Lifeboat rescues car from flooding
Rye Harbour RNLI Lifeboat B-842 Hello Herbie rescued a couple and their car that was stuck in the mud at the side of the River Rother...
Jempson’s knife attack charge
A member of staff at Jempson's garage in Peasmarsh was flown to hospital after a stabbing incident on Wednesday. A Peasmarsh man, aged 24, is due to appear at Brighton & Hove Magistrates Court where he faces a total of four charges including causing grievous bodily harm to a man aged 51
Icklesham Casuals raise funds
The Icklesham Casuals veterans side will be taking on their counterparts from Sedlescombe Rangers under floodlights at the Pilot Field in Hastings with a...
Rangers unbeaten in two games
Beckley Rangers travelled up to play 2nd placed Tunbridge Wells for a double header in the Crowborough and District Division A football league
Rye Bowls start their season
Rye Bowls Club open their greens on April 25 and welcome all who would like to try this social and entertaining sport and perhaps take part in the many league and friendly matches during the year
Young sailors chase the Egg
Easter has come and gone, but for the young sailors of Rye Harbour Sailing Club, now back at school, memories of Bank Holiday Monday on...
Democracy’s dismal roll calls
It is all about winners and losers. There can be but one winner of our parliamentary constituency and that's too close to call. The fight for a place on Rother will not be so keenly fought but, at least, there is a fight. The real losers are the parishes, where there are so few candidates that anyone who was nominated walks in. Except in Rye, where we must eliminate one candidate
An evening with the hop pickers
In part eight of his series, Beer & Skittles, author David Russell highlights a group of heavy-drinking 'hoppers' who relax with more than a pint at The Bedford Arms in Fishmarket Road, Rye. The scene is almost 150 years ago and strangest among the drinkers is 'Frenchey' who isn't all he seems to be
Call out for local firefighters
The East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service is short of firefighters across the county and Rye is no exception, which is why a new recruiting drive is under way
Gang of three rob woman in Rye
Three men robbed a 61-year-old woman as she looked around an empty property off Cinque Ports Street, Rye, on Monday April 13. The robbery occurred between...
Digging up the dirt on La Trecherie
Archaeologists from the University of Southampton are coming to Winchelsea to work with the local archaeology society to locate the harbourside of the medieval port, an area reputedly filled with warehouses, workshops, inns and brothels
A Fabulistic fundraiser
Rob McCaig, one of the artists at local charity Arrcc's New Road centre, is a founder member of The Fabulistics Atlantic Soul Band, writes...
It’s no contest in most parishes
Who can you vote for? In some cases, the electorate is robbed of the chance to decide because, other than in Rye, no local parish councillors will have to fight for a place
The ‘mess’ that is our NHS
When one of our readers to the east of Rye needed urgent hospital treatment, she was taken to the William Harvey Hospital at Ashford by a friend. He was incensed at what he found in A&E. Here he writes about what he saw and what he thinks of a health service regime that allows staff to be, in some cases, grossly overweight and the public to cast their litter thoughtlessly about an area that is for people who are ill, some of them very seriously so
District polls – at last a scrap
Rother District is more of an old-fashioned scrap between parties in our area. There are 26 candidates chasing 10 seats: Labour has 8, the Conservatives 10, Lib-Dems 7 and UKIP 1
Boom in MOT health checks
Thousands of East Sussex residents have taken advantage of potentially life-saving health checks, according to latest figures. The free NHS health check is a mid-life MOT,...
Beatles show their talent
Beatles Day 16, held on Sunday April 12 at Hastings White Rock Theatre was a wonderful way of spending hours immersed in music writes...
Open gardens blessed by sun
The first open garden day this year in Winchelsea coincided with beautiful spring weather
Let’s go to the movies!
Our weekly look ahead at films showing in Rye. Featured this week is ‘The Water Diviner' directed by and starring Russell Crowe. He plays an Australian farmer who in 1919, four years after Gallipoli, travels to Turkey to find his three missing sons. Read on for reviews and links to trailers . . .
Local employers join forces again
Are you looking for work or need training then the Rye Partnership is working with local businesses and organisations, to host another recruitment & training road show event in Rye.