Rye News

A new report claims the local economy will benefit if high speed trains to Ashford run through to Rye and on to Hastings and Bexhill. But what is the timetable for this to happen?

Blankets, knitted by local ladies and visitors were blessed at the Harvest Festival service at St Mary’s. And they will soon be on their way . . . but to where?

What will you have to pay for soon that was free before? And should you have to pay? And is the answer in the bag?

Suddenly a "doggy bag" takes on a whole new dimension and, in a town deep in dogs, it may be a solution to one of autumn's challenges....scaffolding.

A local peace campaigner has been jailed despite claiming that his tax was being used to pay for illegal wars

The infamous and fraudulent "missing link" and fossil-hunting featured in a talk in Iden

Rye friends, gourmets and gastronomes are delighted by the news that a well known and much missed couple are returning to a Rye restaurant. But who? And where?

The Lord Lieutenant was in Rye Town Hall to present medals. Read on...

Rye & District Lions free prostate cancer checks proved very popular last Saturday

Want to show off your talent? Win a prime Christmas slot on the Town Hall stage? Help raise money for a very special Rye day ? Read on

One year on, and after a load of bird excrement, Rother Council seems to want to wash its hands of Rye's historic Landgate - but who will step in, and how can it be used? The Mayor appealed last year for "Friends of the Landgate" to come forward. Details of the renovation costs are about to be revealed

Last week saw the end of Rye Partnership's Rural Employability Project. Gina Sanderson reports. Some services continue, but "signing on" gets harder

Local groups can go wild with help from the Lottery and London's Kew Gardens if they have good ideas for improving communal spaces with native wild flowers

It's centenary time - so let's invite 100 people to a party and let the ukuleles play. Read on . . .

Oyez, oyez. Town Crier meets duck - but there are many more little yellow ducks bobbing around in the river. What is going on?

Mixing multiple dogs, a cat, rodents and a bemused tortoise in a confined space could have been a recipe for disaster at the pet blessing service at St Mary's. Read on...

Badly affected by the December 2013 floods, the visitor centre at the Rye Harbour Nature Reserve faces a brighter future

Just before 2:00 pm Thursday October 1 the train to Ashford hit a person at the foot crossing near the Windmill. The person was...

The tide came, and went. But water was out of control in Winchelsea Road, and invaded the Farmers Market. Massive sea defences are being built, but some river defences will not be in place until 2021. Have the risks been properly evaluated, or do we need to prepare for the worst ? Questions are asked on our News and Opinion pages, but this time we were lucky

This £30 million project at Camber is a small part of the work of the Environment Agency to increase the protection of the marsh from flooding. Some may wonder how well protected and for how long