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In this week’s edition, we report on a new ‘family fun factory’ in the former Debenhams building in Hastings which is preparing to open with new signs revealing what attractions will be inside.

Owens, a ‘family fun factory’, will span three floors of the 77,000 square foot building previously occupied by Debenhams on Robertson Street.

Duck pin bowling, pool table, ten pin bowling, urban fallout, soft play centre, VR experiences, football simulators, toxic wasteland, amusement machines, three crazy golf courses, and interactive darts are all listed on a sign put in the new shop window today.

In other news, a group of Hastings residents homes have become infested with bed bugs.

And tributes are paid to Sally Lee, founder of the Sara Lee Trust, who has died. She was the chairman of the board of trustees of the charity founded in 1996 in memory of their daughter Sara. It supports people affected by cancer and other life threatening illnesses in Hastings and Rother

A spokesperson for the Sara Lee Trust said: “It is with great sadness that we announce that Sally Lee died peacefully on July 8. Sally worked tirelessly for the charity she co-founded with her late husband Dr Jeremy Lee, and she continued to work to the end to support local people and their families."

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