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  • Live updates on Monday 23 October

  1. Blockade of Calais threatenedpublished at 09:56 British Summer Time 23 October 2017

    Hauliers are threatening to bring cross channel traffic to a complete standstill, unless the authorities in France address the issue of migrants trying to board their vehicles.

  2. Friends of stabbed girl stage fundraiserpublished at 09:08 British Summer Time 23 October 2017

    The 23-year-old died in a dockside area of Chatham, in Kent, on 29 June.

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  3. The cost of dumping your rubbishpublished at 08:47 British Summer Time 23 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.

  4. Arrests following fight in Crawleypublished at 08:26 British Summer Time 23 October 2017

    Stuart Maisner
    BBC Live reporter

    Five people have been arrested in connection with a fight in Crawley where a 22-year-old man suffered serious injuries, police say.

    The man is in an induced coma after the brawl which police said involved "possibly a baseball bat and metal bar".

    The incident happened at about 03:00 BST on Saturday in Crawley High Street.

  5. Disabled woman says benefits cut left her houseboundpublished at 07:58 British Summer Time 23 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.

  6. Police appealing for information about missing Sussex girlpublished at 07:20 British Summer Time 23 October 2017

    Yasmine Djadoudi
    BBC Live reporter

    Sussex Police are growing concerned for the welfare of a missing woman from Chichester.

    Bethany Forbes-Lish, 19, was last seen at her home in Lewis Road at about 12:00 BST on Sunday 22 October.

    Police believe Bethany may have gone to the St James's Park and Westminster area of London.

    Bethany Forbes-LishImage source, Sussex Police
  7. 'Oh God, my mother's going to kill me'published at 07:03 British Summer Time 23 October 2017

    Secret filming shows a reporter buying drugs and illegal goods advertised on a classified ads site.

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  8. Two injured in 'aggravated burglary' in Gillinghampublished at 06:36 British Summer Time 23 October 2017

    Stuart Maisner
    BBC Live reporter

    A man was stabbed and a woman injured during an aggravated burglary, police have said.

    The man was found in Gardiner Street, Gillingham, with "injuries consistent with a stabbing" at 04:40 BST yesterday, Kent Police said.

    Officers then found the injured woman at a property in nearby Skinner Street.

    Both victims are in their 20s, police said.

    A man has been arrested and is being held in custody.

    Gardiner Street, Gillingham
  9. Soldier claims he was sent to war zone with PTSDpublished at 06:10 British Summer Time 23 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.

  10. Good morning from the BBC South East Live teampublished at 05:59 British Summer Time 23 October 2017

    Yasmine Djadoudi
    BBC Live reporter

    Sue Lockhart took this lovely photo in Ide Hill. It's our #PhotoOfTheDay.

    LeavesImage source, Sue Lockhart

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