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Garden Safari chases sunshine

Northiam's Garden Safari in aid of the Bonfire Society caught the sun after rain caused the event to be cancelled a week before. Karen Ayling reports

Vintage Fair marks centenary

Landgate Women’s Institute (WI) hosted a Vintage Fair, to...

Enchanted music and gardens

Music from opera and the musicals is the theme of "Some Enchanted Evening - Music for Midsummer", a concert to be held at Playden church on June 20. The same weekend also sees Playden open gardens with both events aiming at raising funds for repairs to Playden church spire

Farming and flowers on Sunday

As part of "Open Farm Sunday" nationwide, Little Gate...

Super sew-and-sews join knit wits

Help the 'knit wits' make squares for Iraqi Christian refugees! Join in and knit together at St Mary's on July 6 at 10am

How hospices can help

We all know what hospices are for, but maybe...

Hospital fete promises fun

Take a donkey ride or indulge in 'Vintage Teas' at your local Hospital Fete on July 13 at 2pm. Lots of other attractions including 'Splat the Rat'!

Not so secret gardens revealed

Eleven gardens and an allotment in Winchelsea opened for National Garden Scheme open day on Saturday 6 June and to support ARRCC on the following Monday.

Not quite Doctor Who but nearly

One of British Telecom's (BT) old phone boxes (actual...

Where waste is not wasted

Continuing pressure on waste collectors to recycle as much as possible can mean changes to when and how bins (or sacks) are collected. Also Rother Council have just introduced more changes from June 1. But what happens to the waste collected from our black bins which can not be recycled? Anthony Kimber reports from one site where waste turns into power for our homes

This June in ‘Fixtures’

The Hitler plot to be Winchelsea’s mayor leads our...

Raising awareness of dementia

As our population lives longer, dementia is on the increase affecting more and more people. But what are the facts, and more importantly, the answers to some basic questions? A new local group has been formed in national Dementia Awareness Week to improve the lives of people living with dementia and their carers. Kenneth Bird reports

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