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  • Updates on Friday 11 November

  1. Goodbye from uspublished at 21:53 Greenwich Mean Time 11 November 2016

    Bob Dale
    BBC Live reporter

    That's it for today - we'll be back on Monday from 06:00 GMT.

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  2. Collection box theftspublished at 21:43 Greenwich Mean Time 11 November 2016

    Claire Cottingham
    BBC Live reporter

    Police are looking for two men believed to have stolen a number of poppy collection boxes from businesses in Sussex. 

  3. Weather: Look away now...published at 21:32 Greenwich Mean Time 11 November 2016

    Rachel Mackley
    Weather Presenter

    It's going to be a wet and windy weekend. Here's my forecast.

  4. Never gonna give you up...in Brighton.published at 21:22 Greenwich Mean Time 11 November 2016

    Stuart Maisner
    BBC Live reporter

    Eighties pop legend Rick Astley will be performing next April at the Brighton Dome.  

  5. Plans to protect thousands of memorialspublished at 20:34 Greenwich Mean Time 11 November 2016

    Claire Cottingham
    BBC Live reporter

    The organisation Historic England is calling on the public to help protect thousands of war memorials in the South East by 2018 to mark the centenary of World War One.

  6. Costa death crash driver 'blacked out'published at 19:38 Greenwich Mean Time 11 November 2016

    An 87-year-old man who admits causing death by dangerous driving after his car ploughed into a coffee shop says he "blacked out"

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  7. 'Take over' for troubled health trustpublished at 18:42 Greenwich Mean Time 11 November 2016

    A troubled NHS trust is being 'taken over' by one of the top performing hospital trusts in England.

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  8. Boy, 11, dies from injuries after crashpublished at 17:53 Greenwich Mean Time 11 November 2016

    A boy who was seriously injured after being hit by a car in St Leonards dies.

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  9. The South pauses for Armistice Daypublished at 17:06 Greenwich Mean Time 11 November 2016

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    Armistice Day events in the South of England

  10. Driver admits Costa death crash chargepublished at 16:03 Greenwich Mean Time 11 November 2016

    An 87-year-old man admits causing death by dangerous driving after his car ploughed into a coffee shop, killing a woman.

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  11. Police appeal after boy, 11, dies after crashpublished at 15:53 Greenwich Mean Time 11 November 2016

    Sussex Police, external are continuing to appeal for witnesses after the death of 11-year-old Harley Simpson.

    Harley died after a collision with a car in Bexhill Road, St Leonards on Saturday 22 October.

    Anyone who saw what happened is asked to contact collision.appeal@sussex.pnn.police.uk or call 101, quoting Operation Neutral.  

    Police accident sign
  12. Costa coffee death crash: Pensioner changes plea to guiltypublished at 15:40 Greenwich Mean Time 11 November 2016
    Breaking

    Jon Hunt
    BBC South East Today reporter

    Westerham Costa crash

    A man who had pleaded not guilty to causing death by dangerous driving after his car crashed into a Costa coffee shop on Christmas Eve has changed his plea.

    David Lord, 87, from Croydon Road, Westerham, lost control of his Audi on the High Street in Westerham at 10:30 GMT. 

    It crashed into the coffee shop and killed 74-year-old Valerie Deakin, from Udimore, East Sussex.

    David Lord

    Two men and two women were also seriously injured while another woman was treated for minor injuries.

    The car was left embedded in the coffee shop following the crash.

    Mr Lord previously pleaded not guilty, but changed his plea when he appeared at Maidstone Crown Court earlier.

    Valerie DeakinImage source, Sussex Police
  13. Boy, 11, dies after crashpublished at 15:07 Greenwich Mean Time 11 November 2016

    A boy who was seriously injured after being hit by a car in St Leonards has died.

    Harley Simpson, 11, of Bulverhythe Road, St Leonards, was involved in the collision on Saturday 22 October. 

    A 69-year-old man from St Leonards who was arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving and driving while unfit through drugs is due to answer bail on 21 December.  

  14. A head for heights...published at 14:56 Greenwich Mean Time 11 November 2016

    Lauren Moss
    BBC Live reporter

    Check out these fantastic views of Sussex countryside.

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

  15. Western Sussex Hospitals welcomes take over announcementpublished at 13:19 Greenwich Mean Time 11 November 2016

    Claire Cottingham
    BBC Live reporter

    Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust say they welcome the news they are to take over the Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust (BSUH). 

    The announcement means that from 1 April 2017, WSHFT Chief Executive Marianne Griffiths will lead BSUH as well as Western Sussex, supported by other members of the team.    

    WSHFT is one of only five acute trusts in England to be rated 'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission. Brighton and Sussex NHS trust was put into special measures back in August. 

    Brighton HospitalImage source, Eddie Mitchell
  16. Armistice Day marked across the South Eastpublished at 12:30 Greenwich Mean Time 11 November 2016

    Stuart Maisner
    BBC Live reporter

    A two minute silence has been marked across the South East for Armistice Day.

  17. Sussex newspaper round-uppublished at 11:56 Greenwich Mean Time 11 November 2016

    The Argus, external: No Hove Remembrance Day march for first time since First World War

    Eastbourne Herald, external: Caroline Ansell MP - Those who died in service of their country

    Hastings Observer, external: When the Stars and Stripes flew over Hastings

    Stack of newspapersImage source, Thinkstock
  18. #BigThankYoupublished at 11:12 Greenwich Mean Time 11 November 2016

    Get Inspired

    Some of the sports stars who got involved in last year's event at BBC Sports Personality of the YearImage source, BBC Sport

    Do you know someone who does that little bit extra to make sport happen? 

    Why not give them a chance to get a call from their sporting hero from the BBC Sports Personality of the Year red carpet?

    The #BigThankYou is Britain's biggest celebration of sports volunteers and recognises the thousands of unsung heroes who give up their time to work tirelessly so others can enjoy many sport and fitness activities.  

    Find out more here

  19. Hospital takeover: 'Staff are delighted'published at 10:58 Greenwich Mean Time 11 November 2016

    Mark Norman
    Health Correspondent, BBC South East

    Here's more on the news that the troubled Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust is being taken over.

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  20. Wind farm foundations completed on timepublished at 10:46 Greenwich Mean Time 11 November 2016

    Foundations for 116 turbines on a wind farm eight miles off the coast are completed on schedule.

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