The body of a man found on a French beach is confirmed by authorities as that of a migrant.

Wilfried Zaha must "create havoc" for opponents, says Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson after Sunday's 1-1 Premier League draw at home to Brighton.

The Salvation Army tried to promote clean living - but a rival group proved to be a menace to sobriety.

Substitute Max Watters scores twice on his league debut as the Crawley thump high-flying Morecambe, whose run of three successive wins comes to a halt.

Jay Davis, who was jailed for a firearms offence, has been on the run for five days, police say.

Covid-19 restrictions mean the memorial to the four passengers killed is limited to 30 people.

Experts say the demand for dogs during lockdown is causing a significant increase in animals being stolen.

Crystal Turner-Brightman was burned at 15 and is encouraging people to accept their scars.

League Two side Crawley Town sign Southampton midfielder Jake Hesketh on loan for the 2020-21 season.

Oliver Cooper was convicted of sexually assaulting a six-year-old girl and voyeurism offences.

Guy Bell

Eastbourne's Congress Theatre will open its doors again, but as a cinema.

The theatre will use smoke and lights to add an eerie atmosphere to film screenings from October half term.

Many staff had been placed on furlough and some lost their jobs.

However, some have returned to take on the workload of transforming the theatre.

While it will not be showing new releases or blockbuster films, the Congress Theatre will play classics and Halloween favourites.

The theatre has lost millions in ticket sales and it is hoped some of that can be recovered by welcoming people back for the first time since March.

The Sussex parkour group STORROR is celebrating a decade on YouTube and a job in a Hollywood film.

The planned A27 Arundel bypass is "long overdue", the transport secretary Grant Shapps says.

Crawley relies heavily on the success of Gatwick. Could the town be facing a long-lasting jobs crisis?

One of the last veterans of the Battle of Arnhem has received the Dutch government's highest civilian honour.

A man wearing a suit of medieval armour weighing more than 4st (25kg) has completed a 300-mile trek from Stamford Bridge near York to Hastings.

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In a bid to raise money for mental health charity ManHealth, Lewis Kirkbride recreated the 20-day march which King Harold and his troops made in 1066.

King Harold had to first defeat a Viking army at Stamford Bridge before hurrying south to face the Norman invaders in Hastings.

Lewis says he's suffered from his own mental health problems and wanted to do something to help others in a similar situation.

He hoped to raise £10,660 through his armoured endeavour, but has so far raised more than £21,000.

He's been telling BBC Radio York's Georgey Spanswick more about his epic hike and you can listen to the interview here.

Roy Whiting was stabbed with makeshift weapons in his cell at Wakefield jail in 2018.

Court officials say Zakaria El Alami, from Brighton, will face no action over forced labour charges.

Richard Canlin killed Nicola Stevenson with a hammer and dumped her body in a wheelie bin.

Sarah Booker-Lewis
Local Democracy Reporter

It could take the Greater Brighton economy eight years to recover from the coronavirus measures brought in by the government this year, experts have warned.

The warning is included in an impact assessment by consultants Hatch for the Greater Brighton Economic Board.

They found the lockdown and related restrictions had a “significant impact” on growth.

It estimated an 11% drop in economic growth this year in Greater Brighton – an area that stretches from Brighton and Hove to Gatwick and from Seaford to Bognor.

Hatch predicted that economic activity would not return to pre-covid levels until 2028.

The report says: "The Greater Brighton region has been impacted significantly by the Covid-19 pandemic, notably in the creative, arts, visitor economy, transport and education sectors."

According to the report, two thirds of Greater Brighton businesses used the government’s furlough scheme.