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  1. Katy Bourne elected for the third time as PCCpublished at 17:51 British Summer Time 10 May 2021

    Katy Bourne won with a total of 244,810 votes, 116,000 votes ahead of her closest rival.

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  2. Pilot dies in light aircraft crash in fieldpublished at 15:04 British Summer Time 10 May 2021

    The plane came down near Headcorn Aerodrome, between Ashford and Maidstone, on Sunday.

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  3. Conservative retains Kent police commissioner jobpublished at 14:47 British Summer Time 10 May 2021

    Matthew Scott is elected as Kent's police and crime commissioner for the second time.

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  4. Following the police taking on UK drug gangspublished at 13:43 British Summer Time 10 May 2021

    Panorama filmed officers trying to disrupt networks of dealers transporting drugs worth millions of pounds.

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  5. Convicted killer pins hopes on shoelace evidencepublished at 11:39 British Summer Time 10 May 2021

    Michael Stone hopes the clue will lead to him being cleared of Lin and Megan Russell's murders.

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  6. Stoneman ton as Surrey draw with Leicspublished at 18:52 British Summer Time 9 May 2021

    Mark Stoneman scores his first century of the season as Surrey's rain-affected game against Leicestershire ends in a draw.

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  7. Yorkshire in weather-hit draw with Kentpublished at 17:59 British Summer Time 9 May 2021

    Yorkshire's rain-affected County Championship game with Kent ends in a draw at Headingley.

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  8. More migrants cross English Channel in small boatspublished at 17:23 British Summer Time 9 May 2021

    The French authorities also prevent 140 people crossing the English Channel over the weekend.

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  9. Sanderson takes 10 in big Northants winpublished at 13:12 British Summer Time 9 May 2021

    Northants paceman Ben Sanderson finishes with 10 wickets in the match as his side wrap up an innings victory over Sussex.

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  10. Man held over murder of PCSO Julia Jamespublished at 12:38 British Summer Time 9 May 2021

    Police investigating the community support officer's death are given more time to question a man.

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  11. Conservative wins Surrey PCC post from independentpublished at 19:47 British Summer Time 8 May 2021

    Lisa Townsend replaces David Munro to become the county's third Police and Crime Commissioner.

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  12. County Championship affected by rainpublished at 18:30 British Summer Time 8 May 2021

    Rain affects Saturday's County Championship fixtures, with six games abandoned without a ball bowled.

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  13. Tories maintain majority on Kent County Councilpublished at 16:02 British Summer Time 8 May 2021

    The Conservatives secure 61 council seats and 49% of the vote in local elections.

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  14. Thank you, and goodnight from the live page teampublished at 20:13 British Summer Time 7 May 2021

    Bob Dale
    BBC Live reporter

    That's it for our coverage of today's local election results in the south east. Thank you for joining us.

    You can get more in-depth analysis of the results on our website.

    For Kent, click here.

    For updates from East and West Sussex, click here.

    And if you want to find out what's happening in Surrey, just click here.

    And for a look at the national picture, just go to the main BBC news site here.

  15. Conservatives retain grip on Surreypublished at 20:07 British Summer Time 7 May 2021

    The Tories hold Surrey County Council while votes continue for the boroughs and police commissioner.

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  16. County results trickle in for Surreypublished at 19:44 British Summer Time 7 May 2021

    Amanda Akass
    Reporter, BBC South East Today

    The Conservatives hold another seat on Surrey County Council.

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  17. Burns leads Surrey fightback at Leicspublished at 19:41 British Summer Time 7 May 2021

    England opener Rory Burns makes his fourth half-century in seven innings this season as Surrey hit back against Leicestershire.

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  18. Jack has left the car park...published at 19:32 British Summer Time 7 May 2021

    ...and been allowed inside to hear some district council results.

    Good news for BBC Surrey's political reporter Jack Fiehn, who has spent the day reporting from a car park outside the venue in Dorking because of Covid restrictions.

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  19. Root makes 41 as Yorkshire seek leadpublished at 19:23 British Summer Time 7 May 2021

    England Test captain Joe Root makes 41 as day two of Yorkshire's Championship game against Kent ends finely poised at Headingley.

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  20. Labour leader in Crawley has warning for partypublished at 19:23 British Summer Time 7 May 2021

    One of the closest contests in the region, and also the country, will be in Crawley, where the Conservatives and Labour are going toe to toe.

    Labour leader Peter Lamb has words of warning for his party, should they not be able to hold onto this local authority in a key marginal parliamentary constituency.

    "We've got to be honest about this, if the result's not good then it shows that we have not yet managed to reconnect with people in the way that we wanted to".

    Peter Lamb