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DipityProfessional dog walkers in Brighton are asked to join what is thought to be the industry's first ever code of conduct.
Lord Mandelson criticises the Sun newspaper's attack on the government over a letter to a bereaved Brighton mother.
A Sussex woman who was airlifted out of Vietnam as a toddler is trying to reunite 99 other scattered evacuees.
A murder inquiry starts after the death of a 29-year-old woman whose body was found after a fire at a flat in Brighton.
Plans to turn an East Sussex school into an academy have been given the go-ahead by the government.
A 23-year-old woman is raped at the Veuve Clicquot Gold Cup final in West Sussex, police have revealed.
The body of a woman from the US who went missing from a hotel in Eastbourne is found at Beachy Head.
A 49-year-old woman motorist is killed in a collision between two vehicles on the M23 in West Sussex.
A 12-year-old Sussex boy is airlifted to hospital after falling from a mountain ridge on Skye when he was hit by a boulder.
The Environment Agency is concerned by the spread of a damaging algae threatening wildlife along the south coast.
A Swedish teacher leading a school trip is attacked by a gang of youths as she walked through the carriage of a train.
A number of jobs are expected to be lost at a West Sussex council as bosses try to cut £50m from their annual budget.
Fire crews come to the rescue when a woman ends up giving birth on Worthing Fire Station forecourt.
One of Britain's last World War I veterans, Henry Allingham, will be buried later at a family funeral with military honours.
A double murderer serving a life sentence should be allowed treatment to remove a birthmark, the High Court hears.
A runway at Gatwick is closed after an aircraft diverted to the West Sussex airport makes an emergency landing.
Two NHS trusts are found in breach of data protection after laptops were stolen.
The death of a 19-year-old man who was attacked in an Eastbourne nightclub sparks a murder probe.
One person from Eastbourne and two from London appear in court charged with faking artwork by the graffiti artist Banksy.
A disabled Sussex man accused of attacking a fan at a heavy metal concert in Southampton appears in court.
Eastbourne's restored Victorian seaside pier is put up for sale by its owners for an undisclosed price.
Henry Allingham, the UK's oldest man and one of Britain's two surviving World War I veterans, turns 113.
A crime author who bases his novels in Brighton is made a patron of the Sussex Crimestoppers charity.
An adult who recently returned from a trip to the US tests positive for swine flu in Brighton, is is confirmed.
Brighton's outgoing chairman Dick Knight admits stepping down after 12 years is hard to do.
A motorcyclist killed in an accident in Surrey on Easter Sunday is named as a 35-year-old man from West Sussex.
Frustrated commuters will get direct access to the transport minister when he embarks upon a rail trip across Britain.
An orchid company near Chichester closes after demand for luxury items falls during the recession.
Key figures from the art world are among 1,000 people at the opening of a £8.5m gallery on the south coast.
NHS and social services are failing to meet the needs of people with learning disabilities, investigators say.
Two men are arrested in West Sussex in connection with the murder of an 18-year-old man in London.
Plans for a £500m gas-fired power station are announced by Southwick operator, ScottishPower.
Scotland Yard arrests a woman from Brighton after green custard was thrown in the face of Lord Mandelson.
Terminally ill reality TV star Jade Goody is praised by a charity for the way she has dealt with her situation.
Handmade Sussex clay tiles are used to repair the roof of Sir Winston Churchill's Kent home.
Two men are each jailed for 17 years for a raid on a house in West Sussex in which the residents were tied up.
A £500,000 project to re-roof Sir Winston Churchill's home is completed with tiles hand-made in Sussex.
A murder inquiry begins into the death of an 85-year-old woman who was rescued from a fire at a nursing home.
Motorists are warned to be careful on icy roads after temperatures fell to -8 (18F) overnight in some places.
West Sussex-based furniture retailer Sofa Workshop is sold out of administration, but at the cost of 120 jobs.
Detectives investigating a stabbing in Brighton renew their appeal for information a month after the attack.
A mother appeals for her daughter, believed to have disappeared with her uncle from Crawley, to come home.
An East Sussex soldier who lost his legs in Afghanistan is denied permission to build a specially adapted bungalow.
A roofing firm boss is jailed for 12 months for manslaughter after an employee fell to his death through a skylight.
New signs to help tourists find their way around a Sussex city centre are being unveiled to councillors.
Coastguards think it could take a month to clear the hundreds of tonnes of timber washed up on the Kent coast.
A building boss who turned courier to help launder drugs money is told he was spared a jail term "by the skin of his teeth".
