Banana shipping firm Geest Line is relocating its cargo handling from Portsmouth to Dover.

The Eastern Caribbean company said the move had been prompted "by the need to accommodate revised scheduling times involving the weekend discharge of cargoes" and would not result in any job losses.

It comes as Geest replaces its fleet of four charter vessels with five larger, new ships.

Portsmouth Port director Mike Sellers said: “We are incredibly disappointed that we couldn’t find a solution to accommodate the changes to Geest's shipping rotation.

"This sadly means we have to look at how we operate and our main priority now is to reduce the impact directly on staff and our customers."

He added Geest had been a "valued customer" for 16 years.

Yasmine Djadoudi
BBC Live reporter

More than 400 people have been arrested for drink and drug-drivers during the Christmas period in the South East.

In total, 410 people were arrested in Kent and Sussex in December.

So far 46 people in Sussex have been convicted.

Kent police have charged 118 people.

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Canon John Corbyn said brides arriving late for their wedding have disrupted the church schedule.

A 77-year-old Eastbourne woman says she feels 'stupid and ashamed' for falling a growing cold calling con.

National League side Woking sign Hull City striker Jonny Edwards on loan until the end of the season.

Andrew Macrae was caught placing a bag with a camera between a woman's legs on a station platform.

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A horserider filmed repeatedly hitting a man with a riding crop during a hunt in East Sussex will face no further action, Sussex Police has said.

The incident occurred during an East Sussex and Romney Marsh hunt in Herstmonceux last November.

It happened after the man, who appeared to be a hunt saboteur, took hold of the horse's reins.

Sussex Police said the woman and four witnesses were interviewed but, along with the evidence supplied, it did not support a prosecution.

The baby girl was taken to hospital on 7 January but died two days later.

Crystal Palace footballer Jason Puncheon was charged after a disturbance near a Surrey nightclub.

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A girl's been taken to hospital, after being hit by a car in Ramsgate.

It happened in Denmark Road just after 17:00 GMT yesterday.

The child's injuries aren't thought to be life-threatening.

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The brickwork fell onto a mother, her four-year-old son, and a man in Epsom, Surrey.

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Two horses have been killed and a driver taken to hospital after a collision near Sevenoaks.

It happened in Chapel Wood Road, Hartley, at 07:13 GMT.

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No-one was riding the horses and police do not know who they belong to.

The road will be closed for some time, as the car is recovered.

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A fire in a block of flats in Snodland has been put out.

The building, in Lamb Close, was evacuated when the blaze broke out in the boiler room this morning.

A man and a woman have been treated for the effects of breathing in smoke and the cause of the fire is being investigated.

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BBC Live reporter

About 30 firefighters are tackling a blaze in a block of flats in Snodland.

Six fire engines are at the scene, in Lamb Close.

The fire broke out in the boiler room, and the block has been evacuated.

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BBC Live reporter

A woman from Eastbourne says she feels 'stupid' after she was conned out of £3,000 in a scam where victims are tricked into paying fraudsters in iTunes vouchers.

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BBC Live reporter

Nothing is more likely to make a groom nervous on his big day than the bride showing up late.

One Kent vicar has come up with an unusual way to encourage brides to be punctual.

Darryl Dempsey drove across fields and towards oncoming traffic on a busy road to escape police.

This man is being sought by police in connection with the theft of mobile phones from a shop in Eastbourne town centre.

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The robbery happened at Game in Terminus Road on 28 December.

Three men went into the shop at 17:00 GMT and one asked to see an iPhone.

Police say when the cabinet was opened the men grabbed five phones and ran off.

They're asking anyone who saw them to get in touch.