Months of battling for a BT connection is coming to a close. Residents in Vidler Square, Rye, were despairing. BT spun them a series of excuses which didn't seem to square with the real world. One of the residents asked Rye News to help. Here's the update. Here's a connection . . .
Andy McConnell, one of Britain's leading glassware experts who lives in Rye, turns antiques detective in two episodes of a new BBC2 series currently on our screens. Kleenex tissues, he says, are needed for the first programme he appears in - on Friday April 10 at 18:30
An innovative approach to justice to help keep families together launched this week in East Sussex in a one-year trial. The Family Drug and Alcohol Court sees parents who are
Parked cars are getting in the way of speeding traffic! A Winchelsea resident was surprised to receive a hand-written note complaining that he had parked legally and made the road less convenient for rat-runners to use
Speeding traffic, a constant concern to residents of Winchelsea, is causing severe damage to the town's ancient monuments. In the latest episode, a stolen car careered round a bend and took out a long section of a 14th-century wall
Investigating flood risks and excess water on roads led a local team to discover the now abandoned Budge Well underground reservoir in the Military Road. And it seems quite likely it is not the only one . . .
Ellen Terry will be the subject of a talk at the Rye Museum on April 14 by Terry authority and raconteur Ann Rachlin who will be including some clips from Terry silent films accompanied - as were the originals - by music on the piano.
Our lead article in this month's Fixtures, delivered to local homes by Adams of Rye, is by farmer Simon Wright. He explains why Romney Marsh farmers are on the hunt for additional income to sustain the core business. There are six pages of articles . . .
The town needs new independent councilors, writes Mary Smith. If you live in Rye and are eligible to vote, you can stand as a councillor. Sixteen or more are needed to prevent automatic election of those standing and then co-opting their friends to fill the vacant places
Election time in Rye could be very noisy as candidates "treated" the voters in the "Rotten Borough" to a few drinks, and Age UK's Rye shop was the scene of terrible goings on when it was known as The Dial. David Russell explains why it had that name, and why drinkers were not the only ones counting
