Summary

  • An Oxford University student from Surrey accused of rape has had the charges dropped after being on bail for two years

  • Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has suggested the need for a new transport link between the UK and France, during a summit with the French president

  • Relatives of people who died in the Orchid View care scandal in West Sussex will renew calls for an inquiry in talks with MPs

  • Thanet District Councillors voted last night against the proposed local plan which included 2,500 new homes to be built on the site of Manston Airport

  • Shepway District Council has voted to change its name to Folkestone and Hythe District Council

  • Video: One hundred years after women were given the vote, work has begun in a small West Sussex village to create a statue of Emmeline Pankhurst - the leader of the suffragette movement

  • Video: Kent teenage student Keisha Strain loves being a lifeboat volunteer

  • News, sport, weather and travel updates for the South East of England

  1. 'Get a team together and get entered'published at 09:18 Greenwich Mean Time 15 January 2018

    Teams can now enter the 2018 FA People's Cup - the nation's biggest free five-a-side competition - across 18 categories.

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  2. Teens 'wearing face masks' assault boypublished at 09:15 Greenwich Mean Time 15 January 2018

    Saint Peter's Church, CamberleyImage source, Google
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    The fight took place near Saint Peter's Church in Camberley

    Two teenagers have been arrested after a fight left a 14-year-old boy with a fractured eye socket in Surrey.

    Surrey Police said the the brawl happened between 20:00 and 21:00 GMT on Saturday near St Peter’s Church on Frimley Green Road, Camberley.

    Det Con Tom Emery said: “This was a nasty incident which involved a group of around 15 teenagers, believed to be wearing face masks, who we suspect deliberately set upon three other teenagers, two of which were injured."

    It is not believed to have been a random attack, he added.

  3. On BBC Sussex and BBC Surrey this morning...published at 08:44 Greenwich Mean Time 15 January 2018

    Danny Pike
    Presenter, BBC Sussex and Surrey

    Has long-term illness made you fall into debt? Join me from 09:00 GMT on BBC Sussex and BBC Surrey, and you can call me on 03459 57 00 57.

  4. Bolton: Views not Marney's 'core beliefs'published at 08:25 Greenwich Mean Time 15 January 2018

    Leader of UKIP says Jo Marney views not in line with her 'core beliefs'

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  5. 'Get a team together and get entered'published at 07:58 Greenwich Mean Time 15 January 2018

    Kathryn Langley
    BBC Live reporter

    Meet the 'old girls' from Crawley who've launched this year's FA People's Cup.

    They've played in the competition for the last two years and this year, they want you to join them.

    It's a free five-a-side knockout competition that gives everyday folk like you and me the chance to play in their version of the FA Cup.

    There are two rounds to progress through before the finals at St George's Park in April.

    The deadline for applications is Sunday 18 February.

  6. It's umbrellas and overcoats this weekpublished at 07:30 Greenwich Mean Time 15 January 2018

    Sara Thornton
    BBC Weather

    It's a wet start to the working week, with temperatures set to fall in the next few days.

    Here's my forecast.

  7. Good morning from the BBC South East live teampublished at 07:22 Greenwich Mean Time 15 January 2018

    Bob Dale
    BBC Live reporter

    A reflective shot of the River Medway by Mandy Brackstone helps us to start the week. It's our #PhotoOfTheDay.

    River MedwayImage source, Mandy Brackstone

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