Do you want to build your town in Minecraft? Students at the University of Brighton have found a way to do just that.

One of Hastings leading tourist attractions will be shut over Easter.

A building beside the West Hill lift has started to collapse and is in danger of falling and damaging the trackside wall and lift cars.

It's thought the building was damaged by the recent snow and frost.

Dean Kilpatrick
Local Democracy Reporter

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The number of teenage pregnancies in Medway is at its lowest since records began, new data has revealed.

There were 108 conceptions to women under the age of 18 in 2016, compared with 258 in 2007 when Medway's teen pregnancy rate was at its highest.

Councillor David Brake, portfolio for public health, said: "The number of teenage pregnancies in Medway has been falling for some time as young people have more access to information and contraception."

In the rest of Kent, there were 500 pregnancies among women under the age of 18 in 2016. The figure for Kent was as high as 1,056 in 2007.

This latest figures for Kent also represent the lowest level since records began.

Danny Pike
Presenter, BBC Sussex and Surrey

Today I'm asking if a deposit scheme for plastic bottles will get us recycling more.

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

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Southern Rail commuters are being warned to expect major disruption to London-bound services due to a number of incidents across the network for the rest of the morning.

The problems include a power supply failure at East Croydon has resulted in one of the lines through the station being forced to close.

Trains between Gatwick Airport and Redhill are unable to call at Horley, Earlswood and Salford due to a points failure.

A separate points failure is causing "significant" disruption to services between Clapham Junction and Watford Junction.

National Rail say the disruption is expected to last until 12:00 and will affect Southern, Thameslink and Gatwick Express trains.

Hamish Mureddu-Reid
BBC News Online, South East

The Royal Mail is refusing to deliver post to a street in Guildford after a dog attack left a postal worker needing hospital treatment.

Deliveries to addresses in Medlar Close were stopped in September after the attack with the Royal Mail saying: "Unfortunately, the issue is still ongoing as we have not been assured by the dog owner that the dog has been secured and no longer poses a danger to our staff."

One resident said: "It's ridiculous, as far as I'm concerned [the Royal Mail] are not fulfilling the service they're being paid for."

Another resident said: "It needs to be safe for the post to be delivered, but the dog has not been out since.

"If they don't want to go to that house, then don't go to that house, but don't not deliver to the whole street," she said.

Tom Groves, the dog's owner, said he first heard about it when he got a notice through the door saying there had been "an incident between the dog and a lady".

He said he apologised to the Royal Mail.

"We want to get it sorted and I'd like someone to come and communicate with me and try and remedy the situation."

Householders can arrange to collect their post from the Guildford sorting office, or have it delivered to an alternative address, the Royal Mail said.

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It's feared youth violence is increasing with looked-after children particularly vulnerable.

Bob Dale
BBC Live reporter

Plans to place four new buildings on Eastbourne pier have been narrowly approved.

Council officers had recommended rejecting the designs for the Victorian structure because they use modern materials.

With the planning committee tied at four-all, its chairman used his casting vote to send the scheme through.

Two of the buildings will replace kiosks lost in the fire of July 2014, while the other two will be on the deck area.

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Georgina Burnett
BBC Weather

Temperatures are taking a dip on Wednesday, and there's even the chance of some frost.

Here's my forecast.

Paul McCallum scores two late goals as Eastleigh upset Dover's promotion hopes by coming from behind to win.

Rob Smith didn't just go the extra mile for Sport Relief. He went a whole 19.

Caitlin Webb
Local Democracy Reporter

Around 40% of children with special educational needs are at risk of missing out on school places and extra support due to delays in assessments.

A report published by Kent County Council found only 61% of children received their education, health and care plan (EHCP) within the legal timeframe of 20 weeks.

Children who do not receive these need assessments on time could find themselves without a place at a specialist school, speech-therapy or psychiatrists.

The plans, launched in 2014, outline the end goal for disabled children when they reach adulthood and is reviewed on a yearly basis.

Katrina Adams, from We Are Beams, a disabled children's charity based in Hextable, said: "The EHCP is a very important document for parents and for the young people with special education needs and they have to be made within the 20 week deadline by law.

