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Today's Hastings and Rye Observer SUS-200110-163838001Today's Hastings and Rye Observer SUS-200110-163838001
Today's Hastings and Rye Observer SUS-200110-163838001

This week we highlight the concerns a Hastings mother has raised about the lack of social distancing among students travelling to and from schools on Stagecoach buses.

This also comes at the same time a Hastings school announced it was closing for two weeks following several cases of Covid-19.

Both stories are in today’s Observer.

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The owner of Hastings Pier has also responded to rumours of the attraction being up for sale. Read his full statement and response in today’s paper.

Details of the funeral of seven-year-old Denny Nassy, who died after a four-and-a-half-year-long battle with leukaemia have also been announced in today’s paper.

A £2m plan to rejuvenate a part of Hastings town centre has also been given the green light. For the full story and reaction from the public over the plans pick up a copy of today’s paper.

Hastings and Rye MP Sally-Ann Hart has also called on the Government to give Parliament and MPs more of a say on future Covid-19 lockdown measures.

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She was one of more than 40 Tory backbenchers who joined a rebellion against the Government. The full story can be found in today’s Observer.

A message from the Editor, Gary Shipton:

In order for us to continue to provide high quality and trusted local news, I am asking you to please purchase a copy of our newspapers.

With the coronavirus lockdown having a major impact on many of our local valued advertisers - and consequently the advertising that we receive - we are more reliant than ever on you helping us to provide you with news and information by buying a copy of our newspapers.

Our journalists are highly trained and our content is independently regulated by IPSO to some of the most rigorous standards in the world. But being your eyes and ears comes at a price. So we need your support more than ever to buy our newspapers during this crisis.

Stay safe, and best wishes.