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Bob Smitherman, wearing the tricorn hat and ceremonial robes of the Worthing Town Crier, stands with his bell on his shoulder, while Allison Ferns stands beside him, holding up a dress decorated with the Sussex coat of arms.

Nature and tradition celebrated on Sussex Day

Community celebrations have been organised across East and West Sussex to celebrate the counties.

Josh and Chloe Bashford embrace looking towards the camera in a garden. On the left Josh has short light brown hair and a stubble beard. He wears a grey t-shirt and a black puffer coat. On the right Chloe has long black hair and wears a black jumper with diamante on the sleeve.

'Years of court delays have destroyed our family'

Josh and Chloe Bashford died in Newhaven in June 2023 and a man denied murder weeks later.

A white ferry with "Brittany Ferries" written on the side.

Ferry firm sues competitor over 'vast subsidies'

Brittany Ferries says grants DFDS receives to run its Newhaven-Dieppe route has cost it £125m.

A fire engine in front of a fire. There is lots of smoke against a night sky. A crane is next to the fire engine lifting flaming materials into the air.

Crews investigating early morning scrap yard blaze

East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service is investigating the scrap yard blaze in North Quay, Newhaven.

Mike Ellicock sits in his boat, a combination of a sea kayak and an ocean rowing boat, and holds the oars. He is looking at the camera, wearing a dark blue jumper and baseball cap, with sunglasses rested on the peak of the cap. He is on a river with buildings behind him.

Ex-parachute regiment officer eyes rowing record

Mike Ellicock is rowing in Pegasus - a combination of a sea kayak and ocean rowing boat.

A man in a black coat and black trousers is fishing by a harbour.

Fishing initiative aims to hook young people

A former councillor and a competitive angler hope the project will give young people more pathways.

RNLI Severn class all-weather lifeboat 17-21 'David and Elizabeth Acland' out at sea

Easter egg gifts for RNLI crew after yacht rescue

The chocolate treats are a gift to the crew who rescued six people in a yacht off Beachy Head.

A van of cocaine packaged in brown packaging.

Smugglers hid £8m of cocaine in foie gras

Four men have been jailed for importing drugs worth about £8m.

The FM Conway factory which has excavators on piles of gravel in the foreground, behind is a large green industrial building and a 40 metre high grey chimney stack

Concern over factory emissions despite new chimney

The FM Conway plant makes asphalt for road surfaces which residents say produces a "putrid" smell.