Sussex World Morning Update 8 September, 2025

Headlines from across the county today

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00:00This is your morning update for Monday the 8th of September 2025, brought to you by Sussex World.

00:09The 25 highest performing primary schools across Sussex, ahead of a new school year.

00:16These Sussex schools have done their communities proud.

00:21Amazing video footage shows partial lunar eclipse in Sussex skies.

00:26Photographer Eddie Mitchell captured the amazing scene in Worthing on Sunday night.

00:32The Sussex businesses fined for employing illegal workers.

00:37The government has published a list of employers penalised for hiring people who are not legally permitted to work in the UK.

00:46In 32 pictures, Eastbourne Steampunk Festival.

00:50Chronometers, goggles, brocaded waistcoats and bodices blossomed on Eastbourne Seafront over the weekend for the annual Steampunk Festival.

01:02Bognor CC win at East Grinstead pull-off Premier League Great Escape and send hosts down.

01:08Bognor CC's hopes of surviving in the Sussex Premier Cricket League looked over a few weeks ago,

01:14but they completed a truly great escape with a dramatic final-day win over relegation rivals East Grinstead.

01:23Cannabis plants found at Littlehampton Industrial Unit.

01:27The police have explained why officers were seen at an industrial unit in Littlehampton.

01:32Proposal for St. Mary in the castle to be a Hastings Music Resource Centre.

01:40A local man has put forward a proposal for a new arts initiative in Hastings.

01:47Brighton burglaries, man convicted of string of offences, say Sussex Police.

01:53Sussex Police have announced that a man has been convicted of a string of offences following a burglary series in Brighton.

02:00For more news, go to sussexpress.co.uk.