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In this week’s edition, you can read about the impending construction of more than 200 new Hastings homes on land at Holehurst St Mary.

The council has also apologised for causing ‘confusion’ after a man organising a jubilee party was told a road closure would need an insurance policy covering up to £10 million.

And in other news in today’s Observer, work on new student accommodation and a proposed hotel in Hastings has started after being heavily delayed due to the pandemic.

A Ukrainian couple have also described how they were forced to flee their war-torn country and seek sanctuary in Hastings.

You can read their full account on how they fled their homeland in today’s paper.

Full details on how you can save up to 20 per cent on your Observer are also inside today’s edition.

For this and other stories, pick up a copy of today’s Observer.