Sussex News

A second coastal sewage leak on the western side of St Leonards and Hastings, has led to a warning early today from the borough council: "the beach is closed, and more bathing bans might follow".

A licensed Brighton & Hove taxi driver who repeatedly sexually assaulted a woman on her way home from a night club, has been jailed.

Plans to remove Early Help services from all but 12 children and family centres in West Sussex have been approved by the county council.

CCTV images have been released of a man police want to speak to in connection with the rape of a woman on Worthing beach early last Sunday morning, July 25th.

An early report into Mid Sussex District Council’s budget for 2021/22 has forecast an overspend of almost £150,000.

A former doctor has been convicted of historic sex offences against five young people in Brighton, West Sussex, Hampshire and the West Midlands between 19 and 25 years ago.

Plans to build a 67-bedroom care home in Haywards Heath have been given the nod by Mid Sussex District Council.

A firefighter from West Sussex said he was just a millimetre or two from life-changing injuries — after a mis-sold chainsaw disc cutter slashed his leg.

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Click on the picture, above, to watch one prediction of how Storm Evert will blow across Sussex on Friday (July 30) but not before causing worse trouble in the West Country.

A hunt is on for a criminal, convicted of a string of violent offences against women and property in Sussex, but who failed to turn up to Hove Crown Court yesterday (July 28) for his hearing.

Funding, which aims to ensure city centres and seaside resorts are ready to welcome back visitors after lockdown, has been awarded to Brighton & Hove.

A shop in Rye, which sells branded items at cheaper prices, has released images of goods stolen in a burglary.

Wealden District Council continues to face a ‘sustained’ cyber-attack, councillors have heard. 

Proposals for a housing development in Barcombe are set to return to Lewes planners next week after being refused at a previous hearing. 

Adur’s first ever Green councillor has called for climate change to be treated as more of an emergency in the midst of recent extreme weather events.

Adur District Council is committed to finding a suitable replacement for IKEA at the New Monks Farm site after the retailer pulled out of the development earlier this month.

A prolific criminal from St Leonards has been jailed after pleading guilty to two robberies, assault, fraud and drug offences over a 12 month period.

Sussex Police & Crime Commissioner, Katy Bourne, is inviting residents to have their say on local crime and policing issues as part of her new online Talk Sussex survey.

An investigation is underway following an arson attack in St Leonards, believed to be just one of a series of targeted incidents.

Patients in Sussex suffering from Long Covid will be some of the first to take part in a pioneering study looking into the long term cognitive effects and treatments of the illness.

Police are appealing for witnesses after the death of a duck at Hellingly Country Park in East Sussex last Thursday.

The outside wall of an ice cream shop in Brighton could soon host colourful murals again after an art company applied for planning permission.

A craft beer company has been granted planning permission to set up shop in a former bookmakers at Fiveways.

Police have released shocking footage of the moment a lorry driver crashed into a prison van on the A27 while using a mobile phone.

Officers have found an unconscious man with a head injury on the street in Hastings.

Adur District Council has agreed to play its part in tackling domestic abuse by supporting adults and children whose abusive situations may have been exacerbated by the pandemic.

The government has awarded Brighton and Hove City Council extra funding to extend local coronavirus-related contact tracing.

A charity opening a new centre for traumatised young people in Worthing has put out what they're calling a DIY SOS.

A man in his 50s, who was out walking, was seriously injured yesterday (July 26) when a car collided with him in Peacehaven.

A driver who fell asleep at the wheel, and consequently killed her mother in a collision at Hurst Green, has avoided prison.

Volunteer RNLI lifeboat crews from Shoreham rescued a fisherman from the water, saving his life, after his boat overturned and sank — and no lifejacket was available.

Calls to introduce lower speed limits in towns and villages across East Sussex have been voted down by county councillors. 

Hundreds of people who use an emergency care service may not have the right number to call when they need it most.

A larger salary for a new chief executive at Adur and Worthing Councils has been backed despite opposition members labelling it ‘unpalatable’ in light of a recent NHS pay review.

