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An photo taken from Google streetview. A white car sits on the central reservation at the Firle Road junction of the A27 between Beddingham and Polegate. The road is clear.

A27 reopened after 'serious' multi-vehicle crash

National Highways says the crash involved "a vehicle crossing the central reservation".

A long brick tunnel with people in the distance sweeping the ground.

Tunnel reopens to walkers for 60th anniversary

The Heathfield Tunnel has been closed to passenger trains since 1965 and pedestrians since 2015.

A road surrounded by trees. On the grass verge is a sign reading Abbot's Wood and Forestry England.

Appeal after boy, 10, attacked by two dogs

The boy was walking with his mother in Abbot’s Wood when he was attacked, say Sussex Police.

A red ROAD CLOSED sign and a yellow DIVERSION sign. In the background two people in high-vis jackets are carrying out roadworks near to a yellow digger.

Some roadworks lifted ahead of the Easter weekend

Some of the roadworks lifted are on the M25, the A27 in Sussex and the M2 in Kent.

A picture of Caroline Donoghue sitting in her garden with two groomed dogs. Caroline is wearing dog print trousers and a purple jumper, while the two dogs are blonde - one cockerpoo and one retriever.

Dog groomer urges caution after social media scam

The Sussex businesswoman gave her social media details away to fraudsters

A row of bluebell flowers in a green woodland. There are dozens of trees in the distance.

Annual countryside walk opens for 52nd year

The Arlington Bluebell Walk has raised more than £1m since it began in 1972.

A number of South East Water vans behind each other in front of a sign advertising a road closure. There are four cones in front of the road closed sign.

Burst water main repairs 'now complete'

South East Water says the supply is being returned "in a controlled way".

A building site with mounds of dirt and red and green fences

Water main repairs 'near completion'

Thousands of homes were left without water after a burst pipe in Lancing Way, Polegate.

Several corporate vans are parked, bunched up on a road, as workmen work in the distance. There is a red road closure sign and a number of orange road cones.

About 8,000 properties lose water supply

Some schools and businesses have been forced to close after a water main burst in Polegate.