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  1. Which EFL clubs did you pick to go up?published at 16:09 British Summer Time 2 August 2019

    Which EFL clubs did you pick to be promoted this season? BBC Sport users have their say.

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  2. No government-funded trees planted in Surrey Heath in eight years published at 15:39 British Summer Time 2 August 2019

    No government-funded trees have been planted in Surrey Heath between 2010 and 2018, Forestry Commission data shows.

    Surrey Heath was among about a third of English districts that did not get any government-funded trees. Almost all of these were urban areas and the government has promised to spend £10m planting trees in towns and cities.

    Between 2010 and 2018 the government funded about 15 million trees in England. Figures for trees planted with private funds or by local councils are not included and the data only covers new trees, not replacements for any that were cut down.

    Overall tree planting rates across the UK would need to more than double to combat rising temperatures and climate change, according to official figures.

    Last year 13,400 hectares of new trees were planted across the UK, most of them in Scotland, but the Committee on Climate Change says this should rise to at least 30,000 hectares a year.

    Campaign group The Woodland Trust said more trees were needed to provide summer shade, reduce air pollution, improve water quality and manage flooding.

    The government said it had made it "much easier" to apply for planting grants.

    Find out about tree planting across the UK here.

    This story has been generated using Forestry Commission data, BBC analysis and some automation.

  3. Inspiring the next generation of girlspublished at 15:31 British Summer Time 2 August 2019

    Natalie Eacersall
    BBC live reporter

    Billie is a trailblazer, breaking down barriers for girls in technology.

  4. 600 government-funded trees planted in Tonbridge and Malling in eight years published at 14:59 British Summer Time 2 August 2019

    There have been 600 government-funded trees planted in Tonbridge and Malling between 2010 and 2018, Forestry Commission data shows.

    This works out at five new trees per 1,000 people.

    Between 2010 and 2018 the government funded about 15 million trees in England. Figures for trees planted with private funds or by local councils are not included and the data only covers new trees, not replacements for any that were cut down.

    Overall tree planting rates across the UK would need to more than double to combat rising temperatures and climate change, according to official figures.

    Last year 13,400 hectares of new trees were planted across the UK, most of them in Scotland, but the Committee on Climate Change says this should rise to at least 30,000 hectares a year.

    Campaign group The Woodland Trust said more trees were needed to provide summer shade, reduce air pollution, improve water quality and manage flooding.

    The government said it had made it "much easier" to apply for planting grants.

    Find out about tree planting across the UK here.

    This story has been generated using Forestry Commission data, BBC analysis and some automation.

  5. No government-funded trees planted in Sevenoaks in eight years published at 14:10 British Summer Time 2 August 2019

    No government-funded trees have been planted in Sevenoaks between 2010 and 2018, Forestry Commission data shows.

    Sevenoaks was among about a third of English districts that did not get any government-funded trees. Almost all of these were urban areas and the government has promised to spend £10m planting trees in towns and cities.

    It was one of only two largely rural areas, along with the Isles of Scilly, not to receive any of the 15 million trees supported by the government in England between 2010 and 2018. Figures for trees planted with private funds or by local councils are not included and the data only covers new trees, not replacements for any that were cut down.

    Overall tree planting rates across the UK would need to more than double to combat rising temperatures and climate change, according to official figures.

    Last year 13,400 hectares of new trees were planted across the UK, most of them in Scotland, but the Committee on Climate Change says this should rise to at least 30,000 hectares a year.

    Campaign group The Woodland Trust said more trees were needed to provide summer shade, reduce air pollution, improve water quality and manage flooding.

    The government said it had made it "much easier" to apply for planting grants.

    Find out about tree planting across the UK here.

    This story has been generated using Forestry Commission data, BBC analysis and some automation.

  6. Derby County sign Bielik and Clarkepublished at 13:41 British Summer Time 2 August 2019

    Derby sign midfielder Krystian Bielik from Arsenal for an undisclosed fee and bring in Brighton defender Matt Clark on loan.

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  7. 14,400 government-funded trees planted in Tunbridge Wells in eight years published at 13:24 British Summer Time 2 August 2019

    There have been 14,400 government-funded trees planted in Tunbridge Wells between 2010 and 2018, Forestry Commission data shows.

