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• Grant awarded to help repair 'real local icon'

  04-12-2025 07:22 via bbc.com
  The Grade II-listed building is on the Heritage at Risk Register due to its poor condition.
  
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• 'We can't wash': Families hit by Kent water crisis

  04-12-2025 07:13 via bbc.com
  Families in Kent and East Sussex are having to boil drinking water as supply issues continue.
  
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• Refugees 'living in anxiety' amid asylum reform plans

  04-12-2025 07:09 via bbc.com
  Ukrainian and Syrian refugees in the South East say they are living in uncertainty.
  
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• Boil water warning after Kent and Sussex supply failure

  03-12-2025 23:05 via bbc.com
  The Prime Minister calls Kent water crisis “shocking” as 24,000 homes are warned to boil water.
  
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• Man killed with 'chilling brutality', court hears

  03-12-2025 20:57 via bbc.com
  Donald Excell denies killing Rita Lambourne with an axe at her home in Bexhill, East Sussex.
  
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• Genesis guitarist joins solar farm protest

  03-12-2025 17:45 via bbc.com
  The Genesis star is among residents disappointed at the approval of a 61-acre solar farm.
  
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• Is tap water safe for 24,000 cut-off households?

  03-12-2025 16:43 via bbc.com
  The BBC answers your questions about the South East Water disruption affecting Kent and East Sussex.
  
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• Over £13k donated after family cottage burns down

  03-12-2025 16:31 via bbc.com
  Olly Room pays tribute to the "beauty of kind people's offers" after his Sussex home burns down.
  
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• 'I rushed into the inferno, but couldn't save them'

  03-12-2025 16:14 via bbc.co.uk
  A family cottage in Nutley, on the edge of the Ashdown Forest, was destroyed by fire.
  
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• Prime suspect named in unsolved woman's murder from 2005

  03-12-2025 16:01 via bbc.com
  Jennifer Kiely, 35, was murdered in a seafront shelter in Eastbourne, East Sussex, in January 2005.
  
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• Sixteen treated after carbon monoxide leak at flats

  03-12-2025 15:13 via bbc.com
  South East Coast Ambulance Service says seven people were hospitalised after the leak in Hastings.
  
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• Why is South East Water under so much pressure now?

  03-12-2025 13:32 via bbc.com
  Why is South East Water facing repeated supply failures and growing criticism from customers and MPs?
  
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• Suspected killer named in 20-year-old cold case

  03-12-2025 13:02 via bbc.co.uk
  35 year old Jennifer Keily was found dead in a shelter on Eastbourne Seafront in 2005.
  
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• Gravestone and decorations vandalised at church

  03-12-2025 07:18 via bbc.com
  The church's vicar described seeing the anti-social behaviour through CCTV as a "shock".
  
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• Love Island star issues warning over Christmas scams

  03-12-2025 07:14 via bbc.com
  Amy Hart, from Worthing, is warning people about scams after she lost £5,000 to fraudsters.
  
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• Former Conservative MP Sir John Stanley dies at 83

  02-12-2025 20:58 via bbc.com
  Sir John was MP for Tonbridge and Malling from 1974 to 2015, holding several government posts.
  
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• 'Send in the army' to help with water chaos - Davey

  02-12-2025 19:00 via bbc.com
  Thousands of households in Tunbridge Wells, Pembury and Frant will be without water for a fifth day.
  
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• Eubank reveals 'health issues' but hopes to return

  02-12-2025 18:11 via bbc.com
  Chris Eubank Jr says he will not box again until he is "100%" fit after revealing he has been dealing with "health issues".
  
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• Murder investigation launched after fatal stabbing

  02-12-2025 17:27 via bbc.com
  A man in his 30s has been arrested in connection with the stabbing in Kent.
  
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• Man who killed baby daughter has sentence increased

  02-12-2025 17:04 via bbc.com
  Thomas Holford shook daughter Everleigh Stroud with "excessive and severe force", the court heard.
  
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• Kent seamer Quinn signs new two-year contract

  02-12-2025 13:00 via bbc.com
  Kent seam bowler Matt Quinn signs a new two-year contract with the club.
  
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• 14,000 homes face fourth day without water

  02-12-2025 11:35 via bbc.co.uk
  Water supplies failed in Tunbridge Wells on Saturday.
  
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• The new year goal of 'building a better Emma Raducanu'

  02-12-2025 11:00 via bbc.com
  Emma Raducanu hopes to develop a better base level in 2026 so she can dictate matches and worry less about her opponents' strengths.
  
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• Raducanu 'isn't hiding any more' after stalking ordeal

  02-12-2025 11:00 via bbc.com
  Emma Raducanu is now comfortable travelling by public transport and does not feel she is "hiding from anything any more" after her stalking ordeal.
  
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• Prison staff 'begging for help' as mental health sick days rise

  02-12-2025 08:01 via bbc.com
  Almost 150,000 working days were lost in England's prisons last year because of mental ill-health.
  
