Rye News

Are you looking for work or need training then the Rye Partnership is working with local businesses and organisations, to host another recruitment & training road show event in Rye.

As he retires after 16 years of serving on the town council, Granville Bantick reflects on the state of local democracy and the concentration of power away from the community - and calls for greater autonomy and more public involvement

Iden face the first of two cup finals this Monday, April 13, as they line up against Hollington in the Birchwood Group challenge cup at Eastbourne Borough. And there could be a third cup final coming up . . .

Months of battling for a BT connection is coming to a close. Residents in Vidler Square, Rye, were despairing. BT spun them a series of excuses which didn't seem to square with the real world. One of the residents asked Rye News to help. Here's the update. Here's a connection . . .

Andy McConnell, one of Britain's leading glassware experts who lives in Rye, turns antiques detective in two episodes of a new BBC2 series currently on our screens. Kleenex tissues, he says, are needed for the first programme he appears in - on Friday April 10 at 18:30

An innovative approach to justice to help keep families together launched this week in East Sussex in a one-year trial. The Family Drug and Alcohol...

A talk by Don Dray, looking back at the 1920s-60s, the decades that have influenced the lives of so many of us and become part...

Richard Adams's familiar townscapes peopled with characters we think we know are beloved of Ryers. In a talk to the Friends of Rye Art Gallery, the artist sketched out his earlier career, painting to order, which he abandoned to concentrate on his own distinctive style that is now so familiar to local people

Ironmongers Extraordinary soon grew into an institution in Rye after Mindi Gill arrived from Uganda in the early 1970s and first opened its doors on to the High Street. While the sole proprietor for all those years has died, her treasure trove of kitchenalia lives on

Our weekly look ahead at films showing at Rye Kino. Featured this week is Kenneth Branagh's enchanting new 'Cinderella' (pictured above). Watch Ella's fortunes change after meeting a dashing stranger! Read on for reviews and links to trailers . . .

Parked cars are getting in the way of speeding traffic! A Winchelsea resident was surprised to receive a hand-written note complaining that he had parked legally and made the road less convenient for rat-runners to use

Churches Together in Rye and District is hosting the General Election hustings at St Mary’s Church on Thursday April 30 at 7pm, writes Ray...

Spring has seen the opening of two new shops in Rye in the past week, benefitting from the influx of visitors over Easter, writes...

Celebrating Jempson's 80th Anniversary, a new ale has been developed with the Old Dairy Brewery! Read about this premium bitter 'Local Hero' and go out and savour the flavour

Speeding traffic, a constant concern to residents of Winchelsea, is causing severe damage to the town's ancient monuments. In the latest episode, a stolen car careered round a bend and took out a long section of a 14th-century wall

Investigating flood risks and excess water on roads led a local team to discover the now abandoned Budge Well underground reservoir in the Military Road. And it seems quite likely it is not the only one . . .

Ellen Terry will be the subject of a talk at the Rye Museum on April 14 by Terry authority and raconteur Ann Rachlin who will be including some clips from Terry silent films accompanied - as were the originals - by music on the piano.

Jempson's will be playing host to a number of boot fairs again this year at its Peasmarsh store car park (pictured above), with all proceeds from...

Everybody loves bonfire night, but we are left with a scene of desolation for months on end. Why do we put up with this when Easter is here and the town is already filled with tourists? There must be a solution

There is a new mayor in Winchelsea, chosen by an election restricted to just 21 residents.