Local News

A teenager convicted of the manslaughter of a family man in Littlehampton has been sentenced today.

V2 Radio’s Christmas Toy Appeal has come to an end with a huge result for Children across the South.

Private contractors brought in to deal with the wreckage of 11 shipping containers that washed up along the West Sussex coastline are now increasing the size of their clean-up team, as more debris continues to come ashore.

A new report from the charity Libraries Connected says West Sussex libraries are delivering nearly £220,000 worth of extra value each year by supporting mental health and wellbeing, particularly for older people.

Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner Katy Bourne has raised concerns over government proposals to create regional “super-forces.”

Health chiefs across the South are warning that the NHS is heading into an unprecedented flu season, with hospitals already under severe strain from winter pressures.

Counter Terrorism Policing South East has charged a man in connection with an investigation into Extreme Right Wing Terrorism in Sussex.

Homes England has given notice to Ifield Golf Club that it will need to leave its site by April, 2027 – the year of the club’s centenary.

Eleven students from Crawley College have completed the latest IGNITE course run by West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service.

Worthing Pier is moving a step closer to full restoration, with permanent repair work expected to begin in the coming months.

West Sussex County Council has completed a major upgrade of traffic signals across the county, replacing outdated halogen equipment with new LED technology that is expected to cut operating costs and carbon emissions for years to come.

Sussex Police say more than 60 people have already been arrested in the first week of their Christmas drink and drug-driving crackdown.

Police in Sandown are investigating a hit-and-run collision involving a car and a 14-year-old girl who was a pedestrian.

South East Coast Ambulance Service is calling on the public to support its crews as they prepare for what is expected to be a surge in emergency calls in the run-up to Christmas.

One in five Portsmouth pupils are persistently absent from schools, a new council report reveals.

Chichester’s MP Jess Brown-Fuller says containers washing up in Selsey, Pagham Harbour and Bognor have caused an enormous pollution incident.

Efforts are underway today to clear debris from shipping containers that have washed up along the West Sussex coastline.

Police on the Isle of Wight are appealing for witnesses to an assault in Newport.

Police in Hove are appealing for help to identify a man they want to speak to after criminal damage at St Andrew’s Church.

A new exhibition celebrating the late Portsmouth artist Joseph Loughborough is going on display at The Windbreaks outdoor gallery on Southsea seafront from the third of December, running for four months.

An inquest has concluded that a man who died after falling from a hot air balloon in Wisborough Green took his own life.

Emergency services have cordoned off part of Selsey beach after five large shipping containers washed ashore following an incident at sea.

Emergency services were called to Bonmarche on the pedestrianised section of London Road in Bognor Regis on Friday 5 December, after reports of a fire inside the store shortly after 8.10pm. The incident triggered a significant response, drawing multiple fire crews and police units to the town centre.

A drug-driver who killed one person and seriously injured two others in a head-on collision has been jailed.

Leaders of Hampshire’s upper-tier authorities have stressed that the decision to delay the mayoral election was made solely by the Government.

More than 30 per cent of Worthing’s entire annual budget is now expected to be spent on housing people who would otherwise be homeless.

Chichester District Council is seeking government funding to carry out urgent repairs to Selsey’s West Beach coastal defences.

Officers from Counter Terrorism Policing South East (CTPSE) have arrested four people on suspicion of terrorism offences in Sussex today (4/12).

Police are appealing for witnesses after a mobility scooter rider was seriously injured in a collision in Littlehampton.

Chichester’s MP Jess Brown-Fuller is urging the Government to reverse cuts to Police Community Support Officers.

Three men have pleaded guilty after a cannabis factory was discovered in Eastbourne.

Bognor and Littlehampton MP Alison Griffiths has strongly criticised Government plans to delay the forthcoming mayoral elections for Sussex and Brighton, as well as Hampshire and the Solent.

Mayoral elections across parts of the South, originally scheduled for next May, are now to be pushed back by two years, in a move that is already prompting political disagreement.

Portsmouth City Council says it is making clear progress in tackling anti-social behaviour, with new figures showing less fly-tipping, more patrols and stronger joint work with partners.

West Sussex County Council faces a budget gap of £16.2m in 2026/27 as well as an overspend of £19.7m in 2025/26, councillors have been told.

The University of Chichester has hosted delegates from the European Movement UK for a discussion on the future of Britain’s relationship with Europe.

Police in Southampton are appealing for witnesses after a collision between a moped and a white van.

Part of a 1930s Art Deco building in Horsham which was to be converted into flats is now likely to be demolished and rebuilt.

Brighton and Hove City Council is calling on residents to limit the use of real log fires and wood-burning stoves this winter.

