00:00Hello, my name is Laurence Smith, and this is your Sussex World News Bulletin for Wednesday, July the 24th, 2024.
00:07A man has died at a field in Crawley, Sussex police have said.
00:11Police said they were called following concerns for the welfare of a man at Ifill Green playing field in Crawley shortly before 7.30am on Tuesday, July the 23rd.
00:20Police said that despite the best efforts of police and paramedics who commenced CPR, the man who was in his 20s was pronounced dead at the scene.
00:28An East Sussex football club is trying to raise money for new equipment after reporting a break-in at the weekend.
00:33Bugstead Football Club said on its GoFundMe page that tools and equipment were stolen in the early hours of Sunday, July the 21st.
00:41The club said volunteers were deeply saddened by the incident because they used the equipment for the upkeep of the football pitch, to provide facilities, and to provide a recreation ground for the local community.
00:52The club now hopes to raise ÂŁ8,000 to replace the equipment and make all of its facilities secure again.
00:59Visit www.gofundme.com to make a donation.
01:03A Sussex wildlife group has announced that Lewis is now the home of a first-of-its-kind project in the UK.
01:09Railway Land Wildlife Trust said that dogs from the town are encouraged to act like wolves to help reseed native wildflowers at the Railway Land Local Nature Reserve.
01:19Staff are asking dog walkers to walk in the shadow of wolves after they pick up specially designed backpacks to attach to their animals.
01:27The Trust said that holes in the packs allow seeds to be deposited randomly as dogs walk through carefully selected areas of the reserve.
01:37Visit www.railwaylandproject.org to find out more.
01:42To read all of these stories and more, visit www.sussexexpress.co.uk.
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