Muhammed Lamin Jassey was found injured in a Brighton street on 5 April and died in hospital.

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Gatwick Airport has warned it expects it to take up to four years for demand for flights to fully recover from the coronavirus pandemic.

The West Sussex airport says it has taken a series of measures "to enable a quick recovery of the business", including taking out a £300m loan and not paying a dividend to shareholders this year.

It has closed one of its two terminals during the Covid-19 outbreak and restricted flights to a daily eight-hour period.

Gatwick said it expects post-Covid-19 passenger numbers "will return to recent levels within 36 to 48 months".

Sarah Booker-Lewis
Local Democracy Reporter

The coronavirus crisis is likely to cost Brighton and Hove City Council about £30 million.

Council finance officials have been juggling millions of pounds of extra money coming in from the government with an anticipated loss of income from sources including parking charges.

The extra government funding is almost all earmarked for specific groups such as small businesses, people on benefits and rough sleepers, according to a report.

But there are concerns that many people will struggle to pay their council tax bills. This income was budgeted to contribute £150 million towards the £935 million cost of running the council in the current financial year.

The report – to the council’s Policy and Resources (P&R) Committee – said that a “prudent and sensible approach” would be needed, not least because the outlook was so uncertain.

The report said: “At present, no other assurances have been provided by the government regarding further funding support.

“Representations to the government have been and are being made … including through the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.

“In the meantime, the council must ensure that it remains financially sustainable and viable in order to provide critical services in the future, for example, adult and children’s social care.”

The story of the 16-year-old who went missing, and the community who tried to find him.

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This colourful thank you message has been created on a driveway in Eastbourne, East Sussex.

Charlotte Wood, 22, said she and her girlfriend wanted to send a creative show of thanks to key workers delivering vital services across the country, and to people making sacrifices during the lockdown.

Bob Dale
BBC Live reporter

One Brighton coffee firm is trying to do its bit for NHS workers across Sussex.

Bob Dale
BBC Live reporter

Police are warning the public to be vigilant after an elderly woman was targeted by a shopping scam in Hove.

The woman, in her 80s, reported being called by someone claiming to be from the NHS.

The fraudster called her three times in total over the course of 10 days and asked if she needed her shopping done.

They then proceeded to ask if they could come to collect her bank cards to pick up her pension. The victim refused and no money was lost.

PC Bernadette Lawrie, Sussex and Surrey Police's financial abuse safeguarding officer, said: “Criminals will exploit any opportunity possible to defraud innocent and vulnerable people out of their cash, and it’s incredibly disappointing to see that some are taking advantage of the Covid-19 outbreak for this purpose."

Workers are threatening to walk out of a care home over plans to move hospital patients into the building during the coronavirus pandemic.

They have said patients who need support after leaving Brighton’s Royal Sussex County Hospital will be moved to Ireland Lodge care home in Woodingdean under the plans, and have said such a move puts staff and residents at risk.

A letter from staff to Brighton and Hove City Council, which runs Ireland Lodge, said: “While you are told to socially distance by police and the law, ban visitors and avoid people in the street…individuals who lack the ability to keep themselves safe and those whose lives you are duty-bound to protect are being forced to share their homes and mix with complete strangers.”

In a statement, the council said: "We haven't been taking any more admissions since 8 April and we have no plans to do so in future until all new admissions can be tested.

"We have throughout the pandemic followed all the national PPE (personal protective equipment) guidance... Staff have always had Public Health England levels of PPE and that has recently increased where stocks allow."

Lizzie Massey
BBC Live reporter

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A funeral procession of more than a dozen Royal Mail vans went slowly through the streets of Horsham on Tuesday.

The display was in honour of John Brooksbank, a postal worker for 33 years.

His son-in-law Pete Reeve said in a Facebook post that due to social distancing "we couldn’t have a normal funeral".

Despite the pressures key-worker posties are currently under, they took time out of their days to give Mr Brooksbank "the send-off he deserved" and deliver him to his final resting place, Mr Reeve added.

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An engineer added 37 times too much fuel additive after using an internet calculator, report says.

With some families still waiting for government food vouchers, schools are having to step in.

Bob Dale
BBC Live reporter

The Brighton DJ Norman Cook is throwing a party for NHS and emergency workers at the end of October.

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Local Democracy Reporter

Adjusting to life in lockdown is taking its toll on people living with learning difficulties, according to a Brighton and Hove charity.

The charity, Speak Out, has set up a helpline offering advice and support for people struggling to understand what they can and cannot do, as well as providing online social activity.

Speak Out has had to adapt in the current climate as it usually offers advocacy services as well as drop-in groups for people with learning difficulties.

It has shifted to online and telephone work to reach out to people needing its services.

Rohan Lowe, a member of the organisation’s Being Heard in Government Group, is concerned for those who struggle to understand rules on social distancing or whether they can go out to buy food.

Mr Lowe said that the Prime Minister’s letter to every household in the country was “inaccessible” to many of the 6,000 people with learning difficulties in Brighton and Hove.

He said: “People might not understand the new rules – for example, one person called Speak Out asking how they could get some food. They didn’t know they were allowed out to buy food and had run out.

“Equally, other people have told us things that make us think they do not understand the importance of social distancing. They are still visiting friends and neighbours.” Access to the internet is out of some people’s reach.

For those who work, the shift to home working or being furloughed has caused problems, with anxiety and loneliness if they have little or no support, he went on.

Mr Lowe said: “The whole process is asking a lot of people who are used to their normal routine. They’re being asked to stay at home for a long period of time. It’s making people’s emotions come to the fore.”

Bob Dale
BBC Live reporter

A covid-19 support group in Burgess Hill needs help with its idea to honour NHS workers.

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BBC Live reporter

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A baker is making elaborate cakes every week, and donating them to a local hospital.

Beata Maria Khoo, who runs My Sweet Passion Cakes in Brighton, created her first "cake for our heroes" and donated it to the Royal Sussex County Hospital.

She said she hoped all staff, doctors and nurses would be able to get their hands on a slice over the coming weeks, and it would "help keep up their spirits".

It shows three NHS staff supporting the world, and is also covered in rainbows and hearts.

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A nurse at a hospital in East Sussex was applauded by colleagues as she left a critical care unit after testing positive for coronavirus.

Uma Pradhan left the unit at the Conquest Hospital in St Leonards-on-Sea after spending 23 days in there being treated for Covid-19.

More than 100 colleagues from across the Trust came out to clap her as she was wheeled in her bed to a ward to continue her recovery.

Ms Pradha said: “I can’t thank all the staff in critical care enough for everything they have done for me. They are truly amazing. I am still in hospital but progressing every day. Everyone has been fantastic.”

A negotiator was called in and part of Bognor Regis cordoned off during the eight-hour stand-off.

We've seen our fair share of creative tributes to the NHS and this one, from a bus company in Brighton, is no exception.

Parking all these buses must have taken some doing, imagine the number of three-point turns.

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BBC Live reporter

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Brick by brick, Chloe Harding coloured her house in support of the NHS.

The 21-year-old created the rainbow effect to her end-of-terrace in the village of Blackham, East Sussex.

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