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• Cocaine worth £35m seized in harbour sting

  09-06-2026 17:21 via bbc.com
  
  Investigators found the drugs after boarding a fishing boat called the New Horizon.
  
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• 'It's a village not an M25 junction'

  10-06-2026 15:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Villagers in a corner of Sussex are angry at the infrastructure that's taken over the A21.
  
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• Police appeal after railway station staff attacked

  10-06-2026 13:35 via bbc.com
  
  The victim of the Brighton Railway Station attack was left unconscious and with a fractured skull.
  
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• Crawley bring in ex-Arsenal keeper Mannone as coach

  10-06-2026 12:14 via bbc.com
  
  Crawley Town appoint former Arsenal and Sunderland goalkeeper Vito Mannone as a player-coach.
  
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• Olly Smith dedicates 'wine crime' novel to Sussex

  10-06-2026 07:19 via bbc.com
  
  Sussex sommelier Olly Smith describes his debut novel as "a love letter to Lewes".
  
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• Freud's painting of woman could fetch up to £35m

  10-06-2026 07:17 via bbc.com
  
  Sue Tilley, from St Leonards, was the model for Lucien Freud's Sleeping by the Lion Carpet.
  
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• Nurse fights back against plastic beach waste

  10-06-2026 07:15 via bbc.com
  
  Sammie Aplin began collecting plastic from the beach on her walk to work.
  
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• Prison drugs cause 13 emergencies in one day

  10-06-2026 07:08 via bbc.com
  
  An IMB report says drugs and self-harm issues affected prisons in Surrey, Sussex and Kent in 2025.
  
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• Asylum minister admits failings over Crowborough

  09-06-2026 21:03 via bbc.com
  
  Alex Norris told the Home Affairs Committee he "deeply regretted" how the situation played out.
  
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• Pro-Palestinian protester 'wanted to shut factory'

  09-06-2026 19:28 via bbc.com
  
  Four targeted a company as they believed it was involved in the supply chain to Israel, a court hears.
  
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• Water supply issues in heat added to Ofwat probe

  09-06-2026 15:59 via bbc.com
  
  The regulator says failures in May that hit households in Kent could form part of its investigation.
  
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• Man who grabbed woman's hair and asked for kiss sentenced in legal first

  09-06-2026 15:35 via bbc.com
  
  David Stroud was convicted in a first-of-its-kind sex-based harassment prosecution in May.
  
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• Four arrested after crash and suspected gunshot

  09-06-2026 14:14 via bbc.com
  
  Four men have been arrested and are currently in hospital under police guard.
  
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• Calls for new law to cut catapult crime

  09-06-2026 07:04 via bbc.com
  
  Police, politicians and charities are holding talks with the Home Office about catapult crime.
  
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• Hunt glad to be back after 'surreal' T20 start

  08-06-2026 19:27 via bbc.com
  
  Sussex paceman Sean Hunt says he is relieved to be putting an injury-hit 12 months behind him after taking five wickets in his first two T20 Blast games.
  
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• Kent's Billings anticipating 'feisty' Essex clash

  08-06-2026 16:13 via bbc.com
  
  Kent Spitfires' T20 Blast captain Sam Billings says he expects a "feisty" game against Essex on Tuesday.
  
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• Wooden throne carved in memory of girl, 7

  08-06-2026 15:40 via bbc.com
  
  The Halling community raised about £50,000 after Sofia Le Brunn-Healey died of a brain tumour.
  
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• Tributes paid to 'kind couple' killed in crash

  08-06-2026 14:56 via bbc.com
  
  Kent Police renew their appeal for information into the circumstances surrounding the crash.
  
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• Leak reveals fire stations marked for closure

  08-06-2026 12:58 via bbc.com
  
  The BBC has learned the five on-call stations that Kent Fire and Rescue Service is proposing to axe.
  
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• Classic Margate tour for Only Fools fans

  08-06-2026 12:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Jolly Boys Outing was a classic Christmas special from Only Fools and Horses.
  
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• Cyclist to cross globe after heart recovery

  08-06-2026 07:03 via bbc.com
  
  Tom Williamson is cycling around the world after passing out during an attempt to cross Britain.
  
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• Traffic restrictions extended outside more schools

  08-06-2026 07:00 via bbc.com
  
  More than 33,000 fines are said to have been issued since the idea was introduced in March 2024.
  
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• T20 Blast round-up: Sussex beat Kent for second win

  07-06-2026 21:01 via bbc.com
  
  Australia all-rounder Beau Webster smashes the first T20 century of his career as Warwickshire Bears pick up their first win in the T20 Blast at Somerset.
  
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• Archbishop of Canterbury tours ambulance service

  07-06-2026 15:32 via bbc.com
  
  Dame Sarah Mullally pays a visit to an ambulance service centre in Gillingham.
  
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• 'Feisty' young lioness dies at Kent wildlife park

  07-06-2026 11:54 via bbc.com
  
  Amali, 2, developed a life-threatening intestinal obstruction, the safari park in Hythe says.
  
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• Village solar system model shows planets and stars

  07-06-2026 08:15 via bbc.com
  
  How a Kent village created a scale model of the solar system to help people understand space.
  
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• Only Fools fans can relive classic seaside trip

  07-06-2026 08:13 via bbc.com
  
  A new tour inspired by the 1989 Only Fools and Horses special lets fans follow the Trotters' trip to Margate.
  
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• Commemorative plaque honours World War Two hero

  06-06-2026 20:44 via bbc.com
  
  A Victoria Cross recipient who risked his life in World War Two is honoured with a plaque in Dover.
  
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• Events disrupted as high winds hit south coast

  06-06-2026 20:37 via bbc.com
  
  A Met Office yellow warning of high winds stretched from Selsey to Lydd in the South East.
  
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• Brighton agree £21.5m deal for winger Yohanna

  06-06-2026 20:25 via bbc.com
  
  Brighton agree to sign Nigerian winger Zadok Yohanna from AIK Stockholm in a deal worth £21.5m.
  
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