19/02/2017 South East Today

Two men have been injured after being attacked by a gang

It happened shortly before 4 o'clock this morning on Mount Pleasant Road.

One man was taken to hospital with serious injuries.

No arrests have been made and police are appealing for information.

Farmers in Sussex are suffering a higher number of sheep deaths

caused by dogs than anywhere else in Britain.

The problem is at record levels according to

In the latest incident eighteen heavily pregnant ewes

For sheep farmers it is the discovery they dread that a dog has

These are some of the 18 ewes found dead.

It is believed they were panicked by loose dogs and driven

We are getting reports maybe four or five times a

week if not more, where we get multiple reports a day of dogs

Helen farms within a few miles of the latest

She doesn't know any farmer who has not suffered losses.

With her sheep due to lamb, she says dogs

don't need to make contact to cause damage.

Sometimes there might not be obvious signs but a loose dog

running amongst sheep in the early stages of pregnancy,

In the late stages they can deliver early, it is an emotional

cost to us and from a financial perspective.

The estimated cost last year was ?1.4 million.

Sussex Police are part of a working group looking at the issue.

I have spoken to a number of farmers and all say this is a growing

-- They have spoken to their MPs and the police and crime

commission to push for more action to be taken against those who let

Seven prisons in the South East are set to pay their

Staff will benefit at Cookham Wood, Elmley, Medway, Stanford Hill,

Swaleside, and Rochester in Kent, as well as Lewes in Sussex.

The government is trying to boost recruitment and retain officers,

amid the pressures of violence and staff shortages.

A construction company has been fined ?54,000 after admitting

discharging silt-laden water into part of the River

The incident happened in October 2014, when ICL was contracted

to South East Water to help manage water treatment.

Lifeguard volunteers helped to rescue a man who went into cold

water shock after jumping from Eastbourne Pier last

night.Witnesses saw the 27-year-old struggle in cold sea conditions

after leaping from the Grade II listed pier.

The man was hoisted aboard the RNLI inshore lifeboat.

Hundreds of pounds worth of wild plants have been stolen

Three men were seen collecting wild cabbage and wild samphire

from Folkestone Warren Site of Special Scientific Interest.

It follows a similar theft in January.

Particularly in the best of the Sunshine.

Lots of blue sky at times, but there was cloud never too far away.

Probably won't be too much sunshine around next week.

There will be a very mild start tomorrow,

In the middle part of the week, staying quite windy too,

and eventually turning colder by the time we get to

Overnight, we have lots of cloud around.

There will be some mist and murk forming tomorrow morning,

bit of hill fog as well, some outbreaks of early drizzle

and mild air as well, starting the day at eight or 9 degrees.

It is looking mostly dry tomorrow, there will be plenty of cloud

around, with westerly wind picking up times.

If we get any breaks in the cloud through the afternoon,

we could be looking at temperatures even higher than this, up to 15

Very mild indeed for this time in February.

It will feel a touch cooler on Tuesday, a lot

of thick cloud around, perhaps a few spots of rain due

Staying windy, and turning cooler by the time we get

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Good evening. It has felt more like spring and winter this weekend. We

had 14 Celsius in North Yorkshire today, purely down