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  1. Fire-hit hospice admits safety breachespublished at 20:45 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2018

    Three people died after the fire at St Michael's Hospice nearly three years ago.

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  2. Maidstone United P-P Macclesfield Townpublished at 20:07 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2018

    Tuesday's National League match between Maidstone and Macclesfield is postponed because of travel congestion on the M25.

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  3. What's the weather got in store for us?published at 19:59 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2018

    Sarah Keith-Lucas
    Weather presenter

    Has spring arrived?

    Here's my forecast.

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  4. Zeebrugge disaster anniversary marked in Doverpublished at 18:54 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2018

    Bob Dale
    BBC Live reporter

    The anniversary of the Zeebrugge disaster has been marked with a memorial service in St Mary's Church in Dover.

    The Kent-bound ferry capsized off the coast of Belgium on 6 March 1987, taking 193 lives with it.

    The victims' names were read out during the ceremony, before relatives cast flowers into the sea from Admiralty Pier.

    Dover District Council chairman Cllr Sue Chandler, Dover Town Mayor Cllr Neil Rix and Dover MP Charlie ElphickeImage source, Office of Charlie Elphicke MP
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    Dover District Council chair Sue Chandler, Dover Town Mayor Neil Rix and Dover MP Charlie Elphicke

  5. Train operator offers £100 to stranded rail passengerspublished at 17:45 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2018

    Bob Dale
    BBC Live reporter

    Southeastern is offering £100 compensation to anyone who was stuck on a train for more than two hours during last Friday's snow.

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  6. Drugs found in crashed car in Margatepublished at 17:05 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2018

    Bob Dale
    BBC Live reporter

    Drugs, believed to be cocaine, have been found in a car which crashed as it was being pursued by police in Margate.

    Kent Police said officers signalled for the car to pull over in Cecil Street just before 14:25 GMT earlier, but it drove off instead.

    Within a minute it had struck a parked vehicle in Alexandra Road.

    Two men who were in the car have been arrested and taken to hospital.

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    The car crashed in Alexandra Road after being pursued by police

  7. Mum 'murdered' and family found deadpublished at 16:36 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2018

    The woman was discovered stabbed an hour after her husband and sons were found dead at the foot of cliffs.

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  8. Quarter of county's libraries to closepublished at 16:22 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2018

    Despite 9,000 people signing petitions, East Sussex county councillors agree to close seven libraries.

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  9. Sport Relief kayak challengepublished at 16:09 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2018

    South East Today presenter Rob Smith will be kayaking along the River Medway, from Tonbridge to Allington, for Sport Relief. Here's a video diary of his first training session.You can support Rob’s efforts and donate right now.This will take you to Rob’s fundraising page hosted by Sport Relief.https://my.sportrelief.com/sponsor/RobSmith/, external

  10. Man's broken neck undetected for monthspublished at 15:43 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2018

    A man is taking legal action after claiming a hospital sent him home with a broken neck.

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  11. 'Student choice' on gender neutral uniformpublished at 15:27 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2018

    A school took out references to boys and girls in its school uniform policy, with one list and one price for all students, regardless of sex or clothes sizes, explains a headteacher.

    Ashley Harrold, of Blatchington Mill School in Brighton, said he wanted pupils to "express themselves" and most of them wore a uniform that "conformed to a fairly standard gender stereotype".

    He spoke to Daily Politics presenter Jo Coburn as Liberal Democrats called on the government to encourage all schools to adopt a gender neutral uniform policy.

  12. Missing: Where is David?published at 15:02 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2018

    Bob Dale
    BBC Live reporter

    Police say they are concerned about a man from Crawley who has gone missing.

    David Shaw, 24, is described as vulnerable, and was last seen in the town just before 17:00 GMT last night.

    He was wearing a dark blue hooded jacket, black leggings with a leather patch on the side and dark shoes.

    David ShawImage source, Sussex Police
  13. Police hunt man over indecent exposurepublished at 15:00 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2018

    Bob Dale
    BBC Live reporter

    Detectives are hunting a dog walker who indecently exposed himself to a teenage boy in Redhill.

    The man approached the boy in Mercers Country Park just after 22:30 GMT on 2 February.

    He is described as white, in his late 50s and medium build, and was wearing a grey woollen beanie hat and a blue and green waterproof jacket and trousers.

    Mercers Country Park, RedhillImage source, Google
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    The incident happened in this country park

  14. Gang forces its way into home and stabs teenagerpublished at 14:59 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2018

    Bob Dale
    BBC Live reporter

    A teenager has suffered what are described as "potentially life-changing injuries" after being stabbed in a house in Crawley.

    He was attacked by three men who forced their way into the property in Fitchet Close, Langley Green, around 20:00 GMT on 4 March.

    Two other people, a 51-year-old man and a 47-year-old woman, suffered minor wounds.

    Fitchet Close, CrawleyImage source, Google
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    The attack happened in a house in this street

    The attackers drove off in what is thought to have been an Alfa Romeo.

    The teenager needed surgery to repair damage to nerves and tendons in his forearm.

    A 20-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of money laundering and drug offences, but has now been released.

  15. Big beach clean educates people about plasticpublished at 13:06 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2018

    People gathered at Shoreham beach this weekend in a bid to clear it of plastic and other litter.

  16. 'I saved snake that killed my son'published at 12:44 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2018

    Daniel Brandon, 31, died from asphyxiation at his home in Hampshire.

  17. Critical incident declared at Brighton hospitalpublished at 09:04 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2018

    Royal Sussex County HospitalImage source, Eddie Mitchell

    A critical incident has been declared at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton because all of its beds are full.

    The hospital says the problems follow the spell of extremely cold weather which hit the South East last week.

    It is reminding patients that A&E is for emergencies only, and anyone should assume their appointment is going ahead unless they hear otherwise from staff.

  18. Decision to be made on East Sussex library closurespublished at 08:47 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2018

    A child reading at a library

    It's decision day for seven East Sussex libraries.

    The county council will decide this morning whether to close them in a bid to save £653,000.

    The authority says government cuts are to blame.

    It insists the move would affect just eight per cent of users, all of whom live within a 20-minute drive of an alternative library.

    In December the council admitted overspending by £720,000 on refurbishing one library building in Hastings.

  19. Join me on BBC Sussex and BBC Surrey at 09:00published at 08:25 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2018

    Danny Pike
    Presenter, BBC Sussex and Surrey

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  20. Caroline Lucas: More help needed when firms go bustpublished at 07:53 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2018

    Brighton Pavilion MP Caroline Lucas has called on the government to do more to help people affected when private businesses go into liquidation.

    It follows the collapse of construction company DMB Solutions.

    DMB Solutions sign in a skip

    Dozens of homeowners in Brighton and Hove say they were left thousands of pounds out of pocket after the firm went bust, leaving building projects unfinished.