Heavy metals including lead, arsenic and cadmium have been detected on plastic pellets that washed up in their millions along the Sussex coastline.

Counter Terrorism Policing South East has charged a man in connection with an investigation into Extreme Right Wing Terrorism in Sussex.

Three men have pleaded guilty after a cannabis factory was discovered in Eastbourne.

An investigation into the brutal murder of a woman in Eastbourne two decades ago has concluded following a DNA breakthrough.

Plans for a new bus lane outside Eastbourne railway station are set to return to East Sussex County Council’s planning committee next Wednesday.

An Eastbourne man convicted of 11 counts of child sexual abuse has been jailed.

Millie has aplastic anaemia, a condition that affects only around two people in every million in the UK, according to the Aplastic Anaemia Trust.

The boy’s mother only discovered what had happened when he returned home visibly distressed and she later found bruising on his body.

The victim suffered serious injuries and sadly died four days later.

A man who was attacked in East Sussex last month has died in hospital, police have confirmed.

Police are renewing their appeal for information after the death of an Eastbourne man in hospital.

Two dogs were rescued by firefighters after a blaze broke out at a home in Eastbourne on Sunday.

An 80-year-old woman reported being pushed over, and a 90-year-old man assaulted.

Plans to reduce the speed limit on part of the A259 between Eastbourne and Pevensey Bay have been approved by East Sussex County councillors.

The drought affects areas supplied by South East Water, including Haywards Heath and Eastbourne, following weeks of hot and dry weather.

County councillors will next week decide whether to lower the speed limit on part of the A259 between Eastbourne and Pevensey Bay.

A new weekly food waste collection service will be introduced for all Eastbourne households from spring 2026, as part of efforts to boost recycling and cut carbon emissions.

Three people were taken to hospital after a head-on collision between a vehicle and a police car in Eastbourne.

A 32-year-old man from London has been sentenced to five years in prison for running a County Line supplying crack cocaine and heroin into Eastbourne.

Plans for a major housing development in Eastbourne have been put on hold after councillors raised serious concerns about flooding.