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  • Updates Monday 4 September 2017

  1. That's it from us for todaypublished at 22:00 BST 4 September 2017

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  2. Motorbiker filmed his own fatal accidentpublished at 21:47 BST 4 September 2017

    Footage of a fatal accident, shot by a motorcyclist who died, has been released by Sussex Police in a hard-hitting road safety message.

  3. Eastbourne mum calls for change in organ donation lawpublished at 21:18 BST 4 September 2017

    Kathryn Langley
    BBC Live reporter

    The mother of a five-month old baby who died because she needed a heart transplant is calling for the organ donation law to be changed.

    Almost two million people are on the register but their family's consent is still needed before a donation.

    In the last 10 years 330 people have died while waiting for a transplant in Kent, Sussex and Surrey.

  4. How's the weather looking?published at 20:49 BST 4 September 2017

    Nina Ridge
    BBC Weather

    A grey Tuesday but Wednesday should be brighter

  5. Missing woman: New photo releasedpublished at 20:00 BST 4 September 2017

    Kathryn Langley
    BBC Live reporter

    Sussex Police have issued a new photo of a woman who's gone missing from home in Brighton.

    Gillian Affleck was last seen on Thursday 24 August.

    Gillian AffleckImage source, Sussex Police

    The 50-year-old is 5ft 6in and was last seen wearing a blue or grey top, a grey "stone" effect waterproof jacket, brown ankle boots and a knitted grey scarf.

    She was carrying a large grey Karriemor rucksack.

  6. Missing teenager foundpublished at 19:10 BST 4 September 2017

    A 15-year-old girl who went missing from Crawley in August has been found.

    Lisa Valencia turned up safe and well yesterday.

  7. Bomb squad called to Sussex cliffspublished at 18:33 BST 4 September 2017

    An unexploded shell has been found on the cliff edge near Birling Gap.

    Police say bomb disposal experts were called to Beachy Head Road at about 14:00 BST.

    It's not yet known if they'll carry out a controlled explosion.

  8. Men jailed for firearms offences in Sussexpublished at 17:41 BST 4 September 2017

    Charlotte Wright
    Reporter, BBC South East

    Two men from West Sussex have been jailed for smuggling sub-machine guns into the UK.

  9. Sussex 'not getting ahead of themselves'published at 16:37 BST 4 September 2017

    Paceman Chris Jordan says picking up victories when not at their best is a good sign for Sussex's promotion hopes.

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  10. Head teacher suspended over child abusepublished at 16:13 BST 4 September 2017

    Douglas Downs, 44, is accused of indecent assault involving a 15-year-old girl known to him in 1998.

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  11. Motor neurone disease sufferer told to prove his disabilitypublished at 15:39 BST 4 September 2017

    Piers Hopkirk
    Reporter, BBC South East Today

    The Department for Work and Pensions has apologised to a terminally-ill man, after writing to him twice in a month, asking him to prove he qualifies for benefits.

  12. Pensioner dies after being hit by carpublished at 14:49 BST 4 September 2017

    Bob Dale
    BBC Live reporter

    An elderly woman has died after being hit by a car in Hove.

    The 85-year-old was hit by a black Toyota Celica in Old Shoreham Road just before 13:15 BST on 2 September.

    It happened near the junction with Lullington Avenue.

    A 38-year-old man from Brighton has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving, driving while over the prescribed limit of a specified drug and possession of a controlled drug.

    Old Shoreham Road and Lullington AvenueImage source, Google
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    Old Shoreham Road, Hove

  13. County ins & outs 2017published at 14:06 BST 4 September 2017

    With the 2017 county season here, keep up to date with the latest signings, departures and rumours ahead of next season.

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  14. It's grey and humidpublished at 13:38 BST 4 September 2017

    Sara Thornton
    BBC Weather

    It's been a disappointing start to the week, but is it going to get better?

    Here's my forecast.

  15. I want to bring my own ideas - Kewellpublished at 12:45 BST 4 September 2017

    Harry Kewell says he will lead in his own style at League Two Crawley Town as he tries to forge a managerial career.

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  16. Man rescued from car in harbourpublished at 12:09 BST 4 September 2017

    Hamish Mureddu-Reid
    BBC News Online, South East

    A man has been rescued from Shoreham harbour after the car he was driving went into the water at about 08:50 BST.

    The 43-year-old man escaped through a window of the Vauxhall Astra and was thrown a lifebelt before being pulled ashore. The car sank minutes later.

    The man who was uninjured but badly shaken was detained under the Mental Health Act, Sussex Police said.

    The car's position was marked by the RNLI lifeboat before the arrival of the Shoreham Port Authority diving team.

    RNLI at Shoreham harbourImage source, Eddie Mitchell
  17. Brighton CEO Barber backs window changepublished at 11:54 BST 4 September 2017

    Brighton chief executive Paul Barber says he wants to see summer transfer windows close before the season starts.

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  18. How do you learn to treat sick patients without harming them?published at 11:09 BST 4 September 2017

    This mannequin can breathe and sweat.

    It sounds like something out of a sci-fi film, but it's actually state-of-the-art equipment being used to train medical staff at Eastbourne DGH.

  19. Dicing with deathpublished at 10:31 BST 4 September 2017

    Bob Dale
    BBC Live reporter

    Visitors to the Sussex coast are still risking their lives at the County's famous chalk cliffs, according to the National Trust.

  20. Southern strikes continuepublished at 09:40 BST 4 September 2017

    Charlotte Wright
    Reporter, BBC South East

    After staff walked out on the trains today, the RMT Union will be doing it all again on Monday - it's part of the ongoing dispute with Southern over the introduction of driver-only operated trains.