Arun District Council has refreshed its fuel poverty and energy efficiency strategy and is asking residents for their views.

Sussex Weald MP Nusrat Ghani says the cadets currently based at the Crowborough military camp will leave the site next week, ahead of plans to convert the facility into accommodation for asylum seekers.

Portsmouth is moving forwards with plans for a regional film office that will serve the city as well as the wider areas of Hampshire and the Solent.

A domestic abuser who attempted to strangle a woman has been jailed.

Firefighters have been called to a boiler fire inside a retail unit at Gunwharf Quays.

A house fire in Eastbourne’s Sovereign Harbour was caused by a washing machine catching alight.

Sussex Police and partner agencies are stepping up action through December and January as part of the national Safer Streets Winter of Action.

The South’s police forces have begun their seasonal campaign targeting drink and drug drivers, with Sussex Police reminding motorists: “Think you won’t get caught? Think again.”

Police are appealing for witnesses after a collision in Littlehampton this morning (29/11/2025).

Two men have been arrested in Littlehampton this morning (29/11/205)

Police in Eastbourne have been called to a hotel on Burlington Place this morning. (29/11/2025)

East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service responded to a significant house fire in Maresfield this afternoon.

Plans to open a new bingo and gaming centre in Hastings are set to go in front of councillors.

Gosport councillors said they are furious and “disgusted” at the “disrespectful behaviour” of Reform UK for calling an election just hours after a councillor’s death was announed.

Some parents have been branded ‘selfish’ for their antisocial parking around West Sussex schools.

Major disruption is continuing in Nyetimber, five days after a car crashed into a gas substation and forced dozens of residents from their homes.

Detectives have released CCTV images of a man they want to trace in connection with a report of a rape and robbery in Crawley.

Hampshire County Council is warning of a major closure on the M27 later next month.

Eleven young people have completed the latest GRIT course run by West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service.

Bus passengers in Chichester are being invited to comment on plans for a new subsidised bus service.

Police are continuing to appeal for witnesses after a serious crash in Chichester.

Shocked colleagues have paid tribute to a Gosport ward councillor who has died suddenly.

A Sussex hospital trust has been fined £200,000 for failing to keep a vulnerable teenager safe. Read the full statement from University Hospitals Sussex Foundation NHS Trust.

A man has appeared in court this morning (26 November) in connection to a stabbing at Bognor Regis railway station yesterday as part of a British Transport Police investigation.

Hen harriers have been spotted roosting in the reedbeds at Arundel Wetland Centre this winter, marking the first time in six years that the rare birds of prey have returned to the site.

Two teenage boys, have been arrested on suspicion of obstructing the railway after reports that road signs and a bicycle were thrown onto the tracks at Angmering.

The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service could be “compromised” without additional central government funding, a council leader has warned.

UKHarvest says it’s saved 641 tonnes of good food from going to waste in the past year – the equivalent of more than one and a half million meals redistributed across West Sussex.

The Environment Agency has released its latest annual beach water quality ratings, and while the majority of Sussex’s coastline has been given a clean bill of health, a small number of problem spots continue to fall short of expected standards.

Portsmouth City Council’s Wellbeing Service says 300 people who live or work in the city set quit dates during this year’s Stoptober campaign.

Gatwick Airport Limited (GAL) has objected to plans to build thousands of homes west of Ifield.

Temperatures across Sussex dropped below freezing overnight, prompting gritting teams to take action in an effort to keep the region's road network safe. As conditions began to deteriorate on Tuesday evening, West Sussex County Council confirmed that its fleet of gritting vehicles was sent out from 7pm, covering all major routes and priority roads. The authority said teams had been on standby throughout the day as forecasts indicated a sharp fall in temperatures, bringing an increased risk of ice.

People in and around Midhurst are being urged once again to shop local this Christmas.

Police have cordoned off an area outside Bognor Regis railway station following a stabbing earlier this morning.

Calls to convert a vacant Gosport school into a site for teaching children with special educational needs has been turned down by Hampshire County Council.

Arundel has been named one of the UK’s top towns for Christmas festivities.

Police in Newport are appealing for information after a collision involving a black Mercedes A-Class and a white Mazda MX-30.

New research from early years experts at the University of Chichester has examined how mindfulness could help improve well-being in nursery-age children.

A crash involving a car and a gas substation has led to the evacuation of several homes in Pagham.

Police say they've found a 17-year-old boy who was missing in Crowborough

Police are appealing for help after a fight in Bognor Regis.

The much-anticipated Switch On event in Littlehampton, originally scheduled for Saturday, 22nd of November 2025, has been postponed following forecasts of strong winds.