Police are searching for a man who appeared to be attempting to enter a property in Bexhill in the early hours of the morning.

A 13-year-old boy has been taken to hospital with facial injuries after two teenagers, who were known to him, assaulted him repeatedly.

The borough of Hastings is set to receive £229k distributed through the government but originating from the EU's European Regional Development Fund.

Music fans will have to provide a negative Covid-19 test or proof of vaccination to be allowed into a festival in Brighton over three weekends this summer.

The council’s purchase of Teville Gate has been approved after decades of uncertainty and false starts surrounding the site in the heart of Worthing.

Two people with serious injuries were among four taken to hospital after a Peugeot ran into a tree in Hastings yesterday evening.

A woman in Worthing has suffered two assaults within the space of five days.

Calls to set an earlier target date on carbon neutrality have been voted down by East Sussex county councillors, after campaigners called for pension funds to be divested from fossil-fuel providers.

This is photographer Rob Lane's extraordinary observation late this afternoon (July 25), near the Rampion Wind Farm.

A man from Eastbourne died after the motorcycle he was riding was in collision with a car in the town yesterday.

A man and a woman, standing at a bus-stop in Hastings, have been injured and taken to hospital after a collision involving a car on Saturday morning.

A second warning for heavy rain and thunderstorms has been issued by the Met Office — and Sussex is included.

An East Sussex brewery has claimed a Gold medal at a prestigious awards ceremony.

Plans to build a four-storey block of flats in Worthing for the over-65s have been given the thumbs-up.

East Sussex County Council is to begin webcasting its scrutiny meetings, after councillors agreed to overturn a previous decision not to allow it.

Two former Sussex police officers have had allegations of breaching standards of professional behaviour proven against them.

Plans to open up a special education centre in Lewes to a wider range of pupils are to move on to the next stage.

A commitment to reducing and preventing incidents of domestic abuse and supporting adults and children affected has been made by Worthing Borough Council.

Concerns are growing for two teenagers believed to be missing in Sussex.

Outline plans to build 90 homes in Arundel have been approved by Arun District Council.

Compton Croquet Club will host a 24-hour croquet marathon today, in aid of the British Heart Foundation. 

A campaign group said it intends to be part of an organised "mass trespass" of some privately owned land in the South Downs near Brighton on Saturday (July 24).

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The danger of frequent lightning from thunderstorms accompanied by sharp downpours of rain are the main hazards we're being warned about, in a series of weather warnings issued today (Friday, 23 July).

A new promise has come of "robust action" from police against organisers, attendees, or prospective attendees, of unlicensed raves in Sussex.

A 96-year-old man has reportedly become the oldest person in the UK ever to complete a degree.

Police have begun an investigation following the death of a  motorcyclist outside the village of Woodmancote near Chichester yesterday morning.

Labour and Conservative councillors have banded together to remove the Old Shoreham Road cycle lane, to the dismay of the Greens.

Major improvements planned to the A259 have been broadly welcomed by Arun district councillors.

Proposals to erect a new sculpture on St Leonards seafront have been given the go ahead by town planners.

Plans to build an Islamic Faith School in Crawley have been refused by borough councillors by the narrowest of margins.

A large quantity of cash was lost when a thief reportedly stole a handbag from a shopper in a Chichester supermarket — and now there's new CCTV that could identify the culprit and an accomplice.

A company from Newhaven that provides a type of prefabricated housing has been appointed to build hundreds of council homes across Sussex and, first, in Lewes District.

Increasing wine production could be one way of improving agriculture in the "Greater Brighton" region, which covers a large part of Sussex.

East Sussex County Council says it has ‘significant concerns’ about the way Brighton and Hove City Council places its homeless residents in the county. 

Armed police were involved late last night in a car chase through Worthing, Lancing and Shoreham.

A man was arrested in Bognor yesterday morning following reports he'd been making threats with a weapon.

Green and Labour councillors spelt out different views on whether Brighton and Hove should set up a park and ride scheme at a meeting at Hove Town Hall.

