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Rough sleepers who had been staying outside Eastbourne railway station have been moved on by Eastbourne Borough Council. The council said the area had become a regular location for people sleeping rough, partly due to the shelter it provided. Concerns were raised about public safety, hygiene and the impact on the busy station area. A […]

Sussex Police are appealing for help to locate a wanted former prisoner believed to be in the Eastbourne area. Officers are searching for 33-year-old Mojtaba Abedi, who is wanted on recall to prison after breaching the conditions of his licence following release. Police say Abedi has links to Eastbourne and may still be in the […]

A couple from Worthing have been given Criminal Behaviour Orders (CBOs) after repeatedly shoplifting from local stores. Jessica Tutton, 33, and Grant Tutton, 41, both from Chippers Close in Tarring, carried out a series of thefts between August 2024 and February 2025. Police said the pair worked together while stealing items from shops across Worthing. […]

A yellow weather warning for ice has been issued for the whole of Sussex, with residents urged to take extra care as freezing conditions are expected to make travel hazardous. The warning, issued by the Met Office, is in force during the early hours and morning, when temperatures are forecast to drop close to or […]

A section of Medmerry Beach was temporarily cordoned off after a report of suspected ordnance, prompting a response from Selsey Coastguard and the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team. Coastguard teams were first paged at 6.21pm on Saturday, 4 January, following reports of a possible item of ordnance on the beach. The team attended the scene, […]

Police have discovered a cannabis factory at a property in Hove after officers were alerted to a strong smell in the area. Sussex Police said officers attended West Way on Monday, 5 January, at around 11.15am, after becoming aware of an odour coming from a property. A spokeswoman for Sussex Police confirmed a cannabis factory […]

Firefighters at Heathfield Community Fire Station have issued a safety warning to residents using wood burners during the current cold weather, after attending multiple incidents linked to fires and dangerous smoke. Crews say they have been called to several homes where logs stored too close to lit wood burners have caught fire or begun to […]

A zoo in East Sussex has been busy carrying out one of its biggest tasks of the year – its annual animal census. Drusillas Park, near Alfriston, has been counting and updating records for more than 800 animals across the site, including mammals, birds, reptiles, insects and fish. The yearly stocktake is a licensing requirement […]