Better news for Hastings
You've done it... your votes have been counted and Alexandra Park is THE best park in the south east and now it will compete with other parks from across the UK for the title of UK's BEST Park 2019. Local people responded in their thousands to our story last weekend that Alexandra Park was in... Continue Reading →
Alexandra Park is in the running to be the UK's Best Park 2019! The park has been nominated in the Fields in Trust awards. The UK's Best Park celebrates the parks and green spaces which are the 'green lungs' of our communities says the organisation. Voting closes at noon on Monday so cast your vote... Continue Reading →
The local ambulance service 'Secamb' is out of special measures. It was announced this morning that the South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, to give it its full name, had been taken out of special measures after almost three years. The Care Quality Commission has given Secamb a 'good' overall rating. The ambulance... Continue Reading →
In March Hastings MP Amber Rudd said a no-deal Brexit would do 'generational damage' to the UK economy, now she believes the risk of a no-deal Brexit is no more than a challenge that can be countered by government action. Defending her position on ITV News today she denied that she had 'sold her soul' by abandoning... Continue Reading →
The new Prime Minister must put an end to ‘sticking plaster’ solutions and properly fund local councils – that's the message that Peter Chowney, Hastings Council leader and Labour parliamentary candidate for Hastings & Rye has sent to Boris Johnston. He has joined with more than 100 other Labour council leaders from across England and... Continue Reading →
Earlier this month Hastings Borough Council (HBC) announced plans to beef up its Public Space Protection Orders (PSPOs), then the town's MP Amber Rudd pledged that she was 'on a mission' to protect local businesses from anti social behaviour. In recent years, PSPO legislation has been heavily criticised – or at least the way councils... Continue Reading →
Relaunched this month as Hastings Contemporary, the former Jerwood Gallery opened its doors with an exciting programme featuring two major exhibitions of work by the international contemporary artist Tal R and British painter Roy Oxlade. One of the first visitors was local MP Amber Rudd who was shown around the gallery by its director Liz... Continue Reading →
Table Tennis skills are not the first thing you associate with Hastings MP Amber Rudd but she put her ping-pong talents in display when she visited a new business and creative centre in St Leonards. Ms Rudd was guest of honour at the launch of the Wise Group's new new business space at Castleham Industrial Centre.... Continue Reading →
Solar panels on the roof of the Ore Valley Campus of East Sussex College will save over £5,000 a year on energy costs. Hastings MP Amber Rudd is encouraging more schools and businesses to copy the example set by Ore Valley which at one stage this month was generating 76 per cent of its energy... Continue Reading →