A drug-driver has been given a suspended sentence and banned from driving for two years after she struck a pedestrian, pinning him against another vehicle.

A gross misconduct hearing has resulted in two Sussex police officers being dismissed from the force and a third given a written warning.

Two men aged 20 have been arrested in connection with a serious assault in Bognor Regis.

Thousands of cyclists are using the new seafront cycle lane every day compared with hundreds along the Old Shoreham Road cycle lane in Hove.

A man is being sought in connection with a car theft in Crawley Down.

A man has been remanded in custody after appearing in court accused of dangerous driving and drugs offence in Brighton.

A 16 year old girl has gone missing from her Brighton home after she said she was going to the beach.

Two elderly people have had their expensive watches robbed by women posing as charity collectors in West Sussex.

Rother District Council expects to close out the year in a better financial position than previously expected, councillors have heard.

Lewes councillors have backed calls for changes to the planning system.

Real-time air quality monitoring may be coming to Brighton and Hove after councillors unanimously backed a call for a city-wide set up.

Police have released an image of a man suspected of sexually assaulting a woman on Brighton Beach in mid June.

A man who raped one woman and assaulted another on the same night in Shoreham, has been jailed.

A man who raped an 18-year-old woman on the beach at Brighton has been sentenced.

Children in West Sussex who are eligible for free school meals, can now book places on the Holiday Activities and Food programme.

West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service firefighter Beth Parry-Evans and her partner Joanna Heal have cycled the length of Britain in just 13 days, raise more than £2,500 for a cause close to Beth's heart.

The leader of West Sussex County Council is to write to the Prime Minister to ask for the reform of the country’s social care system to be made a priority.

Plans have been approved for a large-scale pedal cycle and electric bike rental scheme covering Worthing and Adur.

The official heat warning covering all Sussex now lasts until Friday, with shade temperatures likely to reach at least 30C at Gatwick on Wednesday.

A council policy which restricts licensed premises in Eastbourne could be removed in an effort to attract new business to the town. 

The statistics are in: 31 tonnes of rubbish were taken away from Brighton and Hoves beach and seafront, after what the city council called the "biggest and worst two days on record".

A boy from West Sussex suffered because the county council decided he had the "wrong" type of disabilities, the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has today (July 20) reported.

A teenager has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder in connection with a stabbing in Brighton last night that's left a victim in a serious condition.

UPDATE: Police said, late on Tuesday morning (July 20) that the missing woman had been found.

People who own e-bikes are being warned of a fire risk involving their batteries, following a rise in fires over recent weeks.

A property in Seaford has been partially closed following a number of anti-social and aggressive behaviour complaints made by local residents.

An investigation has begun after two police officers were assaulted in Brighton following the England v Denmark Euro 2020 match.

Councillors have agreed that £540,000 can be spent working up plans to demolish and replace a sheltered housing block in Shoreham.

The next round of improvement works in Eastbourne town centre have been given the go ahead by a senior county councillor. 

More than 3,400 schoolchildren in West Sussex have tested positive for Covid-19 since May, county councillors have been told.

Eight fire engines have arrived in Hove, where a residential property has caught light.

Britain's official weather forecasters today (July 19) raised their Heat Alert for Sussex to Level 3, 'Amber', which means public authorities are being strongly advised to take action against rising temperatures.

A search operation is continuing this morning (July 19) for a swimmer who went missing at a reservoir in Sussex on Sunday.

A motorcyclist aged 57 was killed in a collision with a car on the A259 Bognor bypass on Saturday night.

Heritage Eastbourne will return to Motcombe Gardens from 19 - 30 July to investigate three sites.

Police seized sound equipment as attempts were made on Saturday night and twice on Sunday (July 18) to hold unlicensed events involving music and crowds at Portslade.

Sunday's high temperatures, believed to have reached 32C, are suspected to have caused a railway power rail to bend, disrupting many trains today (July 18).

A plan laying out how West Sussex County Council plans to manage and invest in its transport services, has been drafted for consultation.

A search is underway for a prisoner who has absconded from Ford Open Prison in West Sussex.

