The prospect of a large housing estate being built on Bulverhythe Rec has disappeared following Hastings Borough Council’s decision to withdraw its application. The move follows an unfavourable assessment by the Environment Agency of proposed measures to counter the flood risk. Nick Terdre reports.
The planning committee report on the controversial lift case in Harold Place surprised many by recommending ‘Grant Full Planning Permission,’ despite the application’s obvious breach of the Equality Act and the Building Regs. The meeting is on Wednesday 23 March, and comments can still be submitted till Friday afternoon (18th, at 3pm). Only after the decision will East Sussex Building Control take a look. Bernard McGinley tries to make sense of the new report.
A vigil was held and letters handed in at the Conservative Party headquarters in St Leonards yesterday in a last-ditch attempt to persuade MP Sally-Ann Hart to reverse her support for the government’s Nationality and Borders bill, which looks likely to come up for a final vote in the Commons next week. Nick Terdre reports.
Hastings Friends of Al-Mawasi, supported by the Hastings Palestinian Solidarity Campaign and The Big Ride for Palestine, have organised a fundraising walk and cycle ride from Lewes or Glyne Gap to The Stade on Saturday 26 March, to raise funds and awareness of how life is in Gaza. You are welcome to come along, to make a donation and/or teach online English lessons to members of the group in Al-Mawasi. HOT’s Zelly Restorick connected with Grace Lally from the Hastings’ Friends of Al-Mawasi group.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has provoked among the local population strong reactions of revulsion against the Putin regime and expressions of solidarity with Ukrainians, as evidenced by the unexpectedly large turnout for a march and rally held on Sunday at short notice. Nick Terdre reports.
Since 1893 the Foreshore Trust (FT) has existed continuously, to protect the Foreshore from Rock-a-Nore to Glyne Gap. So why doesn’t it? Why is it passive and supine and secretive? Why does the Council abet this gormlessness? Before the FT’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Monday 14 March, Bernard McGinley revisits an issue that keeps being ignored.
Outstanding NHS staff providing mental health and learning disability services in Sussex and Hampshire were recognised for their exceptional work at a special virtual awards ceremony on 3 March 2022 – and were joined by some famous faces lending their support.
When did you last see a greenfinch in Hastings? Probably a while ago – sightings are getting rarer as the population is in serious decline. David Campbell, bird recorder for the Sussex Ornithological Society, said, “Ten years ago we saw greenfinches much more often, but now the numbers have declined by 65% in the south-east.” As climate change causes the Earth to heat up bird diseases will occur more frequently. This article describes how a parasitic bird disease, Trichomonosis and a virus, bird flu, has affected bird species. Richard Price reports.
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