Trains are disrupted in Southbourne, West Sussex, when a car skids off the road and onto the railway line.
A free service to match up people who face losing their home with private landlords is launched by a Sussex council.
A party to raise awareness about the closure of a beach to the public has been held in an East Sussex port town.
A man is treated at East Surrey Hospital after part of his ear is bitten off in a Crawley nightclub.
A man believed to have vital information over a fatal stabbing in Brighton is asked to come forward.
A roofing boss charged with the manslaughter of a worker who fell to his death says he did not ignore the risks.
Two boys and two men are charged with causing GBH after a train passenger is set alight in Sussex.
Police charge 11 people including one from Hailsham over abuse aimed at footballer Sol Campbell.
A 33-year-old man who died in a crash on a main road through north Hampshire, is by police.
An Australian teenager pleads guilty to causing the death of a woman who was hit by a car at a pedestrian crossing.
Tributes are paid to record-breaking climber Rob Gauntlett, as a friend who also died in the Alps is named.
Frozen food retailer Iceland buys 51 former Woolworths stores, and says it plans to create 2,500 new jobs.
An airshow which flopped when visitors were charged an entry fee for the first time is to be free again this summer.
A mother is jailed after customs officers at Gatwick Airport find cocaine worth £80,000 strapped to her body.
Brighton's retail and leisure sectors will be worst hit in the recession, a new report predicts.
A memorial service is being held to celebrate the life of a boy who was electrocuted on a railway line in West Sussex.
A 23-year-old from East Sussex dies in hospital two weeks after he was injured in a crash on the M4.
Two teenagers have been arrested in connection with the repeated spraying of graffiti in Worthing.
A man who started a campaign for the restoration of a West Sussex park has seen the project completed.
Guidelines due to be approved in Lewes suggest avoiding street names such as "Typple Avenue".
A lane closure will be brought in on the westbound A27 near Falmer Hill while a kerb and verge are repaired.
The cousin of a man whose death led to two paramedics being arrested says he was a "well-liked and popular" man.
Two teenagers are arrested following the stabbing of a 16-year-old boy in Brighton on New Year's Day.
Ambulance staff in in the South East handle nearly three emergency calls every minute over new year.
Stage and screen star Paul Scofield who died in hospital near his Sussex home is among celebrities lost in 2008.
A man who chopped his left arm off with a chainsaw says having it re-attached is like "winning the lottery".
A former drug addict now helping others tells his story in a podcast on the West Sussex council website.
Dog rescue centres in Chichester are struggling because of Christmas and the economic downturn.
Environmentalists in the South East urge people to have a less wasteful Christmas this year.
People are asked not to call an ambulance for minor complaints after an "extremely high" number of calls.
A new report reveals 10 registered sex offenders have gone missing in Sussex, one of the highest rates in England.
A parade of hundreds of people carrying home-made lanterns through Brighton marks the winter solstice.
Police offer a £500 reward for information about a spate of burglaries in Crawley, West Sussex.
The former chairman of Crawley Town FC pleads not guilty to stealing £1.4m and cheating the taxman.
Aston Martin jointly wins a contest to design a new bus for London and a Brighton boy's artwork also wins praise.
A police inquiry into a missing man whose body was eventually found in his shed is under review.
Four people, including an East Sussex man, are arrested over abusive chanting at Portsmouth's Sol Campbell.
Police receive more than two dozen calls after a reconstruction of a raid on a Surrey jewellery shop is shown on Crimewatch.
An elderly man is assaulted by two men who went into his home in East Sussex and then ran off.
Thousands of people line the streets of an East Sussex resort to cheer on runners in a centenary marathon.
A Lithuanian man who was in the UK visiting his daughter dies after being hit by a bus in West Sussex.
Councils planning ambitious housing projects in the South East are awarded £93m to help provide infrastructure.
An artist from East Grinstead who founded a conservation charity collects a CBE for his work.
A grant of £1m will be awarded next spring to provide new play sites and build playgrounds in Sussex.
A boy who posts parcels to British troops met the Prime Minister before receiving an honour from Prince Harry.
A man who as a teenager fell in love with video games now designs them for a Brighton company.
An elderly man who killed his wife and himself in Burgess Hill was delusional after surgery, an inquest hears.
A 13-year-old boy from Sussex who went missing last month is found safe and well in Hampshire.
A pedestrian is seriously injured when he is hit by an estate car in a West Sussex seaside town.
Bus workers cancel a series of strikes planned for a West Sussex town after accepting a pay deal.
Police in Sussex are hunting the occupants of a car which crashed into the side of a house in Brighton.
