World Champion defends title
Despite some anxious moments, Rye tennis coach and the British team battle through in France to reach the final of the veterans World Tennis Championships
Celebrating 80 years of trading
A celebrity chef and an exclusively brewed bitter are among the ways our local supermarket Jempson's is celebrating an 80th anniversary
Jeanette goes to the Palace
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, and Sophie, Countess of Wessex, hosted a garden party at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday June 2 to welcome 8,000 representatives...
Magicians move to High Street
The popular craft supplies and children’s party provider Craft Magic, currently on Conduit Hill in Rye, is moving to a new home on the...
Reading under the mulberry tree
A long queue of people lined West Street late afternoon on June 6, to the extent that a neighbour came out to find out...
When new is old and old new
When old Winchelsea got washed away a new Winchelsea was needed and, as in many towns, people meant pubs and the newest pub was called the New Inn (though actually it's very old, but not as old as it could be as it was rebuilt nearly 300 years ago). And, according to an old newspaper, Winchelsea attracted a "swell". Read on for the latest edition of our 'Beer and Skittles' series
Spice boys fire up customers
Chillis were on the menu when Glenn and Robbie Hollands of Rye Spice showed off their wares in a weekend tasting at their new...
Midsummer festival lights up
Northiam Bonfire Society will be lighting up the sky over the weekend of June 20/21 with a Midsummer Festival. Saturday includes a dog show in the day and a BBQ and music in the evening and Sunday will host a Boot Fair with refreshments. There will be a beer festival in 'The Highwayman's Inn' both days. Simon Merrick reports
Garden Safari chases sunshine
Northiam's Garden Safari in aid of the Bonfire Society caught the sun after rain caused the event to be cancelled a week before. Karen Ayling reports
Partying in the walled garden
The hidden walled garden at Little Orchard House at 3 West Street is hosting Rye Conservation Society's annual garden party this Sunday June 14 writes...
Not making a clean cut
Winchelsea residents continue to despair about East Sussex County Council's verge contractors.
Time to toast the Iron Duke
Did you know the 'Iron Duke' had connections with Rye - both as an MP and as Lord Warden ? Celebrate the centenary of the Battle of Waterloo on June 18 and learn more about Wellington here from Andy Stuart
Everyone’s shortcut into town
"Some of us have seen the ghosts in our car headlights –/ the coffins and the bodies, the pirates and their victims./ You might even have heard a screaming at midday/ or in the night". The narrow lanes and alleys of Rye can be scary at times.........
Roadworks row: More questions
East Sussex County Council say patients will be able to access Rye's hospital and medical centre despite roadworks, but do not say how. Local lanes are dangerous, and the council says it will block them off. But what is the alternative? ESCC have no answers to questions they never got round to asking. Charles Harkness reports
Let’s go to the movies!
This weeks featured movie showing at the Rye Kino is Man Up (pictured), Meet Nancy: 34, single (still), hung-over (again), and exhausted by the endless futile set ups foisted upon her by well-meaning but clueless friends. As she travels across London to toast another 10 years of her parent’s blissfully happy marriage, 40-year-old, freshly-hatched divorcee Jack mistakes her for his 24-year-old blind date... For all this and more follow the link..
Vodafone to sort out service
Many Vodaphone customers in Rye have been experiencing erratic service for some weeks. This has now been traced to an intermittent problem with the mast in Playden. Nick Taylor investigates
Vintage Fair marks centenary
Landgate Women’s Institute (WI) hosted a Vintage Fair, to celebrate the centenary of the national WI, at St Mary’s Centre on Saturday, June 6,...
Sun and gardens attract crowds
Glorious weather helped Winchelsea attract a record number of visitors to its main open garden day last Saturday, June 6, writes Richard Comotto.
11 wonderful...
Counting cars for the council
The county council closes the road past Rye's hospital for two weeks - but seems to have no idea how many patients will be affected, or how many cars use the site. Charles Harkness from Rye News went up the hill, and counted the cars in, and counted them out, so ESCC know how many lives their actions will affect. And the Town Council will keep protesting and asking questions about the county council's apparently ill-thought-out plans
Civic parting at St Mary’s
The Mayor, Town Clerk, Deputy Mayor, Councillors and Mace Bearers lined up outside St Mary's on Wednesday June 10 for the civic funeral of...