Community group needs further Â£430,000 to purchase Hastings Pier

By The Newsroom

Published 23rd May 2018, 17:42 BST

Updated 8th Jun 2018, 08:45 BST

A group of residents bidding to keep Hastings Pier in public ownership said they have just over a week to raise the required Â£500,000.

Friends of Hastings Pier has raised a total of £71,943 since it was given an extension by the pier’s administrators Adam Stephens on, May 11, to raise the required funds.

The group has until May 31 – a deadline group set itself – to raise the remaining £428,057.