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  • Updates on Thursday 24 August 2017

  1. That's it from uspublished at 22:01 British Summer Time 24 August 2017

    Bob Dale
    大象传媒 Live reporter

    Thanks for joining the team today, we'll be back at 06:00 BST tomorrow with all your news, sport, travel and weather.

    Is there anything you'd like to tell us about?

    You can get in touch on , on or by sending us an email.

  2. 'Respect the water' this Augustpublished at 21:29 British Summer Time 24 August 2017

    The RNLI is urging people to "respect the water" this summer as part of a drowning prevention campaign.

    The charity says more people die in UK waters in August than any other month.

  3. ICYMI: Warnings over crystal methpublished at 21:05 British Summer Time 24 August 2017

    Police are warning of a surge in crystal meth being found on the streets of Brighton and Hove.

    Officers say the drug is much more widely available than usual.

  4. Huge rise in dog attacks in the South Eastpublished at 20:24 British Summer Time 24 August 2017

    Figures obtained by the 大象传媒 show an increase of more than 60% in the past three years.

  5. Walking on sunshine?published at 19:38 British Summer Time 24 August 2017

    Rachel Mackley
    Weather Presenter, 大象传媒 South East

    It's looking bright for the bank holiday weekend.

    Here's my forecast.

  6. Zoe Ball and Norman Cook cry in GCSE waitpublished at 19:11 British Summer Time 24 August 2017

    Tanya Gupta

    TV presenter Zoe Ball and her estranged husband DJ Norman Cook sat and "had a little cry in the car" while their son went to collect his GCSE results.

    Woody Cook being hugged by his father Norman CookImage source, PA

    The family celebrated outside Brighton College after Woody Cook got his grades. The teenager now wants to do A Levels in film studies and drama.

    Ball gave her son a hug and said: "I'm so proud of him."

    She revealed: "Norman and I just had a little cry in the car. We had to wait for ages and his dad's still waiting."

    'Half-hour wait'

    The DJ - better known as Fatboy Slim - gave the teenager a hug and told him: "Well done. Done it, done it."

    And he then said to his son: "Thanks for coming straight back out, you know how I said come straight out, it's been half an hour now."

    Woody Cook and his mother Zoe BallImage source, PA

    The teenager said he achieved an eight in English Language and a seven in English Literature while also picking up a six in maths - higher than the four he had been expecting.

    Woody also received A grades in drama, DT (design technology), science and additional science and a B in computing.

    He said he was hoping to gain A* in some of these subjects and he would be requesting a re-mark.

  7. Missing: Have you seen Jack?published at 18:47 British Summer Time 24 August 2017

    Bob Dale
    大象传媒 Live reporter

    Police say they're concerned for a man who went missing from St Leonards a fortnight ago.

    Michael Hutson, who prefers to be known as Jack, left the Woodlands Centre for Acute Care after going out for a cigarette break.

    He's on prescription medication for mental health problems, and police fear for his safety.

    Michael Jack HutsonImage source, Sussex Police
  8. Bikecam footage of fatal accident releasedpublished at 17:54 British Summer Time 24 August 2017

    Sussex Police have released footage of a fatal motorbike accident in Chichester to promote safer riding.

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  9. I am in shock, says student with three grade 9spublished at 16:59 British Summer Time 24 August 2017

    Lawrence SchofieldImage source, TANBRIDGE HOUSE

    Lawrence Schofield, is one of only 2,000 students in England to get 9s in English, English literature and maths, the top possible in the new system.

    "Very happy - but somewhat in shock," is the way the 16-year-old described himself after opening his results at his school in Horsham.

    He also achieved A*s in all his other subjects, which are still marked under the old system.

    "Staying positive and trying not to panic," are his tips for doing well.

    Read the full story .

  10. Police anger at appeal of man jailed for 'horror' hammer attack on officerspublished at 16:22 British Summer Time 24 August 2017

    Media caption,

    Police bodycam captures hammer attack

    A convicted murderer, who launched a "horror film" hammer attack on police officers, could be back on the streets in two and a half years.

    Jamshid Piruz lashed out at two police constables with a claw hammer during a break-in on 7 January 2016 in Crawley.

    Earlier this year he was , with a minimum of six years after admitting burglary, affray and two counts of attempting to cause GBH with intent.

    During an appeal hearing, the minimum tariff was reduced to three years.

  11. Footage shows death of bikerpublished at 15:20 British Summer Time 24 August 2017

    Bob Dale
    大象传媒 Live reporter

    Footage of a fatal accident, shot by the motorcyclist who died, has been released by Sussex Police in a hard-hitting road safety message.

  12. Sunny spells and staying drypublished at 14:28 British Summer Time 24 August 2017

    Elizabeth Rizzini
    大象传媒 Look East weather

    More of the same tomorrow too.

    Here's my latest forecast.

  13. Today's Sussex newspaper headlinespublished at 13:32 British Summer Time 24 August 2017

    NewspaperImage source, Getty Images

    : Albion seek to allay concerns over traffic on A27 to IKEA development

    : Ellie donates her hair to children's charity

    : Man arrested at Brighton railway station

    : Fears town will become a 'tarmac desert'

    : Flooding fears for 'fragile' Lancing as IKEA plans floated

    : Local window firm hold raffle and auction to raise funds for hospice

    : Blatchington Mill pupils celebrate 'exceptional' GCSE results

  14. Send us your GCSE results photos and videospublished at 12:54 British Summer Time 24 August 2017

    Kathryn Langley
    大象传媒 Live reporter

    Students at Heathfield Community CollegeImage source, Heathfield Community College

    Thousands of you are collecting your GCSE results today from schools and colleges across Sussex.

    If you've been to get yours, send us your stories, pictures and videos.

    You can get in touch on , on or by sending us an email.

  15. #ICYMI: From teenage party to award-winning festivalpublished at 12:16 British Summer Time 24 August 2017

    Stuart Maisner
    大象传媒 Live reporter

    It started as a teenage house party.

    Now LeeFest is one of the South East's biggest music festivals.

  16. Teenager with water allergy launches YouTube channelpublished at 11:30 British Summer Time 24 August 2017

    A teenager from St Leonards who suffers from a rare allergy to water has started her own YouTube channel to raise awareness of the condition.

  17. Strike-hit rail firm speeds up delay paypublished at 11:07 British Summer Time 24 August 2017

    Southern and Gatwick Express passengers get automatic delay payments when they tap their smartcards.

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  18. 'My first proper memory was being raped'published at 10:31 British Summer Time 24 August 2017

    Bob Dale
    大象传媒 Live reporter

    Danni Smith was raped, beaten, starved and imprisoned by his stepfather, who shared him with other paedophiles.

    He's won a five-figure payout from Brighton and Hove City Council, because social workers knew about the abuse for two years but left him to suffer in the house.

  19. Tributes to chefs killed in road crashpublished at 10:03 British Summer Time 24 August 2017

    Tom Darby
    大象传媒 Live reporter

    Tributes are being paid to two Uckfield chefs who died after their car left the road and hit a tree.

  20. ICYMI: Part-time soldiers put new skills into actionpublished at 09:36 British Summer Time 24 August 2017

    Part-time soldiers from Kent, Sussex and Surrey have spent two weeks training alongside the US military in Michigan

    The reserve battalion of the Princess of Wales's Royal regiment have been taking part in an exercise designed to get NATO forces practicing working alongside each other.