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A rubbish bin which was thrown into the sea at Worthing has washed up in Germany, about 450 miles away.

The bin, showing the Worthing crest, was hurled into the sea from the end of pier by vandals and began its six-month journey along the English Channel and across the North Sea.

Frerk Richter, who lives on Borkum in the Leer district of north west Germany, found the litter bin and has transformed it into a plant holder which now sits pride of place in his garden.

Herr Richter said: “I cleaned the bin with a pressure washer and it now looks great. I then put it in our garden, put a plant in it and my daughter finished it off by adding a birdhouse to the top.”

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Brighton and Hove City Council has announced that schools and council nurseries can reopen for select year groups in a phased return from next Monday.

Infant and primary schools will be able to take in nursery years, reception, Year 1 and Year 6 pupils.

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Secondary schools have been asked to provide face to face support for students in Year 10 and 12 during the current term.

It had previously said schools should not reopen on 1 June, despite government guidelines, based on advice from the council’s Public Health team that the government’s five tests had not been met locally.

But during a meeting earlier, councillors and senior education officers were told that "necessary measures are now in place, especially around Test and Trace, to mitigate risk".

Alistair Hill, director of Public Health, added: "Control measures for potential outbreaks are also clear."

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Zoos across the South East are expected to be allowed to reopen from 15 June, Boris Johnson is due to announce later.

He will say the outdoor attractions can reopen as long as they follow social distancing rules.

Marcus Wilder, manager of Wingham Wildlife Park, near Canterbury, said: "We've put a lot of thought into trying to work out how many people we can fit into the park and we're trying to stagger them throughout the day."

Tony Kelly, managing director of the Aspinall Foundation, which runs Port Lympne and Howletts in East Kent, told BBC Radio Kent the parks had been planning for the reopening "for some time".

He said visitors will be able to book slots for the wildlife parks, and numbers will be restricted.

Laurence Smith, from Drusillas Zoo near Eastbourne, said it was "too short notice" for the zoo to reopen on Monday, as his staff needed to have a week of training before being open to the public.

He said the last few months had been "pretty awful from a financial point of view" and the zoo had been forced to take out loans in order to survive.

"We've got to pay back £20,000 each month for the next five years."

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Chichester District Council has dished our almost 300 fines in the past two weeks.

In a statement on the council's website, it said parking enforcement officers were continuing to prioritise coastal areas "following concerns over dangerous and obstructive parking".

Last weekend, 85 fines were issues in coastal areas alone.

The statement added: "We are only able to take action against a vehicle where there are yellow lines or sign restrictions in place.

"We cannot take action in private roads or on pavements or driveways where there are no restrictions in place. These are dealt with by the police."

Charges will be resumed in car parks owned by the council on Monday 8 June.

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Health officials are trying to resume a normal service for thousands of patients across Brighton and Hove as the number of Covid-19 cases falls.

They are aiming for a phased return to routine work while remaining ready in case of a second wave of coronavirus cases.

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Brighton and Hove Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) said that the focus on the coronavirus pandemic had resulted in a big drop in other urgent treatment and routine work.

But increasingly patients would be seen and receive regular treatment for cancer, heart problems and other conditions.

The CCG’s executive director of corporate governance, Terry Willows, told the governing body: “There is a lot of work ongoing at the moment, to be clear about where we are in terms of what the issues are and what demand and capacity looks like over the next month or two.

“We need to make sure we have a phased return of these services and be able to manage an ongoing pandemic situation and having enough contingency and capacity to respond to a second wave should it arrive.”

The CCG’s clinical chair Andrew Hodson said that there was now an opportunity to reduce treatment waiting times and bring down waiting lists.

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There has been an outpouring of adoration and support for NHS workers, along with other key workers, during the coronavirus crisis.

And among the latest salutes to the NHS has come in the form of a colourful creation on the road outside the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton.

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Along with a rainbow, which has been widely adopted to express support for the NHS, the words "NHS Thank You" are written.

Brighton and Hove City Council said in a tweet , externalthat a second road painting is planned outside Brighton Hospital in Elm Grove in the next couple of days.

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NHS and care workers will not have to pay to use Chichester’s Northgate car park until April 2021.

The news emerged during a virtual meeting of the district council’s cabinet where a number of incentives were detailed to attract people into the West Sussex city as the lockdown eases.

The initial suggestion was only for NHS workers to be allowed to park free of charge but members agreed with advice from the overview and scrutiny committee that care workers should be included too.

Money from car parks makes up a significant portion of the council’s income and the finances were hit hard when charges were suspended in March.

The incentives will come into play when charging returns on 8 June.

There will be free parking at the Avenue De Chartres car park every Saturday and Sunday for three months, and customers who use the MiPermit app will get one hour of free parking when they pay for two hours – also for three months.

Martyn Bell, cabinet member for growth, regeneration and place, said: “It’s a difficult balance between the urgent need to start generating revenue from our car parks for our vital services and supporting the NHS, supporting our retail and other businesses in the city centre, keeping things in line with our green agenda – and very importantly there is a safety incentive in this as well for people to use MiPermit.”