East Sussex County Council has given final approval to a £693 million budget aimed at maintaining services across the county.

A pedestrian involved in a road traffic collision in Hastings has since sadly died.

Council leaders say rising demand and increasing costs have created a predicted £56 million budget shortfall for the 2026–27 financial year.

A man has been remanded in custody charged with rape and sexual offences relating to three girls in West Sussex.

Motorists in West Sussex are being urged not to drive through flooded roads after a highways worker was struck by a vehicle that ignored a road closure.

A landscape gardener from Horsham who sexually abused a girl over several years has been jailed.

The victim – a man in his 20s – reported being raped by a man at the Bognor Regis campus of the University of Chichester.

A community-led bid to buy or lease Clair Hall in Haywards Heath has been rejected by Mid Sussex District Council.