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• Visitors urged to avoid bonfire event in Lewes

  18-09-2026 07:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Public bodies are urging potential visitors to support their own local celebrations instead.
  
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• Major seaside hotel fire treated as suspicious

  19-09-2026 22:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  About 280 people were evacuated from the premises at Folkestone's Grand Burstin Hotel.
  
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• Gills playing way into form - Aaron McLean's EFL takeaways

  19-09-2026 21:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Final Score pundit Aaron McLean looks at the weekend's talking points in the EFL, including Wrexham, QPR and Bradford City.
  
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• Floating home sought for bouyant river boozer

  19-09-2026 13:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Will Bower, from Angmering, created the floating pub out of a shed for his father's 60th birthday.
  
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• School celebrates ex-pupil's international call-up

  19-09-2026 11:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Kent-born Luis Binks has been named in Scotland's senior national football team for the first time.
  
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• 'Headguard makes me feel confident and unique'

  19-09-2026 11:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Brighton & Hove Albion forward says the headgear gives her the confidence to play aggressively.
  
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• From near oblivion to Europe - Brighton celebrate 125th anniversary

  19-09-2026 08:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  From obscurity and near oblivion to Premier League and Europe - Brighton celebrate their 125th anniversary.
  
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• 'Staff spat at and wrestled' during shop abuse

  19-09-2026 07:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Retail workers say they hope a new law will help to cut violence and abuse on the shop floor.
  
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• Woman sets out to save van bought in memory of mum

  19-09-2026 07:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ribs Norman bought the 1976 Citroën 2CV van with money left to her by her late mother.
  
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• Goodwood Revival returns celebrating vintage cars

  18-09-2026 19:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A display of car collections will display the brand's legacy on the road and the track.
  
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• Flight chaos caused by 'millisecond' software defect, report says

  18-09-2026 17:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The failure led to more than 2,000 flights being cancelled and hundreds of thousands of passengers affected.
  
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• New all-terrain police vehicle to patrol beaches

  18-09-2026 17:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sussex Police says the latest addition to its seafront patrols will give criminals no place to hide.
  
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• Teen who piloted Channel boat with 165 migrants jailed

  18-09-2026 15:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Chan Mathok Atak has been sentenced to two years and three months in prison after piloting the boat.
  
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• Controversial red route approved by city council

  18-09-2026 15:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Brighton & Hove council approves restrictions for Western Road, despite some traders' opposition.
  
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• Notts' title chances dented by loss to Sussex

  18-09-2026 14:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nottinghamshire's hopes of a successful title defence are all but over after a loss by seven wickets to Sussex at Hove.
  
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• Man pronounced dead made noise after hour of CPR

  18-09-2026 14:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Kent Police says paramedics "realised the man had started breathing" when completing final checks.
  
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• Halloween party rapist jailed for attack on sleeping teen

  18-09-2026 12:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Angelos Ntolakai, 23, denies rape but is convicted by a jury after trial.
  
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• Gills' Ainsworth praises 'surprise package' Dobbs

  18-09-2026 10:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Gillingham boss Gareth Ainsworth praises defender Logan Dobbs for his performances in the early weeks of this season.
  
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• Thames Water rescue deal should be rejected - MPs

  18-09-2026 07:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A report on the future of Thames Water, urging the government to take action, has been published.
  
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• Woman hit by e-bike calls for more police action

  18-09-2026 07:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Supt Jo Grantham, head of roads policing, says a new force operation is stepping up "our response".
  
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• Villagers' traffic fears over farm development plan

  18-09-2026 07:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Underriver residents are objecting to a proposal to change the use of a farm in Kent.
  
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• Parents have 'more hope' after Cyprus death debate

  18-09-2026 06:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Helen Low, from Dartford, says it was "emotional" seeing a debate in her son's name in Parliament.
  
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• New NHS cancer drug is 'bittersweet' for widower

  17-09-2026 22:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Fionnuala Quinlan-Bennett died in June, months before Enhertu was greenlit for the NHS in England.
  
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• Police 'incredibly concerned' by early prison release

  17-09-2026 21:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Chief Constable Jo Shiner says she is worried about the message it sends to offenders.
  
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• Notts' title hopes dented by dominant Sussex

  17-09-2026 19:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sussex bowlers Ari Karvelas and Jaydev Unadkat produce excellent displays to leave Nottinghamshire on the brink of defeat.
  
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• Day centre for disabled adults in Brighton to close

  17-09-2026 19:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The last council-run day centre for disabled adults in Brighton is to close despite opposition.
  
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• The significance of the John Gage pages

  17-09-2026 15:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The discovery of lost pages of a medieval book leads to a new insight into Sir John Gage.
  
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• Sussex baronet suspected to have defied Henry VIII

  17-09-2026 15:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The discovery of lost pages of a medieval book leads to a new insight into Sir John Gage.
  
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• Move to secure international tennis in Eastbourne

  17-09-2026 14:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The lease would expand year-round opportunities for schools and community groups.
  
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• Kent beat Lancashire to boost promotion hopes

  17-09-2026 14:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Kent remain firmly in the County Championship Division Two promotion race after they beat Lancashire by seven wickets at Canterbury.
  
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