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  1. EFL proposes League One & Two salary cappublished at 11:18 British Summer Time 20 May 2020

    League One and Two clubs could be placed under salary cap restrictions by new English Football League proposals.

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  2. 'She was so much more than a statistic'published at 08:38 British Summer Time 20 May 2020

    Iris Holdsworth's family tell of the heartache of holding her funeral with only a handful of mourners.

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  3. It's Hove actuallypublished at 08:23 British Summer Time 20 May 2020

    Hove leaflet

    Community campaigners reacted angrily after Hove was renamed “West Brighton” in a leaflet from the council and one of its partners.

    The leaflet, produced by Brighton and Hove City Council’s Community Engagement Team and the Trust for Developing Communities, went out to homes in the Goldsmid, Brunswick and Adelaide and Central Hove wards.

    Community development support worker Cal Chester said: “This was an unfortunate mistake which will understandably upset people.

    “The newsletter was produced jointly between the Trust for Developing Communities and Brighton and Hove City Council as it was recognised there was an urgent need for people to be aware of local support available to them.

    “In producing something like this quickly, there can be oversights," he said.

    “We will ensure that the mistake is corrected in any future publications.”

  4. 'I hear my heart - it's mine, but it's not mine'published at 00:21 British Summer Time 20 May 2020

    As life-saving organ donation laws come into force, four people share their transplant stories.

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  5. Woman relieved as abuser vicar appeal dismissedpublished at 18:20 British Summer Time 19 May 2020

    Julie Macfarlane is "delighted" her abuser Meirion Griffiths, 81, must serve his eight-year term.

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  6. Two men jailed after bungled Tesco armed robberypublished at 16:56 British Summer Time 19 May 2020

    A court hears that shots were fired as two guards delivered cash machine money.

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  7. Push for cycling despite safety fearspublished at 10:13 British Summer Time 19 May 2020

    Three in five people think cycling on the road in the UK is too dangerous, survey data shows.

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  8. Three-stage plan for football's returnpublished at 15:54 British Summer Time 18 May 2020

    Bob Dale
    BBC Live reporter

    Premier League football should only restart once it’s safe to do so, according to Brighton and Hove Albion’s chief executive.

    Speaking to BBC Radio Sussex, Paul Barber outlined the three stages to the game restarting after coronavirus brought it to a stop in March.

    Paul BarberImage source, Getty Images

    First will be players training in small groups with no contact.

    That will be followed by training in larger groups, and finally a return to playing competitive matches.

    All the players would be tested for Covid-19 twice a week.

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    At this stage we haven’t seen what stage two looks like, let alone stage three. We’ve got to make sure we’re entirely comfortable with each stage because ultimately the legal responsibility lies with the directors of the club”.

    Paul Barber, Chief executive, Brighton and Hove Albion

    The Amex Stadium

    Brighton were one of the first clubs affected by the pandemic, when the club’s fixture with Arsenal was postponed after Arsenal coach Mikel Arteta contracted the virus.

  9. League Two clubs vote to end seasonpublished at 10:29 British Summer Time 17 May 2020

    The League Two season is brought to an early conclusion after talks between clubs and the English Football League.

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  10. Beaches 'won't have lifeguards' over weekendpublished at 18:32 British Summer Time 15 May 2020

    Seaside towns around England discourage visitors, as lifeguards say most beaches won't be patrolled.

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  11. First wild UK white stork 'in centuries' hatchespublished at 15:47 British Summer Time 15 May 2020

    The chick is part of a programme to reintroduce breeding pairs of the birds in the south of England.

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  12. Shoreham Airshow crash inquests postponedpublished at 13:59 British Summer Time 15 May 2020

    A coroner postpones the inquests into the deaths of 11 men killed in the Shoreham Airshow crash.

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  13. Guns are found during police raidpublished at 13:25 British Summer Time 15 May 2020

    Sussex Police say they are investigating after a number of firearms were removed from a property.

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  14. Coronavirus: A look at the south east in figurespublished at 11:38 British Summer Time 15 May 2020

    Political editor Amanda Akass looks at the key coronavirus stats for the south east.

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  15. 'Don't come to our beaches this weekend'published at 09:13 British Summer Time 15 May 2020

    Visitors are being urged not to flock to Brighton and Hove's beaches at the weekend, despite the easing of some coronavirus restrictions.

    Peter Kyle, the Labour MP for Hove, said in a series of tweets, external that the "crisis isn't over" and called on people to "protect each other" by staying away.

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  16. Mum's trauma of losing baby during lockdownpublished at 18:33 British Summer Time 14 May 2020

    Faye Mceniry says it is like her baby "never existed" because "no-one got to meet her".

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  17. Woman admits spitting at police and a nursepublished at 17:10 British Summer Time 14 May 2020

    Sarah Clarkson-Rose claimed to have coronavirus when she assaulted the emergency workers.

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  18. BBC South East film inspires modelpublished at 15:57 British Summer Time 14 May 2020

    Bob Dale
    BBC Live reporter

    A BBC South East film about a back garden railway has inspired a fine piece of model making.

    We told you how retired rail worker Adrian Backshall had used his time in lockdown to realise his ambition of assembling a 30ft track for his hand-cranked wagon in his garden in Eastbourne.

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    After seeing the film, one model railway maker was inspired to replicate it in miniature.

    Model train layoutImage source, HillsideDepot

    A user called ‘HillsideDepot’ has posted pictures of his creation on the model railway forum RMweb, external.

    Model train layoutImage source, HillsideDepot

    HillsideDEpot said watching the film inspired the creation of the model out of “left over bits and pieces”.

    Model train layoutImage source, HillsideDepot
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  19. Man in court over Butlin's punch deathpublished at 14:31 British Summer Time 14 May 2020

    Billy Mongey is charged with the manslaughter of Michael Loughlin at the resort in Bognor Regis.

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  20. Inside an intensive care unit during the pandemicpublished at 12:24 British Summer Time 14 May 2020

    Medics at the Royal Sussex County Hospital tell the BBC about the pressures of treating Covid-19.

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