    This works out at 122 trees per 1,000 people.

    Between 2010 and 2018 the government funded about 15 million trees in England. Figures for trees planted with private funds or by local councils are not included and the data only covers new trees, not replacements for any that were cut down.

    Overall tree planting rates across the UK would need to more than double to combat rising temperatures and climate change, according to official figures.

    Last year 13,400 hectares of new trees were planted across the UK, most of them in Scotland, but the Committee on Climate Change says this should rise to at least 30,000 hectares a year.

    Campaign group The Woodland Trust said more trees were needed to provide summer shade, reduce air pollution, improve water quality and manage flooding.

    The government said it had made it "much easier" to apply for planting grants.

    Find out about tree planting across the UK here.

    This story has been generated using Forestry Commission data, BBC analysis and some automation.

  8. Seaside amusement park sale plan agreedpublished at 12:50 British Summer Time 2 August 2019

    Under the proposed sale no housing can be built on the Dreamland site for the next 10 years.

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  9. Shoreham air crash investigation will not reopenpublished at 12:06 British Summer Time 2 August 2019

    Investigators say they "very carefully" considered new material about the crash, which killed 11.

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  10. 8,000 government-funded trees planted in Ashford in eight years published at 10:33 British Summer Time 2 August 2019

    There have been 8,000 government-funded trees planted in Ashford between 2010 and 2018, Forestry Commission data shows.

    This works out at 63 trees per 1,000 people.

    Between 2010 and 2018 the government funded about 15 million trees in England. Figures for trees planted with private funds or by local councils are not included and the data only covers new trees, not replacements for any that were cut down.

    Overall tree planting rates across the UK would need to more than double to combat rising temperatures and climate change, according to official figures.

    Last year 13,400 hectares of new trees were planted across the UK, most of them in Scotland, but the Committee on Climate Change says this should rise to at least 30,000 hectares a year.

    Campaign group The Woodland Trust said more trees were needed to provide summer shade, reduce air pollution, improve water quality and manage flooding.

    The government said it had made it "much easier" to apply for planting grants.

    Find out about tree planting across the UK here.

    This story has been generated using Forestry Commission data, BBC analysis and some automation.

  11. Five reasons to RideLondon-Surrey 2019published at 09:44 British Summer Time 2 August 2019

    A surfer from Love Island, a mum riding for mental health, a blind man on a tandem and more - here are five reasons to RideLondon-Surrey 2019.

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  12. 3,600 government-funded trees planted in Gravesham in eight years published at 09:02 British Summer Time 2 August 2019

    There have been 3,600 government-funded trees planted in Gravesham between 2010 and 2018, Forestry Commission data shows.

    This works out at 34 trees per 1,000 people.

    Between 2010 and 2018 the government funded about 15 million trees in England. Figures for trees planted with private funds or by local councils are not included and the data only covers new trees, not replacements for any that were cut down.

    Overall tree planting rates across the UK would need to more than double to combat rising temperatures and climate change, according to official figures.

    Last year 13,400 hectares of new trees were planted across the UK, most of them in Scotland, but the Committee on Climate Change says this should rise to at least 30,000 hectares a year.

    Campaign group The Woodland Trust said more trees were needed to provide summer shade, reduce air pollution, improve water quality and manage flooding.

    The government said it had made it "much easier" to apply for planting grants.

    Find out about tree planting across the UK here.

    This story has been generated using Forestry Commission data, BBC analysis and some automation.

  13. Armed police called out to disturbance in flatpublished at 08:12 British Summer Time 2 August 2019

    Lizzie Massey
    BBC Live reporter

    Armed police were called out to Rochester following a reported disturbance between people believed to be known to each other.

    Kent Police arrived to Shorts Way at 22:25 BST on Thursday, and a man was arrested at 05:40 on Friday.

    The local man in his 40s was arrested on suspicion of a public order offence.

    Officers also seized a knife from the premises.

    The man remains in custody while the investigation continues.

  14. 'It’s about accepting and loving yourself'published at 02:26 British Summer Time 2 August 2019

    Watch drag queen Miss Asia Thorne transform before this year's Brighton Pride.

