5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (161+ words) A former primary school teacher from Lindfield has been jailed for more than four years after sexually assaulting two nine-year-old boys. Thirty-two-year-old Joseph Haffenden pleaded guilty to six counts of sexual assault by touching and six counts of false imprisonment....

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (194+ words) An inquest has opened into the deaths of four members of a family who got into difficulty in the sea off Shoreham. Hussam El-Khawas, 55, Zeina Alayan, 37, and their 13-year-old daughter Sara died after being brought ashore by lifeboat crews on…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (238+ words) A family of four who died after getting into difficulty in the sea off Shoreham have been laid to rest in Lebanon. Hassan El-Khawas, 55, Zeina Alayn, 37, and their 14-year-old daughter Sara died after getting into difficulty in the water near…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (286+ words) A six-year-old girl has sadly died after being pulled from the water off Shoreham earlier this week, bringing the number of family members who lost their lives in the tragedy to four. Emergency services were called to the sea off…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (268+ words) Three members of the same family have died after getting into difficulty in the sea off Shoreham, while a fourth family member remains critically ill in hospital. The tragedy happened on Tuesday afternoon (18 August), after the family travelled from their…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (246+ words) Investigators have found an irregularity in the railway track at the site of last week's train derailment in Lewes. The Rail Accident Investigation Branch says the issue was present before the crash, which happened on Thursday 13 August during a period…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (206+ words) Shoreham-by-Sea is in mourning after three members of the same family died after getting into difficulty in the sea at Kingston Beach. A fourth family member, a young girl, remains in critical condition in hospital. Sussex Police says all four…...