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The Hastings Independent is a complimentary newspaper created by a team of local individuals who understand that Hastings has its own distinct charm that deserves attention. Our goal is to amplify the voices of Hastings residents, foster a vibrant community spirit, and offer a neutral space for discussions on topics like employment, education, and community-driven development.

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FOOTBALL: United Bow Out Of Isthmian Premier

1 week ago | hastingsindependentpress.co.uk | Hugh Sullivan

21 April: Dover Athletic 1; Hastings Utd 126 April: Hastings Utd 2; Potters Bar Town 3HUGH SULLIVANOn 10 August Hastings United won the opening game of their Isthmian Premier League season, beating Horsham 2-0. They also won three days later, away at Whitehawk. Eight-and-a-half months later they’ve finished 20th out of 22 teams, relegated back to the South East Division, while Horsham ended as champions.
CRICKET: Priory Line Up Without Overseas Recruit

1 week ago | hastingsindependentpress.co.uk | Hugh Sullivan

HUGH SULLIVANAn unusually dry and sunny spring has brought cricket weather early this year, and the Horntye Park pitch off Bohemia Road is looking a pretty picture. The Hastings & St Leonards Priory team, relegated from the Sussex Premier League by the closest of margins last September, play their first Division 2 match away to Preston Nomads 2nd XI tomorrow (Saturday). They will open their home season the following Saturday, 17 May, when they entertain Brighton & Hove.
Wave of Protest

1 week ago | hastingsindependentpress.co.uk | Hugh Sullivan |Paul McLaughlin |Paul Mclaughlin

HUGH SULLIVAN and PAUL MCLAUGHLINPlans for a major new housing development on the former bathing pool site at Seaside Road in West St Leonards have been revealed by prospective developers, over three-and-a-half years after signing a Development Agreement with Hastings Borough Council (HBC). The proposals, showcased at a public exhibition last Tuesday (29 April) at Electro Studios, featured detailed drawings and visual projections for more than 150 new homes on the site.
Minister Visits Little Gate Farm

1 week ago | hastingsindependentpress.co.uk | Hugh Sullivan |Stephen Timms

HUGH SULLIVANLittle Gate Farm is a social enterprise which supports adults with learning disabilities and autism into sustained employment. A fortnight ago, Sir Stephen Timms MP, the Minister for Social Security and Disability, took a team from his Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) in London to spend a morning at the Farm’s rural headquarters, buried deep in the countryside between Beckley and Udimore.
FOOTBALL: Goal Drought Confirms Relegation

3 weeks ago | hastingsindependentpress.co.uk | Hugh Sullivan

12 April: Canvey Island 1, Hastings Utd 019 April: Hastings Utd 0, Hashtag Utd 0HUGH SULLIVANThe relegation of Hastings United from the Isthmian Premier League back to its South-East Division was formally confirmed last Saturday when they failed to beat Essex visitors Hashtag United at the Pilot Field.
A Lost Transport of Delight

1 month ago | hastingsindependentpress.co.uk | Allan Gardner |Claude Lane |Dave Young

Thanks to 1950s Nimbys, St Leonards lost its miniature electric trams after just one glorious summer season. DAVE YOUNG tells the sorry tale. Many Hastings seaside attractions have sadly proved ephemeral: St Leonards pier, the marvellous modernist bathing pool, an abortive plan for an airport. Thankfully the miniature steam railway remains with us. Little if at all remembered, is the brief presence of a small electric tramway in West St Leonards.
Half Marathon to be run in October

1 month ago | hastingsindependentpress.co.uk | Hugh Sullivan

HUGH SULLIVANThe 2025 Hastings Half Marathon, which was cancelled on the eve of its intended run on Sunday 23 March, has been rescheduled for Sunday 5 October. Nice Work, professional organisers of the event on behalf of the Hastings Lions Club, announced the new date last week. They confirmed that all runners enrolled for the original run will have their entries automatically transferred to the new date, while alternative options are being offered to those who cannot participate then.
Developers Seek to Shed Community Centre

1 month ago | hastingsindependentpress.co.uk | Ashdown House |Hugh Sullivan

HUGH SULLIVANThe housing estate being built on the site of Ashdown House, the former Department of Work & Pensions office-block off Harrow Lane, is due to accommodate 151 new homes and a fresh Aldi supermarket. The planning permission obtained in January 2022 from Hastings Borough Council also provided for the developers, Chartway Partnerships Group, to build a ground floor community centre below six residential flats within the estate.
Owens Fall-out Reaches Parliament

1 month ago | hastingsindependentpress.co.uk | Helena Dollimore |Hugh Sullivan |Jim McMahon

HUGH SULLIVANHelena Dollimore, MP for Hastings & Rye, secured a ‘debate’ in the House of Commons on 10 March concerning the financial collapse of Owens, the short-lived entertainment centre that traded in the former Debenhams building in the town centre between November 2022 and September 2023. The building has remained vacant and boarded up since.
BOOKBUSTER REVIEW: The War Below

1 month ago | hastingsindependentpress.co.uk | Ernest Scheyder |Tim Barton

By Ernest ScheyderPublished by Ithaka, 2025, rrp £12.99REVIEW BY TIM BARTONAs the war in Ukraine gets ‘interesting’, And with Trump making bizarre attempts to ‘buy’ Greenland, with threats and menaces, in another plug for rare earth minerals, this excellent new book is very timely. The subtitle is ‘Lithium, Copper, and the Global Battle to Power Our Lives’.