- Rain dampens summer clothing sales
- Move to make addicts employable
- New strike threat over pensions
- Cameron to fight prison voting plan
- Two rapists see sentences doubled
- Growth plan pressure on EU leaders
- BAE signs £1.6bn Saudi jets deal
- Nationwide unveils SME lending plan
- Olympic torch takes a wrong turn
- Report reveals diabetes 'lottery'
- Paxman to give Leveson evidence
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Anti-social complaint routine plan
Home Secretary Theresa May has unveiled a plan for a community trigger to force police to investigate repeated complaints with Brighton hosting one of the three pilot schemes.
Pond makes backdrop for blockbuster
Film-makers behind the soon-to-be released Snow White And The Huntsman chose to use a National Trust site in Surrey as the backdrop for their movie.
Son charged with murder of mother
A 30-year-old man has been charged with murdering his mother after her body was found at her house in Kent.
Killer told he may never be freed
An anti-paedophile vigilante from Hastings who murdered a gay man he wrongly believed to be a child molester was told he may never be released from prison.
Friendly fire father's demand
The father of a young soldier from Eastbourne who was accidentally shot dead by a comrade while on active service in Afghanistan has called for "lessons to be learned" from the tragedy.
Man in court over woman's murder
A man was remanded in custody when he appeared in court charged with the murder of a "devoted" grandmother found stabbed and beaten to death near Oxford.
Double-killer mother loses appeal
A mother from Surrey who murdered her two young children and placed their bodies in holdalls in the boot of her car has lost her appeal against sentence.
Bid to halt 'Hound' home conversion
The Surrey home where Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote The Hound of the Baskervilles and The Return of Sherlock Holmes is to be fought over in a legal battle at the High court.
Rope swing death inquest held
An inquest will be held into the death of a 12-year-old boy who died after falling into a river in Maidstone while playing on a rope swing.
£2m drugs haul seized from lorry
Two attempts to smuggle drugs, including nearly 80lb (36kg) of heroin, into the UK through Dover have been foiled by Border Force officials.
Rail firm admits station overshoot
A rail company will be sentenced next month over an incident in which one of its commuter trains overran a station in East Sussex nearly two and a half miles.
River crossing toll charges to rise
The river crossing toll charge on the M25 at Dartford is to rise in the autumn, the Government announced.
Student backs eye cancer campaign
A Portsmouth University student who lost an eye to cancer is urging parents to get their children's eyes checked regularly.
Study to assess supermarket impact
The first independent study has been launched into the impact on a traditional market town, in Hampshire, of building a new supermarket.
Killer mother appeals over sentence
A Surrey mother who murdered her two young children and placed their bodies in holdalls in the boot of her car after her relationship with their father broke down will appeal against her sentence.
Fencer tells of Paralympic pride
A 19-year-old law student from Buckinghamshire has spoken of her pride at representing Great Britain at the London 2012 Paralympic Games just six months after taking up wheelchair fencing.
Ex-altar boy sentenced over murder
A former altar boy from East Sussex will be sentenced for killing his gay lover just four months after he was freed from prison following his acquittal for a vicar's murder.
Five wanted in march violence probe
Pictures have been released of five people wanted by police investigating violence which flared during a nationalist march and rally in Brighton last month.
Fitness fan 'killed by weights bar'
A fitness fan has died after apparently becoming trapped beneath weight training equipment as he worked out in a garage in East Sussex.
Bug 'unlikely' cause of girl death
A child from East Sussex found dead in her bed by her mother is unlikely to have died of a streptococcal infection, a court heard.
Man charged with widower's murder
A man has been charged with the murder of a 40-year-old widower who was found stabbed to death at his seaside flat in Brighton.
Florence joins Bestival headliners
Florence + the Machine have been announced as the latest headliner for Bestival on the Isle of Wight.
Mountain challenge supports cats
Adventure seekers are being encouraged to climb three of Britain's best-known mountains to raise funds for a Sussex charity helping unwanted cats and kittens.
Volunteers wanted for forest survey
Volunteers are needed to carry out wildlife surveys in the New Forest as part of a project from the Natural History Museum.
