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May Day mayday

Potential visitors to Hastings are being warned that the weekend's May Day bank holiday will be quite different to usual.

Published 26/04/2021

Hastings mayor pays tribute to Duke of Edinburgh

Cllr Nigel Sinden, mayor of Hastings, has this afternoon paid tribute to Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, whose death was announced earlier...

Published 09/04/2021

Lifeguard contract extended for three years

Hastings Borough Council has agreed to extend the RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution) contract to provide a beach lifeguard service in the...

Published 08/04/2021

Hastings Borough Council gets funding boost from Culture Recovery Fund

Hastings Borough Council has received money from the Culture Recovery Fund, a Government fund distributed by Arts Council England...

Published 08/04/2021

East Hill visitors to get Easter lift

Hastings East Hill lift, the steepest funicular railway in the country, has opened today (Monday 29th March) following the easing of the COVID-19...

Published 30/03/2021

HBC shows its commitment to ending male violence against women by continuing its White Ribbon accreditation

Hastings Borough Council has once again become White Ribbon accredited...

Published 30/03/2021

The Lampedusa cross is to go on display at Hastings Museum & Art Gallery

Hastings Museum & Art Gallery is excited to announce that the Lampedusa cross from the British Museum will go on display as part of a major...

Published 26/03/2021

Clean sweep: Street cleaning in Hastings continues to improve

Since Hastings Borough Council took control of the borough's street cleaning operation in 2019...

Published 25/03/2021

Hastings' leisure centres receive funding boost

Hastings Borough Council has received over £180,000 from the Government through the National Leisure Recovery Fund...

Published 25/03/2021

Call for contributors - Hastings Digital Museum welcomes spring with more online community projects

To celebrate the arrival of spring, Hastings Museum & Art Gallery has teamed up with local artist, Jazmine Miles-Long, to create a...

Published 22/03/2021