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  1. Thirty people intercepted crossing Channelpublished at 15:59 British Summer Time 24 October 2020

    Border Force says it dealt with four incidents on Friday, bringing 33 migrants to shore.

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  2. Gillingham 0-2 Fleetwood Townpublished at 15:28 British Summer Time 24 October 2020

    Fleetwood claim their first away league win this season as Paddy Madden and Ched Evans goals earn victory at Gillingham.

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  3. Presenter to step down from BBC South East Todaypublished at 19:00 British Summer Time 23 October 2020

    Rob Smith joined the BBC as a reporter on BBC Radio Kent before presenting BBC South East Today.

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  4. Murdered woman's parents win bid for fresh inquestpublished at 18:35 British Summer Time 23 October 2020

    Susan Nicholson was murdered by Robert Trigg five years after he killed his previous partner.

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  5. Woman 'saw migrants get in lorry before deaths'published at 18:24 British Summer Time 23 October 2020

    Nine people were seen in France a day before 39 migrants were found dead in the lorry, a court hears.

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  6. Council plans to withdraw support for cycle eventpublished at 17:47 British Summer Time 23 October 2020

    Surrey County Council's proposals will see it pull out of hosting the RideLondon 100-mile sportive.

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  7. Police raid uncovers brothelpublished at 16:11 British Summer Time 23 October 2020

    Sue Nicholson
    BBC News

    Sussex Police raid in Uckfield

    Police uncovered a brothel after raiding premises advertised as a riverside spa.

    Detectives believe the women found inside the property in Uckfield were trafficked and forced into a life of prostitution.

    Support workers from the charity Streetlight, external, which offers specialist support to such women, were also involved in the operation.

    Spokeswoman Jean Bovell-Strachan said the women had effectively been imprisoned in one room, where they met clients, and also ate and slept.

    An investigation is now under way under modern day slavery legislation.

  8. Fake coronavirus protection products seizedpublished at 13:08 British Summer Time 23 October 2020

    Lizzie Massey
    BBC Live reporter

    Some of the products on saleImage source, West Sussex Trading Standards Service

    Products falsely claiming to protect people from coronavirus have been discovered by Trading Standards.

    UV lights, cards worn around the neck to “sterilise the air” and face coverings were just some of the misleading items found on sale in West Sussex.

    Basic face coverings claiming to be made to a “KN95” standard were bought by officers in 23 high street shops across the county including Chichester, Burgess Hill, Crawley and Horsham.

    “KN95” is a standard used in China and is not recognised in the UK as providing any form of virus protection.

    Products which allegedly kill 99% of viruses using UV lights were found online.

    Officers sent them for testing and the claims were shown to be false.

    A card claiming to “sterilise the air” around the user by emitting chlorine dioxide was also found for sale on UK online platforms. There is no scientific basis for this.

    Peter Aston, of Trading Standards, said: “All of these products were falsely labelled.

    "Not only would purchasing one of these lead to unnecessary expenditure, it could also make the buyer feel protected from the virus and therefore less likely to take other precautions such as social distancing and frequent hand washing."

  9. Runners set for Beachy Head Marathonpublished at 12:14 British Summer Time 23 October 2020

    Sue Nicholson
    BBC News

    Beachy Head marathon

    The annual Beachy Head Marathon, which covers a challenging route through the South Downs National Park countryside, is taking place on Saturday.

    New Covid safety management procedures will be in place, with the 1,500 runners setting off on the 26.2-mile route in staggered waves.

    Social distancing measures include the introduction of a large holding area near the start line with distanced waiting pens, the wearing of mandatory face masks, and staggered times of arrival.

    There will be a ban on overtaking on parts of the course, and volunteers will be wearing PPE.

    Sealed plastic water bottles will also be provided on the course rather than water in paper cups.

    Spectators are being discouraged from attending to help maintain social distancing and ensure the safety of those taking part.

    The 10k marathon is being held on Sunday, while the half-marathon took place last weekend.

  10. Memorial for 39 people who suffocated in lorrypublished at 10:30 British Summer Time 23 October 2020

    The event is being held in Hackney, exactly a year after the men, women and teenagers were found suffocated.

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  11. Doctors' police warning for breaking Covid-19 rulespublished at 08:35 British Summer Time 23 October 2020

    Lizzie Massey
    BBC Live reporter

    Royal Surrey County Hospital in Guildford

    A group of junior doctors have received a warning from police after a a social gathering saw two of them test positive for Covid-19.

    An investigation by Surrey Police found the 22 staff from the Royal Surrey County Hospital in Guildford largely failed to adhere to the rule of six, and did not wear face masks when moving around within the venue.

    A full track and trace of any patient contact took place and no risk to patients was identified due to the swift isolation of staff involved, and correct use of PPE where any contact had taken place.

    The force said the "proportionate response" was to warn the individuals.

    Dr Mark Evans, Deputy Medical Director at the hospital trust, said: "Protecting our patients is our priority and we are committed to ensuring that all of our staff follow government guidance.

    "This incident took place outside of work and has been reported appropriately, and there was no disruption to our services for patients.”

  12. Gatwick Airport 'set to lose 40% of staff'published at 21:28 British Summer Time 22 October 2020

    Chief executive Stewart Wingate says he expects to operate at 10 to 15% capacity over the winter.

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  13. Black WW1 pilot's ID bracelet sells for thousandspublished at 20:00 British Summer Time 22 October 2020

    Jamaica-born Sgt William Robinson Clarke paid for his own travel to England to help the war effort.

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  14. New info 'turning point' in schoolboy murder casepublished at 18:28 British Summer Time 22 October 2020

    An abuse victim reveals possible new leads in the unsolved death of eight-year-old Vishal Mehrotra.

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  15. Migrant 'paid £13k for VIP smuggling trip'published at 17:40 British Summer Time 22 October 2020

    A Vietnamese migrant tells a court he used the same route into the UK as 39 migrants who died.

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  16. Tory quits government job over free school mealspublished at 16:23 British Summer Time 22 October 2020

    Caroline Ansell has resigned after voting for a Labour plan to offer free school meals in the holidays.

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  17. Burglar who murdered pensioner jailedpublished at 15:26 British Summer Time 22 October 2020

    Darren McClean was jailed for 32 years for the murder of 88-year-old Dennis Kellond at his home.

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  18. Kitchen worker jailed over flat murderpublished at 12:34 British Summer Time 22 October 2020

    Albanian Serxhio Marku was found with injuries in a Brighton flat and died later in hospital.

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  19. Knife crime deaths 'most tragic' to be involved inpublished at 18:19 British Summer Time 21 October 2020

    Dr Duncan Bootland works in a major trauma hospital and deals with about two stabbing cases a week.

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  20. Man raises £20k on tribute walk to sonpublished at 17:50 British Summer Time 21 October 2020

    BBC Midlands Today

    A man has completed a 350-mile walk from the south coast to Stoke-on-Trent in memory of his baby son who died from heart complications last year.

    Chris arriving at Royal Stoke

    Chris Gibbs, from Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, set off from Eastbourne four weeks ago.

    The walk raised £20,000 for the Royal Stoke University Hospital and Birmingham Children's Hospital, which both cared for his son, Thiago.

    Mr Gibbs said his walk connected important places in his life.

    "That meant my birthplace, Eastbourne. So I set off from there, went via Birmingham where we lost our little man in November last year and ending in Stoke-on-Trent at the hospital where my wife works and my son was born."