MYSTERIOUS: 3 | Mind Blowing Facts

New Zealand's 'Coffin Clubs' Bury Taboos About Death

It's a task of grave importance, but there's nothing to stop New Zealanders having a laugh as they work on DIY caskets in the country's "coffin clubs".

International Business Times · Mar 18, 2024

Tanya Plibersek blocks Victorian government’s plan to build wind turbine plant at Port of Hastings

Environment minister says ‘large areas of [wetland] will be destroyed or substantially modified’ by the proposal for windfarm development

The Guardian - AU · Jan 8, 2024

The battle for Hastings: a seaside town on the up

Hastings is one of Sussex’s more maligned coastal towns, but it’s having something of a rebirth with a slick new hotel and a colourful café scene

The Guardian - UK · Nov 5, 2023

Tory donor’s Hastings ‘fun factory’ closes abruptly after £150,000 grant

Lubov Chernukhin’s amusement centre, which received money from levelling up fund, shuts doors after less than a year

The Guardian - UK · Sep 30, 2023

Man jailed for ‘opportunistic’ rape of woman on Hastings beach

Matthew Taylor was sentenced at Lewes Crown Court after a trial, Sussex Police said.

The Independent UK · Aug 29, 2023

Seals, hot tubs, overpriced beer: how I holidayed in Iceland – without leaving Hastings

Can you get a taste of the land of fire and ice without leaving the English seaside? I put on my horned helmet to find out

The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2023

Leaving London: ‘Hastings has plenty to love, but I miss easy access to gefilte fish balls’

Swapping the capital for Hastings, I imagined a life of wholesome beach pursuits — who knew I’d miss gefilte fish balls so much?

Evening Standard · Aug 10, 2023

DIY disaster dad forced to fork out £4,500 after trying to fix ceiling himself

Tom Saunders, who lives in Hastings, East Sussex, thought it would be much cheaper to do the roofing work himself but now says he has "definitely learnt my lesson"

Daily Mirror · Jun 10, 2023

£150,000 levelling up grant awarded to Tory donor’s amusement centre in Hastings

Owens centre, co-founded by Lubov Chernukhin, raises questions about whether public money has gone to projects most in need of it

The Guardian - UK · Jun 7, 2023

Famous town's cheeky sign highlights the dire state of the UK's pothole roads

Hastings is most famous for the historic battle that took place there almost a millennia ago, but a new sign is letting the town lay claim to a less sought after title

Daily Mirror · Jun 5, 2023