Summary

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

  1. Sussex game switched due to insect issuepublished at 11:08 British Summer Time 29 March 2021

    Sussex move their opening County Championship game to opponents Lancashire's ground after an infestation of daddy longlegs larvae.

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  2. Raso nets hat-trick as Everton beat Brightonpublished at 14:55 British Summer Time 28 March 2021

    Hayley Raso's hat-trick helps Everton to an emphatic 5-0 Women's Super League win at Brighton.

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  3. Students lose thousands in foreign placement rowpublished at 08:34 British Summer Time 28 March 2021

    Medical students are refused refunds despite Covid forcing them to cancel global work trips.

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  4. Giant sand sculpture to help sand martinspublished at 15:46 Greenwich Mean Time 27 March 2021

    Surrey Wildlife Trust is hoping that a 200-tonne sand sculpture will help a declining bird population.

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  5. Ex-Kent and Charlton star Ufton dies at 92published at 14:32 Greenwich Mean Time 27 March 2021

    Former Kent cricketer and Charlton Athletic and England footballer Derek Ufton dies at the age of 92.

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  6. Police search for owners of stolen dogspublished at 11:15 Greenwich Mean Time 27 March 2021

    Police recovered 10 stolen dogs in a raid but have so far only been able to return one to its home.

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  7. Queen guitarist in court to support chauffeurpublished at 19:52 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2021

    Brian May and Anita Dobson give evidence in the trial of their driver, who faces sex abuse charges.

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  8. Teenage mother admits causing toddler's deathpublished at 15:27 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2021

    A post-mortem and forensic tests found Asiah Kudi died as a result of neglect in Brighton.

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  9. Parents call for 'bulge' spaces at popular schoolspublished at 14:10 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2021

    Councillors in Brighton say schools in the city centre are already working on stretched capacity.

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  10. Three boats with 77 people on board cross Channelpublished at 08:51 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2021

    At least one boat with migrants on board landed on the beach at Dungeness in Kent.

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  11. Dog stolen in burglary reunited with ownerspublished at 08:13 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2021

    Willow, a two-year-old cocker spaniel, had been stolen during a burglary in July, police say.

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  12. Stevens rolling with football's highs and lowspublished at 06:36 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2021

    Brentford's Fin Stevens has experienced the opposite ends of football in a relatively short space of time and has been called up by Wales Under-21s.

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  13. NHS preparing for third Covid wave in Junepublished at 17:23 Greenwich Mean Time 25 March 2021

    NHS bosses have warned poor adherence to social distancing could bring Kent a summer Covid-19 peak.

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  14. Flood defences 'better protects' 50,000 homespublished at 16:16 Greenwich Mean Time 25 March 2021

    The Environment Agency has spent £2.6bn across England to protect 300,000 homes from flooding.

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  15. ‘It’s strange how life can change so quickly’published at 11:01 Greenwich Mean Time 25 March 2021

    Mark Summers from Kent is struggling to find a home after having to leave emergency accommodation.

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  16. Lockdown surge in catalytic converter theftspublished at 07:02 Greenwich Mean Time 25 March 2021

    More than 300 officers took part in raids across east London, Kent and Essex, with three men arrested.

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  17. Oil drilling legal fight goes to Court of Appealpublished at 20:48 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2021

    A woman will challenge a council decision to allow an oil well near her Surrey home to be enlarged.

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  18. 'Bomb Bristol' candidate withdraws from electionpublished at 18:44 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2021

    The Conservatives apologised after the tweet from Stephen Halbhube, an ex-candidate in East Sussex.

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  19. Six boats with 183 migrants on board interceptedpublished at 10:58 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2021

    About 1,046 people have crossed the English Channel in small boats so far this year.

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  20. Driver charged after 17 migrants found in lorrypublished at 10:08 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2021

    Hakan Zengin is accused of trying smuggle people out of the UK in a lorry.

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