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News in brief October 24

Jury's Gap Road shuts, Rye Country Show raises thousands and a new show at Heritage Centre

A bellow of town criers – The National Championships return to Rye

Colourful and loud as criers and public battle it out

Let’s get things moving

Packed town hall discusses a way forward for this year's Christmas lights

Gloves off in Aldi planning battle

Consultants disagree on parking and "linked trips". Legal fight threatened again

Free Camber car park faces charges

Pay and display parking at Broomhill Sands under discussion

Bring back the international trains

MPs demand rail services return to Ashford during parliamentary debate

Biker jailed

Four years and three months sentence after life-threatening injuries

Keeping the toilets open

Town council commits to maintain the buildings in the face of District Council uncertainty

Large donation to Pett Level lifeboat

Money raised from Hastings festival will help with future plans

What’s next at Dungeness A?

Roadshow visits Rye next week to explain the nuclear power station's decommissioning

150 years of Bournes in Rye. Pictures and stories from the archive

Memories of the buildings around town and two calamitous fires on Eagle Road

The Christmas lights switch off

Insurance, safety and funding issues mean lights unlikely in Rye for 2025