South East news

• Vitality Blast: 2022 tournament gets under way on Wednesday

  24-05-2022 16:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Kent Spitfires head coach Matt Walker challenges his side to become the first to win back-to-back T20 Blast titles.
  
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• Michael Gunning: Jamaican swimmer wants to be 'part of the change'

  24-05-2022 14:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former swimmer Michael Gunning says he wants to be "part of the change", with homosexuality still illegal in 36 Commonwealth countries.
  
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• Robbie McKenzie: Gillingham defender to leave after rejecting new deal

  24-05-2022 13:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Gillingham defender Robbie McKenzie rejects a new contract and will leave the club this summer.
  
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• Wayne Couzens denies four counts of indecent exposure

  24-05-2022 11:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The alleged offences are said to have taken place in the months before Sarah Everard's murder.
  
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• Partygate: Boris Johnson facing questions after photos emerge

  24-05-2022 10:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The PM and police are under scrutiny over photographs apparently showing the PM at a party during lockdown.
  
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• Demand for Medway food aid charity 'has doubled'

  23-05-2022 18:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Kent charity boss says she is helping around 18,000 people access food and support.
  
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• Ollie Robinson: Durham sign Kent wicketkeeper-batter on loan for T20 Blast

  23-05-2022 18:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Kent wicketkeeper-batter Ollie Robinson joins Durham on loan specifically for the forthcoming T20 Blast campaign.
  
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• Just Stop Oil protests: Four deny charges over M25 services damage

  23-05-2022 18:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Two men and two women are facing criminal damage charges after a protest targeting fuel pumps.
  
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• Channel migrants: Children among those crossing in small boats

  23-05-2022 14:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Some 685 people reached Kent in small boats last week as crossings continue on Monday.
  
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• Brighton 3-1 West Ham: Win caps 'fantastic' season for Seagulls - Graham Potter

  22-05-2022 21:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Brighton boss Graham Potter hails his side's "fantastic" season as victory over West Ham seals a ninth-placed finish with their record top-flight points tally.
  
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• Brighton 3-1 West Ham: David Moyes' side in Europa Conference next season

  22-05-2022 21:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  West Ham will play in the Europa Conference League next season after Brighton come from behind to win at Amex Stadium.
  
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• FA Vase final: Littlehampton Town 0-3 Newport Pagnell Town

  22-05-2022 19:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Newport Pagnell Town lift the FA Vase for the first time as Ben Shepherd's double sinks Littlehampton at Wembley.
  
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• County Championship: Zak Crawley hits 84 as Kent draw at Northants

  22-05-2022 18:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England batter Zak Crawley makes 84 as Kent draw their high-scoring County Championship game at Northants.
  
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• Crispin Blunt: MP should lose whip for Khan remarks - Labour

  22-05-2022 15:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Crispin Blunt should lose the whip for defending a fellow MP convicted of sex abuse, Labour says.
  
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• 'Welcome to Luton' stunt panics Gatwick Airport arrivals

  22-05-2022 12:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  YouTuber, Max Fosh, says the "prank" is to put smiles on faces and is sorry for any confusion caused.
  
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• Charlotte Edwards Cup: Wins for Central Sparks, Southern Vipers, South East Stars and Lightning

  21-05-2022 20:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Central Sparks and Southern Vipers maintain their 100% records in the Charlotte Edwards Cup by each recording their third successive win.
  
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• Ebbsfleet miss out on promotion to National League

  21-05-2022 19:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  York City and Dorking Wanderers win their respective play-off finals to secure promotion to the National League.
  
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• Charlotte Edwards Cup: South East Stars cruise to victory over Western Storm

  21-05-2022 15:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Aylish Cranstone and Kalea Moore hit half-centuries as South East Stars cruise to a seven-wicket win over Western Storm in the Charlotte Edwards Cup.
  
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• Championship: Kent's lower order help maintain control over Northamptonshire

  20-05-2022 20:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jack Leaning and Grant Stewart both hit half-centuries as Kent tighten grip on day two against Northamptonshire.
  
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• Jofra Archer: Sussex chief executive Rob Andrew says county will do 'everything we can' for fast bowler

  20-05-2022 19:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sussex chief executive Rob Andrew says the club will do "absolutely everything we can" for Jofra Archer.
  
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• Refugees expected in south-east London yet to arrive in the UK - Yahoo News UK

  20-05-2022 18:09 via uk.news.yahoo.com
  
  Refugees expected in south-east London yet to arrive in the UK  Yahoo News UK
  
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• Crawley Town release six players as talks carry on with eight more

  20-05-2022 17:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Defender Archie Davies is one of six players released by League Two side Crawley Town.
  
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• Crawley, Guildford and Medway upbeat after Queen's Platinum Jubilee city failure

  20-05-2022 13:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Crawley, Medway, and Guildford were not among the eight locations to have been made cities.
  
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• Platinum Jubilee: Eight towns to be made cities for Platinum Jubilee

  20-05-2022 13:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Locations including Milton Keynes, Dunfermline and Wrexham will be made cities in honour of the Queen.
  
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• Coastal towns 'need funds as much as in the North'

  20-05-2022 11:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tim Loughton MP said it was important levelling-up funds were not just "sending money to the North".
  
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• Bruno Tonioli leaves Strictly Come Dancing for good, replaced by Anton Du Beke

  20-05-2022 10:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Italian judge confirms his permanent exit from the show, and will be replaced by Anton Du Beke.
  
