Heathrow recorded its busiest ever departures day last month.

More than 136,000 passengers boarded flights from the west London hub on Good Friday as holidaymakers took advantage of the Easter weekend coupled with half term.

Heathrow is the busiest airport in Europe with 78m passengers in 2017.

Figures published by the airport showed a total of 6.5m passengers travelled through Heathrow in March - up 5.5% year-on-year.

The figures were published ahead of a vote in Parliament on Heathrow's thirdrunway plans, expected in the coming weeks.

Crystal Palace fans say they were struck with batons and "treated like cattle".

The Surrey NHS trust treating Nicholas Steel at the time of the killing launches an investigation.

Nine homes run by Sussex Health Care are being investigated over alleged lack of care of 43 people.

A famous train which carried passengers in glamorous style between Brighton and London is making a comeback.

Makeshift memorials are visible across the UK - so who leaves them, and why?

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Carnival organisers say they could introduce a prince or king at next year’s event after being criticised on social media.

Whitstable Carnival held a competition to find this year’s Miss Whitstable last Sunday, but no girls turned up.

Some people criticised organisers, asking why boys could not take part.

Carol Sims, the chairman of the Whitstable Carnival Association, says the committee needs to talk about it, but said: “If boys are allowed to apply, there could be a prince at the Whitstable Carnival next year. Could be a King.”

Adrian Harms
Sports reporter, BBC Sussex

Sussex's first County Championship match of the season has been delayed by rain.

I'm at Edgbaston with latest updates.

A man and a woman have been found dead at a property in Worthing.

Sussex Police were called at 01:50 BST today to a property in South Farm Road.

The man and woman were declared dead at the scene.

The force says the deaths are being treated as unexplained and enquiries are ongoing. Police are appealing for witnesses.

Any ideas how to pronounce Cheavon out there? We're struggling in the BBC Sport office. Shay-von is our best guess. Thankfully we only have to type it, not say it.

Both boxers go hell for leather in the final round, trying to rack up a winning margin. David Nyika is landing more punches though and looks to have done enough to win it.

Over to the judges... Nyika's arm is raised into the air. Cheavon Clarke, who trains in Gravesham in Kent, must settle for bronze.

Simon Delow posed as a private detective and charged thousands for fake probes into deaths abroad.

At 11-years-old Alex was diagnosed with Parkinson's. He's hoping to raise awareness of the disease.

District Line staff strike after a driver who "went through three red lights" was "redeployed".

Sue Nicholson
BBC News

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A barn owl has died after it was shot through the chest with what was believed to have been an air weapon.

It was taken to Swampy's Wildlife Rescue in Sheerness on Tuesday evening by a couple who said they had found it injured in Leysdown.

It died the following day.

Image source, Swampy's Wildlife Rescue

Kent Police are investigating, and have appealed for the man and woman, who were described as white and aged in their 20s, to get in touch with them.

Sgt Darren Walshaw, of the Rural Task Force, said the young owl suffered "an awful injury" and would have been in a lot of pain.

"We do not want to see another animal injured and I would encourage anyone who knows anything about this incident to get in touch with us."

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There's a reduced service on the District Line because of a strike with severe delays from Barking to Upminster and minor delays on the rest of the line.

And on the trains, Southern has a replacement bus service running northbound between Horsham and Dorking because of a landslip.

There are minor delays on London Overground between Stratford and Richmond because of a faulty train at Camden Road.

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Crystal Palace fans have lodged an official complaint against Sussex Police over the treatment they say they were subjected to at a match against Brighton and Hove Albion.

In a nine page letter sent to the force, the Crystal Palace Supporters Trust complains about the policing operation.

The letter states: "The central concern of this complaint is the belief that the events as they unfolded and the significant disquiet arising from law-abiding fans, were avoidable had there been better planning and communication."

Six people were arrested and two stewards were taken to hospital after the two sides met on 28 November.

Sussex Police later apologised for wrongly claiming weapons were found after crowd trouble during the match.

Police have released CCTV footage of a suspected bank robbery which took place in Brighton.

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A landslip between Horsham and Dorking means all lines between the stations are blocked.

Network Rail have been working through the night at Holmwood to remove soil and debris.

So far 16 tons has been removed, but there is more than 100 tons remaining, Southern Rail says, external.

The company says trains will be cancelled as a result of the incident and disruption is expected until the end of the day.

Trains are not able to serve Warnham, Ockley or Holmwood stations.

A replacement bus service began operating between Horsham and Dorking in both directions at 05:00 BST and leaves every 30 minutes calling at all stations.

Southern Rail is urging people to leave extra time for their journeys.

Anyone travelling between Horsham and London should use alternative services via Gatwick Airport, the company says.

South Western Railway will accept Southern tickets between Dorking and Clapham Junction until further notice.

Southern says a review of the situation will be carried out at 10:30 BST.