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Gardens that attract hundreds of visitors will attract more this weekend as Great Dixter at Northiam stages an international Plant Fair with experts from home and abroad coming to talk about and sell their specialities

Shaken but not stirred, Rye Bay Crew hold special Bond themed evenings at the Queens Head

There was a "nice gentleman on the desk" said a Portuguese family - and a welcoming face (above) at the Ypres Tower, home to the Rye Castle Museum, has meant visitors repeatedly give it the "thumbs up", reports Jean Floyd

Sloe drupes (pictured) are now to be seen, which means it's time for the Rye News sloe gin competition. And there also seem to be a lot of other autumn fruits and berries around at the moment which some say means a hard winter is on its way. Optimists will add, though, that just means more elderberry wine and blackberry cordial for Xmas

Black cats have been associated with good luck, and bad luck too, in the past - as well as with witches - but St Mary's cat, Sylvester, is looking forward to when he, and other pets, can be blessed

One in two men have a prostate problem at some stage in their lives and one in eight will develop cancer - but you can be tested to check out any problem, and Rye Lions have stepped in to help

Fair Trade products were on sale in St Mary's Centre, along with a demonstration by Rye Dance, to promote Rye as a Fair Trade Town.

Hiring a deep sea diver to save a cathedral from catastrophe seems so unlikely to be unbelieveable - but it happened, and a Brede man can tell the tale

Dee Alsey interviews Tracy Dighton, uncovering her passion and vision for working with the local community in Rye in the latest installment of the Ryers Unwrapped series

Three ghosts haunted an East Street pub, now gone - but only recently closed. One may have been murdered, another drowned. David Russell reports on the haunting - and the steps taken to get rid of things that wandered abroad in the night

For two years, insiders have been enjoying fresh, home cooked delicious bread, distributed through informal networks. Rye News opens the oven door