Sussex weekly round-up: 10 August - 16 August 2024
Boundary Brighton Festival will run the 'pay what you can afford' scheme until 21 August
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The story about a Brighton music festival launching a 'pay what you can afford' scheme through the cost of living crisis proved a popular read this week.
A variety of local issues featured on the BBC News website, BBC Radio Sussex and BBC South East Today.
We have picked five stories from the past week in case you missed them.
Grandad tells of paddleboard rescue two miles out
The pair reunited with the crew that saved them to thank them and warn others
A man and his granddaughter who were blown two miles out to sea on a paddleboard and kayak have spoken about their ordeal.
Steve, 61, and Alyssa, 11, were paddling in Pevensey Bay on 31 May but as weather conditions worsened, they were pushed into deeper water.
Steve said: "We were about two miles out, a small dot on the horizon."
The pair, from Portsmouth, were eventually rescued by Eastbourne RNLI, and although cold, were unharmed.
Sussex students weigh up options on results day
Joshua Rowley said he is considering what to do next after receiving his BTec results
Students across Sussex have been receiving their exam results, with some hopeful of university places while others eye up industry roles.
Joshua Rowley, who studied a BTec in uniformed protective services at East Sussex College, in Eastbourne, said he was considering a career in the police force, but may return to the college to sit A-levels.
“I got distinction star, distinction, distinction, which I’m very pleased with,” he said. “I’ve put in a lot of hard work and I’m very proud of what’s come out of it.”
Those studying A-levels, T-levels and BTec Nationals in the UK got their results at 08:00 BST, with 30.8% of students in the South East achieving A* and A grades – up 0.5% on last year.
Newhaven chimney stack extension approved
The asphalt plant chimney is to be extended by 20m
Planners have approved a request to extend the chimney of an industrial plant, in a move officers said would help address complaints around its odour.
On Wednesday, East Sussex County Council’s planning committee approved a 20m (65ft) extension to a chimney stack at an asphalt plant operated by FM Conway in North Quay Road, Newhaven.
Some members of the public had objected to the proposal.
They called for a more comprehensive scheme, including better filtration systems.
A foul smell often wafts over the town and the company responsible has hopes to fix it
Further anti-racism protests held in Sussex
About 400 people gathered in Hastings on 10 August, according to Stand Up To Racism
Hundreds of anti-racism protesters took to the streets in Hastings on Saturday.
The demo was in response to violence across England and Northern Ireland fuelled by far-right and anti-immigration sentiment.
Sussex Police said it was investigating a threat to Hastings Mosque as a hate crime, while counter-protesters also turned out in the East Sussex town on 7 August after information circulated about anti-immigration unrest.
Campaign group Stand Up to Racism said about 400 people were at the rally on 10 August, as part of what it had described as a "national day of protest" to "stop the far-right".
Charity scrambles to save dogs amid cull fears
Happy Paws Puppy Rescue has rehomed around 1,600 strays over 10 years
An Eastbourne-based charity is working to save stray dogs in Turkey following fears of a possible government cull.
The Happy Paws Puppy Rescue shelter is cooperating with pounds inside the Middle Eastern country to rehome the animals in the UK.
Turkey passed a controversial law in July to get millions of dogs off the streets and into shelters, but critics claim it could lead to mass culling to save cost and space, with many facilities already overcrowded.
Lisa Smart, of the Happy Paws charity, said: "Its just staggering to think that these little souls, who are very trusting, very sweet, will be rounded up, taken away."
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