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  • Live updates on Wednesday 25 October

  1. Good night from the South East Live teampublished at 21:52 British Summer Time 25 October 2017

    Thanks for joining us, we'll be back again tomorrow morning at 06:00 BST with more news, sport, travel and weather for the South East.

  2. Soldier claims he was sent to war zone with PTSDpublished at 21:23 British Summer Time 25 October 2017

    Stuart Maisner
    BBC Live reporter

    A Kent soldier says he was sent to fight in Afghanistan despite showing serious signs of post-traumatic stress disorder.

  3. Henna 'crown' for Hove cancer patientpublished at 20:59 British Summer Time 25 October 2017

    For cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, losing their hair can be an extremely difficult and upsetting consequence. But now, there’s a new alternative to wigs and hats.

  4. HMRC 'needs £7.3m' to avoid customs delayspublished at 20:30 British Summer Time 25 October 2017

    Labour MPs say any problems with a new technology system could be "catastrophic".

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  5. Walking on sunshinepublished at 19:47 British Summer Time 25 October 2017

    Rachel Mackley
    Weather Presenter, BBC South East

    The weather is astonishingly mild and sunny for the end of October.

    But will it last?

    Here's my latest forecast.

  6. Disabled woman says benefits cut left her houseboundpublished at 19:05 British Summer Time 25 October 2017

    Stuart Maisner
    BBC Live reporter

    A woman from Kent who relies on a specially adapted mobility car to get to work, says the decision to stop funding it has left her housebound.

  7. Man guilty over driveway shooting murderpublished at 18:47 British Summer Time 25 October 2017

    Terence Barry is convicted of conspiring to murder Leonard Naylor, who was shot on his driveway.

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  8. RSPCA 'struggling to cope' with rise of abandoned reptiles in South Eastpublished at 18:19 British Summer Time 25 October 2017

    Kathryn Langley
    BBC Live reporter

    Boa constrictors, corn snakes and bearded dragons are increasingly popular as pets but the RSPCA warns many owners don't know how to look after them, putting huge pressure on their reptile rescue centre near Brighton.

  9. 'Entitled' rapist jailed for 20 yearspublished at 17:51 British Summer Time 25 October 2017

    A judge blasted "narcissist" former public schoolboy Chiron Hutchinson as he was jailed for rape.

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  10. Sussex part company with coach Davispublished at 16:58 British Summer Time 25 October 2017

    Division Two side Sussex part company with head coach Mark Davis by mutual consent after two seasons in charge.

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  11. Today's South East newspaper headlinespublished at 15:54 British Summer Time 25 October 2017

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    Kent Online, external: Drug den in Folkestone subway cleared away by Shepway District Council

    Get Surrey, external: Dog walker reunited with 'quick-thinking' army officers who saved his life after being found suffering hypothermia in field

    The Argus, external: Council evicts van dwellers from Brighton green spaces

    Kent Live, external: A winning lottery ticket worth £1 million is still yet to be claimed in Dover

    Crawley Observer, external: Secret of a long life? Being born and brought up in leafy Horsham

    Sussex Express, external: Green transport ... wind power brings Portugese olive oil to Sussex

  12. Police appeal: Elderly woman assaultedpublished at 15:02 British Summer Time 25 October 2017

    Yasmine Djadoudi
    BBC Live reporter

    An elderly woman was punched in the face in Eastbourne.

    Sussex Police are appealing for help in finding the man who hit her.

    The victim, a local woman in her 60s, stopped off the bus at Wheelbarrow Castle and was approached by a man at the cross roads on Saturday at about 19:15 BST.

    The woman was punched and pushed to the floor, causing cuts and bruises to her face.

    The suspect is described as a white man, about 30-years-old with curly hair. He was wearing a parka coat with a hood.

  13. Bid to overturn hammer murder verdictpublished at 14:32 British Summer Time 25 October 2017

    Justice for Women want new law on coercive control to be taken into account.

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  14. Protest to keep post office open in St Leonardspublished at 14:11 British Summer Time 25 October 2017

    Stuart Maisner
    BBC Live reporter

    Campaigners who want to keep a Crown Post Office branch in St Leonards have staged a protest against its proposed sale and franchise.

  15. The cost of dumping your rubbishpublished at 13:42 British Summer Time 25 October 2017

    Stuart Maisner
    BBC Live reporter

    More than 27,000 incidents of fly-tipping have been recorded in the South East in the past year.

  16. Dernbach and Meaker sign Surrey dealspublished at 11:54 British Summer Time 25 October 2017

    Seam bowlers Jade Dernbach and Stuart Meaker sign new three-year contracts with Division One side Surrey.

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  17. Sussex photographer's work captures ups and downs of 60s lifepublished at 11:18 British Summer Time 25 October 2017

    Yasmine Djadoudi
    BBC Live reporter

    From flower power, hippies and pop culture to protests and poverty - it's the 60s captured by Sussex photographer David-Lewis Hodgson.

  18. Travel: A27 collision clearedpublished at 10:53 British Summer Time 25 October 2017

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  19. Travel: One lane reopened on A27published at 10:30 British Summer Time 25 October 2017

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  20. 'She was my best friend'published at 09:50 British Summer Time 25 October 2017

    Lucy Vladev
    Reporter, BBC South East Today

    Hayley Peebles' daughter Taiyah died on a rail track earlier this year. She doesn't think enough is being done to prevent it from happening again.