Rye News

This week's featured film showing at Rye Community Film Club on Friday September 4 is Testament of Youth, taken from Vera Brittain's best-selling autobiography this is a tale of love, war, loss and remembrance set during the First World War. For more on this and other movies showing in Rye please follow the link . . .

If you are unfortunate enough to suffer a heart attack, the chances are that a trained volunteer from Rother Responders could reach you before the ambulance. Hundreds of people were trained in using the resuscitation techniques last weekend

Historical costume wall hangings created by Brighton artist Louise Taylor will be on display at Rye Harbour part of the Coastal Currents Arts Festival....

Hastings scores high on the list of international musical events. After the international piano music competition, we now have the opportunity to attend the star-studded International composers festival.

Do you want to earn some money? Have you got items to sell? Then book a pitch at the Tilling Green boot sale from just £5 and support a new group at the same time.

Autumn starts in September and is traditionally also seen as the harvest month - so it's time to get out your green fingers and show off what you have grown as it's time for Rye's annual flower and veg show this coming Saturday, September 5.

Just returned from sunny, hot France with friends, enjoying swims in the Med and in lakes, listening to a Spanish band in the Village...

A very wet and windy drove many more children and parents into the East Street Museum than expected - but they coped.

Rye's three cricket teams were all in action over the weekend with the 2nd and 3rd teams both missing players due to the tourist industry. Read Martin Blincow's report here

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Should the poor will be always with us? The Government seems to be doing its best to ensure the maxim holds true, writes Charlie Harkness. Even people 'in work' are struggling to afford basic necessities. And these days, being in work could mean anything from a zero hours contract, through low wages topped up by benefits, to a high flying salary enjoyed by the few

This week's featured film is set against the backdrop of the early 1960s at the height of the Cold War. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. sees CIA agent Solo and KGB agent Kuryakin forced to put aside longstanding hostilities and team up on a joint mission to stop a mysterious international criminal organisation

Ever wondered about the submerged forest at Pett Level? There will be an opportunity to mudlark and discover more over the Bank Holiday weekend, when a team of archaeologists are inviting volunteers to come and help survey and sample the trees and peat

The 2015 Coastal Currents Arts Festival celebrates its sixteenth year of exhibitions with live art pieces and special performances alongside its open studio programme.

Neither farmers nor shoppers are getting fair deals from the supermarkets, says local farmer Simon Wright who is busy with the harvest. The sheep are getting shorn, but so are the producers he says. Will he get a price that covers his costs, and why is there such a gap between what he gets and what we get charged in the shops ?

Hoping for another sunny weekend, the "Wipers" (pictured above, last weekend) is ready for another musical weekend with its outdoor stage overlooking the river...

A talk and a concert gives the community two chances to learn about and understand dementia.

Buses get us to work, the shops, school and college - but for how long ? Thousands of the poorest Rother residents, and possibly hundreds of young people having to stay in education, may suffer if two local councils decide on further cuts. However the choice is between these cuts, or other cuts, or higher taxes. The consultation periods close in September, so have your say. In the meantime the bus to education may become a bicycle

Friday's Country Market has been blacked out with drak drapes hanging from floor to ceiling and an entrance looking like the morning after a heavy party - not the usual surroundings for a market selling local produce, including flowers, vegetables, cakes and curries. Meet, for one weekend only, the Spectrum Jazz Lounge

Four-coach trains at last on the Marsh line - but only at weekends for the moment. But other improvements may be in the pipeline