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Updated 19:25, 9 May 2026

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Top story: Hastings Woman Jailed for Drink-Driving and Assaulting Police and Staff

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POLICE UNDER ATTACK

Hastings Woman Jailed for Drink-Driving and Assaulting Police and Staff

LIQUID PROBE

Police launch probe after mystery liquid sparks panic in Hastings

VICTIM ATTACKED

Manhunt Underway After Daytime Assault Near Hastings Pier

BLUE RINSED

Police Hunt Midnight Break-In Baddie at Hastings Hair Salon

CUT OFF

Young Man Rescued by Coastguard After Getting Trapped on Hastings Cliffs as Tide Rises

SEX ATTACKER

Hastings Taxi Driver Jailed for Multiple Sexual Assaults Following Court Conviction

LIFEBOAT BOOST

Hastings RNLI Hits Record 21,700 Visitors in Lifesaving Station Boom 2025

LETTERS AFTER HIS NAME

Hastings Repeat Shoplifter Leeroy Shorter Hit with Tough Two-Year Criminal Behaviour Order

KIDNAP AND CRASH

Hastings Horror: Alfie Foster Guilty of Crash and Assault, Kidnap Denied – Police Seek Witnesses

ATTEMPT MURDER

Hastings Hit-and-Run Horror: Man Arrested for Attempted Murder After Woman Critically Injured

NO WATER THIS CHRISTMAS

Hastings Water Crisis: Fairlight Reservoir Drains After Power Cut, Thousands Left Without Water

JUST IN TIME

Hastings Water Crisis Avoided: Burst Pipe Fixed in Time for Christmas Cheers

SEASIDE STAY

Hastings Hotel Set for Comeback as Government Ends Asylum Shelter Era

Life’s Lucky Breaks: When a Random Moment Works in Your Favour

GAS SCARE

Hastings Seafront Evacuated as Carbon Monoxide from Generator Sickens Dozens

RECKLESS

TikTok Car Bonnet Stunt Leaves Man with Severe Brain Injury – Hastings Driver Jailed

SHOPLIFTING SPREE

St Leonards Shoplifter Clive Fullick Hit with Three-Year Ban and £2,295 Compensation After Hastings Co-op Spree

CHILD RAPIST

Child Rapist Locked Up for 19 Years After Horrific 20-Year Abuse in Margate

POLICE CHASE

Stolen Van Crashes Into Lamppost After High-Speed Chase in Ore—Two Arrested

Tractor Crash Sparks Hastings-Bexhill Chaos as Key Road Closed for Hours

RNLI to Replace Hastings Shannon Lifeboat with Faster Atlantic 85 in 2027 Rollout

NEW BOAT ON THE HORIZON

Hastings RNLI to Replace Shannon Lifeboat with Speedy Mk 4 Atlantic 85 in 2027 Boost

POLICE APPEAL

Brutal Hastings Attack: Three Men Assault 54-Year-Old in Whitefriars Road – Police Urge Witnesses to Come Forward

TRACTOR SMASH

Tractor Crash Closes Hastings-Bexhill Road Hours Amid Chaos and Clean-Up

PERSON HIT BY A TRAIN

Emergency Incident Stops Late-Night Hastings Train at Robertsbridge – Major Delays Expected

Massive Overnight Coastguard Search off Sussex After Hastings Person Goes Missing

MAJOR SEARCH EFFORTS

High-Risk Search Underway Off Hastings Coast as RNLI and Coastguard Hunt Missing Person

MAJOR CRACKDOWN

Sussex Police Launch Major Summer Crackdown with 75 Arrests to Beat Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour

ASBO

Hastings Shoplifter Karl Williams Jailed 16 Weeks and Slapped with Criminal Behaviour Order in Sussex Theft Crackdown

SEX ATTACK

Hastings Man Jason Wren Found Guilty of Rape After Brutal Home Invasion Assault