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Mary Shipstone, the girl murdered in Northiam, lives on now in five other children - and with a fund that will help charities treating child trauma

Safety did not appear to be a top priority when skips were being removed recently in central Rye. Luckily, the mayor was on hand to step in to prevent further damage being caused by the precarious load

Parking is a major issue for Rye residents, as a recent survey shows. A High Street loading bay is on the way, "park and ride" is a possibility and some sort of "pedestrianisation" might be introduced. But the reality, for now, is traffic jams, roadworks, vans on pavements, streets blocked, and no one taking responsibility. Charles Harkness reports

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Ninfield came to Iden looking for their first victory of the season - unfortunately for them they came up against a wall, Justin Wall that is, who put in a man-of-the-match performance in a two-all draw

For the next year or so, a large barge and its loyal tug will be permanent features in Rye Bay. Their role is to build up the sea defences with rock coming all the way from Norway. Philip Moore explains what is going on

You might like gardening, or architecture, or you might prefer discussing today's burning issues. Whatever your preference, the autumn session of courses for adult learners in Rye is about to start. Andy Stuart has the details

Cost cutting measures being taken by councils like Rother District Council can mean sports suffer as the grass is cut less well on the Salts - but the bowls club grass is greener on the other side of the road and they seem to have no complaints.

Rye councillors have agreed to Rother's plans to introduce a new tax on new homes in the area, though councillors want the proposals fleshed out. There isn't enough detail they complained. Charles Harkness reports

First the stand and floodlights went to pay United's debts. Now the district council has taken what remains of the club's hopes to rise from the ashes

Traffic ground to a halt after a large National coach turned right through the Landgate only for the driver to realise he was not going to get through the High Street. Traffic had been diverted after roadworks in Cinque Ports Street blocked westbound traffic. The driver blamed his "satnav" but there is no signage warning that the road is impassable for very large vehicles.

Two wins from two games equals six points. A great improvement from last season when Iden started with a single point from their first two games! Match report by Shane Ridgers.