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  • Updates on Monday 11 September 2017

  1. Tree of the Year finalists unveiledpublished at 13:52 British Summer Time 11 September 2017

    An appeal is made to help choose the top tree in England from a shortlist of 10.

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  2. Argus newspaper archive savedpublished at 12:00 British Summer Time 11 September 2017

    The archive of the Argus newspaper in Brighton is saved after nearly disappearing forever.

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  3. Four killed within hours on Sussex roadspublished at 11:38 British Summer Time 11 September 2017

    Kathryn Langley
    BBC Live reporter

    Harvey's Lane, RingmerImage source, Google

    Four people have been killed and a child seriously injured after a series of crashes on the roads of Sussex this weekend.

    Two 31-year-old men died just outside Ringmer just after 20:00 BST on Saturday.

    They were in a group of people hit by a 4x4 vehicle as they walked along Harvey's Lane.

    Just over three hours later a man and a woman were killed on on the A267 at Cross in Hand when two cars collided.

    A 55-year-old driver and his 48-year-old passenger, both from Heathfield, died at the scene. An 18-year-old man from Heathfield was seriously hurt and taken to hospital in Brighton.

    And yesterday an 11-year-old girl was airlifted to hospital in London after a serious crash in Portslade.

  4. County ins & outs 2017published at 11:10 British Summer Time 11 September 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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  5. Who wears the trousers?published at 10:38 British Summer Time 11 September 2017

    Bob Dale
    BBC Live reporter

    Should every child have to wear trousers to school?

    A Lewes headteacher has introduced a "gender neutral" uniform, and it's sharply dividing opinion.

  6. Secondary school applications openpublished at 10:07 British Summer Time 11 September 2017

    Kathryn Langley
    BBC Live reporter

    Children studyingImage source, Thinkstock

    Families in West Sussex can go online to apply for a secondary school place for their child from today.

    Parents of pupils due to move up to secondary school next year need to apply for a school place.

    Applications can be submitted for up to three different schools and they need to be ranked in order of preference.

    Online applications for schools in East Sussex open tomorrow.

  7. Goodwood Revival celebrates 20 yearspublished at 09:35 British Summer Time 11 September 2017

    Kathryn Langley
    BBC Live reporter

    It's an event like no other with an intoxicating mix of vintage motor sport and period fashion

    This weekend the Goodwood Revival event celebrated its 20th year.

  8. BBC South East Today breakfast bulletinpublished at 08:52 British Summer Time 11 September 2017

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    Here are the headlines from BBC South East Today:

    • M2 is closed in both directions between junctions 5 for Sittingbourne and 6 for Faversham after two crashes.
    • An 11-year-old girl remains in hospital this morning with serious injuries after she was hit by a car in Portslade.
    • The UK Border Force has told BBC South East they've detected a growing number stun guns at our borders.
  9. Mum calls for change in organ donation lawpublished at 08:36 British Summer Time 11 September 2017

    Kathryn Langley
    BBC Live reporter

    The mother of a five-month old baby who died because she needed a heart transplant is calling for the organ donation law to be changed.

    Almost two million people are on the register but their family's consent is still needed before a donation.

    In the last 10 years 330 people have died while waiting for a transplant in Kent, Sussex and Surrey.

  10. A treasure trove of memoriespublished at 07:44 British Summer Time 11 September 2017

    Yasmine Djadoudi
    BBC Live reporter

    They say today's news is tomorrow's fish and chip paper and in Brighton and Hove one of the city's newspaper archives nearly went that way, until one local man stepped in to save it.

    You can see more on this story on Inside Out, on BBC1 in the South East, at 19:30 BST today, and then on iplayer.

  11. Half a billion development proposed for Hastingspublished at 07:22 British Summer Time 11 September 2017

    Developers are promising Hastings a golden future, with a new harbour and marina bringing hundreds of millions of pounds to the town.

  12. East Sussex pupils 'sent home despite correct skirt length'published at 06:54 British Summer Time 11 September 2017

    Kathryn Langley
    BBC Live reporter

    Girls were sent home from school when their skirts were deemed too short in the morning only to be told they were acceptable later, it is claimed.

  13. A real mixed bag of weather todaypublished at 06:20 British Summer Time 11 September 2017

    Kate Kinsella
    BBC Weather

    It's looking windy and wet with a few sunny spells thrown in.

    Here's my latest forecast.

  14. Welcome to a new weekpublished at 05:57 British Summer Time 11 September 2017

    Kathryn Langley
    BBC Live reporter

    Thank you to Stephen J Kimble for this striking image taken at Cooden Beach.

    It's our Sussex #PhotoOfTheDay, external.

    Cooden BeachImage source, Stephen J Kimble

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