Rye News

Rye News was launched last year after four months of experimenting and, four months later in September 2014, it got into its regular stride. So now, a year later, is a good time for an annual meeting to review progress and consider the future - on September 4 at 6:30pm in St Mary's Centre

Rye mayor Bernadine Fiddimore together with other Cinque Port mayors attended the biannual Venetian Fete in Hythe with its procession of wonderful floats on the canal

Tilling Green Community Friends (who befriend and look after their community) invite you to join them on Wednesday September 2 between 6:30pm and 8pm...

What have a Big Red Bus and the Conquest Hospital got in common ? The answer is Healthwatch, formerly called Community Health Councils. To find out more visit Jempson's Car Park in Rye Saturday September 5 between 9 and 12.

One of the latest PADs to appear (that's a public access defibrillator) is on the side of the George Hotel in Rye's town centre...

Jazz (and blues) come marching through town this long Bank Holiday weekend with a range of events, some of which can be found on the street, some of which just require buying a few drinks while you listen and some of which need tickets. The Conduit Hill Community Centre becomes a night club, Lamb House hosts a range of musicians and singers and the Milligan Hall and St Mary's stage some of the biggest performances

The Rye Show was bigger than ever this year with thousands of visitors getting close to animals of all sorts to say nothing of a variety of country-themed stalls and, of course, a Pimms tent. Charles Harkness has the second of our reports on the show

Extra parking, a larger hall in a new community centre, and a lower block of flats are among changes in new plans for the redevelopment of Tilling Green's former school site. These are on show for just a few days more in the old school building's entrance hall. But there are still lots of unanswered questions about the transition from the old to a new centre, and about whether developers housing association Amicus-Horizon are fully aware of current usage of the old school or how current users could be affected if there is no centre at all for a period. The centre is currently managed by the community organisation, Rye Partnership

Rye's new Kino cinema is rapidly settling into the community, with a children's day last week, jazz films and a terrace recital this weekend, a series of talks during next month's Arts Festival, and a range of special showings, including live drama, ballet and even rugby union

The Bowler Crab theatre group kicked off their latest production last weekend with Shakespeare's The Tempest in the open air at the 16th century...

Whilst juggling employment (as an architect and gallery owner) and voluntary roles (with the Conservation Society and the Art Gallery in Rye), Andrew Blyth's ambition has always been to devote more time to his real love - painting - and is now largely focussing on developing new creative ideas. Dee Alsey in her "Ryers Unwrapped" series finds out more. Three of Andrew's works (watercolours of Dungeness scenes) can be seen in the Rye Society of Arts Summer Exhibition 10:30am-5:30pm daily until August 31 in the Dance Hall behind the Conduit Hill Community Centre

Every day is Tuesday this week as the Tuesday Painters show off their works in the St Mary's Centre and a past mayor and the current deputy come to launch the show.

Rye Castle Museum is holding a children's event this Wednesday August 26 from 2pm to4pm at their East Street site. The cost is £2...

Santus Circus, Le Cirque de France, is setting up at Salts Farm on the edge of Rye for the Bank Holiday weekend with two...

Just when you thought it was still summer, local dramatic group Acting Up In Rye are holding auditions for the pantomime Dick Whittington to...

Please remove the boarding on the Cinque Ports Street new flats and re-cover with brick to match the rest of the street. The contrast...

Last week's story on Lydd Airport's possible growth got its numbers muddled, but eagle-eyed reader Andy Stuart possibly pinpoints a greater, and maybe more realistic, problem than plane crashes. Planes equal people equal parking problems, even if in some distant future high speed Javelin trains went direct to Lydd. Charles Harkness looks at the numbers again

In the latest edition of his Beer & Skittles history of Rye pubs, David Russell tells the story of the town's most infamous murderer

Not everybody's idea of a holiday perhaps, but it's sociable and it gets you to see your own country in relative comfort, with emphasis on the word relative.

A four distance cycle ride will be held in support of local charity ARRCC (Activities, Respite, Rehabilitation and Care Centres), on Sunday September 6....