A report into the mental health care given to killer Oliver Parsons makes 14 recommendations.

Yasmine Djadoudi
BBC Live reporter

Sculptor Hermione Allsopp takes familiar objects and transforms them into extraordinary works of art.

By taking unwanted furniture and twisting it into weird new forms or by weaving discarded vases, jugs and cups into exotic collages, she tries to get us to think about the value and material nature of every day objects.

Yasmine Djadoudi
BBC Live reporter

A radio presenter from the Netherlands has discovered a message in a bottle from a Kent man who penned it 30 years ago at the age of five.

Yasmine Djadoudi
BBC Live reporter

This girl's joints dislocate more than 40 times a day.

Who do you think should be in a county team of the season? Pick your own XI and share it with friends.

Charlton Athletic centre-back Jason Pearce will miss between eight and 10 weeks with a knee ligament injury.

Five-year-old Carl Marchant threw the bottle into the sea while fishing with his father in Dover.

A police officer is accused of using disproportionate force in striking a man being held in a cell.

Yasmine Djadoudi
BBC Live reporter

Queen guitarist Brian May has visited school children to tell them why hedgehogs should be protected.

It's National Fitness Day with plenty of fitness centres putting on free taster sessions or open days.

All you need to do to get involved is type in your local postcode into the National Fitness Day activity finder, external and see what's available near you.

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If you're still not sure, we've put together five suggestions for you.

Listen to BBC local radio commentary as Lancashire host Surrey in County Championship Division One.

Listen to BBC local radio commentary as Kent host Glamorgan in County Championship Division Two.

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Police are advising people on how to spot courier scams after a victim was defrauded out of £53,000.

A person pretending to be a police officer contacted the elderly woman in September.

She was asked to buy two Rolex watches from a shopping centre in Greenhithe and hand them to a waiting courier.

An investigation is ongoing.

Detectives from the Kent and Essex Crime Directorate are reviewing a number of similar frauds reported in recent months where elderly victims have handed over money after being tricked into thinking they are helping with a police investigation.

A mental health trust has accepted it must improve after being criticised over a murder on Christmas Day 2014.

An independent report into NHS care given to Oliver Parsons, who killed Joe Lewis, made 14 recommendations - 12 for Sussex Partnership NHS trust.

But it said the Brighton murder "could not have been predicted or prevented".

The trust has been criticised in the past over the high-profile Don Lock stabbing, which led to an independent review of 10 killings in eight years.

Dr Rick Fraser, chief medical officer at Sussex Partnership NHS, offered condolences to Mr Lewis's family and said the report would be difficult for both families.

"This was a tragic case that has devastated two families and we accept all the recommendations made," he said.

Stuart Maisner
BBC Live reporter

Erosion has forced the closure of steps at Birling Gap years earlier than planned.

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

Stuart Maisner
BBC Live reporter

These young people, who are facing serious illness or bereavement, are learning to cope and grow with the help of a breast cancer survivor.

Police have released CCTV footage of the moment a car was driven at a teacher outside a school in Woking.

Rainer Schoeman was jailed for 10 months after the incident.

There are delays on the approach stretching over the QEII bridge after a three lorry crash on the M25 clockwise between J1A and J2 (A2).

Kent Police was called at 07:23 BST.

No injuries have been reported.