British Airways has announced an increase in the number of flights from next summer.

Critics suggest the Brexit Secretary doesn't "understand the basics" after remarks about trade.

Sarah Booker-Lewis
Local Democracy Reporter

Planners will take another look at a terrace of houses which may have been built in the wrong place.

Neighbours said that the terrace of four homes and an office at the corner of Marmion Road and Mainstone Road, in Hove, was one metre bigger than the plans.

However, officials told Brighton and Hove City Council planning committee that their own measurements showed that the building was correct.

Wish ward Conservative councillor Robert Nemeth, speaking on neighbours' behalf, said that residents' own measurements showed that the building was longer than permitted.

He said: "Residents carried out their measurements, rather than using council methods, with a simple tape measure. This is why trees do not fit on the site and cars overlap the pavement."

Two trees originally appeared in the plans but the council's arboriculturalist said that they would not survive.

The planning committee discussed the newly-built terrace yesterday as it was said to deviate from the plans and conditions granted on appeal by an independent planning inspector.

The developer Albany Homes wants to be allowed to amend the official plans for the terrace to reflect the deviations.

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Pickled cucumber jars were used to store suspected cannabis, police have said.

The two jars were uncovered after officers stopped a van in Watling Street, Dartford, on Wednesday.

Vehicle parts suspected to have been stolen were found in the van.

Two men, one aged 25 from Dagenham and a 32-year-old from Thamesmead, were arrested on suspicion of handling stolen goods and possessing cannabis.

Kent Police said they were released, pending further inquiries.

Rebecca Curley
Local Democracy Reporter

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A new care home and 148 houses will be built on green belt land in Surrey.

The development will take place on land near Keens Lane and Tangley Lane in Worplesdon.

Councillors had previously deferred the decision having ordered developers to improve the look of the care home and include more two-bed homes.

Nine councillors voted in favour of the amended plans, while four voted against and two abstained at the planning committee meeting.

Huw Oxburgh
Local Democracy Reporter

A seafront landmark is set for a new lease of life after Hastings planners unanimously backed a major renovation scheme.

At a meeting on Wednesday, Hastings Borough Council's planning committee unanimously approved plans to renovate and alter the White Rock Fountain, creating a paved area with benches and planting.

The approved plans include an "exploded rock" sculpture paying tribute on to the original White Rock, which was blown up nearby in 1834.

The sculpture, to be carved with the words "White Rock Hastings", will be surrounded by jets to create a cooling "sea mist" effect, which visitors can walk through on sunny days.

Putting forward a motion to grant planning permission, Warren Davies (Lab, Baird) praised the "exciting design".

He said: "This is innovative. It is taking what I think is a basically sound design from different era - what was a innovative design in the 1920s.

"It is taking that piece of iconic architecture and it is reinterpreting it for the 21st century and it is doing it in a way which is sensitive to the surrounding area.

"As someone who cycles along the seafront virtually every day, the present concrete and the way it jumps out I find a hazard. I'm surprised there hasn't been an accident as of yet with a bicycle going into the concrete semi-circle.

"It is innovative, exciting and makes Hastings seafront even more of a place to visit on the south coast."

Several other councillors praised the scheme, but concerns were raised about whether the potential of anti-social behaviour had been considered by designers.

Thirteen men reportedly attacked another group before fleeing the scene near East Grinstead.

Bob Dale
BBC Live reporter

Detectives are trying to trace a good Samaritan who drove a teenage stabbing victim to hospital.

The 17-year-old had been stabbed in the arm in a fight in a flat in Marine Parade, Worthing.

When the fight spilled onto the street, the driver of an Audi gave the boy and his friends a lift to hospital.

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The victim needed surgery.

Five people were arrested but all were released without charge.

Rebecca Curley
Local Democracy Reporter

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People in Surrey with symptoms of sexually transmitted diseases can now get testing kits online.

Women who want to get the contraceptive pill will also be able to access this via the internet.

Surrey County Council (SCC) commissions its sexual health and HIV services through NHS England South (NHSE) and the main provider Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL).

The shift from a traditional face-to-face consultation to online access is one of the changes made and was a move to free up clinic appointments.