Unfaithful widower awarded damages
A company boss from Bedfordshire who married the mother of his love child less than a year after being widowed won nearly £120,000 damages when a judge ruled that paramedics were "negligent" days before his previous wife's death.
Pioneering knee operation hailed
A pioneering knee operation for arthritis sufferers which can halve recovery times has been developed in Southampton.
Funding success for Clean Break
Projects across the South East have been awarded more than £2 million in funding from an arts scheme.
Ross lends a hand to homeless dogs
TV and radio personality Paul Ross will be judging the entries in a dog fun day organised to support the work of Battersea Dogs And Cats Home in Surrey.
Man held after woman's body found
A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman's body was found in Oxfordshire.
'Britain's rudest shop' to close
A Hampshire store described as "Britain's rudest shop" is to shut after 170 years of trading.
Nurses join Night To Remember walk
Nurses will join hundreds of ladies walking through the night to raise money for the Worthing hospice where they work.
Frog found in supermarket asparagus
A Southampton couple had a surprise when they found a tree frog nestling in some asparagus tips they bought in a supermarket.
Rare kitten abandoned outside shop
A rare kitten was abandoned in a holdall outside the shop of an animal charity in Kent.
Man arrested over widower's murder
A man has been arrested over the murder of a 40-year-old widower who was found stabbed to death at his seaside flat.
Chief exec takes fundraising lead
A chief executive is to canoe 170 miles along the River Thames to support an appeal by the charity he runs.
Bahrain's King at Queen's lunch
The King of Bahrain, whose regime has been accused of brutally suppressing pro-democracy demonstrations, is set to have lunch with the Queen at Windsor Castle in celebration of her Diamond Jubilee.
Jail for Facebook account hacker
A West Sussex man has been jailed for a year for hacking into a Facebook account.
Sex assault sailor detained
A Royal Navy sailor who groped a female colleague under her pyjamas during a deployment to the Middle East has been sentenced at court martial in Portsmouth to 11-and-a-half months in military detention.
Rare monkey enjoys animal park life
A vulnerable species of monkey has added a new member to its brood at a zoo near Canterbury.
Sniper 'had never used gun in dark'
A sniper who is believed to have shot a comrade from Eastbourne he thought was a Taliban insurgent in Afghanistan has told an inquest he had never shot the rifle he was using that night in darkness.
Jubilee medal for namesake sailor
Royal Navy sailor Brian Diamond, who serves on board his namesake ship HMS Diamond, has been presented with a Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal in Hampshire.
Unemployment rate climbs by 0.4%
Unemployment in the South East climbed by 1,000 in the three months to March, official figures have revealed.
Drivers ready for White Hat Rally
Motoring enthusiasts are getting the chance to take part in a three-day Olympic-themed tour from Leicestershire to Milton Keynes in aid of vulnerable children.
Navy frigate raids pirate vessels
A Portsmouth-based Royal Navy frigate has undertaken three counter-piracy operations during a seven-month deployment in the Indian Ocean.
Nominate cats for a Feline Oscar
Proud pet owners are being reminded to nominate their favourite felines for a Sussex charity's "cat Oscars".
Giant Jubilee cake for Queen
A giant cake fit for a Queen has been baked by military caterers in Hampshire to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee.
Sniper 'had not trained in dark'
A sniper who is believed to have shot a comrade from Eastbourne he thought was a Taliban insurgent in Afghanistan has told an inquest he had not been trained to fire his rifle in the dark.
Mcycle-crash Pc wins boots damages
A Sussex-based policeman who broke his leg in a motorcycle crash has won about £10,000 damages after judges decided that force bosses had provided "unsuitable" riding boots.
Help George boost number of donors
A teenager from Littlehampton wants to get more people signed up as stem cell donors after he was diagnosed with a life-threatening blood disorder.
Sniper 'unaware of watch point'
Soldiers stationed at a remote observation post were not aware of the existence of another post where a British soldier from Eastbourne was fatally shot, an inquest heard.
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Wednesday 23 May 2012
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