A driver is assisting police after crashing a car and failing a roadside breath test, near Burgess Hill.

Thousands of people are expected to flock to Brighton beach this weekend, with temperatures predicted to hit 30.C.

A 15-year-old girl has been sexually assaulted while on the way home from the beach in Brighton.

An investigation has been launched by police after a body was found washed up on the beach in Hove.

Two men have been arrested by officers after they were seen riding their motorbikes erratically through the Cuilfail Tunnel in Lewes last Monday. 

Wealden District Council is in "desperate" need for properties in which to rehouse Afghan personnel who were employed by UK armed forces before their withdrawal.

A team working with The Brighton And Sussex Medical School has developed a new mathematical method to predict Covid's impact at a local level with 'unprecedented' accuracy.

Police are becoming increasingly concerned for the welfare of a 17 year old, who is missing from the Crawley area.

What appears to be the remnant of an illegal cannabis farm has been found fly-tipped in East Sussex.

Visitors to the county council’s buildings will be required to continue wearing a mask or other face-covering from Monday (July 19).

Eastbourne council leaders have agreed a savings plan, intended to shore up the town’s finances.  

A woman has been left with serious injuries after a bicycle collided with a car on the A27 in Chichester.

A drink-driver who caused what's been described as catastrophic injuries to a 17-year-old cyclist has been jailed for 28 months and banned from driving for 50 months.

Police have detained a 41-year-old man - who was making threats with a knife inside a property in Crawley - by using a so-called distraction device to get his attention.

Brighton's busiest shopping street is likely to be getting a revamp, making it better for pedestrians, cyclists and bus passengers.

A pedestrain has been left lying in the road with life-threatening injuries following a suspected hit-and-run in Storrington.

A fatal collision that happened near Pevensey has prompted police to continue their appeal for witnesses.

Police want to identify two people involved in a violent confrontation in a street in Brighton, after the Euro 2020 final.

The team leading the bid to the government for Newhaven regeneration funds have heralded today's (July 15) £19.3 million funding award as a ‘landmark moment’ in the history of the town. 

A nine week public consultation on proposals for a huge expansion of the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm, including a new cable route across Sussex, opened this morning (July 15).

A 15-year-old girl from Crawley, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Nimroy Hendricks in the town last October.

A Brighton man has been handed a prison sentence for sex offences, which happened between 40 and 50 years ago.

An online predator who travelled to Crawley thinking he was meeting with a teenage girl for sex, has been jailed.

A Brighton man who stalked his ex-partner for three months has received a jail sentence.

A change in the law as to what constitutes an offensive weapon, has been welcomed by Sussex Police.

Anti social behaviour at the miniature railway club in Polegate is being investigated by police.

A Brighton man has been charged with a terror-related offence.

Firefighters in West Sussex are reminding people to take extra care with disposable BBQs this summer, after a fire involving a waste collection vehicle.

Budgets totalling £363,000 are to be created to fund the first two phases of a project to ‘reinvigorate’ a link between Worthing town centre and the seafront.

Time is running out for tourism and hospitality businesses to apply for funding to help the visitor economy recover from the pandemic.

People are being asked to return any pieces of care equipment borrowed from the county council which they no longer need, so that they can be used to help people discharged from hospital or enable people to remain living independently in their own home.

£80,000 of funding is available to support retailers in Mid Sussex so they can bounce back from the pandemic.

The attempted theft of a church money box near Uckfield has prompted a police appeal.

Calls to speed up a push towards carbon neutrality are set to go before a senior county councillor this week. 

A man who racially abused and assaulted a taxi driver in Worthing is wanted for questioning by police.

A man with connections to Uckfield and Sheffield is wanted by Sussex police for alleged online child sex abuse offences.

An application to build an Islamic faith primary school in Crawley has been recommended for refusal by planning officers.

Chichester District Council has just over half a million pounds to spend from a 'Covid Outbreak' pot to support the local economy.

An investigation has begun following the assault of a 15-year-old boy at a shop in Lancing.

