late 2018 the Chief Engineer and his assistant had quit, and many others. At an Employment Tribunal in Ashford this week, the engineers Peter Wheeler and Daisy Hill stated their case. Sheikh Abid Gulzar did not even show up (nor anyone on his behalf). Bernard McGinley was among those in the room to hear the judge’s decisions.

Posted 16:48 Thursday, May 12, 2022 In: Home Ground Tags: Ashford Bernard McGinley constructive dismissal Daisy Hill Employment Tribunal Friends Gulzar Lions pier S&W Stirling Prize Wheeler

ESCC leader rejects call to back windfall tax on Big Oil

Today at County Hall, Lewes, the leader of East Sussex County Council (ESCC) rejected a call to back a windfall tax on Big Oil, as climate campaigners staged a theatrical protest outside demanding that ESCC stop shielding the giant fossil fuel companies that are reaping huge windfall profits from the war in Ukraine. Divest East Sussex writes.

Posted 14:17 Tuesday, May 10, 2022 In: Campaigns Tags: Cllr Keith Glazier Divest East Sussex East Sussex County Council Pension Fund Georgia Taylor Kwasi Kwarteng

Labour lose council majority following Green surge

In the face of a Green surge, Labour has lost its controlling majority on Hastings Borough Council, opening up the prospect of more collaborative decision-making in council chambers. Nick Terdre details the results of Thursday’s local elections.

Posted 19:11 Friday, May 6, 2022 In: Politics Tags: Amanda Jobson election results Glenn Haffenden Hastings Borough Council John Cannan Simon Willis

May Day marchers demand a pay rise for essential workers

Hastings and District Trades Union Council (HTUC) held its annual May Day march and rally on Sunday 1 May. This year’s slogan was ‘Hastings Demands a Pay Rise’. HOT’s Erica Smith joined the marchers to find out what they want – and why.

Posted 21:31 Sunday, May 1, 2022 In: Campaigns Tags: Erica Smith