News

Stay informed on local events and their impact on Rye and the surrounding villages. From politics and local government, to humanitarian challenges and our local economy, our News coverage brings context and clarity to the stories shaping our local community.

Souster loses District, quits town

Labour District Councillor Sam Souster (second from the left in the photo above) lost his seat as Tory control of Rother District became even stronger, while Rye Town Council has nine new faces - but existing councillors mainly topped the town poll. Charles Harkness reports on a long day's vote coun

By Charles Harkness

/ 10 May 2015

Amber gets green light

Amber Rudd has won her second term in office as MP for Rye and Hastings, nearly doubling her majority in a seat that Labour had at number 30 on their hit list

By Charles Harkness

/ 8 May 2015

Late night streets get kinder

Rye's Street Pastors got going on Saturday night of the bank holiday weekend, offering help and humanity to those in need of a friend - or flip flops. High heels and alcohol do not work well together as Accident and Emergency departments and Street Pastors elsewhere have discovered, and can result i

By Seana Lanigan

/ 7 May 2015

Visit backs Chernobyl appeal

A Ukrainian helicopter pilot visited Rye on the 29th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. He was invited by the Chernobyl Rye Fund to visit local schools and recount his experiences following the explosion

By Kenneth Bird

/ 7 May 2015

Downfall of Winchelsea Corporation

Winchelsea Corporation does not seem best pleased at the appearance on YouTube of a parody of a film about Hitler called The New Mayor of Winchelsea

By Ben Keeley

/ 7 May 2015

Summer begins in Hastings

Thousands of people gathered in Hastings for the annual Jack in Green festival on Bank Holiday Monday (May 4) and, after a cold and wet weekend, the sun finally came

By Seana Lanigan

/ 7 May 2015

Don't hedge, trim those trees

Landowners who allow their trees, hedges and other vegetation to impede pedestrian and vehicular progress are being targeted by the county council

By Ben Keeley

/ 7 May 2015

'Woeful service' questioned

Missed connections to the High Speed at Ashford (shown here) were a major moan when a Southern executive was grilled by the MarshLink Action Group. But last trains, cancelled trains, repairs, new timetables, Sunday services and car parking were also on the agenda as months of poor service were spelt

By Ben Keeley

/ 7 May 2015

Bringing art to the factory

Famous artist Paul Nash, who lived in Rye, Iden and Dymchurch at various times and was a war artist in both world wars, featured in a talk for the Friends of Rye Art Gallery on World War Two posters. Friends Chair Paddy Harvey reports

By Rye News

/ 6 May 2015

Bonfire Boyes to mark VE Day

Fireworks will light up the sky over Winchelsea again, just as they did 70 years ago on VE Day

By Ben Keeley

/ 6 May 2015

District candidates questioned

District Council candidates met the people of Winchelsea in the run-up to this Thursday's election - and a popular question was 'who runs Rother ?' But the hustings also covered parking, planning and listed buildings. Richard Comotto reports

By Ben Keeley

/ 6 May 2015

College fire disrupts exams

A mystery fire broke out on the first floor of Rye College on Tuesday, shortly after the end of GCSE exams for the day. Further exams have been postponed while the extent of the damage is established

By Ben Keeley

/ 6 May 2015