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- Clegg reveals £1bn jobs fund boost
- 'Sharp drop' in degree courses
- GPs 'overpaid for ghost patients'
- Probe into sex-selection abortions
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- Tributes to 'jolly jester' Carson
- 'MP' held after Commons disturbance
- RBS losses hit £2bn amid bonus row
- UK urged to support tar sands ban
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- Peacocks saved, but 3,000 jobs go
What's On
Fat Tuesday returns to Hastings
THE third annual Fat Tuesday spectacular kicks off this weekend, culminating in the main musical event on Tuesday evening (February 21).
Urban-themed films touch on both the comic and tragic
St Leonards Film Society screenings over the next week.
Much more than words
“Beyond Words” by Hastings Contemporary Youth Dance Company, The Stables Theatre, The Bourne. February 23 to 25. £12.50 (concs £7.50).
Laugh off those February blues
The Comedy Club Bexhill, The Cooden Beach Hotel, Cooden Sea Road, Bexhill. Tuesday, February 28, doors open 6.30pm for 8pm start. £12.50 (£22.50 comedy plus meal).
What’s on this week from Friday, February 17
A round up of events taking place in the area this week, including theatre, cinema, live music and exhibitions.
Music
Exiles on main street of local folk music scene
Exiles, No 48, 48 Devonshire Road, Bexhill. Friday, February 24, 7pm. £6.50
Shades of King Lear in a night at the opera
Nabucco, Opera South East, White Rock Theatre, February 24 and 25, 7.30pm. £16, £12 (concs £2 off, under-16s accompanied by an adult get in free)
X Factor star sings big band classics
Andy Abraham’s History of the Big Bands, White Rock Theatre. Saturday, April 28, 7.30pm. £16.50-£23
Familiar faces from local music scene
Jem Turpin at Gill Gallery, 55 Kings Road, St Leonards. Until February 29
Theatre
Classic Drama returns to the White Rock Theatre
Sense and Sensibility, White Rock Theatre. Sunday, February 26, 7.30pm. £14.50, £11.50, under-16s £8.50
Kicking off a new season of quality entertainment
Entertaining Angels by Richard Everett, The Stables Theatre, The Bourne. April 10 to 18. £12.50 (concs £7.50)
Exhibitions
Artist’s portraits of BMX stars
THE portraits of seven top BMX riders, painted by artist Robert Sample, featured in a national advertising campaign and are on display in the Old Town.
‘Surf and turf’ ingredients in Chalk and Cheese show
Chalk and Cheese by Val and Bob Falla. The Stables Theatre Art Gallery, The Bourne. Until April 21, Monday to Saturday, 10.30am to 2pm and 6pm to 8pm. Free
Pictures at an exhibition focus on decay
Beauty of Decay, exhibition by Zoom Image Group, De La Warr Pavilion studio, Bexhill. February 23 to 26. Free
Arts programme looks to put Hastings on the map
NEW arts programme Stade Saturdays aims to engage with local artists and performers, and young people in particular, as well as drawing in the crowds from further afield.
Art show a family affair...
Lobsters, Terriers, Flowers and Sex by Anthony Green RA, Rye Art Gallery. February 18 to March 25
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Weather for Hastings
Thursday 23 February 2012
Today
Mist
Temperature: 8 C to 12 C
Wind Speed: 15 mph
Wind direction: West
Tomorrow
Cloudy
Temperature: 6 C to 12 C
Wind Speed: 14 mph
Wind direction: West
