Monthly Archives: July, 2014

Scouts relish move

Hard work has paid off as the 1st Rye Scout Group, known as Captain Cory’s Own, look forward to moving to their new "hut"

Landlady sees double

Statisticians can work out the odds. But odd it was. A Rye couple book in at a Lake District B&B and find the landlady has every reason to ask questions . . .

Hospitals losers in bus cuts

Almost a hundred bus services are affected across East Sussex by cuts in subsidies proposed by the Tory-controlled county council. Here's how they could hit public transport to two local hospitals and other services

326 bus route in firing line

Rye's "round the town" bus service - route 326 - is the focus of efforts to stop funding cuts by the Tory-controlled county council. Almost a hundred bus services are affected by the proposed cuts to subsidies across East Sussex.  See the details here on how they could hit public transport to two local hospitals and other services

Cool cocktail of jazz

With an atmosphere and a line-up to challenge any New York nightclub - featuring jazz, blues, soul, funk, swing, Latin - the third Rye International Jazz & Blues Festival is coming back to town for four days and five nights in August

As scene from my window

A Market Street curtain-twitcher with a bird's eye view scoops a preview of the latest "action" on the film set of Mapp and Lucia

A very nappy birthday

As the Health Service celebrates its own birthday so the Conquest hospital celebrates continuing happy birth days following the decision to retain the consultant-led obstetric unit - including in-patient paediatrics, the special-care baby unit and emergency gynaecology - at Hastings

Arts festival lifts the curtain

This year’s Rye Arts Festival’s full programme of over 60 events is being announced on July 13. And the free and paid-for events will feature classical and contemporary music, literary talks, theatre, comedy, dance, walks, exhibitions, and events for the kids and much more!

Gala dazzles St Mary’s

The award-winning Aurora Orchestra performed in St Marys, Rye as the grand showpiece of the Peasmarsh Chamber Music Festival

Labour picks candidates

Labour has selected its candidates for local wards in...

Final whistle nears for United

Rye United FC’s future hangs in the balance following its...

United playing for extra time

The future of the Quarter Boys hangs in the balance as the AGM fails to appoint any club officers and reveals that club property has been passed to a builder to pay off bills

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