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Today's front page of the Hastings and Rye Observer SUS-210128-124945001Today's front page of the Hastings and Rye Observer SUS-210128-124945001
Today's front page of the Hastings and Rye Observer SUS-210128-124945001

This week concerns have been raised over plans to sell a former school to a property developer.

The land has outline planning permission for a 210-home development and full reaction can be found in today’s Observer.

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The family of a man who sung at the Queen’s coronation in 1953 has also paid tribute to him after he died from Covid.

We also feature the story on how Hastings will be part of a new scheme by the Government in tackling drugs-related crime, as the area was revealed to be one of five areas with some of the highest rates of drug misuse.

A pharmacy has also been given the go-ahead to start administering the Covid-19 vaccine and readers can catch up with the latest vaccine news across the area in our double-page spread.

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.

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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.