The Hastings & St. Leonards Observer, commonly known as just Hastings Observer, is an English weekly tabloid newspaper, published every Friday since 1859 in Hastings, East Sussex. First published in 1859, The Observer is now the town's only weekly newspaper with the Hastings Independent (Hastings Independent Press) being produced fortnightly. Nowadays, the paper is edited and created by Sussex Newspapers and printed by Johnston Press at their headquarters in Hilsea, Portsmouth.