Highways officials say heavy traffic is building up in the Camber area as people head to the coast amid the warm temperatures.

People are being urged to avoid the area as car parks in the seaside resort have now all filled up with vehicles.

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Royal Mail said there has been a positive test for coronavirus at its delivery office in Hastings.

An “enhanced clean” of the office will now go ahead, Royal Mail said in a statement.

It added: “Working with our people, we have resolved any areas of concern. All colleagues are working as normal.

“Throughout this crisis, every decision we make puts the health of our people and customers first. We have put in place a range of preventive measures to protect both our customers and our colleagues.”

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The Brighton Marathon weekend, which was postponed in March and was due to take place between 18 and 20 September, will now not go ahead as planned, organisers say.

In a statement, marathon organisers said: "Not hosting the Brighton Marathon Weekend this September is not a decision that we have taken lightly."

They added that managing social distancing crowds would be "extremely difficult".

Although they are unable to shut down large parts of the city for the usual 26.2 mile course, organisers said they were working instead on creating a "socially-distanced, Covid-19 compliant event, which our 2020 participants will be invited to be part of" this autumn.

Further details of the revised event and options for registered runners will be released by mid-August.

Sarah Booker-Lewis
Local Democracy Reporter

Too many people are failing to dispose of face coverings responsibly, especially single use ones, according to councillors in Brighton and Hove.

They raised their concerns about the “proliferation of face masks chucked on the floor” at a “virtual” meeting.

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Green councillor Sarah Nield called for more promotion of reusable face coverings to try to discourage people from discarding masks.

She told Brighton and Hove City Council’s Health and Well-being Board: “It is quite easy to buy one you can wash.

“This is going to go on for a long time and I dread to think about the amount of PPE going into the bin.”

Labour councillor Nick Childs said many people had raised the subject of the “proliferation of face masks chucked on the floor”.

He said: “It’s something all of us have seen more and more, and I think it’s going to increase as mask wearing becomes obligatory."

Archaeologists have pinpointed the source of the stones to an area 15 miles north of the site.

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Brighton have made their second signing of the summer, Netherlands defender Joel Veltman from Ajax for an undisclosed fee.

Fusion Lifestyle says it has been been "greatly affected" by the coronavirus pandemic.

Two teenagers suffered "abhorrent" injuries when they were attacked by suspects wearing balaclavas, police have said.

The boys were part of a group that was set upon in the woods near Swanbourne Lake, Arundel, at about 01:00 BST on Wednesday.

One of the victims suffered a broken jaw and back injuries, while a second was left with a cheek injury and a burn to his leg, Sussex Police said. Both have been discharged from hospital.

Supt Miles Ockwell said: “The level of injuries involved in this assault are abhorrent and the behaviour from the suspect group is completely unacceptable."

Alex Lanning, accused of Tashan Daniel's murder, stabbed a man in Brighton in 2016, jurors hear.

Andrew Milne, 42, is accused of killing Gina Ingles, 34, and her son Milo, four, in a fire in 2018.

Job losses are being proposed at a theatres and events department run by a seaside council which is facing a £9.9m deficit caused by the fallout of Covid-19.

Eastbourne Borough Council said “difficult and painful decisions” were needed to help balance its books and enable it to remain “financially viable”.

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Officials at the authority said the government had "not fulfilled its commitment to meet our increased costs" and loss of income that resulted from the pandemic.

The council said: “Nowhere in the council has the lockdown been felt more acutely than in our theatres and events department. Most regrettably, this will mean a reduction in the numbers of staff in these areas.

“The first step in this process is a consultation with staff on new structures within the organisation and job roles.

"This review is no way a reflection of the quality of our staff, who have all been excellent and we regret having to put them through this process.”

The council runs several theatres in the resort, including the Congress Theatre.

Nicole Stonestreet is given a four month suspended sentence after a party turned violent in April.

Huw Oxburgh
Local Democracy Reporter

A project to build a new leisure centre in East Sussex has been formally suspended, following a meeting of senior councillors.

Rother District Council’s cabinet agreed to formally suspend plans to replace Bexhill Leisure Centre with a larger, more modern facility and instead pursue a more modest refurbishment of the current building.

The leisure centre project, which had been expected to cost as much as £15m, had formed part of the wider redevelopment of the former Bexhill High School site in Down Road.

Before the vote, the council’s lead member for health, wellbeing and inclusion Jay Brewerton said: “I was extremely disappointed to have to be in the situation where we are deferring the actual building of a new leisure centre. I hope that we can achieve this within our time [in council].

“I’m very much for still building a new leisure centre, but I appreciate that while we are in the middle of a pandemic we cannot be seen to be spending extortionate amounts or even borrowing extortionate amounts to build."

While the leisure centre redevelopment was put on hold, cabinet confirmed the wider housing development scheme will continue, eventually leading to a reserved matters planning application.

As part of this, cabinet agreed that land acquisitions and Compulsory Purchase Orders (CPOs) “be progressed where necessary”.

Lizzie Massey
BBC Live reporter

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A boy who has not missed a day of school in seven years has put his clean bill of health down to going to bed on time and being healthy.

Layton Mamarot joined Langley Green Primary School in Crawley when he was four years old.

Now 11, he has not had a day off sick in that time.

He said: "I get up at the same time every morning and I go to bed on time.

"My dad goes to the gym and inspires me to do some exercise after school.

"Then mum and dad always make good meals with lots of vegetables.

"I love school, it's really fun and the teachers are very helpful."

His mother, Vanessa, said: "The whole family is very proud of him."

On Twitter, his school said it was "so proud" of Layton, and wished him luck in his new school.

Stella Frew died on a street in Sutton after she was struck by the vehicle.

Brighton complete the signing of former England midfielder Adam Lallana from Liverpool on a free transfer.

A bonfire society has announced it will not be taking part in the famous 5 November festivities in Lewes this year because of coronavirus.

Cliffe Bonfire Society said it was a "difficult but, in the end, inevitable decision". Lewes District Council said no decision on the overall event has been made.

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It is one of only a handful of times in its 167-year history that it has not taken part. The others were during the First and Second World Wars, the 1960 Lewes Flood and the typhoid outbreak in the town in 1874.

The East Sussex town is famous for burning effigies of controversial politicians and celebrities every year on Bonfire Night.

Effigies created by the seven bonfire societies that make up Lewes Bonfire Council are paraded along the narrow streets before being burned in front of thousands of onlookers.

The other six societies have not made any announcements about cancelling 2020 festivities.

A spokesman for Cliffe Bonfire Society said: "It is with a heavy heart that the committee of Cliffe Bonfire Ltd, trading as Cliffe Bonfire Society, and the directors of Brightnight Ltd formally announce that our celebration of the deliverance of King James I and Parliament from the Gunpowder Plot in 1605 and its associated protection of our democracy on November 5th 2020 is cancelled.

"As before, this decision has been taken primarily to protect our members' and community's safety, but also to ensure that we do not burden our emergency services when their presence may be needed elsewhere."

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The famous Royal Pavilion in Brighton reopens today for the first time since lockdown.

Civic leaders welcomed the news, describing it as “another step towards the city returning to a new normal”.

Councillor Carmen Appich, chair of the council’s tourism committee, said: “It’s fantastic news that, thanks to the hard work and commitment of staff, we are now able to re-open our wonderful Royal Pavilion.

The palace, a mixture of Indian and Chinese styles, was built for the Prince Regent, later King George IV, between 1787 and 1823.

It was designed by a team of architects led by Sir John Nash, who also designed parts of Buckingham Palace.

Meanwhile, the Withdean Sports Complex also reopens today, Brighton and Hove City Council said., external

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