Dan Maclaren
BBC Live reporter

A building in Folkestone has been given a facelift using textiles. More than 100 people from around the world have contributed to the "yarnbombing" project.

The art installation will remain in the town for the next two years.

Image source, Elmbridge Borough Council

Three puppies have been found dumped in a dustbin in Esher.

Elmbridge Borough Council said the Springer Spaniels were discovered by a member of the public yesterday.

A specialist dog warden was called out and took the puppies to a vet in Woking.

All three dogs have now been rehomed.

Campaigners claim a recent increase in seismic activity in Surrey is linked to the site at Brockham.

Image source, Eddie Mitchell

A man has been arrested after a homeless man was attacked in Royal Pavilion Gardens in Brighton.

The attack happened near Brighton Museum and Art Gallery at about 23:55 BST on Tuesday and was reported to police by a passer-by who discovered the victim at about 07:00 BST the following morning.

The victim, who is in his 50s, is in a critical condition at Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton, where he is being treated for serious head injuries.

The gardens were closed for a number of hours while forensics investigations were carried out and the area has since been reopened.

A 32-year-old man, also a rough sleeper, has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.

The infant was taken to hospital in a critical condition and died three days later.

Karen Dunn
Local Democracy Reporter

Plans by Sussex Yacht Club to demolish and rebuild its clubhouse in Shoreham have been approved by Adur District Council.

The multi-million pound scheme in Brighton Road will also allow for the construction of new flood defences and a walkway/cycleway.

It's expected work will start next year and the old clubhouse would stay open while the new one was built.

Image source, Sussex Yacht Club

Police are investigating the death of a baby in Broadstairs.

Officers were called on Monday 23 July after the infant was taken to hospital in a critical condition.

The baby was transferred to a London hospital and died on 26 July.

A 20-year-old man from Broadstairs was arrested in connection with the incident and has been released on bail until 15 August whilst enquiries continue.

Rebecca Curley
Local Democracy Reporter

Image source, Campaign for Chiddingfold Campaign for Green Space

Residents have lost their fight to register a meadow as a village green.

Antonia Cowley and Angus de Watteville submitted an application in 2015 for the land behind homes in Woodside Road, Chiddingfold.

But councillors rejected the bid based on the findings of a public inquiry held earlier in 2017.

Owners of the land objected to the application through their agents, development consultants McLaren Clark Group, and said they had rented pockets of the field to residents for growing vegetables and keeping horses but that had not entitled everyone to use it freely.

The applicants argued the meadow had been used by generations of families in the village for around 50 years as a place to walk dogs, children to play, make friends, and enjoy the wildlife.

The inspector recorded in his conclusion submitted earlier this year that evidence suggested the field was "predominately used by neighbouring residents of Woodside Road rather than the wider inhabitants of Chiddingfold" so did not meet the criteria required for registration of Village Green.

Members of Surrey County Council's planning and regulatory committee accepted officer's recommendations to reject the application at its meeting yesterday.

Karen Dunn
Local Democracy Reporter

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The leader of Crawley Borough Council has told Sussex Police to "get a grip on the wave of drugs and violence affecting Crawley".

Peter Lamb took to social media the day after a 24-year-old man was stabbed in The Boulevard, and a couple of weeks after a manslaughter investigation was launched into the death of a pensioner who had been attacked in the same road.

When Sussex Police responded, outlining work being carried out with the National Crime Agency to combat organised crime, Mr Lamb said more officers were needed if any "real headway" was to be made.

He added: "We've highlighted to the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for years how that could be afforded within existing spending constraints.

"We're living with the consequences of that failure now."

When asked about Mr Lamb's comments, Sussex PCC Katy Bourne pointed out that, in January, the borough council's representative on the Police and Crime Panel had voted against increasing the amount of money given to police through the council tax precept.

Chief Inspector Rosie Ross said "proactive and robust" action was being taken to tackle serious violence in the town, including an increase in patrols in crime hotspots.

She added: "The violence is obviously distressing but I can assure local people that we are doing all we can, taking targeted action to help keep them safe."

Dan Maclaren
BBC Live reporter

The family of a Sussex teenager left in a vegetative state after an accident have received an apology from health and care officials after he died, following a mistake over his medication.

Shaun Avard, who was from Polegate near Eastbourne, was left in agony after the dosage of a drug to reduce pain and muscle spasms was wrongly cut to just a tenth of the amount he actually needed.

The "community kitchen" in Margate is open three nights a week during the summer.

After a spate of wild fires across the South East, there's an appeal for the public's help to try and prevent further outbreaks on farmland, woods and grassland.

Dan Maclaren
BBC Live reporter

Even in hospital, elderly patients face a great risk of falling. At the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton, a simple idea of using brightly coloured blankets has cut that risk.

It's been so successful, the scheme is up for an award.

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Police investigating the deaths of a mother and her young son in a fire in Eastbourne have made a new appeal for information.

Gina Ingles, 34, and four-year-old Milo Ingles-Bailey died in Croxden Way in the early hours of Tuesday 10 July.

Their deaths are being treated as murder.

Gina's partner Toby Jarrett, 26, escaped from the building and remains seriously ill in hospital.

Two men, aged 47 and 23, were arrested and released under investigation.

Ms Ingles' family said they were "totally broken and distraught", as they tried to "come to terms with this terrible loss and the huge hole in all of our lives".

Image source, Getty Images

Eastbourne Herald:, external Further appeal over Eastbourne fire which killed mum and son

The Argus, external: Residents slam the new plans for terrace

Kent Online, external: Man convicted of attacking taxi driver in Sheerness

Get Surrey, external: Increased cost of Rushmoor taxi rides could be introduced as soon as September

West Sussex County Times, external: Call for more life-saving signs to be sited in Horsham

Chichester Observer, external: Car crash clip in tweet from council boss ‘crass and insensitive’

Kent Live, external: A young boy, 6, cut his knees on broken glass as he played in a Ramsgate park

Mid Sussex Times, external: Charity agrees to meet with parties about future use of Burgess Hill disability centre

Brighton and Hove News, external: Planners decide on revised plans for former Brighton maternity hospital site

Worthing Herald, external: Worthing son shares tale of his mum’s killing in documentary

Sussex Express, external: People spotted directly below cliffs after major cliff fall at Birling Gap

Crawley and Horley Observer, external: Fundraiser for young Ebonie’s treatment organised by Crawley Tennis Club

Brighton and Hove Independent, external: Muttley the dog helps patients with mental health issues in Hove

Hastings Observer, external: Gurning in memory of Popeye Ron

Stuart Maisner
BBC Live reporter

Tourists have been filmed sitting on the edge of the cliff at Birling Gap, East Sussex, just two days after the beach below was closed after a "significant collapse."

The coastguard have warned people to stay away from the edge. The beach has now reopened.

Sarah Kuteh was sacked from Darent Valley Hospital for imposing her religious beliefs on patients.

Rebecca Curley
Local Democracy Reporter

Families eager to enjoy the summer holidays and new flumes at Woking's Pool in the Park will have to wait a bit longer.

The Leisure Lagoon flumes were originally planned to be replaced in June, but the new £800,000 slides only arrived this month.

The slides are part of a £1.8m refurbishment of leisure services in Woking.

Construction work is expected to start soon.

The pool, interactive beach area, spa pools and wave machine are operating as normal.