Summary

  • Our live coverage on Sunday 21 January 2024 has come to an end

  • Widespread warnings were in place across the UK as Storm Isha brought rain and gusts of wind of up to 80mph (128km/h)

  • The Queen Elizabeth the Second Bridge at Dartford closed due to the high winds

  • People were warned there's a good chance of power cuts, which could affect services such as mobile phone coverage

  1. Adult social care cuts to be debated furtherpublished at 17:27 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March

    Councillors may decide to take no further action or refer measures to cabinet for a final decision.

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  2. Plans for Surrey council reorganisation agreedpublished at 16:14 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March

    Councillors approve a plan to call for two unitary authorities, with other councils being scrapped.

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  3. New appeal to find burglar who tied up womanpublished at 15:50 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March

    Crimestoppers says £1.4m worth of items were taken from the elderly woman's property in Sevenoaks.

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  4. Mum to run 62 miles in late husband's memorypublished at 15:39 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March

    Jojo Clark is taking on the challenge after her husband died from a cardiac arrest two years ago.

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  5. Sara's Law proposed to protect vulnerable childrenpublished at 13:07 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March

    Woking MP Will Forster is proposing a law which will regulate council responses to children at risk.

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  6. Billy Monger sets sights on 2028 Paralympic Gamespublished at 12:51 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March

    The former racing driver said he was in "early-stage conversations" about the Los Angeles Games.

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  7. Library book returned 28 years latepublished at 12:04 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March

    Good Bones by Margaret Atwood was one of 24,000 books handed back to East Sussex Library Service.

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  8. Cash-strapped council could shut three libraries published at 10:54 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March

    Brighton & Hove City Council currently spends £3.7m a year on its library services.

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  9. Thousands raised for pensioner mauled by dogspublished at 10:52 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March

    Vic Franklin has had an arm and a leg amputated after being savaged by two escaped Rottweilers.

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  10. Work to start on turning former farm into reservepublished at 10:48 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March

    Guildford Borough Council says there will be wildflower meadows and new picnic areas.

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  11. Hockey match raises money in horse rider's memorypublished at 10:40 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March

    Friends and family remember the event rider who died who after a fall at the Bicton horse trials.

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  12. 'Covid lockdown was very lonely in my care home'published at 10:36 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March

    Sheila Hayward, 90, shares her memories of living in a care home during lockdown.

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  13. South East pothole repair bill is £2.5bn - reportpublished at 10:06 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March

    Kent County Council says it could be "much more proactive" if there was a change in the law.

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  14. Improvement plans for hospital car parkpublished at 07:53 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March

    NHS Frimley has announced overhaul plans for the car park at Frimley Park Hospital.

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  15. Public inquiry to begin into gasworks plan refusalpublished at 06:27 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March

    The developer, St William, is appealing the council's decision to refuse its planning application.

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  16. Thames Water documentary shows firm 'under siege'published at 06:19 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March

    Director Barney Peel and his team were given exclusive access to Thames Water staff over six months.

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  17. Will the Eurostar ever stop in Kent again?published at 06:19 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March

    Five years since Eurostar stopped offering services in Kent, calls are growing for it to return.

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  18. Why is Spelthorne council facing problems?published at 06:17 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March

    BBC Surrey political reporter Jack Fiehn looks at how Spelthorne council got into so much debt.

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  19. 'I thought I'd never meet my son due to Covid'published at 06:07 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March

    Karen Mannering, from Herne Bay, was hospitalised at six months pregnant after contracting Covid-19.

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  20. Couple fined £3k after two migrants found on vanpublished at 20:48 Greenwich Mean Time 17 March

    Lisa Russell says they have "no idea" a man and a teenager were hiding on the bike rack.

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