A bid to open a new sports bar inside part of the former Debenhams building in Hastings will go before councillors later this month — but not everyone is on board.

Five new houses will be built on the site of a former Hastings church, after plans were approved on appeal.

A disgraced former Sussex Police officer has walked free from court after admitting to reckless driving that left two people injured during a blue-light emergency run.

A multi-million pound loan linked to Hastings’ iconic Old Observer Building has been given a dramatic 20-year extension – sparking fresh debate over the future of one of the town’s most ambitious regeneration projects.

This is the heart-breaking message issued by the mother of 11-year-old Harry Dennis, who was tragically killed by an unsecured scaffold board that fell from a van in East Sussex.