The very capable Amber Rudd has been returned as MP for Hastings and Rye and while our columnist John Howlett praises Rudd's work for all her constituents, he wonders whether the success of her party at national level is a judgment on society's willingness to care? Here are his personal reflections
What would you say to Amber Rudd if you met her in the constituency now that she is Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change? Here are some thoughts you might like to raise with her writes Christopher Strangeways
Wendy Vu flies out shortly to see a Vietnamese child terribly scarred in an acid attack. She raised funds for an operation to help the child, and now wants to take other help with her to the child's village
Former Rye Town Councillor Mary Smith has worked hard to get the facts about Rother's plans for the Landgate Arch. She reveals some of her latest discoveries and asks some searching questions about the future of this important historic landmark
A plan submitted by Persimmon proposes building over 60 new houses on the edge of Northiam village - Rother District Council (RDC) planning ref RR/2015/545/P. This would
We are not happy! On checking lamp posts in Rye for the posters that we put up for the Fabulistics gig in our theatre, they had disappeared! Rye Rugby Club
Rye News, your online community newspaper, does not have a political affiliation. We are a not-for-proft group of volunteers, dismayed that a political pamphlet, distributed at the weekend on behalf
Talk about the elephant in the room. Have you noticed it during the election campaign? Sitting there in the corner with a rather puzzled look on its face. The elephant is the subject of environmental policies and it seems to have been ignored, even by the Green Party
A Rye resident is sick of 'endless excuses' and 'repeated lies' about non-existent phone and broadband connections. The Ombudsman can't help, so what is the point of its existence?
In the first outing for a new regular column in Rye News, which will feature a variety of writers, John Howlett kicks off with his thoughts about the General Election in a week's time and how another coalition government came to a sudden end as the result of a misjudged jibe
Do we vote like sheep, or should we think more carefully about the issues before putting our cross on the ballot paper when it comes to Election Day? Local livestock farmer Simon Wright ponders the issues to be considered in his monthly column
