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  1. Union action main cause of Southern disruption - Government report
    Breaking

    Tanya Gupta
    BBC News Online, South East

    A report into the troubled Southern rail franchise that the government said it could not publish before the election has been made public.

    It was commissioned last September and written by Chris Gibb, a non-executive director at Network Rail.

    Last week, the RMT union demanded it should be released immediately

    Publishing the paper, the Department for Transport said it found the main cause of Southern disruption was union action and high levels of sick leave.

  2. Southern Rail: long-awaited report 'to be published today'

    Ben Weisz
    Political reporter, BBC Sussex

    The long-awaited Gibb report on how to improve the troubled Southern rail franchise is to be published today.

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    The report was finished late last year but the Government had delayed its publication until after the election.

    MPs and campaigners have been calling for its release for months.

    There has been speculation in the press that it will spread the blame widely, and that it may even call for the large Southern franchise to be split up.

    But we'll also see whether recent changes to the service - like the scrapping of some late night trains on the Brighton Mainline - was the result of the report's recommendations.

  3. Rocking all over the South East

    The scene of a famous Eurovision victory in Sussex, a shopping centre in Maidstone and Woking town centre - the region's musical legends and iconic venues were honoured on BBC Music Day.

  4. Find out more about Burgess Hill

    Danny Pike
    Presenter, BBC Sussex

    It's the latest stop on our BBC Sussex #BigBusTour.

    Join me on air from 09:00 BST.

  5. Silver for Sussex universities

    The Universities of Chichester and Brighton are among those given a silver rating in the government's first assessment of teaching excellence in higher education.

    Several of the country's top universities were given bronze ratings, including the London School of Economics, Liverpool and Goldsmiths.

    The new teaching rankings aim to help students make informed choices about degree courses.

    Many of the 56 universities rated as bronze have criticised the system as unfair and unreliable.

    You can read more on this story here.

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  6. Sussex just got a little bit smaller

    Bob Dale
    BBC Live reporter

    Fifty thousand tonnes of chalk fell from cliffs at Seaford yesterday afternoon.

    A major search and rescue operation quickly established no-one had been injured.

    Investigations will continue this morning at the site

  7. Police concern over vulnerable woman

    Kathryn Langley
    BBC Live reporter

    Zoe-Marie MitchelSussex Police

    Police in Chichester say they're concerned about Zoe-Marie Mitchell who's gone missing from the village of Hunston.

    The 30-year-old was last seen at St Richard's Hospital yesterday afternoon.

    Officers say she's recently been made homeless and is suffering with depression.

  8. At last, it's cool!

    Elizabeth Rizzini
    BBC Weather

    Temperatures across the South East plummet today, although it's still going to be warm.

    Here's my latest forecast.

  9. 'I saw what I thought was smoke'

    Natalie Graham
    South East Today reporter

    This beachgoer witnessed the moment thousands of tonnes of chalk cliff collapsed at Seaford, sparking a major search and rescue operation for possible casualties.

  10. Beautiful Bexhill

    Kathryn Langley
    BBC Live reporter

    BexhillJeff Penfold

    What a great pic by Jeff Penfold in Bexhill. It's our Sussex #PhotoOfTheDay.

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