Sussex News

Reform UK has described its performance in last week’s local elections in Crawley as “staggering” after securing 18 council seats across the borough and county councils.

Plans to release more than £250,000 for the refurbishment of Age Concern Southbourne’s New Road home have been backed by Chichester District Council’s cabinet.

A drug dealer has been jailed after operating a phone line used to supply crack cocaine and heroin in Bognor.

Three women have sadly been found dead in the sea off Brighton this morning.

Police are appealing for witnesses following a fatal two-vehicle collision in Worthing.

A drug dealer who tried to jump from a first floor window to avoid arrest has been jailed.

A man has been charged following a reported shoplifting incident at a supermarket in Lewes.

Train services across parts of East and West Sussex have returned to normal following major disruption caused by electrical and signalling faults.

Emergency pothole repairs have been completed in Brighton and Hove after poor road conditions led to disruption on several bus routes.

Police have seized drugs, cash and suspected stolen vehicles following warrants carried out at a site near Billingshurst.

A teacher at a former Rottingdean school has been charged with sex offences against three boys.

Police have confirmed a suspected firearm recovered in Eastbourne was a plastic toy gun.

A 37-year-old Brighton man has been jailed for 15 years for the rape and sexual assault of a child.

A new convenience store in Newhaven has reportedly been targeted by online shoplifting threats before it has even opened to customers.

The device uses clay and passive airflow technology to dry food naturally without electricity, solar panels or expensive equipment.

Passengers travelling across Sussex are facing disruption this morning after a fault with the electric third rail near Brighton.

A man has been charged with the rape of a woman in Worthing.

A man has died following a late-night crash in Ashington. Emergency services were called to London Road, Ashington at around 10.13pm on May 9 after reports that a car had collided with a stationary vehicle. The driver, a 43-year-old man from Surrey, was pronounced dead at the scene. Sussex Police say the man’s family has been informed, with specialist officers providing support. An investigation into the circumstances surrounding the collision is now underway, with officers a

Govia Thameslink Railway is set to be brought into public ownership later this month, ending more than a decade of private operation across Sussex and the wider South East.

A drink-driver who spat at two police officers and a supermarket worker has been convicted in court.