The family of 20-year-old Edward 'Bunty' Pearce have paid a heartfelt tribute after the Heathfield man died in a collision on the A27.

East Sussex ice-skating legend Jayne Torvill has been made a dame in the New Year Honours.

A Heathfield man found with thousands of illicit pictures has become one of the first in the county to be sentenced for creating AI-generated child sexual abuse material.