"These are all things that a parent of a non-disabled child take for granted but if you have a disabled child they are important to plan for the future and help them become more independent."

Councillor Roger Gough, cabinet member in charge of young people and education, claims the failure to meet the 20 week timetable is part of a national trend.

He told the cabinet meeting on Tuesday: "Every (local authority) is under the same pressure as the demand for EHCPs is rising."

There was a "lack post-mortem photographs" after Pte Sean Benton died at Deepcut, an inquest hears.

Sue Nicholson
BBC News

Female staff employed by Kent Police are paid more than a quarter less than male staff on average, the force has revealed.

The difference between the average hourly pay of men and women was 27.5% on a median basis, external, it said.

The figure is above the 18.4% UK average, and has been published in line with government regulations, external that came into force in April last year.

Kent Police reported a mean gender pay gap of 13.6%.

It said the difference in the mean and median pay for male and female officers and staff was due to the fact there are more male police officers than female, and more female staff than male.

The framework for police officer pay is set nationally.Police staff are paid the same pay for the same role, irrespective of gender, with any differences accounted for by the length of service a person has worked in their current job, the force said.

The families of the 11 men who died had been refused financial support ahead of an inquest.

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A new ward has opened at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton.

The Emergency Ambulatory Care Unit (EACU) is one of the first facilities in the country where medical and surgical teams will work alongside each other to treat emergency patients who don't need to stay in overnight.

It's hoped the unit will ease the burden on A&E by allowing patients to move more quickly from initial triage to receiving treatment.

Hospital bosses say that will free up space for other people who are seriously unwell.

Amanda Akass
Reporter, BBC South East Today

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London criminals are grooming Thanet children with the aim of setting up criminal drug networks with local markets, BBC South East has found.

Volunteer group Breaking the Cycle said youth violence has increased and the problem is "significant", with looked-after children particularly vulnerable.

Hartsdown Academy head teacher Matthew Tate warned a child would die within months unless something changes.

Kent Police said child safeguarding was a "key priority".

"I think that we will have a knife incident where a child dies within the next 12 months unless something changes," Mr Tate said.

He also said: "We know for a fact that primary school children are targeted."

Former gang members have told the BBC they were forced into dealing heroin and crack cocaine - as well as transporting weapons - after older men they regarded as "friends" threatened them with guns, physical violence and blackmail.

Michelle, who moved to Thanet aged 13, described how she met a group of fellow Londoners who she thought were "really nice", but they asked her to drop off packages, which involved her in criminal activity.

"The next thing is you know they have a hold over you, so you can't really leave, and you feel like you'd be alone if you didn't really have them," she said.

"I was selling drugs. I was moving drugs and weapons and illegal money," she said. "I didn't get into any sort of violence but I was aware things had happened."

Ch Insp Sharon Adley, from Kent Police, said the problem was not unique to Kent or Thanet.

"We know that gangs will target vulnerable people, regardless of their age across the country," she said.

"Criminals will use intimidation, bullying, [and] violence to their victims, however, we have effective systems in place to combat this."

Bob Dale
BBC Live reporter

Police are hunting a gang which smashed 10 double glazed windows at a hotel in Bognor.

It happened at the Pier Hotel in Waterloo Square, around 22:55 GMT on 21 March.

The gang were dressed in dark clothing and used metal implements to smash the windows and the front door, causing damage estimated at £2,500.

A 27-year-old man from Woking has been arrested on suspicion of causing violent disorder.

Alex Bish
News editor, BBC Radio Kent

The number of children being home schooled in Kent has risen by over 40% in two years, according to figures given to the BBC.

Up to July last year 2,385 children were recorded as being home educated by Medway and Kent County Councils, compared with 1,846 in 2013.

However, the number may be even higher, since only children who've been withdrawn from school are listed as home educated, and some may never have started formal education.

Parents aren't obliged to send children to school, but do have to provide a "suitable education".

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The Department for Education is consulting on new guidance for parents and local authorities.

Bob Dale
BBC Live reporter

When he was told his cancer was terminal, this Burgess Hill man wanted to marry the woman he loved before he died.