Reports are coming in of a two car accident in New Road close to the Rugby Club entrance.
Roving Reporter, Dave Benn tells us that it happened latish morning and sent pictures of the scene as the vehicles were being moved away. Continue reading Bad Accident near Rugby Club
55th. Appledore Flower Show
Many hundreds of locals and holiday makers flooded into Appledore Church over the Bank Holiday weekend to see the 55th Annual show. Continue reading Appledore Church Flower Show 2016
Two more bodies have been recovered from the sea at Camber Sands this evening (Wednesday 24 August).
Three men died after being pulled from the same area of Camber Sands earlier this afternoon. The bodies of a further two men have been found in the water between 8.15pm and 8.45pm. Continue reading Five Men Drown at Camber – Who are They?
Littlestone Lifeboat celebrates 50 Years. The Battle of Britain Flight honours them with a formation flypast.
Released Sunday 14 August 2016
Proceeds going to St. Michael’s Hospice
Someone had an idea for a documentary to be shown on the television. The plan was for a typical English family of five to take a holiday at the seaside and do whatever they wished. To start with that was not to the scriptwriter’s fancy. He or she had other plans; they had to do something and keep to a schedule.
So the plot was hatched. The location was to be Blackpool in midsummer and the family was to come from Manchester. The producer sent someone out to view the location and rent a chalet on the seashore with the promise that it opened straight onto the sands. Alas the person came back with the news that such a place was nowhere to be found and more to the point would be very expensive at the peak of the holiday season and any rent-able property had been booked months before. Continue reading Jimper Classics – Number One
Over thirty members of the Rye & District Wheelers were present at ARRCC for their 2016 Barbecue.
Paul Simpson (Head Chef) and his assistant, William were in charge of the fire and despite lots of smoke managed to produce well cooked sausages etc. Continue reading Wheelers Barbecue at ARRCC
A burglar who ran off through people’s gardens after being challenged by police officers has been jailed for burglary. Continue reading Garden Hopping Burglar Jailed
A man who broke into a house in Peasmarsh, near Rye, during the morning of Friday, 29 January, while a teenage boy was at home alone has been sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment after pleading guilty to robbery.
05 May, 2016 16:06 News Justice Done
A driver who collided with a pedal cyclist in St Leonards-on-Sea, knocking him nearly 50 metres, has been jailed.
Luke Headech, 25, of Wickham Avenue, Bexhill, was driving along the A259 Continue reading Driver jailed for death of cyclist in St Leonards collision
