A petition to make the town’s historic and much-loved Alexandra Park safer by installing CCTV and lighting has gained over 17,000 signatures in just over a week. It was started on Wednesday last week by Claire Noble, whose best friend was brutally attacked there in daylight last June. Emma Harwood reports.
The owners of the cafe in Alexandra Park will be opening later on Sunday mornings to avoid serving protesters they say are “mocking the sacrifices we have all made” by gathering in breach of coronavirus rules. Emma Harwood reports.
A surveillance system with the capacity for facial recognition is due to be installed in Central St Leonards, raising questions over whether more adequate public consultation should have been carried out. Emma Harwood reports.
HOT photographer Russell Jacobs has been out and about in Hastings and St Leonards, snapping what comes his way, whether people or buildings in the news or emergencies he comes across. Closure seems to be the theme of the moment – and not necessarily due to lockdown. Text by Nick Terdre.
FROM Fat Tuesday’s musical extravaganza in February through to Bonfire in October, Hastings usually thrives on its fun-packed calendar of festivals and cultural events. It is perhaps not surprising then that in true Hastings spirit this difficult year of cancelled celebrations is being rounded off with a pop-up nine-hole crazy golf course at The Observer Building in Cambridge Road.
The Old Town’s much-loved Isabel Blackman Centre is being bought by a consortium of community groups. Emma Harwood brings us up to date on this good news.
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