Live updates as local election results come in from across Sussex.

A MAN has avoided prison after stealing five t-shirts and a cardigan from Next.

A POLICE operation aimed at combating youth antisocial behaviour and violence resulted in a number of arrests.

A MAN has avoided prison after stealing almost £4,500 worth of goods from a supermarket in two separate incidents.

AN MP has demanded the council show it has “learnt lessons” to avoid becoming a “laughing stock” as pavement weeds start to re-emerge ahead of summer.

A MAN whose friend died of a heart attack while out Christmas shopping has purchased four defibrillators in his memory.

A HUGE arts festival is set to begin with an opening weekend of events.

A TV show in which contestants race across the countryside naked is looking for contestants.

THE MOST dangerous cities for cycling have been revealed.

LABOUR activists are celebrating after the party gained a council seat from the Conservatives in a by-election.

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A railway station underpass remains closed following an emergency incident overnight.

A TEENAGER who denies murdering his grandmother as she lay naked in the bath has been described in court as an “unreliable historian”.

COUNCILLORS turned down a specialist grocer’s application for a drinks licence for his new premises in Brighton.

COUNCILLORS have delayed deciding whether to take more than £750,000 from a developer towards the cost of building “affordable” homes.

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MORE THAN one million people have benefited from projects funded by a windfarm’s community scheme.

FEARS FOR the safety of wildlife are growing as barbed wire fences are placed in a popular beauty spot.

A takeaway has announced it is to close its doors for good.

The Reverend Richard Coles has declared his local bus service the “best in the world”.

A WATCHDOG is investigating claims that handcuffs were used on a dying man following a police crash.

People who took a break from platforms such as TikTok, Instagram, Twitter and Facebook for seven days reported an increased sense of wellbeing

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Live updates as the Sue Addis murder trial continues.

Updates as polls open across Sussex as voting begins in local elections.

A MAN suffered a fractured jaw during a violent attack in a town centre.

AN URGENT search is underway for a missing man.

POLICE are “extremely concerned” for the welfare of a missing man.

TWO drug dealers who ran a county lines operation known as ‘Ben and Jerry’ have been convicted.

A THREE-YEAR-OLD girl was kicked in the face in one of two assaults on children in a park.

A FUNDRAISER has been set up to raise money for the funeral of a man who died after being hit by a police car.

A FORMER supermarket employee led a protest against “cruel” chicken farming conditions following his dismissal.

AN MP with a reading age of eight has opened up about his struggles growing up with dyslexia.

POLLS have closed and counting started in local elections across Sussex.

A FULL-TIME carer and mother has been left at her “wit's end” after not receiving money from an energy discount, despite successfully applying for it.

MOTORISTS are experiencing delay this evening following a multi-vehicle collision on the A27.

AN activist who graffitied on a court building has been jailed for two weeks.

A POLICE officer is under criminal investigation for causing death by dangerous driving following the death of a man.

PART of the A27 has been blocked while engineers attend a technical fault.

A CABARET show returns this summer with a brand new show.

A UNION has warned that further disruption to bin collections could take place as the Labour council is “embroiled” in another dispute.

The family of a man who died after being struck by a police car are to hold a protest as they continue to call for answers and justice.

Britain could face a heatwave from around mid-May, the Met Office has said, as temperatures start to climb from Saturday onwards.

A TEENAGER stabbed his grandmother to death as she lay naked in the bath after he became paranoid and depressed, a court has heard.

A pair of leggy Lurchers, believed to be from the same litter, have been reunited at a rehoming shelter.

One of the oldest buildings in the country is set to reopen to the public this week.

A TABLETENNIS club has smashed the world record for the number of consecutive players faced in a single rally.

A CAFE owner has been granted slightly longer hours to serve alcohol at his business in central Brighton.

VOTERS across Sussex are going to the polls today to determine who they want to run their local councils.

A TEENAGE boy denied shattering a dad’s skull with a log and bragging about it after an Easter Sunday frisbee game ended in violence.