Borough sign Brown
Cambridge United midfielder Dan Brown is set to sign with Eastbourne Borough in 2009. Brown, 28, has been on loan to Borough since November, and will sign to a permanent contract for the duration of the current season. The transfer window…
Lights! Camera! Arndale!
Popular film and television locations around Eastbourne feature in the town's 2009 Holiday Guide. The leaflet, available from the Tourist Information Centre, includes a double-page spread 'Eastbourne in the Movies', for the benefit of…
Cuckmere estuary abandoned
The estuary valley of the River Cuckmere is to become permanently flooded by the sea, in plans announced by the Environment Agency. The valley is one of the area's most well-known beauty spots, and has long been a popular film location…
Street Fighting Men
Competitors of all ages took part in Winchelsea's annual Street Game on Boxing Day. Apparently stemming from Medieval times, the event sees teams battling to seize the 'Frenchman's head' (a ball) and place it in the goal (a beer barrel…
Assistance for Hastings Woolworths staff
Assistance for Hastings Woolworths staff. With the entire Woolworths chain closing across the UK after Christmas, Hastings Borough Council have stepped-in to assist local workers in the path back to employment. The Hastings branch shuts up…
Gandalf! or Magneto!
Legendary actor and campaigner Sir Ian McKellen is coming to Hastings to host his own sold-out show at The Stables Theatre in the New Year. Famed for his role as Gandalf in the blockbusting Lord Of The Rings trilogy and Magneto in the X-Men…
1066: A Hollywood Oddity
You wait years for a Hollywood movie on the Battle Of Hastings, and then three turn up at once. Some of Tinseltown's biggest movers and shakers are lining-up feature films on the subject, in a race to be the first to portray the rival…
What a 'Shambles
Some of us at East got quite carried away last year with a tidal wave of hype surrounding snotty Hastings psycho-punks The Riddles, leading to a few verbal spats between belligerent front-man Jimi Riddle and some of the magazine’s…
Borough's Welsh weekend
There’s precious little rest for Eastbourne Borough F.C , who are playing Wrexham F.C. away at their Racecourse Ground this weekend. After their disappointing 1-0 F.A. Trophy defeat against Swindon Supermarine last Wednesday 17…
YFAA & TTMA poised for greatness
The Ready Steady Glow Christmas Party brings two of the regions hottest acts together for a very special gig this week at Hastings Crypt. Eastbourne club-punks Your Friends Are Architects and Hastings’ electro-rockers To The Moon Alice…
