Rye News

A century after the first petrol filling station opened in Rye, Skinners’ garage workshop relocates to Rye Harbour Road, Owner, Gary Barlow, tells his story

Place your bets, hold on to your hats, as the riders may be acting up

The Annual General meeting of this local "green" group will be considering its future, if it has one

On Thursday, February 18 there will be a children's craft afternoon at the East Street Museum, writes Ray Prewer. Children up to 10 years...

As Rye Arts Festival selects a new chairman, a reader gives some advice about appropriate venues to show off the visiting talent

Tension was in the air as members arrived at Rye Community Centre for the Rye Arts Festival AGM

This week's featured film showing at the Rye Kino is Spotlight, telling the riveting true story of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Boston Globe investigation that would rock the city and cause a crisis in one of the world's oldest and most trusted institutions. . .

If you draw or paint as a hobby, or if you did once and want to take up brush or pencil again, then joining the Tuesday Painters can help you develop your art

Another book group starts - at Salts Farm - with a problem

Chamber music returns to a familiar home, with hopes for more

Are you young, hip and ready to hop? Join one of the music workshops at the Rye Creative Centre and learn how to beat it

Rye Dance Centre’s latest show, Super Duper, came hot off the heels of the successful Christmas pantomime Down in the Woods. Did they pull off another sensational performance? Olli Hopkins reports

Stroll through Rye and who knows who you might meet. In this case it was artist Karl Terry in the High Street creating a masterpiece

This weekend hopefully sees the return to football for Icklesham Casuals, as their 1st and 2nd team are in action, whilst Beckley are hit with another postponement. Dan Lake reports

The pool turned red at the Rye Sports Centre at an under 16s splashdance party in aid of the British Heart Foundation

This week's featured film playing at the Rye Kino - Dad’s Army - It is 1944 and World War II is reaching its climax. But in Walmington-on-Sea morale, amongst the Home Guard is low. Their new mission is to patrol the Dover army base and it is a great chance to revive spirits and reputation, that is until glamorous journalist Rose Winters arrives to write about their exploits, setting their pulses racing...

A private tax on a public service is upsetting some town councillors

This weekend Rye's Arts Festival will be seeking a new chairman - and there is a contest for the post

What a way to spend an hour Sunday morning , watching birds (though no gulls) - and what did you see?

Congratulations with a sting in the tail from a reader