‘You can see the water going down’: residents on edge as one of England’s worst-hit reservoirs dries up
After UK’s hottest summer on record, Ardingly near Haywards Heath is just 19% full – and next-closest reservoir is unusable due to broken treatment works
‘This isn’t greenwashing’: thousands of butterflies surprise experts on restored West Sussex farmland
Rare small blues and dingy skippers among species found on former wheatfields two years after start of transformation under commercial nature project
Residents of ‘1066 Country’ lose battle for Bayeux tapestry tickets
Severe drought declared in six areas of England as reservoirs run low
‘A God-almighty punch-up’: rare footage shows Battle of Hastings (the 1966 one)
September 2026
Artist delights in beautiful ‘mess’ and dead trees of England’s rewilding sites
Other lives
John Varah obituary
August 2026
Man killed by falling sign at Christian festival named as church pays tribute
Robert Guanco, 41, a pastor at Jesus Living Water church in Eastbourne, described as having ‘touched many lives’
Man, 41, dies after large sign falls at Christian festival in West Sussex
Six more people hospitalised after incident at Big Church festival near Steyning
Girl, 6, dies three days after Shoreham sea incident that killed parents and sister
Couple who died with their daughter off Sussex coast named by police
Three dead after family get into difficulty in water off Shoreham-by-Sea
July 2026
Water supply restored to Gatwick airport after hours without working toilets
Thames Water joins hosepipe ban as England and Wales approach drought status
June 2026
UK’s seaside towns fear impact of ending coastguard callout payments
Coastguard agency to stop paying volunteers after court ruled they were classified as workers
May 2026
People in Kent and Sussex asked to use water only for essentials after outages
South East Water says demand has jumped owing to extreme heat but stops short of compulsory measures
Dog yoga and the Ministry of Hound: Goodwoof festival – in pictures
Photographer Jill Mead went to Goodwoof – a show for dogs at the Goodwood estate in West Sussex – and turned her camera on canines and their humans
Seascape: the state of our oceans
High levels of toxic ‘forever chemicals’ found off coast of southern England
Study of Channel finds levels of toxic Pfas in Solent at 13 times safe limits in some places, with much coming from treated sewage
March 2026
Striking it licky: rare tongue-shaped fungus found for first time in UK
Blue-based earthtongue specimen discovered in West Sussex nature reserve is only second recorded in Europe
February 2026
Lack of mental health beds contributed to UK teenager’s death, inquest finds
Poor communication also cited as factor in death of Ellame Ford-Dunn, 16, on Worthing hospital’s grounds