A 61-year-old pedestrian dies when he is hit by a car during the evening rush hour in West Sussex.
A bottle of whisky recovered by a diver from a cargo ship whose sinking inspired a film fetches £2,000.
Ninety motorists are arrested during the first two weeks of a drink-drive crackdown across Sussex.
Cervical cancer is more common in deprived areas than in areas such as the south coast, research shows.
Colleagues of two Sussex police officers arrested on suspicion of stealing wine condemn the way the investigation was handled.
An 83-year-old man dies after the car he was driving hit a car parked on a driveway in Sussex.
About £75,000 is to be spent on work to protect one of Britain's most important historical strongholds.
Rolls-Royce cuts 40 temporary jobs at its headquarters in West Sussex due to the economic climate.
Army corporal Daniel James, who worked for Britain's top general in Afghanistan, will not be retried.
A children's hospice, which has £5.7m invested in a failed Icelandic bank, suspends one of its services.
A plan to help people in need of housing is agreed by the South East Economic Delivery Council.
The driver of a stretch limousine is jailed for causing the death of a two-year-old boy in a crash on the M25.
Three wards at an East Sussex hospital are closed because of a bug affecting patients and staff.
A verdict of suicide is recorded into the death of a man who killed himself by eating yew tree seeds.
A teenager who died following a collision between cars in West Sussex is by police.
Business leaders from the South East meet to discuss the challenges facing the region's economy.
A flat fire that killed an elderly woman in Brighton was accidental, fire investigators say.
Public toilets in the centre of a West Sussex town are to be renovated at a cost of £70,000.
Police in Brighton search for four men who were involved in a raid on a watch shop in the city.
Farming vehicles stolen from Kent, Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire are seized by police in Poland.
Urgent repair work is to start at a sports and leisure centre on Hove seafront which was to have been demolished.
Police in Sussex are accused of over-reacting to an anti-war demonstration at an arms factory.
A former outdoor pursuits instructor accused of sexually abusing children tells a court he was compassionate.
A ward at a hospital in East Sussex is closed after 13 patients are taken ill with a winter vomiting bug.
An MP calls for talks on charities with funds in Icelandic banks but is told the subject is inappropriate.
A father-of-two dies after illness caused him to collapse and fall from his motorcycle on Lewes Road in Brighton.
London and the South East could be set to bear the brunt of the economic downturn, a report says.
Two people are quizzed after a 75-year-man dies following a row with a couple near cliffs in East Sussex.
Three men are being sought as witnesses by police investigating the rape of a woman at a nightclub.
A man dies following a row with a couple who appeared to be fitness training near cliffs in Sussex, police say.
The South East is to have two of eight new centres for training school cooks opening across England.
Virgin Atlantic and Easyjet are planning a joint bid for Gatwick airport, which has been put up for sale.
An environmental campaigner wins a landmark victory in a long-running battle with the government.
Ten people arrested over an arson attack that killed a 40-year-old man, including some from Sussex, are bailed.
Rare ponies are returning to grassland in East Sussex to repeat their success of last year in grazing the meadows.
International snowboarder Tyler Chorlton, from Brighton, talks on the art of freeriding and the risk of avalanches.
A man is arrested after a rifle is fired at officers in Bognor Regis, Sussex Police say.
A number of measures are being introduced in a bid to help Brighton firms ride out the economic slow down.
Work to resurface pavements along a main road in West Sussex, costing £27,000, is set to start.
Jurors who convicted an interpreter of spying are discharged after failing to reach more verdicts.
A coroner records verdicts of unlawful killing and suicide after an inquest into the deaths of a mentally-ill man and his wife in West Sussex.
Army corporal Daniel James, who worked for Britain's top general in Afghanistan, is found guilty of spying for Iran.
A 20 year-old-woman who was killed in a road crash in West Sussex has been by police.
A family of five are rescued from their second floor flat in West Sussex after a fire breaks out in the stairwell.
A motorist is killed and a firefighter injured when a fire engine on a 999 call collides with a car in East Sussex.
A teenager who was scarred during a Bonfire Night celebration creates a video to warn others of the dangers.
Jurors deliberate in the case of six people, including one from Brighton, accused of child sex abuse 40 years ago.
A man who drowned while swimming naked in Brighton had been heavily drinking, an inquest hears.
Hundreds of passengers are stranded at Gatwick Airport following the collapse of an Icelandic-owned airline.
An advice service helping adults to improve their chances in work and training is to be piloted in Brighton and Hove.
The family of a Qatar student who died after an incident in Hastings struggles to come to terms with the loss.
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