19 June 2013 Last updated at 06:49 ET

Teacher 'will not give evidence'Jeremy Forrest arriving at Lewes Crown Court

A teacher accused of abducting a schoolgirl to France will not give evidence in his defence, a jury is told.

Oakhurst Grange'Wanting' nursing home shut down

A Crawley nursing home where standards of care were found to be "wanting" is to be shut down.

Clockwise from top left: Dundee, Hull, Swansea and LeicesterFour vie to be UK City of Culture

Hastings and Bexhill-on-Sea fail to make the shortlist to become the UK's second City of Culture in 2017.

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School 'shocked' by climbers' deaths Tributes to two climbers who died in an accident Vaughan Holme and Jack Hutton-Potts Watch

Winning artwork A helter skelter is to adorn Hastings's seafront Hastings Pier

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