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Leaving London: ‘Hastings has plenty to love, but I miss easy access to gefilte fish balls’

Swapping the capital for Hastings, I imagined a life of wholesome beach pursuits — who knew I’d miss gefilte fish balls so much?

Evening Standard

DIY disaster dad forced to fork out £4,500 after trying to fix ceiling himself

Tom Saunders, who lives in Hastings, East Sussex, thought it would be much cheaper to do the roofing work himself but now says he has "definitely learnt my lesson"

Daily Mirror

£150,000 levelling up grant awarded to Tory donor’s amusement centre in Hastings

Owens centre, co-founded by Lubov Chernukhin, raises questions about whether public money has gone to projects most in need of it

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Famous town's cheeky sign highlights the dire state of the UK's pothole roads

Hastings is most famous for the historic battle that took place there almost a millennia ago, but a new sign is letting the town lay claim to a less sought after title

Daily Mirror

Library book returned 48 years late during amnesty to avoid £4,000 fine

The copy of Havelok the Warrior by Ian Serraillier was taken out in Hastings, East Sussex in 1975 - by now it would have racked up £4,000 in overdue fines

Daily Mirror

Naturist arrested by off-duty cop because he was naked but didn't commit a crime

Richard Collins, who is the founder of the Naturists UK group, was minding his own business on a bench in Hastings when the off-duty Metropolitan Police officer ordered him to get dressed and called 999

Daily Mirror

New York earthquake: 2.2 magnitude shake strikes city as 'loud rumble' is heard

According to the United States Geological Survey, the 2.2-magnitude earthquake struck around a mile southwest of Hastings-on-Hudson just north of New York City

Daily Mirror

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'Shameless' man, 69, demanding cash passes 'I'm not f***ing about' note to bank worker

Alan Slattery, 69, from Hastings, has been jailed after going into three banks demanding money in a note passed under the counter and warning that he is "not f***ing about"

Daily Mirror

Mystery spate of people being hit with tomatoes and apples thrown from cars

Sussex Police are appealing for witnesses and any further people who have been struck by the fruit or any other objects

Evening Standard

Police hunt for serial tomato thrower after seven people hit in drive-by fruit attacks

The bizarre attacks have left residents across Eastbourne and Hastings terrified that they may be struck at any moment, with cops believing that the chuckings are all related

Daily Mirror

Police hunt fruit-throwing assailant

Victims in Eastbourne and Hastings have been hit by tomatoes and an apple, officers said.

The Independent UK

Memphis by the sea: reinventing a Hastings home

Behind the traditional Georgian facade of a house on the south coast is a home dedicated to postmodern design

The Guardian - UK

Eagle-eyed Tesco shopper spots awkward spelling mistake on welcome sign

The teacher claims they were left feeling nauseous after spotting the mistake on the supermarket's welcome sign, as they'd inadvertently renamed the town by moving the apostrophe

Daily Mirror

First the floods, then the diseases -- why NZ should brace for outbreaks of spillover infections from animals

When Cyclone Gabrielle hit New Zealand in February, it left a trail of destruction across the North Island. At least 11 people died, and more than 10,000 were displaced. Bridges were washed out (35 in the Hastings district alone), roads closed and communications cut.

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Cyclone Gabrielle: Survival, resilience and losing everything in Hawkes Bay

Hawkes Bay residents suffered incomprehensible destruction and with almost no information, locals are having to depend on word of mouth and rumours

Daily Mirror

Hastings fire: Huge blaze at ex-nightclub as neighbours told shut windows and stay away

A massive fire has ripped through a former nightclub on George Street, in Hastings, with local residents told to keep their windows and doors closed, and avoid the sea front area

Daily Mirror

'Psychopath' builder jailed for 49 years after killing escorts and incinerating bodies

Perverted double murderer Mark Brown killed Leah Ware and Alexandra Morgan in 2021 and torched their bodies in an oil drum at a farm near Hastings, Sussex, as the family speak of their trauma

ABC News

Victorian election results declared in Hastings and Mornington as new Labor ministers revealed

Just three seats remain in doubt in Victoria as the Labor Party reveals its new ministers in the wake of the weekend's election victory.

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Victorian election count ongoing as results still being finalised in Pakenham, Northcote, Preston, Hastings, Mornington and Bass

The number of votes separating some candidates can be tallied on one hand as election counting continues in six lower house seats.

The Guardian - UK

30 of the best UK pubs for Sunday lunch

Steak with the best chips ever in front of the fire, or a bracing walk followed by wild mushroom nut roast, perhaps? Our writers hit the trail of great pub lunches from the Isle of Skye to Hastings

Daily Mirror

Dim-witted burglar caught after leaving his DNA on carton of milk at scene of café raid

Jake Finn, 22, took a carton of milk with him when he broke into Café Royale in Hastings, East Sussex, although he put it down when he removed the till, leaving his DNA at the scene

ABC News

Man charged after pedestrian killed in late-night hit-and-run in Hastings, on Melbourne's Mornington Peninsula

A man has been charged with murder after a fatal hit-and-run in Melbourne's Mornington Peninsula.

The Guardian - UK

Is the cashless society coming or going?

The Guardian - UK

Starmer allies reject claims leftwingers blocked from standing for Labour

Party figures understood to have urged leader to rein in acolytes after candidates from left excluded from longlists

Daily Mirror

Underpaid workers fighting new 'Battle of Hastings' in 'class war' for decent wages

In a town forever made famous by William the Conqueror’s defeat of arrow-in-the-eye King Harold in 1066, workers are struggling to make ends meet saying they were "better off" years ago

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