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Our lead story this week centres on proposals to build new homes, a community centre and supermarket as part of a major development in St Leonards.

The plans were unveiled this week and the full story is inside today’s paper.

Business leaders and local authorities across Hastings and Rother have called for people to support their local businesses as lockdown ends next week.

Read how you can continue to support our #shoplocal campaign in today’s paper.

The full story on how a detective sergeant based at Hastings Police Station being given a final written warning after he sent inappropriate messages to a colleague is also in today’s Observer.

Hastings and Rye MP, Sally-Ann Hart, has also joined fellow MPs’ calls to have their pay rises frozen. She gives her reasons in today’s Observer.

Our two-page feature this week highlights a health watchdog’s fears of a looming crisis over the lack of NHS dentistry treatment in the county.

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.