Half Marathon Cancelled, and Roadworks Extended.

Sadly, the Hastings Half Marathon 2025 has been cancelled (facebook). Apparently the man who is in custody is being held under the Mental Health Act.

And the roadworks at the seafront have been extended by another week, life, eh...

St Leonards Incident, Police Update.

The incident concerning the 'Bomb Disposal Squad' at the seafront in the St Leonards area near West Marina Gardens (blog) continues into the weekend. The Police confirm a 28 year old man is in custody and the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team are "conducting a thorough search of the property for any further hazardous material." Also, that "the chemicals are not part of any large scale drugs production and the incident is not believed to be terror-related." (Sussex Police) 73 temporarily displaced neighbours are being provided shelter at the Royal Victoria Hotel (blog), arranged by Hastings Borough Council, and Police are mindful of trying to sort this out before the Hastings Half Marathon tomorrow/Sunday (blog). The seafront and road remain blocked, consequently today's/Saturday's Park Run has been cancelled (website).

Bomb Disposal Squad at St Leonards!

Sorry I'm a bit late with this news (I live in the centre of town) so was unaware, but the image above of the Bomb Disposal Squad at the seafront in St Leonards, west of Marine Court, is quite new and from Sussex World, many thanks to them, and there's video there too. I originally saw about this on the Hastings Police facebook page, which is providing updates gradually. Apparently a man in his 20s is in police custody, and this is not regarded as a terrorist event. Rumoured to be more to do with illicit alcohol/drugs maybe, as it's "suspected chemicals" in the building, either that or it's a big boy's chemistry set...