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• Barham learning disabilities hospital in special measures

  20-05-2022 07:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Inspectors find one person had been waiting 10 years to be discharged from Cedar House, in Barnham.
  
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• French Open: Emma Raducanu faces qualifier in first round; Novak Djokovic gets tricky draw

  19-05-2022 20:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Britain's Emma Raducanu will make her French Open debut against a qualifier, while Novak Djokovic is set for a tricky title defence.
  
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• Championship: Ben Compton, Daniel Bell-Drummond and Zak Crawley help Kent dominate Northants

  19-05-2022 20:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Kent pile up the runs as Ben Compton, Daniel Bell-Drummond and Zak Crawley all find form on day one at Northamptonshire
  
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• Listed UK law firm Knights expands again with £11.5m South East acquisition - The Global Legal Post

  19-05-2022 16:11 via globallegalpost.com
  
  Listed UK law firm Knights expands again with £11.5m South East acquisition  The Global Legal Post
  
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• FA Vase: Littlehampton Town and Newport Pagnell relishing Wembley final

  19-05-2022 15:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Littlehampton Town face Newport Pagnell Town for a £30,000 prize in the FA Vase final at Wembley.
  
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• Jofra Archer: England pace bowler to miss summer with back injury

  19-05-2022 11:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England fast bowler Jofra Archer will miss the entire season after suffering a stress fracture of the lower back.
  
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• Haywards Heath death: Police appeal after cyclist dies

  19-05-2022 09:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sussex Police say they want to speak to anyone who witnessed what happened to the cyclist.
  
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• WTA keeps rankings points for Nottingham, Birmingham & Eastbourne

  18-05-2022 20:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The WTA mirrors the ATP in deciding ranking points will be awarded for next month's UK grass-court events despite the ban on Russian and Belarusian players.
  
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• Monkeypox: Two more people infected to take total to nine in UK

  18-05-2022 20:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The virus doesn't usually spread easily and the risk to the UK population is low, officials say.
  
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• Cost of living: Reduced spending 'a worry' for East Sussex tourism industry

  18-05-2022 18:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Hastings & 1066 Country group says the cost of living crisis is "a concern" for the sector
  
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• South-East anglers hook benefits from Fisheries Improvement Fund - GOV.UK

  18-05-2022 17:20 via gov.uk
  
  South-East anglers hook benefits from Fisheries Improvement Fund  GOV.UK
  
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• UK inflation hits 40-year high of 9% as energy bills soar

  18-05-2022 15:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  UK inflation rises to its highest rate for 40 years in the year to April, jumping to 9% from 7%.
  
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• Julia James murder trial: Gamekeeper said Callum Wheeler 'got what he deserved'

  18-05-2022 11:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Gamekeeper who filmed Callum Wheeler with a murder weapon says the killer "got what he deserved".
  
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• Man died after mistakes at St Leonards hospital, inquest hears

  17-05-2022 19:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  David Morton-Holmes died days after doctors at Conquest Hospital treated him for a suspected stroke.
  
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• David Fuller: Victim's daughter loses High Court fight over inquiry

  17-05-2022 19:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Amanda Miah asked a High Court judge to give her the go-ahead for a legal challenge.
  
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• Operation Brock: M20 traffic controls to remain until after Jubilee

  17-05-2022 18:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Kent Resilience Forum says "a combination of factors" heightened the risk of disruption in Kent.
  
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• Emma Raducanu's carousel of coaches and why doing 'some pretty wacky things' may pay off

  17-05-2022 08:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Is Emma Raducanu's approach to coaching "brutal" or is doing "some pretty wacky things" going to pay off in the long run?
  
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• Julia James: Callum Wheeler guilty of PCSO murder

  16-05-2022 19:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Callum Wheeler attacked the 53-year-old after "ambushing" her in woodland while she walked her dog.
  
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• Big Plastic Count: Nearly 27,000 in South East sign up for UK’s biggest ever plastics investigation star ... - On The Wight

  16-05-2022 10:03 via onthewight.com
  Big Plastic Count: Nearly 27,000 in South East sign up for UK’s biggest ever plastics investigation star ...  On The Wight
  
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• Nearly 27,000 in the South East sign up for UK's biggest ever plastics investigation - Wokingham.Today

  16-05-2022 07:09 via wokingham.today
  
  Nearly 27,000 in the South East sign up for UK's biggest ever plastics investigation  Wokingham.Today
  
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• Leeds 1-1 Brighton: Jesse Marsch makes survival pledge after late Pascal Struijk goal

  15-05-2022 19:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Leeds manager Jesse Marsch says his side will "invest everything" to stay in the Premier League after finding a late equaliser against Brighton.
  
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• County Championship: Leicestershire's lower-order rescues draw against Sussex

  15-05-2022 19:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A century stand for the eighth wicket between Harry Swindells and Callum Parkinson saves Leicestershire against Sussex.
  
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• Dover Athletic 1-2 Weymouth

  15-05-2022 18:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tom Blair nets a late winner as Weymouth ended their season with a 2-1 triumph at Dover in a clash between two sides already relegated from the National League.
  
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• Barnet 2-4 Bromley

  15-05-2022 18:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bromley finish their season in style with a 4-2 victory over Barnet at The Hive.
  
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