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

A new walk-through coronavirus testing facility has opened in Brighton.

It is located on the site of the former Portslade Aldridge Community Academy sixth form school in Portslade High Street and will offer self-administered tests.

Health minister Lord Bethell said the facility was part of the national testing network and urged people with symptoms to “book a test today”.

Baroness Dido Harding, interim executive chair of the National Institute for Health Protection, added: “This new site is part of our ongoing work to expand testing across the UK to deliver 500,000 tests a day by the end of October."

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Police officers in a specially-designed van have begun a tour of Sussex communities to raise awareness of the dangers of carrying knives.

Children in schools and high street shoppers will be among those invited to hear "real life stories" of people who have been affected by knife crime and receive information and advice on where they can get help.

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As the van made its first stop in Lewes, Chief Constable Jo Shiner said: "Carrying a knife can change your life forever. Not only does it put you and those around you at an increased risk of harm, but getting caught with one can result in serious personal and legal consequences."

Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner Katy Bourne added: “It is vitally important that real-life stories are shared with young people so they can understand the life-changing consequences this could have on them."

Crawley Town sign former Southend United midfielder Henry Burnett on a one-year deal.

The pair got into difficulty in the water off Hastings and died at hospital.

Five museums and galleries share the coveted title of Museum of the Year title for 2020.

Thousands of homes and businesses were devastated when floods swept through West Kent and East Sussex.

Police are investigating after a tractor was filmed ramming a car being driven by hunt saboteurs.

Sgt Matiu Ratana is posthumously nominated for the Unsung Hero Award by his former rugby club.

Cheltenham ease to their third successive League Two victory by seeing off Crawley at the Jonny-Rocks Stadium.

Daniel Macleod stabbed Abdul Deghayes eight times when they met during a drug deal.

People lined the streets of Crawley to pay their respects as the funeral cortege passed by.

Metal detectorist Jake Cressey managed to track down the soldier's descendants thanks to social media.

The driver is seriously injured after the lorry came to rest across both carriageways of the A27.

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BBC Live reporter

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A man has been taken to hospital following a suspected arson attack at a block of flats.

Police and fire crews were called to John Street, Brighton, at 22:15 BST on Thursday.

The fire was contained to a basement bin area and extinguished within 12 minutes.

A man was taken to hospital for treatment for smoke inhalation.

Sussex Police said the fire is being treated as deliberate ignition and enquiries are ongoing.

Det Sgt Paul Hitchcock appealed for witnesses to come forward and said: “Fortunately the fire did not spread from the basement to any of the inhabited flats above."

Some school heads are telling teachers to ignore or switch off contact tracing, BBC News has learned.

Forensic searches of crime scenes in Croydon, Norbury and Surrey have been completed, the Met says.

The works, by the British Bloomsbury group painter Duncan Grant, were hidden away for decades.

A massive haul of drawings by Bloomsbury Group artist Duncan Grant is finally made public.

Covid swabs and key tests for cancer could be unavailable after problems at diagnostics firm Roche.