Rye News

The annual Rockabilly Rave takes place in Camber over a five day period this weekend at Pontin's holiday park with thousands of participants celebrating at this 1950s music and lifestyle event.

Music from opera and the musicals is the theme of "Some Enchanted Evening - Music for Midsummer", a concert to be held at Playden church on June 20. The same weekend also sees Playden open gardens with both events aiming at raising funds for repairs to Playden church spire

Yet again Rother District Council demonstrate that they appear to regard Rye as a milch cow from whom money can be extracted but to whom only the minimal of service need be given. The cricket club are the latest to suffer, this time due to the inefficiencies of the Building Control Department

Following the failure of the now-defunct football club to obtain the correct building certificate, Rother Building Control have refused permission for the new owners, Rye Cricket Club, to use the bar and club room

The cricket season continued as the 1st team looked to to win their 4th game in a row as they travelled away to Henfield and the 2nd team were at home to Burgess Hill. However high hopes were bumped down to earth as the 1st were skittled out. But the 2nd did well in a tight finish. Clouds loom over the pavilion though, as Martin Blincow reports

The Tour de France, but with a difference. Heidi Foster reports from a first timer's point of view in a very personal account of a weekend cycling trip with the Rye Wheelers across the Channel....and with some wine to recover

The A268 from Beckley into Rye will be closed for over a month on weekdays between 930 am and 6 pm for roadworks in three separate places. And the last and longest stage will be on Rye Hill by the hospital and medical centre. Diversions started at the bottom of Rye Hill causing confusion and chaos as one driver reports on our Opinion page. And possibly only those people living and working on the road have actually been told what is happening. Charles Harkness reports.

Writer and broadcaster Richard Crowest will be reading from the works of EF Benson, Elizabeth Wharton and others in the garden at Lamb House...

Road closures on the Peasmarsh Road caused traffic chaos in Rye itself as signs appeared in town before the railway bridge, diverting traffic across the marsh - or so it seemed. John Stedman raised the issue with East Sussex County Council and reports back on what he learnt, none of which is good news for the motorist as the long hours of daylight and occasional sun, seem to be resulting in a flood of roadworks

As part of "Open Farm Sunday" nationwide, Little Gate Farm at Beckley is having a family fun day with a chance to meet the...

A bye-election to fill the casual vacancy on Rye Town Council would have cost every man, woman and child in the town at least £1 a head. But it has been halted at the last moment - though no-one was absolutely sure it would be. Instead the vacancy will be filled by co-option in a month's time at a public meeting. Possible candidates have three weeks to reply, and will face questioning in public. Charles Harkness reports.

A singing dentist, who learnt as a student the impact that being born with a cleft lip or palate can have, will be raising money to raise a smile in St Mary's Church this month

Why is the cemetery so neglected, asks CFAiR [the Campaign For Action in Rye] at its first meeting. Who should own the new Tilling Green Community Centre , and when can we see a simple version of the revised Neighbourhood Plan. Three of the questions asked as this new group sets out to cast a spotlight on what our local councils are up to .

The last time Rye's Town Council set out to co-opt a councillor, it was because of a row over whether the flag (in the photo above) should fly at half mast after former Prime Minister Maggie Thatcher died. Former town councillor Mary Smith comments on how the co-option process should be as public as possible, and on what else the council can and must do. Local government is an expensive mess and poor old Rye, with its decaying infrastructure, bumps along at the bottom of this mess, she says. Major change may not come soon, but there are things the council can do now.

A small group of children enjoyed a craft afternoon on Wednesday May 27 at East Street museum. The craft session had a garden theme...

Help the 'knit wits' make squares for Iraqi Christian refugees! Join in and knit together at St Mary's on July 6 at 10am

We all know what hospices are for, but maybe not how to go about accessing their services, writes Jane Nunn. What sort of care is...

Rye's cemetery is an 'utter disgrace' says a local widow, and CFAiR (the Campaign for action in Rye) has agreed to make the overgrown and neglected cemetery a priority. Rother's neglect of the cemetery has been in the news before, with headstones moved without warning and the site littered with broken trees. A shocked Dan Lake reports on how it looked as though it has been hit by a hurricane after visiting a family grave last week

Inconsiderate and dangerous parking by parents at Winchelsea's primary school is driving residents to distraction - they can't drive anywhere else because parents are blocking the roads!

Take a donkey ride or indulge in 'Vintage Teas' at your local Hospital Fete on July 13 at 2pm. Lots of other attractions including 'Splat the Rat'!