A 17-year-old boy was taken to hospital with head and facial injuries after being attacked by a man wielding a chain, police said.

The teenager was assaulted outside shops in Broadfield Barton, Crawley, on 26 October at 20:00 GMT. He was taken by ambulance to East Surrey Hospital.

Sussex Police have asked for witnesses to contact them.

A 30-year-old man, who was arrested on suspicion of attempted grievous bodily harm, has been released on bail.

Bob Dale
BBC Live reporter

A teenager from Kent, who went missing three weeks ago on a visit to a Surrey theme park, is now thought to be in London.

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Darcie Goobie, 14 and from Dartford, was last seen at Thorpe Park on 26 October.

She also goes by the name Lexi Rose Anne, and could be in Hackney, although police say she is also known to visit the Waterloo and King's Cross areas.

Nine people have been arrested as part of a week-long police operation targeting drug supply in Eastbourne.

Heroin, cocaine, crack and cannabis with a combined street value of £170,000 was seized by police, along with knives and an imitation firearm.

A 23-year-old man arrested on suspicion of supplying Class A drugs was cautioned before being deported from the UK.

Two men were charged in connection with the supply of cannabis. Six others have been released under investigation.

Inspector Rachel Barrow, of Sussex Police, said: “The week of action took place in response to complaints from the public about open drug dealing and class A drug use on streets and open spaces."

A trailer containing 17 kayaks has been stolen from a charity canoe centre in Folkestone.

The theft took place overnight on Tuesday at Seapoint Canoe Centre in Princes Parade. The blue, double-axle trailer also contained 17 red buoyancy and 17 paddles.

The equipment is used to introduce Kent schoolchildren to kayaking.

British Canoeing, who supplied the trailer, said it was used to "help get people new to canoeing and kayaking on the water and enjoying being outdoors".

It added: "[The trailers] play a vital role in our participation strategy and without them, we can't get as many people on the water."

Kent Police Inspector Julien Lawton said: “We are keen to speak to anyone who might be able to assist in our enquiries to locate this trailer.

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Ray Weatherall survived a series of efforts to kill him including shooting, poisoning and burning.

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Karen Dunn
Local Democracy Reporter

West Sussex County Council staff said "lessons have been learned" from the construction of a cycle path that ran £1.2m over budget.

The scheme, connecting Littlehampton with Bognor Regis, was expected to cost £865,000 and be finished within a year. The completed project cost more than £2m and took 27 months.

Council staff were questioned by councillors on Wednesday.

Conservative Councillor Roger Elkins, cabinet member for highways and infrastructure, said: "I'm sure the issues that have been outlined will absolutely be addressed, and I will be looking at officers and be giving a close watch on this."

Helen Catt
Political editor, BBC South East

The biggest fear over Brexit in Kent has been the threat of traffic gridlock caused by extra checks being introduced at Dover and the Eurotunnel when we leave the EU in March.

So would the Withdrawal Agreement avoid that?

In the short term: yes.

A transition period would see no change to customs or border rules until 2021.

But what about after that?

Also agreed by the Cabinet, was an outline of what a future trading relationship would look like.

It talks about “deep regulatory and customs co-operation” – and taking that into account in checks at the border.

But the detail of any customs checks, paperwork or inspections on goods can’t start being negotiated until we’ve already left next year.

So does this mean that the threat of a no deal Brexit and queuing lorries goes away completely?

Well, no.

If the EU and UK can’t agree a fuller version of the future trading relationship – or if Parliament votes against the agreement - then "no deal" again becomes a possibility.

Sarah Booker-Lewis
Local Democracy Reporter

A systematic review of all homeless deaths is being carried out by Brighton and Hove City Council as concerns rise over the health of rough sleepers.

Councillors this week discussed a spate of deaths in council-provided emergency and temporary accommodation in the light of five deaths at Kendal Court in Newhaven this year and 31 deaths in council placements over the last two years.

At the health and wellbeing board, it was revealed none of those at Kendal Court met the criteria for an adult safeguarding review - but that a wider review is in the pipeline.

Chair Karen Barford said: "We are carrying out a systematic review of all homeless deaths and will agree a way of learning from practice and procedures, in addition to adult safeguarding reviews.

"In Kendal Court none of the deaths (met the criteria for) an adult safeguarding review."

The issue was discussed after Fiona Sharpe from homelessness charity Galvanise, called for a review into the deaths of every rough sleeper and people in temporary and supported housing provided by the council, and to publish anonymised reports into each investigation.

