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Free family entertainment at St Leonards Festival this Saturday
The popular St Leonards Festival returns to Warrior Square Gardens on Saturday, July 12, with a host of free family entertainment including a Big Top circus, story-telling and live music.
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East Sussex Highways warns heatwave could soften newly laid asphalt
East Sussex Highways has warned that the forecasted rise in temperatures this week could result in the softening of newly laid asphalt.
Delivery driver's car stopped in Bexhill had two bald tyres and a faulty brake light
Police stopped a driver who was not wearing seatbelt and found his car had two bald tyres and a faulty brake light.
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This is where East Sussex Highways pothole repair teams are working today, July 9, 2025
This is where East Sussex Highways pothole repair teams are working today (Wednesday, July 9, 2025).
Free meditation sessions on Bexhill seafront
Free guided meditation sessions are taking place this weekend at Bexhill Bandstand on the seafront.
Bird & Blend Tea Co. opens first store in Rye: Spreading happiness and bringing tea mixology to more local high streets across the UK
Independent tea company Bird & Blend Tea Co., arrives in Rye with a tea-licious bang. Opening on 13th July, Rye is the 26th retail store in Bird & Blend’s portfolio, following the opening of a store in Liverpool at the end of 2024, and its launch on to the UK high street 12 years ago in...
Platinum Champion elected President of Hastings Lions
Royal Voluntary Service UK Platinum Champion Lord Brett McLean has been appointed President of Hastings Lions for the municipal year 2025 - 2026.
In 70 pictures: Hastings Pirate Day is set to create an amazing spectacle
Pirates are set to take over Hastings on July 19 and 20 for what has become one the most colourful events in the town’s calendar
Rye Creative Centre under threat of closure
The Rye Creative Centre (RCC) is facing a potential closure threat due to a planned housing development on the site of the former Freda Gardham school.
Busy main road in Battle to close for six weeks
The A2100 at Battle Hill will be closed for an estimated six weeks from Wednesday July 23 for gas works to take place.
Hastings MP calls for Bayeux Tapestry to be displayed in town
A campaign has been launched calling for the Bayeux Tapestry to be displayed in 1066 Country following the news that it will be returning to the UK more than 900 years after its creation.
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How Jack The Ripper's killing spree started in Brighton...
Horsham-based Matt Ross is in print with Dawn Of The Ripper – Book One (£9.99, eBook £2.99 or free with Amazon Select).
REVIEW: Jurassic World Rebirth is a thrilling return to form
REVIEW: Jurassic World Rebirth (12A), (133 mins), Cineworld Cinemas
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REVIEW: Stunning, sexy, sensational - Chicago on the Eastbourne stage
REVIEW BY Amanda Rannie - Chicago, Congress Theatre, Eastbourne, Tue 8th July 2025 - Sat 12th July 2025
Cllr Julia Hilton: Town Deal project updates for Hastings
Hastings residents generally agree that the town centre is desperately in need of a major overhaul and spruce-up, so it’s no surprise that interest has been strong in the revised plans for the Town Deal-funded public realm improvements, on display at the recent Open Day in Priory Meadow.
Community woodland at Hastings has a summer fete
Speckled Wood in the Ore Valley has its Summer Fete on Saturday July 26 from 2pm – 4pm
Hastings Woman Arrested at Protest for Writing in Chalk
A Hastings woman has been ...
Thousands petition Parliament over Conquest Cardiac Closure
More than 6,000 Hastings residents have petitioned parliament in a bid to prevent cardiac facilities being transferred from the Conquest Hospital to Eastbourne. As reported in the Hastings Independent in […]
Lifeboat Responds to Mayday Call
Hastings RNLI volunteer lifeboat crew towed a sailor safely into harbour after responding to his Mayday call last Thursday evening
Affordable Home Construction Behind Bexhill Road
Work has started to erect 16 affordable homes for Hastings Borough Council on waste ground to the rear of 419-447 Bexhill Road. Builders Boutique Modern, based in Newhaven, are using […]