Monthly Archives: May, 2015

An air ambulance hovered over Rye last week as...

And the next lot is a portrait of a well known arsonist. But he's not wanted by the police. However you may want him, and he is to be auctioned off this Thursday to raise funds for Rye's Bonfire Society. Seana Lanigan reports

Hundreds of people flocked to St Michael’s church in...

Wendy Vu flies out shortly to see a Vietnamese child terribly scarred in an acid attack. She raised funds for an operation to help the child, and now wants to take other help with her to the child's village

Former Rye Town Councillor Mary Smith has worked hard to get the facts about Rother's plans for the Landgate Arch. She reveals some of her latest discoveries and asks some searching questions about the future of this important historic landmark

Another name on the war memorial in Winchelsea, that of Private Robert Griffin of the Royal Sussex, was commemorated on the centenary of his death

Labour District Councillor Sam Souster (second from the left in the photo above) lost his seat as Tory control of Rother District became even stronger, while Rye Town Council has nine new faces - but existing councillors mainly topped the town poll. Charles Harkness reports on a long day's vote counting at Bexhill as the General Election increased turnout for the local elections

Amber Rudd has won her second term in office as MP for Rye and Hastings, nearly doubling her majority in a seat that Labour had at number 30 on their hit list

Bank Holiday Monday saw the Rye Harbour Sailing Club...

In a tightly contested match, Rye managed to get the better of highly fancied Lewes in a contest that went to the last game.

Rye Cricket Club completed their preparations for the new league season as they faced Iden in a friendly at the Salts last Saturday May 2. Read Martin Blincow's match report here to see how they got on

Every fisherman hopes that one day they can catch the big one and for one lucky Rye man, he managed to do just that.