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The pool at Rye Sports Centre

Leisure centre to re-open under new operator

The new operator of the former Rye Sports Centre reveals plans for the community facility.

Thelma Barlow in a scene from Sleepless in Settle reading a letter sat on a sofa.

Ex-Coronation Street star's film released online

Short comedy movie Sleepless in Settle stars Thelma Barlow and was filmed in Rye in East Sussex.

Owner of Laila Paris Aesthetic and Well-being Clinic in Horley, Melissa Farry, pictured in her store. A display unit with products can be seen in the background alongside a flower design and a reception table that Melissa is leaning on. Melissa has curled blonde hair and is wearing a white blazer jacket and black top underneath.

'Covid forced us to adapt - now we are booming'

Businesses visited by BBC South East at the height of the pandemic reflect on life, five years on.

Pfizer scientist Dr Nicholas Kitchin looks at the camera with a blue wall behind him.

Vaccine success 'most profound moment of my life'

Pfizer scientist Dr Nicholas Kitchin shares the moment he heard the the Covid jab was a success.

A man and a woman in RNLI-branded beanies. They are smiling and wearing a yellow hi-vis coat under a blue RNLI-branded lifejacket.

RNLI looks for new volunteers on and off the water

Each station relies on volunteers that help man the lifeboats, run the shops and raise funds.

More than a dozen dark brown chickens are tightly packed together.

Vaccinate chickens to stop bird flu 'flockdown'

A poultry farmer in Lewes says vaccinations could help protect local businesses.

The five finalists on The Traitors including Francesca Rowan-Plowden (left) pose for a photo with presenter Claudia Winkleman (centre) in front of a read BBC iplayer backdrop

'I was proud to have been The Traitors' seer'

Francesca Rowan-Plowden is the last contestant to be eliminated in the finale of The Traitors.

A black silhouette of a chicken among other chickens.

Bird flu case confirmed as protection zone set up

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has confirmed the case in Udimore, Rye.

A generic image of medical staff, who have been blurred visually, moving around a hospital attending to patients. They are dressed in various types of medical scrubs and can be seen walking through a ward which has patient areas on the right-hand side.

Patient visiting limited due to numbers with flu

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust says patients will be allowed one visitor a day for most services.