Opinions

Speed – the ongoing saga

Rye's Town Council will be discussing a 20 miles per hour speed limit on Monday. Expect a gnashing of gears and a revving of engines - and pedestrians up in arms

Serenading a taxi

No taxi in sight to meet the train? One resident vents her feelings by bursting into song

How do we slow down drivers ?

Vehicles of all kinds speed into, and through, Rye and what is our MP going to do about it ? A minor A road and an even more minor B road are carrying traffic for which they were never intended and which follow routes laid down for horse and carts before cars and lorries were even invented

Positives about the Conquest

Good and bad stories from the Conquest - but don't blame the staff

Who can buy new houses?

Some new homes are being built in Rye - but do too many have old owners? Nationwide, home ownership is falling and is it time to decide who can have new homes? One town thought so. Should Rye also consider its options?

Refugees in need of help locally

Help is needed by local organisations for the resettlement of refugees

Unresolved issues for 2017

The editor looks at a few issues facing the Town Council and others in the coming year

Not in my name, please

Adding insult to the most serious of all injuries, Rother District Council, it is alledged, dismisses Camber deaths as people from "a certain culture" according to one reader

Camber Sands – Rother responds

RDC feel that their past decisions on lifeguards at Camber are probably not well enough understood and have asked us to publish this response to the Opinion article 'Not in my name, please'.

Hopes and fears for next year

Local farmer and lifelong Rye resident, Dennis Leeds-George gives his views on the current state of the town and his hopes for the coming year

Unacceptable delays in treatment

The wait for cancer treatment is unacceptably long, says Gino Francesco. But there is a solution

Hall replies to critics

Country and Western at Camber - a correction