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By Richard Gladstone

Published 11th Jun 2021, 06:00 BST

Today's front page of the Hastings and Rye Observer SUS-211006-124646001

This week we lead with the news that Hastings is to get more than £24 million of regeneration cash to help boost the local economy.

The announcement was made by Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick.

In other news in today’s Observer, a four-year-old boy has been praised for his bravery after alerting his dad to a fire in their garden shed, prevented the fire from spreading to neighbouring homes.

Concerns about plans for a cycle path to run alongside the footpath in Alexandra Park have also been raised by a Hastings resident.

Hastings and St Leonards residents have also reacted to the news that one of the town’s pharmacies will lose its NHS licence to dispense prescriptions.

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

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