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After a long hard season of highs and lows, Rye Cricket Club played their final games, with the 1st and 3rd XIs losing, but the 2nd XI winning emphatically. Martin Blincow sums up

A woman who won on a lottery Scratchcard is now the envy of her neighbours after scooping up one of the jackpots and ending up a cool quarter of a million richer

Westbound traffic along Cinque Ports Street is diverted for up to a fortnight between Market Road and Regent Square, but the car park is still open. The diverted traffic will have to use the Undercliff or the High Street and the short-cut down Rope Walk may be much less busy

Popular local pub the Standard is set to reopen in the next few days after eighteen months of renovation, remodelling and rebuilding work. Ray Prewer will be reviewing the pub from a customer's viewpoint once they start pulling pints but in the meantime Britainy Rae takes a sneaky peek inside

Police officers and Neighbourhood Watch volunteers across the county will visit people living close to the scenes of break-ins within days of the crime to warn them about what has happened, show them how they can make sure their home is secure, and gather information that could help catch offenders.

Rye's cricket is under threat over the state of the pitch. Complaints nearly resulted in one match being cancelled and a site meeting has been held with Rother District Council (RDC) and local councillor Sam Souster to get the pitch better looked after. As no football may be taking place on the Salts this autumn RDC have a chance to put things right. Dan Lake reports.

As ARRCC opens its latest venture, a second-hand furniture warehouse, in the former Freda Gardham School on Rye's outskirts, Kenneth Bird reports on the charity and the site.

Eastbourne Town Ass 2 - 3 Hastings United ETA goals: Taylor 13, Mann 25 HU goals: Olorunda 27, Sawyer 36, Cook 80

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A trail of damage through Winchelsea by four vandals saw attacks on a house and eight cars but one vandal also left a trail of blood. Police have taken DNA samples to try to identify the culprit.

Southern Rail, recently voted the third worst rail company in the UK, added to its customers' woes by rescheduling an early morning commuter train without telling anyone and then offering an implausible explanation.

The aim of the 2014 cricket season for Rye Cricket Club was to secure its status in the Sussex Cricket League for 2015 after securing promotion from the East Sussex League in 2013 and on Saturday that aim was achieved. For a small club like Rye on the eastern extremity of the county the sustaining of county league status has been a challenge both on and off the field.