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Dog lunged and bit Horsham woman in savage attack

A dangerous dog is to be put down after mauling a Horsham woman so badly that needed surgery.

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Many of the offences took place while Wilson worked at St Margaret's Church in Warnham. Picture: Google Streetview

Warnham church predator: how police caught manipulative paedophile teacher

A choirmaster who abused children while he worked at a church near Horsham has been jailed following a lengthy police investigation.

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Wilson jailed today at Lewes Crown Court. Picture: Sussex Police

Warnham church 'predatory paedophile' jailed for historic child abuse

A ‘predatory paedophile’ church choirmaster who groomed children and manipulated their parents has been jailed.

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Banned taxi driver Muzammil Zawahir walking into court this morning

Banned Crawley taxi driver tried to blame speeding on Chinese takeaway delivery man

A Crawley taxi driver caught speeding in the dead of night tried to pin it on a Chinese takeaway driver.

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Andy Hill was piloting the Hawker Hunter jet when it crashed on the A27. Picture: Chris J Ratcliffe / Stringer

Shoreham Airshow pilot Andy Hill: 'I am known' for safety preparation

Shoreham Airshow crash pilot Andy Hill says he is known for his safety preparations before stunt displays.

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Pilot Andy Hill is charged with 11 counts of manslaughter by gross negligence. Picture: Getty Images

Shoreham Airshow crash pilot: I was not 'cavalier or thrill-seeking'

Shoreham Airshow crash pilot Andy Hill has told his trial that he was not a 'cavalier' pilot when it came to safety.

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Tributes laid to those who died in the airshow tragedy

Shoreham Airshow trial: Prosecutor finishes case against pilot Andy Hill

The prosecutor trying to prove that Shoreham Airshow crash pilot Andy Hill is guilty has finished his case.

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Tim Peake spent six months in space, flying up in a Soyuz TMA-19M rocket (right) in December 2015. Picture: NASA

Watch Sussex astronaut Tim Peake give warning about the dangers of making contact with aliens

Sussex astronaut Tim Peake wants to be on a future mission to Mars.

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Eleven people died in the Shoreham Airshow tragedy. Tributes (such as this one) were laid by the community following the disaster

Shoreham Airshow trial: top pilot made error trying to recreate 2015 stunt that ended in tragedy

An expert pilot trying to recreate the stunt that ended in tragedy at the Shoreham Airshow made an error and pulled up with just 200ft to spare.

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Armed police in Sussex - 16 times firearms officers were needed in 2018

A machete attack on Christmas Eve, an alleged gun factory and a tragic double murder were just some of the reasons armed police were called out in Sussex last year.

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A Hawker Hunter at Gatwick Aviation Museum, similar to the one flown by Andy Hill at Shoreham. Picture: Sussex Police

Shoreham Airshow trial: jurors sit in Hawker Hunter jet plane cockpit

Jurors in the trial of Shoreham Airshow pilot Andy Hill were invited to sit in the cockpit of a Hawker Hunter jet yesterday.

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Some of the criminals jailed in Sussex in January

Locked up in January - 15 of the most high profile criminals jailed in Sussex last month

A couple who inflicted horrible injuries to a baby boy, a driver who caused the death of a teenager in a high-speed crash and a man who savagely murdered a homeless man with a stone slab are just some of criminals jailed in Sussex last month.

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Andy Hill said he would not normally fly dedicated practices of his displays in the Hawker Hunter. Picture: Getty Images

Shoreham Airshow trial: pilot Andy Hill had 'no recollection' of events leading up to tragic plane crash

Pilot Andy Hill told police he had ‘no recollection’ of his tragic jet plane crash at the Shoreham Airshow in 2015.

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Damien Enticott, pictured here at a political event about gardening, has been spared jail

Disgraced Sussex councillor attacked his ex-girlfriend and said he would burn down pub

A disgraced Bognor councillor who resigned from the Labour Party over anti-Semitic comments has been sentenced for assaulting his ex-girlfriend and stealing £2,700.

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The bomb disposal squad has been called out in Sussex several times in recent years, usually to deal with unexploded shells from wartime

Hailsham bomb 'hoax' and 12 other times the bomb disposal squad was called out in Sussex

A suspected bomb hoax at an industrial estate, a 1,000kg WW2 sea mine and a cache of 80 grenades are just some of the reasons that bomb disposal units have been called out to Sussex in recent years

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Baby boy died after ambulance service did not answer Sussex mum’s 999 call

A teenage mum who realised her baby boy was not breathing in the middle of the night called 999 but the ambulance service did not pick up the phone.

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Cocaine-fuelled sex offender broke into Crawley family’s garden in sex act jaunt

A Crawley mum was left afraid for her family’s safety after a cocaine-fuelled sex offender broke into her garden at 2am and performed various sex acts.

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