Minimising travel in and out of affected areas is one of the new guidelines the government is giving to Brighton today (July 13) as it responds to a "significant" increase in coronavirus cases in the city.

A 53-year-old man was today (July 13) arrested in Brighton by police investigating Islamist terrorism.

Plans to create an attractive pedestrianised avenue between the seafront and town centre which can be used for community events and mini-festivals are set to be drawn up by Worthing Borough Council.

County councillors have voted down proposals to withdraw the East Sussex pension fund from fossil fuels investments — but only just.

A court date has been set for a driver who is accused of motoring at 200mph on the A23 in Sussex during lockdown.

Police are warning residents in Brighton & Hove of a scam in which two men posing as builders claim to have found problems in people's lofts.

A man from Bognor, who has 100 previous convictions for theft, has been sentenced to 17 months for burglary.

Police are asking anyone who saw a collision between a car and a cyclist on the A24 in Worthing last Wednesday, to please come forward.

A pilot scheme launched by the council in Chichester last January will soon allow people to apply for free trees for planting across the district.

A 77-year-old woman has been airlifted to hospital following a collision on the A26 near Crowborough.

People who showed “inspirational, selfless devotion” during the coronavirus pandemic are to be recognised with the freedom of the city of Brighton and Hove.

Proposals for new parking restrictions across Lewes district are set to go before county council planners this week. 

Plans to build affordable housing in place of a former police station in Newhaven have been given the go ahead by Lewes planners. 

Police are this afternoon (July 12) holding two people in custody, in connection with last night's football-related violence in Brighton.

Center Parcs has today announced that it has identified a site for its sixth UK holiday village.

Nearly half of all households vulnerable to falling into serious debt in Worthing are failing to claim all the benefits they're potentially entitled to, or aren't seeking help.

Police are investigating after an elderly man was so seriously injured he needed hospital treatment after he was assaulted in a car-park in Crawley.

This afternoon (July 12) brings an official weather warning of flooding and travel disruption in Sussex, caused by heavy rain.

The service that teaches music to young people in East Sussex has planned a summer programme of events, at no cost to families where children receive benefit-related free school meals.

A total of four men and one woman have been arrested in connection with Class A drugs estimated to be worth £2m, which have been recovered from the English Channel at Seaford.

The team supervising NHS services in Brighton said today, July 11, it had transferred its anti-coronavirus vaccination services away from Hove Lawns for the day

Witnesses are being sought after a 35 year old woman from Bexhill died and a 37 year old man from St Leonards suffered life threatening injuries after their car left the road near Pevensey.

A family business is waiting to hear whether it can have a licence to serve alcoholic drinks at a second venue in Brighton.

A sea of wildflowers and other pollinator-friendly plants are coming into full bloom after people rallied around to create more space for nature at Lewes Cemetery.

A police constable based at Brighton has been imprisoned for one year after he was found guilty of attempting to pervert the course of justice.

A Sussex Police sergeant, based in Worthing, has been dismissed for breaching standards of professional behaviour.

Southern Water has been sentenced to pay a record £90 million in fines for widespread pollution of rivers and coastal waters in Kent, Hampshire and Sussex. 

A man from Hastings has been sentenced after being convicted of sexual offences against a young girl over a period of four years.

Residents in Sussex who have not yet received their first or second dose of the vaccine against coronavirus, can visit a drop-in centre without an appointment this weekend.

As police investigate a sexual attack on a girl aged 17 in Brighton's Pavilion Gardens, officers have now charged a second person.

West Sussex County Council is calling its new £17m spend on more than 320 projects for roads and paths "one of the biggest investments in highways in the last decade".

Metropolitan Police officer Wayne Couzens has pleaded guilty to the murder of Sarah Everard.

The Grasshoppers Junior Football Club in Uckfield has lost much of its equipment and a storage shed to suspected arsonists.

A man has been found not guilty of attempted murder following an incident in Burgess Hill where one man drove at another.

Brighton and Hove had the highest primary school attendance figures in the country, in figures recorded during the week commencing May 24.