Dr Simon Edwards, clinical director for CNWL, said: "For every person you get to go online who doesn't have to come to the clinic, it creates an additional space for someone who needs to come to the clinic. The online (service) has taken off very considerably."

CNWL provides sexual health services from three main hub clinics in Surrey - in Woking, Guildford and Redhill - plus outreach clinics in Leatherhead, Epsom, Addlestone and Staines.

The CNWL website allows patients to book appointments online and offers online access to home screening kits for chlamydia and gonorrhoea targeted at under 25s as well as online screening kits for chlamydia, gonorrhoea, syphilis and HIV for over 18s.

A cold case expert tested samples taken in 1986 from Karen Hadaway's left forearm.

Owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha was among five people who died in the crash near the club's ground.

Rebecca Curley
Local Democracy Reporter

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Student accommodation up to eight storeys high and co-living flats for young professionals will be built in Guildford town centre.

Members of Guildford Borough Council's planning committee granted permission for the 403-bedroom block for students and 85 co-living flats for Kernel Court in Walnut Tree Close.

They praised developers, Kernel Court Limited and Space Student Living Ltd, and council officers for the mix of affordable accommodation for young people and said this would help free up privately rented homes currently housing students.

Council leader Paul Spooner said: "I think we have to accept that in the town centre we have got to look at doing some significant development to overcome the housing issues.

"It's not just student accommodation - it does give co-living for those young professionals who want to find habitable accommodation in the town centre. I think it's well designed and I'm very enthusiastic about this."

Rebecca Curley
Local Democracy Reporter

Surrey County Council (SCC) is to keep control of its struggling children's services after a government-appointed commissioner praised the work of the new director.

Trevor Doughty was sent in as a non-executive commissioner after SCC received a second inadequate Ofsted rating for its children's services in May this year.

From June to September he evaluated the work carried out as part of an improvement plan for children's social care.

In a report for the Secretary of State Mr Doughty said "no alternative delivery model" was needed at this early stage but that the commissioner should still have oversight of the council's work for a further 12 months.

Dave Hill was appointed as director of children's services by Surrey's new chief executive Joanna Killian just as the Ofsted report came out identifying a number of "serious failings".

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In his report, Mr Doughty said Mr Hill came with a "proven track record in bringing about significant improvements" to children's services and that he and Ms Killian recognise "the challenge of the task".

But he warned there was "a danger of over-reliance on these two individuals, when the contribution of other system leaders is critical".

Although recommending to the minister that SCC retains control of children's services, Mr Doughty has stressed the need for a further six-month and 12-month review and that "commissioner oversight" should continue.

Two workers who were repairing a leaking gas main in Whitstable, Kent, "could easily have been killed".

Several discarded Rothmans cigarette butts were found in Stephen Frith's flat at the time of his death.

Bob Dale
BBC Live reporter

A gang has threatened staff and stolen the takings from a fast food restaurant in Goring.

It happened at the KFC in Goring Road as it was closing around 22:30 GMT on 4 November.

The four members of staff were threatened by three masked men, with one of them being assaulted, before handing over £1,500.

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The robbers ran off towards Worthing.

All three are described as black and in their early or mid 20s, and were wearing tracksuit bottoms with puffa or parka jackets.

A fire which started from a deep fat fryer has caused a Kent Morrisons to partly collapse.

The fire is thought to have been started by a deep fat fryer in the Morrisons cafe.

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Six men were taken to hospital after being attacked by men with weapons at a social club in Surrey.

Surrey Police was called to Eastbourne Road in Blindley Heath just after 19:30 GMT yesterday after a report that a group of men had attacked a number people at the Forman Institute.

It was reported that 13 men arrived at the social club with weapons, attacked a number of men who were in an outbuilding at the back of the club, and left heading north on the A22.

Six men were injured and all were taken to hospital.

Three of the men are still in hospital, with two in a serious but stable condition. South East Coast Ambulance Service were also called.

No arrests have been made at this stage, Surrey Police said.

Bob Dale
BBC Live reporter

Fire has destroyed part of a supermarket in Folkestone.

Kent Fire and Rescue says it was called to the Morrisons in Cheriton Road at 07:34 BST.

It started in a deep fat fryer and spread to the rest of the building.

There are no reported casualties and the building was quickly evacuated.