Lizzie Massey
BBC Live reporter

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Expansion plans for a primary school in Deal have been halted after a unanimous council vote.

Deal Parochial Primary School in Gladstone Road was due to double in size, allowing for an extra 210 pupils.

Kent County Council's decision will see building work delayed until 2020.

The decision came as less children are expected to start school than planned, due to delays in housing developments.

Instead councillors will re-look at parking and traffic provision after the initial plans sparked complaints from parents and neighbours about the current "hellish" situation.

Yasmine Djadoudi
BBC Live reporter

A Brighton pensioner has been robbed of thousands of pounds after allowing a fake gas meter reader into her flat.

The 86-year-old victim let the suspect into her home at around 12:15 GMT on Wednesday 10 January in Whiterock Place, believing him to be genuine.

She later found her bedroom ransacked and drawers in other rooms opened where the man had stolen her purse and savings.

Detectives from Sussex Police have asked anyone who may have information about the theft to get in touch.

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Kyle Yule, 17, died in hospital after he was fatally injured amid a disturbance in Gillingham.

Jonathan Arnott says Henry Bolton is not right for the job but attacks those "jockeying" to replace him.

The planned 2.1 mile viaduct will cross open land to west and north-west of London.

Lizzie Massey
BBC Live reporter

Firefighters were called to a fire in the kitchen of a ground-floor flat in Whimbrel Close, Sittingbourne.

It happened at 10:25 GMT on Friday 19 January and several other flats were evacuated as a precaution.

There were no reported casualties.

The cause of the fire is not yet known but is not being treated as suspicious.

Reigning Olympic champion Lizzy Yarnold enjoys a strong performance in Germany before next month's Winter Olympics.

Thanet councillors rejected the controversial proposals, defying UKIP council leader Chris Wells.

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The Argus, external: 'My disabled sister is being victimised'

Kent Online, external: Woman allegedly raped at house in Minster

Surrey Mirror, external: Airport gives nod to £1.2billion Southern Rail Link as precursor to freight terminal

Hastings Observer, external: ‘More entries than ever’ for international piano contest

Mid Sussex Times, external: M23 weekend closure postponed

Worthing Herald, external: ‘Distressed’ woman in sea is arrested by police

Chichester Observer, external: Man arrested after car overturns in Selsey Read

Kent Live, external: 70 trees could be felled in or near this public park in Tunbridge Wells if plans for a new theatre go ahead

Brighton and Hove News, external: Southwick pensioner conned out of thousands by bogus meter reader

After President Macron's visit to the UK, the British government makes a renewed pledge to allow more child refugees to come to Britain.

NHS managers have apologised to the family of a Sussex grandfather who died after being sent home too soon from hospital after a major surgery.

Ben Weisz
Political reporter, BBC Sussex

The Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner has been given permission to increase her section of the council tax by £12 a year for an average Band D property.

Some households will pay less than that, but some will pay more.

Police and Crime Commissioner Katy Bourne welcomed the decision by the Sussex Police and Crime panel, saying it was essential to help her protect police jobs.

North East MEP Jonathan Arnott has resigned from UKIP.

In a statement on social media, external, Mr Arnott blamed what he called a shift in the party's position on cultural and religious issues which he said was "at considerable variance" with his own views.

He said countless leaks, briefings and character assassinations within UKIP had become almost as bad as the political establishment he had hoped to counter.

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Lizzie Massey
BBC Live reporter

Works to the M23 have been delayed because of bad weather.

The closure of the motorway - for the road to be relaid - was scheduled for 20 and 21 January.

Highways England has confirmed this is not going ahead as while workers are to get the old carriageway up, the new one would not set as heavy rain is forecast.

Libby Keating's face was repaired by experts at St George's Hospital in Tooting.

The district council is spending £10,000 on a name change to Folkestone and Hythe.

Ahmed Hassan has been remanded in custody to appear at the Old Bailey.

Yasmine Djadoudi
BBC Live reporter

A statue of one of the leaders of the suffrage movement, Emmeline Pankhurst, is being created in an artist's rural studio in Sussex.

It's part of the commemorations marking 100 years since women got the vote.

Stroke patients may face longer ambulance journeys but will receive better care, health bosses say.

Danny Pike
Presenter, BBC Sussex and Surrey

This morning Wealden MP Nus Ghani talks to me about making political history.

I want to know when you managed to be first at something.

Join me on BBC Sussex and BBC Surrey from 09:00 GMT, and call me on 03459 57 00 57.