Rye News

Two awards have come the way of Liz and Andrew Bamji this year for the restoration of their Georgian house in Rye. Here they tell the story of their project

The shape of Rye to come is contained in a neighbourhood plan survey. Every household in the town received a copy. This weekend is the deadline for your views on the issues it raises

By 2028 hundreds of new homes could have been built in Rye and Rye Harbour. The neighbourhood plan wants your view on where they should go

Time is fast running out: the Rye Neighbourhood Plan survey must be returned by July 27. One resident gives her views on subjects from parks to parking in the hope that others will be motivated to complete the survey as well

Rye's cricketers were looking to extend their run of good form when they travelled to Keymer & Hassocks last weekend

The first of many pop-up galleries - which has added colourful abstract works to a treasure trove of an interiors store in Rye - is currently packing in the visitors. Catch it before it closes on July 28

Concerns are growing over the additional homes being built in Rye. More housing means more families and more children - and more classroom places needed. So what plans are there for local schools?

It takes more than one "tornado" to stop the party. Rye Museum held a successful fund-raising event despite rotten weekend weather

Rother District Council is accused of using inconsistent and conflicting conservation area policies by confused Winchelsea residents.

Rother amenities is under fire in Winchelsea & Rye about the new refuse regime. Have officials made an oversight or are they bent on doing what they want? In Winchelsea, Rother is seen as having form on this issue

Winchelsea Neighbour Watch recently discovered a cleaning company claiming to be based in Winchelsea at the home of a mystified resident. There is a sister company based in Rye, also claiming to be based in someone's house. What's going on?

It was a night Rye remembers vividly. An intense electrical storm, storm-force winds that severed limbs from trees and a power black-out that possibly enhanced the atmosphere of a World War 1 tribute in the Rye Community Centre

Our reporter's description of who controls the county council is challenged by a Tory member of Rother District Council

Elections to the Rye & Winchelsea Rotary Club management committee introduced a foreign accent. Members then heard the new president's comprehensive plans for the year ahead

A local environment group believes that Rother's vision for the future ignores weather change. But a leading local Tory appears to embrace many of their ideas

The Rye Partnership work and training Roadshow took place at Tilling Green Community Centre on 9th July.

Plans for hi-speed trains into London to call at Rye could face obstacles. The impact extreme weather can have is of major concern, while some residents are opposed because they fear commuters flooding into the town and pushing up house prices

One local Tory MP resigned the brief. Another has picked it up in this week's Cabinet changes: Amber Rudd, MP for Hastings and Rye

Rye Cricket Club enjoyed a great day as all four teams won. Young players led the way, some making amazing individual contributions

Living in the past is big business. Locally, few come bigger than the War and Peace Revival. Dance to vinyl, embrace tanks, laugh with a classic comedy cast