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A red South Western Railway train at London Waterloo, Platform 3, with passengers walking alongside the train. A clock reads 13:30.

Extra late night trains added for New Year's Eve

More trains are travelling from London to Kent and Surrey in the early hours of 1 January.

Supporters of Brighton & Hove Albion during the UEFA Europa Round of 16 first leg match between AS Roma and Brighton & Hove Albion at Stadio Olimpico on 7 March 2024 in Rome, Italy. Supporters have their arms in the air and appear to be chanting.

The biggest sporting stories in Sussex in 2024

Here is a look back at some of the colossal sporting achievements across East and West Sussex.

A close up of a man measuring his waist with a tape measure.

New Year weight-loss courses on offer in Hastings

The two 12-week courses are aimed at people with a body mass index of over 30.

A white Southeastern train

Further £2m worth of station improvements announced

The works will see public areas repainted and customer facilities repaired or replaced.

Two adults in dark jumpers and jeans siting on a black and white carpet with their five-year-old son in a black jumper. They are looking at multi-coloured cars on the floor with numbers on them.

'Council delays lost our son his SEN school place'

A family say their son lost his school place due to 'repeated' East Sussex County Council failures.

A photo of Phoebe Macias, who has long, bleached blonde hair and wears a strappy top as she looks at the camera, with the sea behind her.

Surgery apologises to mum after daughter's death

Phoebe Macias, 14, was found dead at her home in Hastings in July.

Labour MP for Hastings and Rye, Helena Dollimore, pictured in the House of Commons chamber. She is wearing her ginger hair down, and is dressed in a navy suit jacket and white undershirt.

Delayed road costs businesses millions, MP says

The Queensway Gateway Road Project in Hastings was due to be completed in November 2016.

A group of walkers are gathered, some standing, some sat on a wooden bench, high above the sea from Hastings to Fairlight Cove. A small black dog sits next to one of the walkers sat on the bench.

Royal coastal route extended across East Sussex

Another 28 miles of the King Charles III England Coast Path have opened in East Sussex.

A mum wearing an orange puffer jacket looks anxiously at her mobile phone with a blue backpack beside her, while her young son sits on a metal staircase behind her, looking down.

Thousands of children homeless at Christmas

A report by Shelter says more than 9,400 children could be in temporary accommodation in December.