As well as the 31 deaths reported by the council, Mrs Sharpe said the Bureau of Investigative Journalism has reported 449 homeless people died on the streets last year, with approximately 20 in Brighton and Hove.

The meeting also heard about a delay opening the winter night shelter in its second year after no organisation tendered to run it.

The council-run night shelter opens with 30 beds on 24 November at its original location, the Brighton Centre. In September the new rough sleeper hub opened with 17 beds and the churches night shelter is open with 15 beds.

The new triggers for the severe weather shelter, which will now be based on "feels-like" temperature to acknowledge wind-chill, will begin at the end of November.

Brighton youngster George Cox recounts how he went from hoping for a loan move to being told he could die during heart surgery.

Danny Pike
Presenter, BBC Sussex and Surrey

Tom Hepworth
BBC South Today

A man has been rescued after fire broke out in a Worthing care home overnight.

West Sussex firefighters were called to Warwick House, which cares for about 35 adults with mental health conditions just after 23:00 GMT.

The blaze started in a bedroom and investigations will resume later, a fire service spokesman said.

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BBC weather presenter

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Crowdfunders working to buy every primary and special school in Kent a book about the natural world have had to extend their deadline because of school numbers in the county.

The Lost Words was created by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris to bring "lost" nature words back into children's everyday lives.

They had the idea after it was spotted that nature words such as "acorn", "bluebell" and "kingfisher" had been removed from the most recent edition of the Oxford Junior Dictionary because they were not being used enough, according to publishers Penguin Random House.

Image source, Rachel Clarke

Since publication of The Lost Words last year, crowdfunding campaigns have sprung up across the UK to buy copies for primary schools.

By 5 October - the anniversary of the book's publication - 20 communities had started crowdfunding and copies of the book were being delivered by bicycle in Dorset, by sea kayak to schools on islands, and in the company of owls in Suffolk.

However, while some counties found they could achieve their goal with a few thousand pounds, Kent needed £6,500, campaigners said.

They had hoped to raise that amount by Thursday, but have now extended the fundraising drive, external by 30 days - and expanded it to include Medway.

Image source, Penguin Random House

Sue Hatt, one of the organisers of Kent's scheme, said: "As soon as you have names you use them and you start to notice more. It's about raising awareness. Children become explorers, finding out about where they live.

"They have to play and talk to one another. It's about moving away from screen time and adding to their physical mobility."

And fellow organiser Rennie Halstead said while Kent is known as the Garden of England, many children in conurbations such as Medway, Maidstone and Gravesend only had Tarmac playgrounds.

"They are in need of this as much as any in an urban area," he said.

Under the scheme, schools receive a copy of the book and also teaching resources to help them run school activities. So far, the Kent campaign, external has raised £2,570.

A charity runs music therapy sessions for young people in Brighton.

Former England striker Alan Smith has been to a prison to help offenders turn their lives around.

Nineteen people, many believed to be Iranian, have been discovered on three boats in UK waters.

Rebecca Curley
Local Democracy Reporter

More than 1,000 people have already expressed their views over plans by Surrey County Council (SCC) to close 31 children's centres and operate family sessions and classes through 21 hubs and nine satellite bases.

There has been cross-party criticism of the consultation with some councillors expressing fears it is too complicated, not going to change anything and not credible.

Speaking at an SCC full council meeting on Tuesday Independent member, councillor Stephen Spence, said he was concerned over scrutiny of the consultation and called for a "cabinet of talent" drawing from all parties to be involved with pushing through any changes.

Councillor John O'Reilly said he was concerned results from the consultation, which closes in January, will not be adopted into the final budget they need to pass in February.

He said any changes as a result of the consultation must be put in before they approve the final budget and that they had not been taken into account in the draft budget put before them this week.

Opposition leader, Lib Dem councillor Chris Botten, criticised the consultation for being too complicated.

Surrey's consultation on five service areas runs until 4 January.

Huw Oxburgh
Local Democracy Reporter

Plans for a new overflow car park at Bodiam Castle in East Sussex have been given the go-ahead in the face of concerns that it would lead to an increase in visitors.

Rother District Council (RCC) unanimously approved the National Trust's plans.

Bodiam Parish Council had written to RCC's planning committee and asked for assurances "that the increase in parking is not to accommodate increased visitor numbers".

It said: "Any further numbers at peak times would be completely unacceptable and unsustainable in their impact on the village and contrary to the National Trust's previously clearly stated position."

Conservative councillor Tony Ganly said: "I take their point, however we are speaking about a temporary use and an infrequent use during the summer and at peak season only."

Alan Smith is backing a scheme to twin every UK professional football club with a jail.