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  • Updates on Thursday 26 January

  1. That's it from uspublished at 21:58 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2017

    Stuart Maisner
    BBC Live reporter

    Thank you for joining us today - we'll be back with all the news, weather, travel and sport from 06:00 GMT.

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  2. Thoroughly modern Sussexpublished at 21:26 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2017

    Stuart Maisner
    BBC Live reporter

    An exhibition gets underway this weekend in London telling the story of Sussex Modernism.

  3. Posts mocking TV star Katie Price's son investigatedpublished at 21:09 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2017

    Tanya Gupta

    Offensive messages posted about TV star Katie Price's disabled son are being investigated by Sussex Police.

    Officers are looking into posts sent from an account in the Brighton area after the model asked her Twitter followers to help identify the culprit.

    She posted a screengrab of a message she received which featured two images mocking her 14-year-old son, Harvey, who is blind. Read our full story here.

    Katie Price and HarveyImage source, Katie Price
  4. Tributes paid to man who died in A27 collisionpublished at 20:16 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2017

    A man who died in a collision on the A27 at Emsworth near Chichester has been named.  

    The family of Christopher Rudling, 60, from Waterlooville in Hampshire, have paid tribute to a "loving family man".   

    He was driving a Mercedes tipper truck when it collided with the central reservation on Monday 16 January.  

    Christopher RudlingImage source, Sussex Police
  5. Witness appeal following collision near Bexhillpublished at 19:50 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2017

    Police are appealing for witnesses following a collision between two cars in Bexhill.

    The accident happened on Combe Valley Way at around 07:45 GMT this morning.  

    The driver of a silver Ford Focus, a 35-year-old man from Bexhill, was airlifted to hospital with serious injuries. The driver of a red Volkswagen Transporter, a 34-year-old woman from Bexhill, was taken hospital with minor injuries.

  6. Hospital trust remains in special measurespublished at 19:13 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2017

    Stuart Maisner
    BBC Live reporter

    The hospital trust which runs the Eastbourne District General and the Conquest in St Leonards has been told it will stay in special measures despite making "significant improvements".

    Read the full story here.

  7. Is there a change on the horizon?published at 18:54 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2017

    Rachel Mackley
    Weather Presenter

    It's still bitterly cold overnight. But there are changes afoot.

    Here's my latest forecast. 

  8. Oldham sign Brighton full-back Huntpublished at 18:31 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2017

    League One side Oldham Athletic sign Brighton full-back Rob Hunt on loan for the rest of the season.

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  9. Posts mocking TV star's son investigatedpublished at 18:19 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2017

    Offensive messages posted about TV star Katie Price's disabled son are being investigated.

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  10. Legal review launched over land salepublished at 17:56 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2017

    Eastbourne land

    A leading environmental lawyer is challenging Eastbourne Borough Council's case for selling off around 3,000 acres of its Downland Estate.

    Simon Boyle, who lives in the town, has produced a legal review, questioning the council's claim that the land is protected by 140 pages of covenants.

    Campaigners are concerned about the land's future if it falls into private hands, but the council insists it would continue to be used as farmland.

  11. #ICYMI: The art of lying downpublished at 17:33 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2017

    Stuart Maisner
    BBC Live reporter

    Turner Prize winning artist Elizabeth Price is exploring the imagery of human beings lying down in an exhibition at the De La Warr in Bexhill.      

  12. Two thirds of hospital trusts in South East recruit from overseaspublished at 17:04 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2017

    Staff from more than 100 different countries are working in hospital trusts in the South East.    

  13. Pushing for the Premier Leaguepublished at 16:29 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2017

    Stuart Maisner
    BBC Live reporter

    On the march to the Premier League - meet the born and bred Sussex player who could be key to Brighton and Hove Albion's promotion push.

  14. Crawley bring in defender Lelanpublished at 16:11 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2017

    League Two side Crawley Town sign former Northampton Town defender Josh Lelan on an 18-month deal.

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  15. Tim Peake set for return to space centrepublished at 15:44 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2017

    Claire Cottingham
    BBC Live reporter

    For me, the closest I can get to space is eating a packet of Space Raiders, but today it's been announced Chichester astronaut Tim Peake is to go for a second time.

    Plans were unveiled as the Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft that launched Major Peake into orbit and returned him to Earth went on public display at London's Science Museum.

    Major Peake's next mission has not yet been named or scheduled and is unlikely to take place before 2019. 

  16. County ins & outs 2017published at 15:00 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2017

    With the 2017 county season here, keep up to date with the latest signings, departures and rumours ahead of next season.

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  17. Crawey sign defenderpublished at 14:41 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2017

    Claire Cottingham
    BBC Live reporter

    Crawley Town have signed former Derby and Northampton right-back Josh Lelan on an 18-month contract.

    Josh LelanImage source, Crawley Town
  18. 'Stunning' Roman buildings discoveredpublished at 14:13 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2017

    Ground-penetrating radar shows a Roman townhouse and another building under a Chichester park.

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  19. Bitterly cold, but will temperatures pick up?published at 13:43 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2017

    Elizabeth Rizzini
    BBC weather

    It's cold enough today for a few flakes of snow.

    Here's my forecast.

  20. Ikea store and 600 homes plan unveiledpublished at 13:25 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2017

    Hundreds of jobs would be created if a £150m development including an Ikea is approved, a developer says.

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