Rye News

Icklesham Casuals start the new season with the veterans looking to defend the title they won last season and 1st and 2nd teams hoping to improve and progress through the league

Icklesham residents are proving that a community can make a difference as they raise funds for a new sport pavilion following vandalism to the current pavilion. Read David Mayne's report here about their efforts and find how you can get involved

The Government claims to support devolution of its powers to the local level but is this happening?. The Localism Act introduced more powers for local councils and the Neighbourhood Plan but will this be enough? Former long-serving Town Councillor Granville Bantick reviews the situation and makes a recommendation for radical reform of local government

A book hanging from a huge balloon passed slowly over East Sussex, and possibly Rye, before plunging into the English Channel as part of literacy programme for primary school children organised by the science fiction novel's author Marcus Alexander. And this is fact, not fiction.

Acting Up In Rye, who have acquired the Old Scout Hut (above) as a base for rehearsals and for storing props, costumes and scenery,...

This week's featured movie showing at the Rye Kino is Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation. With the IMF disbanded, and Ethan out in the cold, the team confronts a network of highly-skilled special agents, the Syndicate. These highly-trained operatives are hellbent on creating a new world order through an escalating series of terrorist attacks.. For details of this and other movies showing in Rye please follow the link . . .

Lurking behind the quiet exterior of the National Trust's Lamb House this week lurks a frenzy of activity leading up to open air performances (weather permitting) of "Twelfth Night", but that's not the only event taking place there. The jazz festival at the end of August features a two day weekend event, and the arts festival in September features a marquee full of literary events over two weeks.

More than 23,000 visitors went round the Ypres Tower last year and this year the East Street Museum is featuring a display on Waterloo as part of Rye Arts Festival in September.

The Coastal Currents arts exhibition showcases local artists in their working environments. Here we profile Anna Wilson-Patterson from Fairlight

Members of the ARRCC (Activities, Respite, Rehabilitation and Care Centres) charity, which takes a holistic approach to care and quality of life, were in the forefront at their recent Open Day which included an exhibition of their art work - opened by the Lord Lieutenant Peter Field.

The Ypres (Wipers) kicks off a summer of music with bands and singers three weekends running on the specially erected stage in the pub's garden. Expect wall to wall music from Aug 17 to Aug 31

The border fronting the Grade II listed pump and brick cistern in Wish Ward has recently enjoyed a face lift, writes Ray Prewer. It...

The blanket mountain from St Mary's Church for Iraqi refugees continues to grow, helped by many knitters and sewers, some who attend the thriving Monday morning group

Once in a blue moon is a well worn phrase or saying. But this moon (pictured above) does not look blue, though we were told it was a blue moon. Charles Harkness sets out to find an explanation.

Great Dixter House and Gardens has opened see a new exhibition of 1920s photographs of the children of the Lloyd family who grew up there

Over 100 large jet planes an hour, like the Boeing 737, could be taking off or landing directly over Dungeness nuclear power station - and the latest planning permission waters down nuclear safety concerns, while paying more heed to environmental ones. Opponents of Lydd Airport's expansion remain concerned about the risks

Work is planned to make the church tower at St Mary's safe for the thousands of tourists who visit it each year

Jenny Lee, a very active member of Rye Conservation Society, and a patron and supporter of many other Rye organisations, has died, aged 83.

Rye Harbour villagers and the caravan folk came together for a busy, bustling, Pimms-full day, and the sun shone, the coconuts flew, and the rat got splatted.

This Saturday, August 15 could see some barmy moments like last year's dog racing (pictured above) amidst a balmy atmosphere - if the weather...