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  1. That's all folkspublished at 21:59 British Summer Time 29 June 2017

    Stuart Maisner
    BBC Live reporter

    Thanks for joining us today. We're back bright and early at 06:00 BST tomorrow with all the latest news, sport, weather and travel for the county.

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  2. #ICYMI: Singer says performing is 'mind-blowing'published at 21:43 British Summer Time 29 June 2017

    Stuart Maisner
    BBC Live reporter

    A singer-songwriter has described performing on stage as "an absolutely mind-blowing experience". #thisisme

  3. Taylor guides Gloucestershire to drawpublished at 21:35 British Summer Time 29 June 2017

    An unbeaten 95-run partnership between Jack Taylor and Kieran Noema-Barnett guides Gloucestershire to a draw against Sussex.

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  4. Girl, 6, seriously hurt in coach crashpublished at 21:26 British Summer Time 29 June 2017

    The girl and her mother were injured in the collision with a coach being used for a school trip.

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  5. 'No money pit' for deaths beach guardspublished at 21:08 British Summer Time 29 June 2017

    The RNLI recommended having lifeguards at the beach three years before seven men drowned there.

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  6. #ICYMI: Art student shocked by attitudespublished at 20:38 British Summer Time 29 June 2017

    Stuart Maisner
    BBC Live reporter

    A student has spoken of her shock after people expressed surprise that she was at university - because she is black. #thisisme

  7. Konta wins again despite injurypublished at 19:51 British Summer Time 29 June 2017
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    Stuart Maisner
    BBC Live reporter

    Johanna Konta is through to the semi finals at the Aegon International in her home town of Eastbourne despite suffering a nasty fall.

    She beat top seed Angelique Kerber 6-3, 6-4 to secure a memorable victory.

    Johanna KontaImage source, Getty Images
  8. Showers to start, but dry for most of us tomorrowpublished at 19:33 British Summer Time 29 June 2017

    Nina Ridge
    BBC Weather

    And it's looking dry and bright over the weekend. Here's my latest forecast.

  9. Judge sets deadline on Southern decisionpublished at 19:23 British Summer Time 29 June 2017

    The Association of British Commuters (ABC) took legal action over what it described as the Southern "fiasco".

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  10. Tennis star praises Eastbourne crowdspublished at 19:03 British Summer Time 29 June 2017

    Kathryn Langley
    BBC Live reporter

    Novak Djokovic says he feels at home on and off the court in Eastbourne.

    The former world number beat Donald Young in their Aegon International quarter-final earlier.

    He'll now play promising young Russian Daniil Medvedev in the semi-finals.

  11. Harrold signs new one-year Crawley dealpublished at 18:30 British Summer Time 29 June 2017

    Crawley striker Matt Harrold signs a new contract to stay with the League Two side until the end of next season.

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  12. West Sussex school admission figures are better than national averagepublished at 18:00 British Summer Time 29 June 2017

    New school admission figures show West Sussex is better than the national average.

    More than nine out of 10 West Sussex children were offered their first choice school in 2017 – and 99% were offered one of their preferred schools.

    Figures for applications in West Sussex in September 2017 show:

    • 98.3% of secondary applicants offered one of their three preferences • 91.1% of secondary applicants offered their first preference • 98.6% of primary applicants offered one of their three preferences • 90.2% of primary applicants offered their first preference.

    In comparison, 83.5% of secondary applicants and 90% of primary applicants in England were offered their first choice.

    School classroom
  13. Ambulance thefts putting lives at riskpublished at 17:28 British Summer Time 29 June 2017

    Alex Bish
    Investigative journalist, BBC South East

    There have been a number of thefts from ambulances and public places recently.

    Here's where thieves have struck in Kent, Sussex and Surrey.

  14. #ICYMI: Is this the world's first online delivery being ordered?published at 16:55 British Summer Time 29 June 2017

    Think online shopping is a 21st Century invention?

    A Sussex inventor came up with the idea over 30 years ago.

  15. Gatwick's highest-ever passenger figurespublished at 16:26 British Summer Time 29 June 2017

    Stuart Maisner
    BBC Live reporter

    Gatwick Airport bosses say their highest-ever passenger figures, released today, show that the airport is one of the most successful in the world.

    Figures show:

    • 44.1m passengers passed through the airport in 2016/17
    • Earning a profit of £131m
    • The airport intends to spend £240m this year improving their infrastructure
    Gatwick Airport
  16. Konta wins at Eastbournepublished at 15:56 British Summer Time 29 June 2017
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    Stuart Maisner
    BBC Live reporter

    British number one Johanna Konta is through to the quarter finals at the Aegon International in her home town, Eastbourne.

    She beat Jelena Ostapenko 7-5, 3-6, 6-4 in the third round.

    Johanna Konta
  17. Luton sign Crawley striker Collinspublished at 15:18 British Summer Time 29 June 2017

    Luton Town sign striker James Collins from League Two rivals Crawley Town for an undisclosed fee on a three-year contract.

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  18. Southern strike: 'When will it ever end?'published at 14:48 British Summer Time 29 June 2017

    Bob Dale
    BBC Live reporter

    As the latest round of industrial action on Southern Rail begins, with an overtime ban by the drivers' union Aslef, passengers I spoke to this morning were resigned to the dispute continuing indefinitely.

  19. Ex-football club boss jailed over racist abusepublished at 13:33 British Summer Time 29 June 2017

    The former president and sponsor of Whitehawk football club Christopher Gargan has been jailed for four months for racially abusing a young woman in a Brighton pub.

    The club says the 55-year-old, of Malthouse Lane, Hurstpierpoint, is no longer associated with the team.

    A young jamaican woman who was eight months pregnant at the time said he racially insulted her.

    He was sentenced at Brighton Crown Court.

  20. #ICYMI: Do you need your grass cut?published at 12:57 British Summer Time 29 June 2017

    Bob Dale
    BBC Live reporter

    One of the world's more unusual sports was invented in Sussex - here's a look at lawnmower racing.