It is 75 years since a 100-year-old Hampshire veteran returned home after being held in a prisoner of war camp in the Far East for three and a half years.

100-year-old former prisoner of war remembers his comrades 75 years on

The Sussex-based Hanover Band has had to cancel a year's worth of anniversary concerts due to Corona. It's solution has been labelled brave and audacious. 

Celebrating Beethoven's 250th anniversary - with a socially distanced orchestra

A woman from Sussex, who welcomes asylum seekers to stay with her while their applications are processed, says more should be done to help refugees. Alison Mohammed, from Hassocks, currently shares her family home and garden with asylum seeker Ibrahim.

Calling for compassion: Sussex woman opens home to asylum seekers 

Cat and Raz who have broken the world record for the fastest time circumnavigating the globe on a tandem bicycle - Credit: Guinness World Records Day launch

Cat Dixon, 54, and Raz Marsden, 55, spent 263 days, eight hours and seven minutes travelling through 25 different countries. The pair set off from Oxford on 29 June 2019.

Women break world record for fastest circumnavigation by tandem bicycle

Holidaymakers from across the South East face being stuck in quarantine for 14 days after the government re-imposed quarantine rules for travellers returning from Spain.

Holidaymakers left in limbo after Spain's quarantine rules re-imposed

International student Depeeka filmed for report about financial hardship - ITV News

Many international students in the South are struggling financially and some think their universities are not doing enough to help. 

The international students facing financial hardship miles from home

The new method developed at Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital relies on reagents manufactured in the UK and it is a lot faster. 

'Breakthrough' Covid-19 test being piloted in Hampshire

Thousands of Britons stranded in New Zealand due to the coronavirus - including ex Sussex MP Stephen Lloyd, want more UK Government action.

Former MP says Brits still stranded in New Zealand

A Newbury-based charity has held an event to thank donors who helped a project to provide meals for children in a part of Ghana.

Newbury charity celebrates reaching fundraising target

It comes as the number of people who have tested positive in the UK reached 115, 17 of which are in the South East.

First cases of coronavirus confirmed in Oxfordshire and Wiltshire

Shindy Perez from Sussex was taken to Auschwitz with her grandparents when she was 15 but was separated from them, she never saw them again.

Holocaust Memorial Day: Survivor says suffering 'must never be forgotten'

Sir David Attenborough's warning today of a 'moment of crisis' for our climate have been echoed by 91-year-old activist John Lynes.

UK's oldest protester echoes Sir David Attenborough's 'crisis climate' fears

Traders at the Kent Vegan Market say they are seeing an increased interest in 'Veganuary', where people give up meat & dairy for a month.

Traders talk turning vegan for January in 'Veganuary'

It has emerged that a mother and daughter from Basingstoke are among dozens badly injured following a volcanic eruption in New Zealand.

Mother and daughter among dozens injured in New Zealand volcanic eruption

The Royal British Legion is introducing a so-called 'digital pause' for Armistice Day. 


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