South East news

• Councillor backs campaign to block housing scheme

  20-05-2025 07:07 via bbc.com
  
  Campaigners are against plans to build 5,000 new homes on Lenham Heath in Kent.
  
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• Theatre in 'jeopardy' due to football pitch plans

  06-01-2026 16:55 via bbc.com
  The theatre manager says noise from the proposed pitch will "overwhelm anything on our stage".
  
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• Sussex struggles in sub zero weather

  06-01-2026 15:02 via bbc.com
  A weather warning for ice is in place across Kent, Sussex and Surrey for Wednesday morning.
  
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• Family pays tribute to journalist killed in crash

  06-01-2026 13:48 via bbc.com
  Patrick Dane, from Chichester, died at the scene of the crash on the A31 in Hampshire, police say.
  
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• 'I hope to compete at my first Paralympic Games'

  06-01-2026 07:24 via bbc.com
  Athlete Lana Sutton lives with cerebral palsy and is hoping to compete in Los Angeles in 2028.
  
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• 'Enormous disruption' fear as building work begins

  06-01-2026 07:23 via bbc.com
  Councillors in Brighton say the new junction linking the seafront with Valley Gardens will improve safety.
  
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• Anger at Gatwick Airport drop-off fee hike

  06-01-2026 07:22 via bbc.com
  But an airport spokesperson says the new £10 charge is needed because costs are increasing.
  
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• Village 'pride' at 60 years of Camberwick Green

  05-01-2026 17:37 via bbc.com
  Wivelsfield Green is thought to be the inspiration for the beloved stop-motion animation show.
  
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• Golf club protest over closure and housing plans

  05-01-2026 17:05 via bbc.com
  The club is facing closure because of an application to build 3,000 homes on the site.
  
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• Dog rescued from cliff edge by coastguard

  05-01-2026 16:57 via bbc.com
  The dog was found on a ledge partway down the cliff near Cuckmere Cottages in Seaford, East Sussex.
  
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• Sussex says goodbye to another store

  05-01-2026 16:52 via bbc.co.uk
  A fourth branch of Poundland has closed its doors in Sussex in just five months.
  
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• 43% rise in Gatwick drop off prices

  05-01-2026 12:54 via bbc.co.uk
  Gatwick Airport is set to become the most expensive in the UK for drop offs.
  
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• Dangerous driving arrest after crash on A27

  05-01-2026 12:42 via bbc.com
  Sussex Police is appealing for witnesses to a crash between a BMW and a Range Rover on 3 January.
  
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• Snow falls in Sussex as temperatures plummet

  05-01-2026 09:50 via bbc.com
  Between 2-3cm of snow has fallen in Worthing, Shoreham and Horsham, residents say.
  
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• Driver blasts 'deplorable' Blue Badge wait times

  05-01-2026 07:05 via bbc.com
  Graham Kifford, from Eastbourne, has waited more than six months for a disabled parking badge.
  
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• M2 reopens after motorcyclist dies in crash

  04-01-2026 20:24 via bbc.com
  Both carriageways were shut after the collision on a stretch of the motorway in Kent.
  
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• Hull & Sheff Utd fixtures among 17 EFL games off

  04-01-2026 16:26 via bbc.com
  Hull's game against Watford becomes the latest English Football League fixture on Sunday to be postponed because of freezing conditions.
  
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• Wolf Moon lights up skies across south of England

  04-01-2026 16:08 via bbc.com
  Your photos of the Wolf Moon as it lights up the sky across the South and South East.
  
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• Two dead after car leaves road in crash

  04-01-2026 15:28 via bbc.com
  Two people in a blue Ford Fiesta died and a third was taken to hospital, police say.
  
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• Vera Lynn charity collecting Christmas trees

  04-01-2026 12:00 via bbc.com
  Removals are available in East and West Sussex, Kent, and Surrey, the children's charity says.
  
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• Accommodation for homeless during cold spell

  04-01-2026 10:42 via bbc.com
  The "severe weather emergency protocol" is running until Wednesday, Medway Council says.
  
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• Raducanu withdraws from United Cup tie against Osaka

  04-01-2026 08:20 via bbc.com
  Emma Raducanu withdraws from her match against Naomi Osaka as Great Britain start their United Cup campaign with a 2-1 group stage win against Japan in Australia.
  
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• The plan to reduce the population of the poor

  04-01-2026 08:05 via bbc.com
  Convicts were detained in prison hulks moored at River Medway before being transported to Australia.
  
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• Council offering free use of leisure centre hall

  04-01-2026 08:04 via bbc.com
  The main sports hall inside the Maidstone Leisure Centre seats up to 1,200 people, the council says.
  
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• Family of UK couple held in Iran take petition to No 10

  03-01-2026 21:56 via bbc.com
  Lindsay and Craig Foreman were taken into custody a year ago during a world motorcycle tour.
  
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• Crawley sign defenders Russell and Odimayo

  03-01-2026 21:47 via bbc.com
  Crawley Town sign full-back Jonny Russell from Northern Ireland club Glentoran for an undisclosed fee and also bring in defender Akin Odimayo.
  
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• Veteran wins £115k after 'really bad year'

  03-01-2026 20:28 via bbc.com
  Paul and Kay Salt, from Greatstone, have won £115,383 in the People's Postcode Lottery.
  
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• Girl, 13, who died in house fire named by police

  03-01-2026 15:54 via bbc.com
  The circumstances behind the fire are not being treated as suspicious, Kent Police say.
  
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• Former wicketkeeper Long dies aged 85

  03-01-2026 13:43 via bbc.com
  Former wicketkeeper Arnold Long, a trophy winner with both Surrey and Sussex, dies aged 85.
  
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• Four arrests made after gurdwara disturbance

  03-01-2026 13:06 via bbc.com
  One person was treated at the scene by South East Coast Ambulance Service paramedics, police say.
  
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