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UK
Arsenal parade: Dozens require rescuing from height and 16 arrests made
Thousands of Arsenal fans lined the streets around the Emirates Stadium as the team embarked on their trophy parade on Sunday afternoon.
31 May 2026
UK
Four-year-old boy dies after being hit by bus outside hospital
The boy was hit by a white single decker bus which was travelling near the entrance to the A&E department, Kent Police said.
8 Aug 2025
Politics
Reform UK-led council claims it has saved millions in first 100 days
On Saturday, it will be 100 days since Reform UK won Kent County Council and began its administration labelled ‘clickbait and chaos’ by opposition.
7 Aug 2025
Business News
‘Momentum growing’ in UK plum industry with bumper crop, says grower
WB Chambers said production this summer is set to be the biggest in three years.
5 Aug 2025
Music
Sugababes ‘honoured’ to share same stage as Mariah Carey after headlining Pride
The girl group closed the weekend of celebrations in Preston Park in Brighton with a show full of throwbacks and synchronised dance moves.
3 Aug 2025
Music
Mariah Carey says she will ‘always be there’ for the LGBTQ+ community at Pride
The five-time Grammy winner, who has sold more than 220 million albums worldwide, took to the stage on Saturday night to headline Brighton Pride.
2 Aug 2025
Crime
Conspiracy theorist says daughter died by medical gross negligence manslaughter
Cambridge graduate Paloma Shemirani, 23, died at Royal Sussex County Hospital on July 24 2024, after declining chemotherapy for non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
31 Jul 2025
UK
18th century shipwreck among ‘best preserved’ of its time, experts say
Latest diving surveys have revealed a ‘remarkable’ completeness of the Northumberland off the Kent coast.
31 Jul 2025
Crime
Brother of woman who refused chemotherapy says mother ‘sacrificed’ her daughter
Paloma Shemirani, 23, died at Royal Sussex County Hospital on July 24 2024, after declining the treatment for non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
30 Jul 2025
Crime
Osteopath treating woman who refused chemo advised medical help, inquest hears
Paloma Shemirani, 23, died at Royal Sussex County Hospital on July 24 2024, after declining the treatment for non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
30 Jul 2025
UK
Rape charity creates additional service excluding trans people after legal claim
In 2022, a woman launched a legal claim against the Survivors Network, a rape crisis support centre based in Brighton.
30 Jul 2025
Crime
Woman who refused cancer treatment had daily coffee enemas, inquest told
Paloma Shemirani, 23, died at Royal Sussex County Hospital on July 24 2024 after declining treatment for non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
29 Jul 2025
Politics26 Jul 2025
Man dies trying to cross English Channel to the UK
A boat attempting to reach English shores turned back towards Equihen beach in northern France on Saturday morning.
UK
Large queues of holidaymakers and lorries at Port of Dover
The Port of Dover Travel account on X said there is a 50-minute processing time at the entrance on Saturday morning.
26 Jul 2025
UK
Council recognising their town’s link with Gaza is ‘important’ says Jewish group
Last week, Hastings Borough Council passed a motion to back an immediate ceasefire and support the town’s friendship links with Al-Mawasi in Gaza.
24 Jul 2025
UK
Queues of lorries and holidaymakers at Port of Dover
Vehicles are moving very slowly through Dover from the A20, and down Jubilee Way towards the port in Kent.
24 Jul 2025
UK
Last of rare cats rescued from shut down sanctuary permanently rehomed
Blob the Bobcat was facing the possibility of euthanasia if a permanent home was not found after his rescue from the now closed Cat Survival Trust.
23 Jul 2025
Crime22 Jul 2025
Prison officers seen laughing moments before restrained inmate’s death
Azroy Dawes-Clarke, 28, from east London, was an inmate at HMP Elmley on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent, when he died
Crime21 Jul 2025
Woman killed husband by ‘stabbing and slicing’ over 50 times with samurai sword
Joanna Rowland-Stuart, 71, has been deemed ‘unfit to plead’ to murdering her husband Andrew Rowland-Stuart, 69, in their flat in Brighton last year.
Health
NHS trust investigates after ‘unnecessary delay’ for thousands of patients
Medway NHS Foundation Trust has identified 8,849 patients whose referrals to ear, nose and throat specialists were ‘not correctly managed’.
21 Jul 2025
Politics
Migrant charity says new UK and France deal will be ‘drop in the ocean’
Last week, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron announced a new migrant return agreement due to begin within weeks.
15 Jul 2025