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  1. Four migrant boats cross English Channelpublished at 18:41 Greenwich Mean Time 24 November 2020

    Four small boats reach the UK as Channel crossings begin again following a "lull due to bad weather".

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  2. Missing fishermen: One body recovered and identifiedpublished at 13:26 Greenwich Mean Time 24 November 2020
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    Andrew Segal
    BBC South West

    The body of one of two missing fishermen who disappeared after a Devon-registered trawler sank off Sussex has been recovered and identified, police have said.

    The 45ft Brixham-registered scalloping vessel Joanna C sank off Newhaven on Saturday.

    Skipper Dave Bickerstaff was found holding on to a lifebuoy after spending up to two-and-a-half hours in the water.

    Two other men, Adam Harper and Robert Morley, were not found during a search.

    Sussex Police said, external the body of 26-year-old Mr Harper, from Brixham, was recovered by divers from the wreck on Monday night and his next of kin had been notified.

    Officers said Mr Morley, 38, from Pembrokeshire, was still missing.

  3. Covid rules 'disregarded' in second worst-hit areapublished at 18:35 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2020

    The Swale district of Kent now has the second highest coronavirus infection rate in England.

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  4. Loganair announces Isle of Man to Heathrow flightspublished at 16:22 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2020

    The service will launch in December with six return flights each week, between Sunday and Friday,

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  5. One rescued and two missing as fishing boat sinkspublished at 23:11 Greenwich Mean Time 21 November 2020

    A man is found clinging to a buoy after the vessel put out an emergency call off the Sussex coast.

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  6. Teens guilty of assault on German studentpublished at 17:04 Greenwich Mean Time 20 November 2020

    Daniel Ezzedine suffered brain injuries after being hit in the head and kicked in Canterbury.

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  7. Government reviews files on 1972 murderpublished at 00:22 Greenwich Mean Time 20 November 2020

    Paul Cleeland served 26 years in jail for Terry Clarke's murder but still maintains he was innocent.

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  8. Pilots 'facing tsunami of debt' in pandemicpublished at 17:06 Greenwich Mean Time 19 November 2020

    Gatwick pilot James Atkins-Quilter says he is struggling to pay back debts for his flight training.

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  9. Prisons having 'limited' effect on Covid ratepublished at 16:49 Greenwich Mean Time 19 November 2020

    Swale in Kent has the second highest rate of infections in England and is home to three prisons.

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  10. Two jailed for life for Brighton stabbingpublished at 14:19 Greenwich Mean Time 19 November 2020

    Bobby Smith and Daryl Richardson stabbed Muhammed Lamin Jassey in the chest in a Brighton street.

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  11. Probe into man's missed cancer amid 'admin error'published at 11:20 Greenwich Mean Time 19 November 2020

    Wilfred Couchman died nine days after walking his daughter down the aisle on her wedding day.

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  12. Two guilty of 'unprovoked' knife murderpublished at 17:58 Greenwich Mean Time 18 November 2020

    Bobby Smith and Daryl Richardson stabbed Muhammed Lamin Jassey in the chest in a Brighton street.

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  13. Crime 'back to pre-lockdown levels' in Sussexpublished at 17:42 Greenwich Mean Time 18 November 2020

    Sussex's Chief Constable says despite lockdown her officers will always make catching criminals a priority.

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  14. Man seriously injured after car crashes into housepublished at 10:48 Greenwich Mean Time 18 November 2020

    The driver is taken to hospital by air ambulance after his car smashes into the property in Crawley.

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  15. Black cabs kept in fields as demand 'evaporates'published at 09:09 Greenwich Mean Time 18 November 2020

    London cabbies are said to be earning "starvation wages", at around a quarter of normal levels.

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  16. 'Being lonely during the pandemic is worse'published at 06:26 Greenwich Mean Time 18 November 2020

    Francis Nwajei, who has been on his own for 10 years, says loneliness is "a kind of disease".

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  17. Woman begins High Court fight over oil drillingpublished at 22:54 Greenwich Mean Time 17 November 2020

    Sarah Finch is fighting a council decision to allow an oil development near her home to expand.

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  18. British Airways to launch Covid testing trialpublished at 19:01 Greenwich Mean Time 17 November 2020

    The airline wants to show that testing could remove the need for arrivals to quarantine.

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  19. Girl, 8, killed by falling branch in high windspublished at 17:20 Greenwich Mean Time 17 November 2020

    Maisy Mayne suffered "catastrophic" injuries while walking with grandparents, an inquest hears.

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  20. Lockdown 'killing' cancer fund hope for girlpublished at 16:33 Greenwich Mean Time 17 November 2020

    Four-year-old Nellie-Rose Culleton's family want to take her to the US for treatment costing £230,000.

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