Local News from Wednesday, July 8th, 2026

Flight EZY87PX issued the emergency alert at around 9.05pm on Wednesday evening after departing from Gatwick Airport.

Police in Hampshire are investigating a reported robbery in Eastleigh.

Chichester International Film Festival is returning this summer with 15 days of films, special events and open-air screenings.

National Highways has joined forces with mental health charity Chasing the Stigma to help people access support more quickly across the South.

The Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner’s Independent Custody Visiting Scheme has been recognised nationally for the quality of its work.

A new University of Brighton project is bringing together international researchers to challenge structural bias in body image science.

Firefighters have extinguished a blaze involving two sheds in Littlehampton.

The expansion of a special school in Worthing has been approved by West Sussex County Council.

More than 11,000 people visited Chichester Cathedral’s Festival of Flowers over four days in June, helping to raise £176,403 towards the preservation of the historic cathedral.

Two stolen motorbikes, multiple police units, one very good girl — and a well-earned box of chicken nuggets.

A Gosport man has pleaded guilty to attempted false imprisonment and trespass with intent to commit a sexual offence after breaking into a home in Rogate.

The family of a man who died following a fire in Cowes have paid tribute to a much-loved son, brother, grandson, nephew and friend.

A highway worker has died following a collision on the M23 at Crawley.