Octopus Rescue: A Sign of Things to Come
PAUL MCLAUGHLIN The Pett Level Rescue Boat team, usually tasked with helping distressed swimmers and vessels, found themselves in uncharted waters on Saturday 4 July when they responded to an […]
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The Forest Beneath the Waves
CHRIS WILLIAMS Most people in Hastings know the sea from the shoreline. Surfers know it from the waves. Divers know it from below. But very few people realise that just […]
Walking Miles to Save Puppies
SOLE IRIART I am a 50-year-old carer from St Leonards. My working life is dedicated to supporting and caring for others. But outside of my profession, I find myself standing […]
Questions About Dementia
Dementia is the fastest growing area of need in adult social care and its rapidity varies, but thereis currently no cure and not all sufferers are elderly. As ROSIE BROCKLEHURST […]
Are Local NHS Services Improving?
A Freedom of Information request by the Hastings Independent reveals some statistical signs of improvement in local NHS health care. Waiting times and the backlog are coming down. Patient to […]
Nurturing Nature?
PHILIPPA BOGLE says the devastating release of plastic pellets by Southern Water at the end of 2025 has focused attention on another East Sussex beauty spot which is threatened by […]
Oil Spill in Solid Form
PHILIPPA BOGLE was among the first of the hundreds of volunteers helping clean up millions of plastic beads released by Southern Water which are polluting our beaches – working alongside […]
Deliberate Environmental Responsibility
HANNAH-LOUISE SAMPSON profiles a Victorian Hastings home that embraces complexity rather than starting over, in a refit that was nominated for the Stirling Prize Hugh Strange Architects undertook the restoration […]
Bothered by Badgers
HELENA JONES considers whether badgers in urban gardens are prized guests or pesky intruders When a young woman – we’ll call her Sarah – bought her first home, a charming […]
Sink or Swim
SUSAN MCFIE One in ten working age people is currently claiming sickness or disability benefit in the UK. It’s costing a fortune: £48 billion in 2023-24 and expected to reach […]