Taxi set alight with driver insidepublished at 19:10 Greenwich Mean Time 21 December 2017
A taxi driver had a lucky escape after his car was set alight by two men at a Hythe petrol station.
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Taxi set alight with driver insidepublished at 19:10 Greenwich Mean Time 21 December 2017
MP's aide cleared of Westminster rapepublished at 18:33 Greenwich Mean Time 21 December 2017
Samuel Armstrong says he drank spirits with the woman in MP Craig Mackinlay's Westminster office.
Read MoreAppeal to find toddler's lost toypublished at 17:45 Greenwich Mean Time 21 December 2017
Image source, Louise Regan-AlexanderImage caption, Finn has had Mac the monkey since birth
A family is appealing for help in reuniting a toddler with a cuddly toy lost on a flight from Gatwick to Knock.
Louise Regan-Alexander said her son Finn, aged two-and-a-half, left Mac the monkey on a seat down the side of the Aer Lingus aircraft on Tuesday.
A tweet appealing for help in finding Mac, external has been shared over 1,300 times.
Mrs Regan-Alexander, from Camberwell, south London, said Finn would be "devastated" if the toy could not be found.
The family were travelling to visit Mrs Regan's parents in Ireland for Christmas when the toy was lost on the 12:50 flight.
Family of missing Sussex explorer hopeful he is still alivepublished at 17:25 Greenwich Mean Time 21 December 2017
Christian Velten has been missing in Africa for 14 years. His family hopes he will return home.
Deck the hall... and the landing... and the lounge... and the kitchenpublished at 17:09 Greenwich Mean Time 21 December 2017
The owner of this house needs every inch of space, and several trees, to display his collection of baubles, gathered over more than half a century.
A Kent nativitypublished at 16:36 Greenwich Mean Time 21 December 2017
There was a treat for Christmas shoppers in Maidstone this weekend, with the town centre used to stage a live nativity, including animals.
Uncertain future for Holy Land donkeyspublished at 15:57 Greenwich Mean Time 21 December 2017
Stuart Maisner
BBC Live reporterThe fate of hundreds of donkeys, rescued by a Sussex-based animal charity, is hanging in the balance.
The £40,000 dress just for dogspublished at 15:49 Greenwich Mean Time 21 December 2017
The dress, which is encrusted with diamante jewels, is expected to be sold overseas.
MP's aide cleared of Westminster rapepublished at 15:31 Greenwich Mean Time 21 December 2017
Samuel Armstrong said his life had been "turned upside down" following accusations.
Read MoreMan sought over attempted abductionpublished at 15:30 Greenwich Mean Time 21 December 2017
Kathryn Langley
BBC Live reporterPolice have released an efit after the attempted abduction of a girl in Polegate.
Image source, Sussex PoliceThe 11-year-old was walking along an alleyway near Farmlands Way when a man tried to grab her wrist.
She managed to run away.
Police say it happened at about 08:30 GMT on Tuesday 5 December.
Murder victim 'hit with meat cleaver'published at 14:58 Greenwich Mean Time 21 December 2017
Murdered homeless man Razvan Sirbu was hit with a meat cleaver six or seven times, a court hears.
Read MoreHope of new lead in mystery Alps murderspublished at 14:45 Greenwich Mean Time 21 December 2017
French police are questioning an ex-soldier who is the main suspect in two other cases in the area.
Read MoreProbe into razor blade threat in courtpublished at 14:34 Greenwich Mean Time 21 December 2017
Drug dealer Louis Makai pulled out a razor blade while in the dock and threatened to kill an officer.
Read MoreMP's aide not guilty of rapepublished at 14:13 Greenwich Mean Time 21 December 2017
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Sara Smith
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Image source, PAA parliamentary worker has been found not guilty of raping a woman who claimed she was attacked in an MP's Westminster office.
Samuel Armstrong, chief of staff to South Thanet MP Craig Mackinlay, told Southwark Crown Court the pair had gone to his boss's office to drink wine.
Mr Armstrong has been cleared of four charges - two of rape, two of sexual assault - from October 2016 after a two week trial at Southwark Crown Court.
Quote Message“My whole life has been turned upside down. For a year now I’ve not slept or eaten and I was innocent. Were it not for the fact that crucial evidence was disclosed to my defence team just eight working days before trial there could well have been yet another miscarriage of justice in this case.”
Samuel Armstrong
Sheep destroyed after dog attackpublished at 13:37 Greenwich Mean Time 21 December 2017
Kathryn Langley
BBC Live reporterPolice are trying to find a dog thought to be responsible for attacks on three flocks of sheep near Uckfield.
The attacks have all taken place in the past fortnight in the High Hurstwood area.
In the latest incident, a sheep grazing near Burnt Oak Road was badly mauled and had to be destroyed.
Officers say the dog suspected of carrying out the attacks is a large, tan coloured animal.
Quote MessageLivestock worrying has a devastating effect on the sheep farming community and is a nationwide problem.
Quote MessagePlease keep your dog safe and do not let it roam away from your property. Where appropriate, police will prosecute owners who allow their dogs to attack sheep and under certain circumstances dogs worrying livestock may be shot."
Sergeant Tom Carter, Sussex Police
'Energy drinks need to be regulated'published at 13:18 Greenwich Mean Time 21 December 2017
Kathryn Langley
BBC Live reporterThe family of an East Sussex man who took his own life are calling for the government to regulate the sale of high caffeine energy drinks.
Justin Bartholomew from Newhaven had been depressed before he died.
His relatives believe the drinks contributed to his mental state.
A birds-eye viewpublished at 12:47 Greenwich Mean Time 21 December 2017
Kent County Council has tweeted this pic of an unwelcome visitor to their traffic cameras.
Police officer injured after burglarypublished at 12:32 Greenwich Mean Time 21 December 2017
Hamish Mureddu-Reid
BBC News Online, South EastA Kent Police officer has been hurt as he investigated reports of garage locks being tampered with in Dartford.
A man was seen testing the locks in the St Vincent's Avenue area at about 02:30 GMT, police said.
Police then found two men sitting in a van who tried to drive away, hitting a police car and injuring one of the officers.
Two men, a 31-year old from Chatham, and a 26-year-old from Gravesend were arrested on suspicion of theft and burglary.
Image source, Kent PoliceTractor used in cash machine ram-raidpublished at 12:10 Greenwich Mean Time 21 December 2017
A cash machine is ripped out of a shop front on a petrol station forecourt.
Read MoreAppeal to find toddler's lost toypublished at 11:53 Greenwich Mean Time 21 December 2017
Mac the monkey was lost on a flight from Gatwick to Knock.
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