Updates on Wednesday 23 August 2017
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Chrissie Reidy
Reporter, BBC South East Today
A cruel trade in exotic pets is threatening the very existence of the orangutan, but an Uckfield charity is doing all it can to save these creatures from extinction.
A teenager from St Leonards who suffers from a rare allergy to water has started her own YouTube channel to raise awareness of the condition.
Kathryn Langley
BBC Live reporter
A Sussex mother was killed and her daughter left in a coma while on holiday celebrating qualifying for her dream career.
Image source, Alena PaldanovaAlena Busmiene was in Russia celebrating her exam results
Tributes have been paid to Alena Busmiene, of Eastbourne, who was on holiday in Russia with her six-year-old daughter Ariana.
The taxi they were travelling in was involved in a crash.
Russian-born Alena qualified as a pharmacist in July having studied at the University of Brighton.
Her friend Alena Paldanova, who was on the same university course, described Alena as "a real fighter".
Quote MessageAlena was so friendly and caring. She was a real fighter. She was a single mum and went to university when her daughter was very little. She handled everything on her own - she wanted a better life for Ariana. She'd tell you the truth even if you didn't want to hear it. I still can't believe it's happened. My brain knows, but my heart doesn't want to know."
Alena Paldanova, Friend
She said Ariana was still in hospital in Russia but was beginning to communicate with her family.
A JustGiving page has been started to raise money for the six-year-old.
Bob Dale
BBC Live reporter
Danni Smith was raped, beaten, starved and imprisoned by his stepfather, who shared him with other paedophiles.
He's won a five-figure payout from Brighton and Hove City Council, because social workers knew about the abuse for two years but left him to suffer in the house.
Rachel Mackley
Weather Presenter, BBC South East
Is the sun going to reappear for the end of the week?
Here's my forecast.
A Brighton academic, who's from Finland, and married to a British man, has spoken of her dismay about receiving a letter wrongly telling her she'd be deported.
It started as a teenage house party.
Now LeeFest is one of the South East's biggest music festivals.
Part-time soldiers from Kent, Sussex and Surrey have spent two weeks training alongside the US military in Michigan
The reserve battalion of the Princess of Wales's Royal regiment have been taking part in an exercise designed to get NATO forces practicing working alongside each other.
Ambulance driver Toby Robyns was arrested as he prepared to fly home with his family.
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Jonathan Lampon
BBC Radio Leicester Presenter
The Football Association is to investigate last weekend's Leicester City home game against Brighton after complaints of homophobic chanting from Leicester fans.
The FA has told BBC Radio Leicester it will be reviewing observations of the game and have asked LCFC for their response. The football governing body says it will take time before reaching a verdict.
One man was charged after the game last Saturday with chanting indecently.
Image source, Getty ImagesBob Dale
BBC Live reporter
A man from Sussex could be jailed for three years in Turkey, after taking some ancient coins from the seabed while on holiday.
Toby Robyns, who's 52 and from Southwick near Brighton, found the coins while snorkelling on holiday in Bodrum.
They were found in his hand luggage as he passed through security for his flight home.
Image source, OtherToby Robyns is facing three years in a Turkish jail
His family returned home on Saturday, while he's reportedly being detained at Milas prison, on suspicion of smuggling historic artefacts.
The Home Office says it's liaising with the Turkish authorities.
Quote MessageThis was an innocent, albeit foolish, mistake and we now need to ensure Mr Robyns is treated fairly and properly.'
Tim Loughton, East Worthing and Shoreham MP
Kathryn Langley
BBC Live reporter
A man's been rescued by firefighters after becoming trapped under a wall in Bexhill.
Crews from Bexhill and Battle were sent to Mill View Road in Sidley just after 11:00 BST.
An air ambulance was also called in and the man was given treatment at the scene.
Georgina Burnett
BBC Weather
And feeling quite warm this afternoon too.
Here's my latest forecast.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe Argus, external: Fresh blow to families as officers reveal they cannot use damning Shoreham report as evidence
Eastbourne Herald, external: Council garages to be sold off
Crawley Observer, external: Bah-humbug outcry over town centre shop’s Christmas display
Worthing Herald, external: Outrage over planned overnight closures on the A27
Hastings Observer, external: Memorial seats unveiled at historic lifeboat site
Brighton and Hove News, external: Bonfire warning after backyard blaze in Hove
Chichester Observer, external: Family drives through 23 countries for ‘fantastic’ charity
Kathryn Langley
BBC Live reporter
The RNLI is urging people to "respect the water" this summer as part of a drowning prevention campaign.
The charity says more people die in UK waters in August than any other month.
Figures obtained by the BBC show an increase of more than 60% in the past three years.
Kathryn Langley
BBC Live reporter
Police are warning of a surge in crystal meth being found on the streets of Brighton and Hove.
Officers say the drug is much more widely available than usual.
Teenage forward James Tilley says his goal for Brighton in the EFL Cup was reward for two years of hard work since his debut.
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Tom Darby
BBC Live reporter
Tributes are being paid to two Uckfield chefs who died after their car left the road and hit a tree.