Sam Morton

1 week ago | sussexexpress.co.uk | Sam Morton

Police officers are carrying out searches in Crawley after teenagers were seen with weapons. Sussex Police said officers responded to a 'report of three youths armed with offensive weapons' in Langley Parade, Crawley, just before 6pm on Wednesday (June 18). A police helicopter has since been spotted in the area.

1 week ago | sussexexpress.co.uk | Sam Morton

People planning to visit the coast during a heatwave in Sussex have been given lifesaving safety advice. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), in partnership with the Met Office, has issued a new yellow alert from 12pm on Wednesday (June 18) until 6pm on Sunday (June 22) – but temperatures are expected to peak in the high 20s until the end of June.

1 week ago | sussexexpress.co.uk | Sam Morton

A technical error has been blamed for bin collection date confusion in the Arun district. A bin collection date error was reported this week on the Arun District Council app. "Collection dates are currently showing one day early, due to a technical error,” a council statement read. "We are working to correct this as quickly as possible. “Please be assured that we have not made any changes to your collection days or dates.

1 week ago | sussexexpress.co.uk | Sam Morton

A former social housing director, from Chichester, has been remembered as a ‘kind and generous’ family man. Jeremy Roderick Adams was born in 1940 to Alan and Gladys Adams at Elm Road, Warlingham, Surrey. "As a young boy growing up during WW2, memories abound of living with his mother, aunts, his big brother Dave and his grandmother,” a family obituary read. "A fond memory during a night time of bombing was of him trying to set a light in the air raid shelter at the end of the garden.

1 week ago | sussexexpress.co.uk | Sam Morton

No one was seen with a dog which attacked a toddler in a West Sussex village – with searches ongoing to find the owner. Sussex Police launched an appeal for witnesses this week after a dog attacked a two-year-old girl in Rustington. “We’re appealing for information following a serious dog attack in Brookfield Park on Sunday, June 15, at around 3.30pm,” the appeal read. "A two-year-old girl was bitten in the face by a dog, described as a small, dark coloured, Terrier like dog.