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  15. Benny the beluga 'no longer in Thames'published at 01:51 British Summer Time 2 August 2019

    The beluga whale was regularly spotted along the Kent stretch of the River Thames.

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  16. 'A 3D-printed jaw saved my dog's life'published at 18:55 British Summer Time 1 August 2019

    Poppet was rescued from a puppy farm with a broken jaw but a vet's pioneering implant saved her life.

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  17. Pothole compensation exceeds £30,000published at 18:48 British Summer Time 1 August 2019

    Karen Dunn
    Local Democracy Reporter

    Cat hits potholeImage source, PA Media

    Compensation payments to drivers whose cars were damaged by potholes in 2018 have cost West Sussex County Council more than £30,000 so far, with another £11,000 likely to follow.

    The figures were published in a report detailing the complaints and compliments received by the council that year, which was discussed by members of the standards committee last Friday.

    So far, the council has received 1,186 claims for the year and has closed or settled 740 of them, paying 81 people a total of £30,678.94.

    Offers totalling £11,777.49 have been made to another 34 claimants.

    The report said that in 2017 there had been 494 claims, 478 of which were closed or settled, with payments of £47,351.24 made to 110 people.

    The pothole complaints were not included in the general list of complaints made to the council, which rose by more than 20% between 2017 and 2018 – from 659 to 812. One-third of them were upheld.

    Three-quarters of all complaints related to adult social care, children’s social care and highways.

    With the number of complaints about children’s services increasing "significantly" from 166 to 208, the Conservative councillor for Worthing East, Roger Oakley, asked if there was any link with the current "failings" in the service.

    He was told that it was "difficult to say" but officers would "not be surprised" if that was the case.

    On the plus side, the total number of compliments rose from 4,065 in 2017 to 5,211 in 2018.

  18. Councillors 'overstepped the mark' in school absence disputepublished at 18:21 British Summer Time 1 August 2019

    Karen Dunn
    Local Democracy Reporter

    West Sussex County CouncilImage source, LDRS

    West Sussex councillors have been told they overstepped the mark when they refused to accept an ombudsman’s findings in the case of a teenager who wouldn’t go to school.

    The Local Government Ombudsman launched an investigation after the child’s mother complained about the lack of support or alternative education offered while her daughter – who had "high levels of anxiety" – was off school.

    The ombudsman said the council should apologise, carry out a review of its procedures and pay the family £400.

    But members of the standards committee were unhappy with the findings.

    At a meeting in March, they said the ombudsman had "not listened to one shred of evidence from our officers" and predicted that "if we were to agree to this recommendation, it would open the floodgates for a lot of people who don’t want to go to school".

    They refused to accept the recommendations.

    At their latest meeting, Tony Kershaw, the county council’s director of law and assurance, told members: “The Local Government Ombudsman’s findings are final. They are matters that you have to accept as their findings.”

    His advice to the committee was to pay the £400, apologise to the family and review the council’s procedures.

  19. 6,300 government-funded trees planted in Guildford in eight years published at 18:16 British Summer Time 1 August 2019

    There have been 6,300 government-funded trees planted in Guildford between 2010 and 2018, Forestry Commission data shows.

    This works out at 43 trees per 1,000 people.

    Between 2010 and 2018 the government funded about 15 million trees in England. Figures for trees planted with private funds or by local councils are not included and the data only covers new trees, not replacements for any that were cut down.

    Overall tree planting rates across the UK would need to more than double to combat rising temperatures and climate change, according to official figures.

    Last year 13,400 hectares of new trees were planted across the UK, most of them in Scotland, but the Committee on Climate Change says this should rise to at least 30,000 hectares a year.

    Campaign group The Woodland Trust said more trees were needed to provide summer shade, reduce air pollution, improve water quality and manage flooding.

    The government said it had made it "much easier" to apply for planting grants.

    Find out about tree planting across the UK here.

    This story has been generated using Forestry Commission data, BBC analysis and some automation.

  20. Gatwick security staff to strike for two dayspublished at 18:14 British Summer Time 1 August 2019

    Staff who scan passengers' luggage are to walk out during one of the busiest months for holidays.

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