NEWS & SPORT

Aldi discussions continue

Legal agreements yet to be signed-off two months on from planning approval

Rabbits ravage cemetery’s new tree

New sapling replaces much-loved cedar felled in 2023

Rising costs of fuel and fertiliser

Local firm responds to price increases in home heating oil

Local election candidates announced

Voting on 7 May for East Sussex County Council and Rye ward for Rother

Charity seeks permission to build Peasmarsh homes

Plan to build retirement apartments goes in front of Rother councillors

Remembering Jane Fraser Hay

1939-2026 - a pride in sharing Rye to visitors

News in brief 17 April

A rescue off Camber, a crash in Pett, and fundraising for charities in Rye

The cricket season is here

The 273rd year for the club gets underway with a pre-season friendly

Pictures and video: Winchelsea Mayor Making on Easter Monday

David Page is mayor for the third time

PEOPLE

A Rye News legend retires

The brilliant and much-loved Gillian Roder has been a huge part of our paper

A local artist is remembered

Tributes to the courageous and beautiful Louisa Eastland Radcliffe

An inspiring story of recovery and determination

Cycling from London to Paris to raise money for cancer charity

Forty years on the water

Rye Watersports started four decades ago on a lake at Camber

Rye Dance Centre celebrates taking part

Pupils on stage at Hastings Festival after months of training

An Easter egg-stravaganza

So who won the huge chocolate bunny up for grabs at Jempson's?

Candlelit Easter Vigil at East Guldeford

Service as dusk fell at St Mary's

OPINIONS

Visitors are our lifeblood

Stop moaning and celebrate the people who make Rye thrive

Things you didn’t know you didn’t know

Classy new guide book to Rye and Hastings goes beyond the usual suspects

A Parisian in Rye

Centuries of connections across the Channel explored by 17-year-old student

NATURE & ENVIRONMENT

Bluebells capture the essence of spring

A spectacle of blue all over the local countrside

Summer birds begin to arrive

Our March report on the wildlife on show at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve

Rye in bloom

Blossom and blue skies this spring

ARTS & CULTURE

Keeping the tradition of bookbinding alive

Philippa East of Seagull Bindery creates and restores books

Rye Art Gallery announces its fundraising auction

Raising money for preservation of the building and permanent collection

The two Jane Owens challenge

The Tresco figurehead and her Rye copy encountered in one day

Singing from scratch

A chance to learn and perform The Messiah this weekend in St Mary's

Reggae on the decks

Time to get dancing with Jah Leveller Hi-Fi DJ set on 18 April