Sussex news bulletin on Friday, July 19

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Sussex World reporter Sam Morton brings you the news making the headlines on Friday, July 19

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00:00Hello, I'm Sam Morton, reporter for Sussex World, and here is your daily Sussex News

00:04Bulletin on Friday, July 19th.

00:07Gatwick Airport has been impacted by a global IT outage.

00:11A mass IT outage was reported worldwide this morning, reportedly affecting airlines, airports,

00:17railway companies, the NHS, the London Stock Exchange and media organisations.

00:23A spokesperson for Gatwick Airport told Sussex World,

00:25Early this morning we began experiencing issues with some of our IT systems.

00:29This is a global Microsoft issue affecting some airlines' check-in systems, baggage

00:33and security, including eGates.

00:36We are using our backup process, but some passengers may experience delays while checking

00:40in and passing through security.

00:44Passengers should arrive for their normal check-in time, which is typically two hours

00:47ahead of their flight time for short haul and three hours for long haul.

00:50We apologise for any inconvenience and are working to resolve the issue as quickly as

00:54possible.

00:55CrowdStrike, an American cyber security company, has been blamed for the outage.

01:00President and CEO George Kurtz said CrowdStrike is actively working with customers impacted

01:05by a defect found in a single content update for Windows hosts.

01:09Mac and Linux hosts are not impacted.

01:11This is not a security incident or a cyber attack.

01:15The issue has been identified, isolated and a fix has been deployed.

01:19We refer customers to the support portal for the latest updates and will continue to provide

01:23complete and continuous updates on our website.

01:26Meanwhile, a Sussex MP has offered a substantial reward to anyone who can help him find his

01:31stolen Land Rover.

01:33Andrew Griffith, who was re-elected as the Conservative MP of Arundel and South Downs,

01:37said his Defender was taken from Portbough Railway Station car park.

01:40His appeal on X on Thursday evening read,

01:43Please help by reposting.

01:44My much-loved Defender was stolen from Portbough Railway Station car park between Tuesday 11.45am

01:50and Thursday 4.20pm.

01:52A substantial reward for return of information leading to recovery or arrests.

01:56The vehicle has a number of unique identifiers.

01:59Finally, works have been completed on a £30m seafront hotel in Sussex.

02:05The new build features a series of Grade 2 listed facades, bar and dining facilities,

02:09an open courtyard at ground level and cycle storage.

02:12It also includes a living green roof and bird habitats designed to stimulate the biodiversity

02:18in the local area.

02:19The new 25-bed development will be operated by the De Lahta Hotel Group under its Muldren

02:23brand and is part of Topland's hospitality scheme at Brighton Seafront.

02:28The site also includes the 323-bed double-tree by Hilton Brighton Metropole Hotel, which

02:34recently underwent a major transformation.

02:37Topland's total commitments to the Brighton projects are in excess of £60m.

02:42For all of those stories and much more, you can see our website, sussexworld.co.uk

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