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Updates on Wednesday 26 July 2017
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Bob Dale
BBC Live reporter
On the 50th anniversary of the partial legalisation of homosexuality, is it safe to be gay now?
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'Is it safe to be gay in the UK?' is on BBC2 on Tuesday, 1 August at 21:00 BST.
A teenage girl's parents are "desperate for answers" after she was found dead near a station.
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Lizzie Massey
BBC Live reporter
A 16-year-old girl found dead on the tracks at a railway station is believed to have been electrocuted.
Officers said the girl, named locally as Taiyah Pebbles, was with friends near Herne Bay station in Kent shortly before 23:00 BST on Tuesday.
The teenager was injured between then and 07:00 BST on Wednesday, when emergency services were called and she was pronounced dead.
Friends and family have gathered at a vigil this evening.
Image source, Provided by familyThe girl has been named locally as Taiyah Pebbles
The day will start dry, but then showers start to approach.
The family and friends of a Kent teenager are trying to raise £120,000 so she can have experimental treatment for a rare brain tumour.
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Colin Campbell
Special Correspondent, BBC South East
Migrants trying to cross the Channel are using increasingly sophisticated and desperate methods, with attempts foiled in the air and on the water this week.
Police catch truck drivers using phones, completing paperwork and watching a film on a laptop.
Read MoreBob Dale
BBC Live reporter
A 16-year-old girl has been found dead at Herne Bay station.
British Transport Police and paramedics were called to the station just before 07:00 BST, but she was declared dead at the scene.
A post mortem examination is due to be carried out on Friday, but police said she had suffered serious injuries due to electrocution.
Her death is being treated as unexplained.
She' had been spotted near the station with a group of friends just before 23:00 BST last night.
Flowers have been left at the station
Quote MessageThe family are now desperate for answers and my officers are focussed on understanding how this girl came to be on the tracks. The girl was with a group of friends near the station shortly before 11pm yesterday evening. Sometime between then and 7am this morning she came to receive these injuries.'
Det Ch Insp Paul Langley, British Transport Police
Bob Dale
BBC Live reporter
Using mobiles, completing paperwork and even watching a film on a laptop.
Traffic officers took to the M20 in an unmarked 40-tonne lorry that allowed them to see into HGV cabs, and were shocked at what they saw.
Image source, Kent PolicePolice have stopped and fined a lorry driver for watching a film while he was driving along the M20.
Officers say the man was glancing at his laptop screen as he drove.
He was one of dozens of drivers who were stopped, fined, given points or educational advice in a special roads policing operation last week.
The 40-tonne lorry allows officers to see into cars and larger vehicles.
Motorists caught committing driving offences were filmed and then stopped by marked police cars.
Quote MessageThis five day operation has made it clear that despite the costs a minority of motorists are still prepared to break the law. Any momentary lapse in concentration, such as talking on the phone, texting or looking at a device such as a laptop in the vehicle, can have disastrous and life-changing consequences.
Quote MessageIt is for this reason that such offences can carry a large fine and six points on your licence. It is completely unacceptable behaviour, which puts the individual and other road users at risk. I urge those caught in this operation and others who have used such devices while driving to learn from their mistakes and drive safely in future."
Supt Andrew Reeves, Kent Police
Image source, Sussex PolicePolice in East Sussex are looking for missing 30-year-old Paul Baker.
Paul, of no fixed address, was last seen in Five Ashes, near Mayfield, on Monday evening (24 July) and had been on the way to stay with a friend in Crowborough.
Officers are concerned as Paul has recently been suffering from depression.
Police have had a report that he was seen in Maidstone yesterday (25 July) and that is being followed up. He may also be in the Crowborough area.
Kate Kinsella
BBC Weather
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A woman's been rescued from a car after it came off the road and hit an 8ft brick wall in Hawkhurst.
Emergency services were called to the A268 at about 03:20 BST.
The woman was treated by ambulance crews.
Kathryn Langley
BBC Live reporter
Medway Council has announced plans to become a so-called "smart city".
It's applied for funding to install new technology on roads such as the A2 which it's hoped will reduce congestion.
The council says the population in Medway is expected to grow by 50,000 by 2035 and the money would help the roads stay fit for the future.