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• Councillors could block Reform £3.3m property sale

  02-12-2025 07:21 via bbc.com
  Maidstone Conservative councillors are aiming to stop Invicta House being converted into flats.
  
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• Kent women feature in 'powerful' new photo series

  02-12-2025 07:17 via bbc.com
  Photographer Anita Corbin says the portraits show the "beauty, depth and dignity" of later life.
  
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• 'If you have debt you are not in control'

  02-12-2025 07:15 via bbc.com
  A charity is urging people in the South East to reach out for help if they are in diffuculty.
  
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• Man charged over M20 death of football coach

  01-12-2025 18:42 via bbc.com
  Zvonko Tomisa appears in Medway Magistrates' Court charged with causing death by dangerous driving.
  
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• Refunds wanted after 'awful' Christmas drone show

  01-12-2025 17:10 via bbc.com
  The Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Drone Show was at the South of England Showground in Ardingly.
  
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• Refunds demanded for 'horrific' festive drone show

  01-12-2025 14:14 via bbc.co.uk
  A festive drone show near Ardingly has left ticket holders demanding a refund.
  
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• Half a million Christmas lights are family's tribute to son

  01-12-2025 13:37 via bbc.com
  The lights in the Kent village of Boughton-Under-Blean are a tribute to Jack Clark, who was born critically ill.
  
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• Is Rachel Reeves supported by south east Londoners? Poll - Yahoo News UK

  01-12-2025 06:00 via news.google.com
  Is Rachel Reeves supported by south east Londoners? Poll  Yahoo News UK
  
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• Man dies after falling overboard from Channel boat

  30-11-2025 20:57 via bbc.com
  The man’s body has been recovered off the coast of Newhaven following a search led by the coastguard.
  
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• Artists open houses in run-up to Christmas

  30-11-2025 20:43 via bbc.com
  More than 60 houses stretching across Brighton, Hove and beyond are taking part over three weekends.
  
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• Thousands march against barracks asylum seeker plan

  30-11-2025 18:41 via bbc.com
  The demonstrators oppose Home Office plans to house up to 540 male asylum seekers in the town.
  
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• How a village defeated a brutal smuggling gang

  30-11-2025 12:54 via bbc.com
  The Hawkhurst Gang had terrorised Kent and Sussex before they were finally wiped out in 1749.
  
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• Water supply issues to continue throughout Sunday

  30-11-2025 12:11 via bbc.com
  The issue is not expected to be resolved until 18:00 GMT, South East Water has said.
  
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• Search for buyer to help preserve historic fort

  30-11-2025 11:09 via bbc.com
  Fort Darnet, built in the 19th Century as a naval defence, is on the market for £50,000.
  
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• The Wham! demo the world has never heard

  30-11-2025 08:00 via bbc.com
  Producer Paul Mex used a broom and a sofa to help record the demo at Andrew Ridgeley's family home.
  
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• 'My friends in the care home helped my recovery'

  30-11-2025 08:00 via bbc.com
  Ann Matthews is recovering in an East Grinstead care home after surgery complications.
  
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• E-bike safety warning after grandfather's death

  30-11-2025 08:00 via bbc.com
  Jim Blackwood, 91, died three months after being hit by an e-bike outside his Rochester home.
  
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• Great Train Robbery evidence to be auctioned

  30-11-2025 07:59 via bbc.com
  Crime scene photographs, police communications and memorabilia will be up for sale.
  
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• Tudor portrait could fetch up to £3m at auction

  30-11-2025 07:27 via bbc.com
  Sotheby's expert Julian Gascoigne says the portrait has been "spectacularly well preserved".
  
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• Assisted dying bill anniversary sparks gatherings

  29-11-2025 20:07 via bbc.com
  Demonstrations are held in Worthing and Brighton to support the assisted dying bill's progression.
  
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• People had to jump to avoid car, police say

  29-11-2025 18:50 via bbc.com
  Poloce are appealing for information after the car crashed and sped away through Littlehampton.
  
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• Brighton apologise for Japanese soldier post that caused offence in China

  29-11-2025 16:38 via bbc.com
  Brighton apologise for "any offence caused in China" caused by a post on social media that featured an image of a Japanese World War Two soldier.
  
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• Leader behind pardon for witches plan faces council no confidence vote

  29-11-2025 11:30 via bbc.com
  The Green Party's Stuart Jeffery has been the leader of Maidstone Borough Council since May.
  
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• Disruption at Gatwick as Airbus planes are grounded

  29-11-2025 10:23 via bbc.com
  The issue is thought to affect 6,000 planes, which will need to undergo an urgent software update or have computers replaced.
  
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• Weightlifting pensioners set sights on competition

  29-11-2025 10:15 via bbc.com
  David Wallis, 81, and Rachel Glenny, 77, will be in Sunday's South East Powerlifting championships.
  
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