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  • Updates on Thursday 10 November

  1. That's it from uspublished at 21:57 Greenwich Mean Time 10 November 2016

    Bob Dale
    BBC Live reporter

    Thanks for joining us - we'll be back tomorrow at 06:00 GMT.

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  2. Billy Bragg: 'A lot of the places we played in were waiting rooms'published at 21:34 Greenwich Mean Time 10 November 2016

    Ian Palmer
    BBC Southeast reporter

    Singer Billy Bragg is appearing in Brighton tonight, in his 'Shine a Light' tour.

    The album features songs, recorded by Billy and Joe Henry, on a 3,000-mile train journey across America.

  3. ICYMI: Maybe he was looking for a trampoline...published at 21:03 Greenwich Mean Time 10 November 2016

    Claire Cottingham
    BBC Live reporter

    I love a happy ending...

    This little fox got into a spot of bother in Eastbourne, but luckily for him, the East Sussex Wildlife Rescue and Ambulance Service were on hand. 

  4. 'Things that everyone else takes for granted, she will be able to do'published at 20:34 Greenwich Mean Time 10 November 2016

    Bob Dale
    BBC Live reporter

    Eight-year-old Perlucia Mathebula has undergone a life-changing operation at the famous burns unit of East Grinstead's Queen Victoria Hospital.  

  5. Bright tomorrow, wet on Saturdaypublished at 20:04 Greenwich Mean Time 10 November 2016

    Rachel Mackley
    Weather Presenter

    Armistice day will be cold and bright, but don't leave home on Saturday without your raincoat.

    Here's my forecast.

  6. Teen tells mum 'I've killed someone'published at 19:21 Greenwich Mean Time 10 November 2016

    A teenager told his mother "I think I've killed somebody", the jury at his murder trial hears.

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  7. A head for heights...published at 18:36 Greenwich Mean Time 10 November 2016

    Lauren Moss
    BBC Live reporter

    Check out these fantastic views of Brighton and Hove countryside.

    Thanks to hang glider Steven Blackler who sent this to us from his exploits in the skies above Devil's Dyke.

  8. Poppy Theftspublished at 17:27 Greenwich Mean Time 10 November 2016

    Lauren Moss
    BBC Live reporter

    Days before Armistice Day two men have been stealing the poppy collection boxes from businesses across Sussex.

    There have been thefts at The Pump House on Market Street in Brighton, Co-Op on South Coast Road in Peacehaven and the Royal Mail Delivery Office in Bexhill. 

    Boxes were also stolen from the Sussex Pub in St Catherine's Terrace and Card Factory on George Street in Hove.

    Poppy collection theftsImage source, Sussex Police

    Police want to speak with these two men who they believe are connected to the thefts.

  9. Coperforma: NHS Finance Officer before select committeepublished at 16:43 Greenwich Mean Time 10 November 2016

    Ben Weisz
    Political reporter, BBC Sussex

    Councillors on West Sussex's health select committee don't have any power over the NHS - but they can ask questions of those that do.

    Today, they welcomed Alan Beasley from the High Weald, Lewes and Havens CCG - the NHS body that hired beleagured patient transport provider Coperforma.

    Alan Beasley, of the High Weald, Lewes and Havens CCG, answers questions from councillors at West Sussex County Council Health and Social Care Select CommitteeImage source, WSCC
    Image caption,

    Alan Beasley is the Finance Officer for the High Weald, Lewes and Havens CCG

    His answers revealed a few nuggets of interesting information.

    Contrary to erroneous reports in the press that Coperforma was "stripped" of the Sussex contract - Coperforma approached the CCG to ask to hand it back, and it took the CCG completely by surprise. 

    "This was an unforeseen outcome and it required immediate action," said Mr Beasley.

    The CCG shares some people's worries that the new provider - the South Central Ambulance Service - might have too much on its plate launching in Sussex and Surrey at the same time. But, said Mr Beasley, "we've received the appropriate level of assurances".

    And remember how the NHS spent money paying staff at ambulance firm Docklands when their employers didn't? That money is now going to be clawed back from Coperforma. 

  10. Sussex business wants China successpublished at 15:42 Greenwich Mean Time 10 November 2016

    Lauren Moss
    BBC Live reporter

    A jewellery designer from Hove has flown out to China as part of a major UK push for global trade links. 

    The latest figures show that the South East has more businesses exporting there than anywhere else in England.

  11. 'Metal detectors' vandalise memorial sitepublished at 15:05 Greenwich Mean Time 10 November 2016

    A memorial site marking the World War Two deaths of 10 US airmen is dug up by "nighthawks", police say.

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  12. Chilly start, but sunshine tomorrowpublished at 14:26 Greenwich Mean Time 10 November 2016

    Elizabeth Rizzini
    BBC weather

    Brighter than yesterday, but still a chance of showers this afternoon. Here's a look at my weather forecast.

  13. Southern rail holiday pay legal threatpublished at 13:15 Greenwich Mean Time 10 November 2016

    Southern railway is facing legal action over its decision to withhold holiday pay from workers involved in the conductors' strike.

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  14. Fox rescued in Eastbournepublished at 12:47 Greenwich Mean Time 10 November 2016

    Claire Cottingham
    BBC Live reporter

    I love a happy ending...

    This little fox got into a spot of bother in Eastbourne, but luckily for him, the East Sussex Wildlife Rescue and Ambulance Service were on hand. 

  15. Sussex newspaper round-uppublished at 11:49 Greenwich Mean Time 10 November 2016

    Mid Sussex Times, external: Man arrested on suspicion of murdering two women

    The Argus, external: Developer claims it cannot provide affordable homes at Hove site

    Chichester Observer, external: Levels of deprivation across Sussex revealed by charity report

    Stack of newspapersImage source, Thinkstock
  16. Uber applies to launch in Chichesterpublished at 11:00 Greenwich Mean Time 10 November 2016

    Ben Weisz
    Political reporter, BBC Sussex

    Earlier in the week I reported that Uber had applied to launch in Crawley. 

    I've since found out they've also applied for a license in Chichester. 

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    Uber Britannia Ltd submitted a licensing application to us at the beginning of November. Its application will be referred to our General Licensing Sub-committee but we haven’t got a date for this at the moment."

    Chichester District Council

  17. Graffiti alley to be scrappedpublished at 10:32 Greenwich Mean Time 10 November 2016

    Claire Cottingham
    BBC Live reporter

    Graffiti

    Brighton's much-loved graffiti alley is to be replaced by affordable homes.

    The City Council agreed last night to grant planning permission for three houses and nine flats on Kensington Street in the North Laine area.

    The street is currently bedecked with murals.

    Graffiti
  18. Trump: 'I think we're right to be concerned'published at 09:10 Greenwich Mean Time 10 November 2016

    Bob Dale
    BBC Live reporter

    Brighton Pavillion MP, and Co-Leader of the Green Party, Caroline Lucas fears the worst from a Trump presidency.  

  19. This morning's phone-inpublished at 08:39 Greenwich Mean Time 10 November 2016

    Danny Pike
    Presenter, BBC Sussex

    I'm back on BBC Sussex from 09:00 GMT this morning.

    Here's what we're discussing on today's phone-in.

  20. Lodger pleads guiltypublished at 08:10 Greenwich Mean Time 10 November 2016

    A lodger who killed his landlord has pleaded guilty to murder.

    51-year-old Alan Knight admitted to killing David Bond at the house they shared in Worthing in August this year when he appeared at Hove Crown Court on Friday 4 November.  

    According to Sussex Police, David Bond was stabbed 25 times by a kitchen knife in the attack.

    Alan KnightImage source, SUSSEX POLICE