Local News
I take a walk with a Sussex Blue Badge guide – and find what a difference it makes, having an expert to show you around
It is a genuine interest in people that makes former nurse Frances Farrer-Brown such an excellent person to lead a walk, and with more than 20 years' experience as a Blue Badge qualified tourist guide, she has built up an extensive knowledge of Sussex.
Local messages
Hastings Old Town Carnival appoints its Sea Court for this year
The Old Town Carnival committee is delighted to announce this years Sea Court.
Hard of Hearing Club meeting in St Leonards
The next meeting of the St Leonard's Hearing Club and Hearing Aid Maintenance, NHS Audiology Dept. only, will be held on Wednesday 6th May 2025, from 10:30am to 12 noon at The Clifton Centre, 1-2 Stainsby Street, St Leonard's on Sea TN37 6LA.
Get Weekly Updates
Get the headlines in your inbox every week.
New Hastings Morris side dance out in public for the first time this evening
Newly formed Hastings Morris side The Molly Winklers will be making their first public appearance today (Wednesday April 22) dancing outside the Old England pub in London Road, St Leonards, from 7.15pm – 9pm.
In pictures: Remembering the Queen's visit to Hastings on what would have been her 100th birthday week
It would have been the Queen’s 100th birthday on Tuesday April 21 and here is a reminder of the Queen’s last visit to Hastings in 1997 when she opened the Priory Meadow shopping centre.
Hundreds of Hastings businesses and residents supported as council-backed programme concludes
A landmark business support programme funded by Hastings Borough Council has concluded after transforming the lives and livelihoods of hundreds of people across the town. RISE Hastings — delivered by local provider Let’s Do Business Group — supported more than 300 businesses, created and safeg...
Major pollution incident at Hollington Stream in St Leonards
Illegally connected properties are to blame for a pollution incident that has seen waste flowing into Hollington Stream says Southern Water.
Hastings Seafood, Wine & Music Festival 12–13 September 2026
Call for Sussex & Kent Food Producers and Vineyards – 2026 Hastings Seafood, Wine & Music Festival
Alabama duo celebrate Lindisfarne album with Brighton date
Alabama duo Sister Ray Davies embark on their UK debut tour with an album inspired by ancient British history.
Sussex traffic and travel: 'Severe' delays on A27; temporary traffic lights on A21
Here’s your travel update across Sussex for the morning of Wednesday, April 22.
New 24/7 bus service to provide direct link between Eastbourne and Gatwick Airport, via Hailsham, Uckfield and other Sussex towns
Metrobus has announced the introduction of a new 24/7 bus service to provide a ‘direct and enhanced’ bus link between Eastbourne and Gatwick Airport.
Latest news from Hastings & District Anglo-French Club
At our last meeting, one of our members took us on a whistle-stop tour of Luxembourg, the smallest country in Europe.
.jpeg?width=1200&auto=webp&trim=369%2C0%2C1175%2C0)
Eastbourne International Film Festival celebrates ten years
Film festival is back
New exhibition will explore LGBTQIA+ history in the Hastings area
Lemons, Laws and Secret Doors is the title of a new free exhibition which can be seen at Hastings Museum and Art Gallery from April 25 – August 30.
Police carry out speed checks in St Leonards after residents raise safety concerns
Officers carried out speed checks on Church Wood Drive last week following concerns raised by local residents about road safety in the area.
Ark Alexandra Academy's new international partnership
Ark Alexandra Academy is proud to announce an exciting new international partnership with Huntingdon Jui Junior and Senior Secondary Schools, developed through the long-standing Hastings–Sierra Leone Friendship Link.
Magistrates' court results from the Hastings and Rother area
Here are the results from Hastings Magistrates’ Court for March 6 – 11.
.jpeg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2)
Home-town St Leonards date marks 55th anniversary of debut album
Claire Hamill celebrates the 55th anniversary of her debut album plus the release of her new album at a series of special gigs.
.jpeg?width=1200&auto=webp&trim=176%2C0%2C454%2C0)
Dance Live! hits the Guildhall stage
Following a series of heats in Hastings and High Wycombe, a number of schools from across the south-east region are heading to the final of the Dance Live! contest at Portsmouth’s Guildhall this week (April 21-24).
