Summary

  • Updates on Tuesday 17 October

Live Reporting

  1. Hypnotic' dunes photo scoops prize

    Diminutive Dune, West WitteringBenjamin Graham

    A "hypnotic and contemplative" image of the dunes at West Wittering in West Sussex has won the Landscape Photographer of the Year 2017 award.

    Photographer Benjamin Graham has scooped the top prize of £10,000 for his picture, Diminutive Dune, which was chosen from thousands of entries.

    It is the third year running a photograph of the coastline has won the competition which celebrates the UK landscape.

    I particularly like the indeterminate scale of the image. The double s-curve could be two metres long or 2,000... It was actually about 20."

    Benjamin Graham, Photographer

    Benjamin's image has a hypnotic and contemplative quality that acts as an antidote to turbulent times.... The composition leads the eye on to infinite calm."

    Charlie Waite, Founder of Landscape Photographer of the Year award

  2. Deadly Portuguese man-of-war swept up on south coast beaches

    Yasmine Djadoudi
    BBC Live reporter

    People are being warned to take extra care following reported sightings of Deadly Portuguese man-of-war in Brighton and Hove over the last week.

  3. Good morning from the South East team

    What a great autumnal scene in Rochester taken by Kelvin Trundle. It's our #PhotoOfTheDay.

    Rochester leavesKelvin Trundle

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