South East news

• Buses withdrawn as 'precaution' after fire

  08-12-2025 16:30 via bbc.com
  Metrobus says services are disrupted as a bus manufacturer investigates the "isolated" blaze.
  
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• Gatwick Airport drop-off charge rises to £10 for 10 minutes

  12-12-2025 14:03 via bbc.com
  Drop-off fees will rise from £7 to £10 at the West Sussex airport from 6 January.
  
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• De La Warr Pavilion celebrates 90th anniversary

  12-12-2025 10:53 via bbc.com
  The Bexhill venue hosted Bob Marley, Keane and others, while Suzy Eddie Izzard once worked there.
  
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• Savings planned as council faces £54m deficit

  12-12-2025 07:17 via bbc.com
  The council says the latest £3.1m savings will go "nowhere near" filling the expected budget gap.
  
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• 'My dad was killed by a drug-driver. Now I want tougher laws'

  12-12-2025 02:00 via bbc.com
  Bereaved families demand roadside licence bans after drug driving deaths surge 78% in a decade.
  
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• Plans to close two libraries approved by council

  11-12-2025 22:04 via bbc.com
  Brighton & Hove City Council says it is facing a challenging financial situation.
  
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• 'Christmas is soul-destroying if you are homeless'

  11-12-2025 20:27 via bbc.com
  A charity says 382,618 people in England, including 175,025 children, will spend this Christmas homeless.
  
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• Legal challenge filed against army camp asylum plan

  11-12-2025 18:10 via bbc.com
  Residents in Crowborough have brought legal proceedings against the Home Office.
  
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• Call for ship owner to fund beach container clean-up

  11-12-2025 17:44 via bbc.com
  Volunteers have been cleaning up debris in West Sussex after containers fell off a cargo ship.
  
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• South East NHS trusts act over rise in flu cases

  11-12-2025 17:21 via bbc.com
  Dr Tom Clark, from Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust, says "things are really critical".
  
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• Warning as lead and arsenic wash up on beach

  11-12-2025 07:26 via bbc.com
  Heavy metals are found on plastic pellets which washed up on the Sussex and Kent coast.
  
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• Landslip 'early warning system' installed by residents

  11-12-2025 07:16 via bbc.com
  One woman tells the BBC she could not believe it when she saw a landslide heading towards her home.
  
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• Rolling Stones finally approve Fatboy Slim sample after 25 years

  11-12-2025 01:01 via bbc.com
  One of the most bootlegged dance tracks of all time, Satisfaction Skank, gets an official release.
  
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• 'I feel genuinely terrified about Brighton'

  10-12-2025 16:53 via bbc.co.uk
  Masie Adam is heading out on tour, but hopes the Hailsham rivalry doesn't get in the way.
  
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• 'No refunds' policy for dreadful drone show

  10-12-2025 12:06 via bbc.co.uk
  Visitors to the show were left angry after most of the drones appeared to be faulty.
  
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• IVF podcasters 'thrilled' to win audio award

  10-12-2025 07:05 via bbc.com
  Becky and Ben Saer say they are thrilled with an APA award for their podcast on fertility treatment.
  
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• Cycling, wheeling and walking schemes given £133m

  10-12-2025 07:05 via bbc.com
  The money is part of a £626m package announced as part of the government's Spending Review in June.
  
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• Track UK's latest migration numbers - including asylum, visas and small boats

  09-12-2025 19:21 via bbc.com
  Use our interactive tracker to explore the latest migration statistics for the UK
  
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• Child in hospital after car crashed into group

  09-12-2025 18:14 via bbc.com
  The crash involving a car and four children happened at Brighton Marina at about midday, police say.
  
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• Paul Hollywood's kitchen garden plan rejected

  09-12-2025 17:23 via bbc.com
  The Great British Bake Off judge was told the plan was not "appropriate" for his Ashford home.
  
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• South East Water boss urged to face MPs to explain crisis

  09-12-2025 17:15 via bbc.com
  Following days without water for 24,000 customers, a boiled water notice remains in force.
  
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• Coastal 'carnage' from banana container debris

  09-12-2025 16:43 via bbc.com
  Residents say debris is constantly washing ashore and the sea is like "polystyrene soup".
  
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• 'Shocking' 71 driving arrests in Christmas crackdown

  09-12-2025 15:55 via bbc.com
  Sussex Police are testing motorists across the county in a campaign to prevent drink and drug driving.
  
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• Dame Judi Dench 'horrified' by theatre sale plan

  09-12-2025 15:20 via bbc.com
  Broadstairs Memorial Hall will be sold at auction with a guide price of £350,000.
  
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• Fundraisers sleep rough for homelessness charity

  09-12-2025 15:00 via bbc.com
  A total of 33 participants slept overnight under the Brighton i360 to fundraise for charity.
  
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• Another illegal waste tip investigated in Kent

  09-12-2025 12:09 via bbc.co.uk
  Just two miles from an illegal tip at Raspberry Hill Park Farm.
  
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• Noise complaints over bead pollution clean-up

  09-12-2025 07:05 via bbc.com
  Southern Water says it is using a large machine underground to clear up spilled biobeads.
  
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• Illegal waste tip investigation launched in Kent

  09-12-2025 07:04 via bbc.com
  The site at Basser Hill near Sittingbourne is being investigated by the Environment Agency.
  
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• Ambulance trust urges caution over festive period

  09-12-2025 07:04 via bbc.com
  Secamb says 999 calls are likely to exceed 3,000 over the festive period.
  
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• AI therapy chatbot 'works best with emotion'

  09-12-2025 07:04 via bbc.com
  The research suggests AI therapy works if patients "feel emotionally close" to the chatbot.
  
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