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  1. Conservatives hold Tunbridge Wellspublished at 15:02 British Summer Time 4 May 2018

    No surprises as the Conservatives remain in charge in Tunbridge Wells - but they lost two seats, with Labour and the Lib Dems pick up one each.

  2. Conservatives hold Adur and Worthing Councilspublished at 14:56 British Summer Time 4 May 2018

    The Conservatives have remained in overall control of Adur and Worthing Councils.

    In Adur the Tories kept the same number of seats, with Labour picking up two.

    And in Worthing the Conservatives lost two seats, with Labour gaining four.

  3. Motorist jailed over biker deathpublished at 14:56 British Summer Time 4 May 2018

    James Dye was jailed for three years after the crash in which a 19-year-old motorcyclist died.

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  4. Conservatives hold Harrogate and Wokingpublished at 14:42 British Summer Time 4 May 2018

    The Conservatives take five seats off the Lib Dems giving them a total of 31 seats and control of Harrogate.

    In Woking, the Conservatives lose a seat to the Liberal Democrats but retain their hold of the council.

  5. Brighton's Hunemeier to join Paderbornpublished at 14:39 British Summer Time 4 May 2018

    Brighton defender Uwe Hunemeier agrees a deal to return to former club SC Paderborn at the end of the season.

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  6. Two holds for Labour - Blackburn and Crawleypublished at 14:26 British Summer Time 4 May 2018

    Blackburn with Darwen in Lancashire and Crawley in Sussex both stay red.

    In Blackburn with Darwen Labour and the Conservatives gain one seat each from the Lib Dems.

    No change of seats in Crawley means Labour remains in charge with 20 seats.

  7. Conservatives hold Reigate and Bansteadpublished at 14:19 British Summer Time 4 May 2018

    The Tories and Greens made gains on Reigate and Banstead Borough Council, with the Conservatives increasing their majority.

    The LibDems lost one seat, leaving them with one seat on the council.

    The Residents' Association also dropped a seat, but still have six councillors.

  8. Labour hold Hastingspublished at 14:18 British Summer Time 4 May 2018

    HastingsImage source, Getty Images

    No change in Hastings which means Labour retains control of the council.

    The area is home to Amber Rudd's constituency where she has a majority of just 346.

    The MP resigned as home secretary last week in the wake of the Windrush row.

  9. No Ukip left in Surreypublished at 14:04 British Summer Time 4 May 2018

    Ukip now has no councillors in Surrey after losing their single remaining seats on Mole Valley, and Reigate and Banstead councils.

    Correction 13 July 2018: An earlier version of this story incorrectly reported that UKIP fielded no candidates in either Tandridge, Runnymede, Woking or Elmbridge.

  10. Worthing and Reigate stay bluepublished at 13:45 British Summer Time 4 May 2018

    Reigate and Banstead, in Surrey, and Worthing, in Sussex, both stay Conservative.

    In Worthing, the Conservatives have 28 seats, having lost two.

    In Reigate and Banstead, the party won two more seats, making a total of 41.

  11. Conservatives hold Tunbridge Wellspublished at 13:33 British Summer Time 4 May 2018

    Sue Nicholson
    BBC News

    The Conservative Party has held on to Tunbridge Wells Borough Council where a third of the seats were up for election.

    It lost two seats - one to the Liberal Democrats and another to a new independent group, the Tunbridge Wells Alliance.

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  12. No overall control in Maidstonepublished at 13:22 British Summer Time 4 May 2018

    No party has triumphed in Maidstone, Kent, where the Conservatives are the largest party.

    They now have 25 seats, having gained four overnight.

    Labour gained one new seat, taking their tally to three, while the Lib Dems lost two.

    UKIP lost all three of their seats on the council.

  13. Mole Valley Tories lose overall controlpublished at 13:17 British Summer Time 4 May 2018

    The Conservatives have lost overall control of Mole Valley District Council after only successfully defending five out their six seats up for reselection and thereby losing their one-seat overall majority.

    UKIP lost their only representation on the council while the Lib Dems gained one seat.

  14. Runnymede local election resultspublished at 13:16 British Summer Time 4 May 2018

    In Runnymede, the Conservatives lost three seats, without causing much of a dent to their large majority which still stands at 20 seats.

    Labour gained one place on the council, with the Independents adding two more members.

  15. Hottest early May Bank Holiday expectedpublished at 12:52 British Summer Time 4 May 2018

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    The South East can look forward to the highest temperatures in the country

    Temperatures could reach 27C (81F) in parts of England on Monday, which would make it the hottest early May Bank Holiday on record.

    The South East can expect the highest temperatures - while Wales and Scotland could also see temperatures in the mid to high 20s, BBC forecasters said.

    The warmest early May Bank Holiday Monday on record was 23.6C, in 1999.

    But this Monday could be the hottest since 1978, when the early May Bank Holiday was introduced.

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  16. Extra breast screening slots for women in Medwaypublished at 12:10 British Summer Time 4 May 2018

    Dean Kilpatrick
    Local Democracy Reporter

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    An NHS foundation trust in Kent says it will provide extra breast screening appointment slots to help women affected by a national IT error.

    Earlier this week, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said up to 270 women in England may have died prematurely after failing to get invitations to a final routine mammogram.

    An IT problem meant 450,000 women across the country, aged between 68 and 71, have not received such a letter since 2009.

    Speaking at yesterday's Medway NHS Foundation Trust board meeting, medical director Diana Hamilton-Fairley said extra demand for mammograms was expected locally as a result.

    She told the board: "The breast screening department here are setting up on the assumption that there will be local women who have not been screened.

    "They are setting up to provide extra slots for these women.

    "There is a helpline, and the [hospital's breast screening] department have been very, very responsible.

    "We know it has been extremely good and we have every confidence all of those women will be seen in a small amount of time."

    Mr Hunt said all women affected would receive a letter by the end of the month, while those aged under 72 would get an appointment for a catch-up mammogram.

    He also suggested any woman who wants a mammogram will get one within six months, but said it was a priority this would not cause delays to the screening programme for other female patients.

  17. Former Home Secretary Amber Rudd arrives at Hastings countpublished at 11:46 British Summer Time 4 May 2018

    Helen Catt
    Political editor, BBC South East

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  18. Labour calls on government to scrap voter IDpublished at 11:37 British Summer Time 4 May 2018

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    Labour has urged ministers to scrap its plans for voters to show identification at polling stations, following a trial yesterday.

    There was controversy as some voters in Swindon, Woking and Bromley were reportedly prevented from voting.

    Shadow Cabinet Office minister Cat Smith said: “There was absolutely no case for introducing voter ID in the first place but after yesterday’s fiasco, it is impossible for the government to justify rolling it out.

    “After completely ignoring a number of serious warning signs, the government decided to pilot discriminatory measures which denied people their right to vote.

    “We cannot allow the Conservative Party to undermine our democracy, which is why Labour is calling on the government to scrap their voter ID plans as a matter of urgency.”

    The Cabinet Office said the pilots were a success.

  19. Counting due to get underway in Crawleypublished at 11:19 British Summer Time 4 May 2018

    Jack Fiehn
    Political reporter

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  20. Listen: Surrey v Worcestershire - day fourpublished at 11:15 British Summer Time 4 May 2018

    Surrey host Worcestershire in the County Championship - listen to BBC local radio commentary.

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