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After months of waiting for the axe to fall on bus services, the slimmed down timetables have been published. But the county council's presentation makes it hard to know what is going on: what's the route number, where's it going, who runs it and even, which bus stop? Charles Harkness attempts to make sense of it all

Can the iconic Strand Gate in Winchelsea, which has been defending the Ancient Town for 700 years, survive the battering it is receiving from oversized vehicles ignoring height and width restrictions? Local residents are taking action to enforce the law

Rye's country market has recently re-opened after its winter break between Christmas and Easter. It is worth sitting for a while in the Community Centre queue at 9.45 am on Friday mornings, swapping news and a little gentle badinage, in anticipation of the doors opening at 10

Last year's BBC filming of Mapp and Lucia in Rye (EF Benson's 'Tilling') is marked by a new display in the East Street site of Rye Museum which has just re-opened for the summer. It is now open at weekends and Bank Holidays to show off aspects of Rye's varied history - and is free to visit

Winchelsea has joined the growing list of villages in the district which now have a Public Access Defibrillator, courtesy of local charity Rother Responders. The PAD will greatly increase the chances of survival if anyone, resident or visitor, suffers a cardiac arrest in Winchelsea

The first recycle swap shop of 2015 set a new record for the amount brought. Trained volunteers were there, as well, to give advice on how to save energy and cut energy bills. Mike Pepler reports.

Is Icklesham Parish Council proposing to write an open cheque to Rother District Council for the next century? Residents angry at the suggestion of taking over unknown costs to run Rye Harbour car park and public toilets have called a Parish Poll

Does your house have loose tiles? Are there windows that need replacing? Worried about the expense? Well, why not hoist the cost onto Rother District Council? That's what an Icklesham parish councillor and former mayor of Winchelsea has managed to do

Following her detailed briefing to the annual meeting of the MarshLink Action Group about the proposed Javelin rail service, Lisa Goodman, senior development manager at Network Rail, took questions from the floor, during which she stressed the importance of applying political pressure

The future of our rural economy hinges, some believe, on faster rail links with London. One of the leading figures involved in evaluating a 90mph Javelin service to Rye has just given a briefing on how Network Rail is weighing up the options that confront those wanting to make it a reality. Lisa Goodman was rich in detail. Nick Taylor gives a detailed report on the technical issues she discussed

Commuters from Rye have been angered for months by cancellations of services and the shortcomings of rolling stock. Southern Rail sent an executive to soothe members of the MarshLink Action Group at its annual meeting last week. But the efforts were derailed - for once, not by a failed diesel unit

There was more bad news for residents of Winchelsea worried about the future of the dwindling number of shops in the town after the publication of the latest accounts by owner Winchelsea Farm Foods. Over three-quarters of a million pounds were lost and 15 staff dismissed