Sussex World Bulletin for Thursday, August 10

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00:00 Hi my name is Sam from Sussex World and here are today's top stories from around the

00:04 county for Thursday August 10th. Following an appeal to identify a group of men involved

00:09 in the assault of a man in Brighton in March, a suspect has been arrested by Sussex Police.

00:13 Two further men Sussex Police also wish to speak to have now been identified as well.

00:17 Police are trying to locate three more men who they wish to speak to who may hold key

00:23 information about the incident. The 31 year old victim suffered serious facial injuries

00:27 when he was attacked near the Railway Bail Pub in Surrey Street around 10.45pm on March

00:32 3rd. Two bladed articles were seized last weekend during Operation Valley, Sussex Police's

00:39 summer crackdown on knife crime and serious violence. Operation Valley officers carried

00:44 out 15 stop searches resulting in two arrests for possession of a bladed weapon and three

00:48 arrests for drug related matters as well as a seizure of Class A and Class B drugs. Operation

00:54 Valley officers also made seven vehicle stops. In East Sussex a man was arrested and charged

00:58 after one of these stops led to the discovery of a lock knife and in West Sussex Operation

01:02 Valley officers attended five incidents involving serious violence and or weapons. And finally

01:08 a yacht that suffered engine failure while near Eastbourne was rescued by local volunteers

01:12 the RNLI has said. Crews from Eastbourne's RNLI were paged at 3.11pm on Monday August

01:17 7th to reports of a 37ft yacht with a failed anchor and engine issues. Volunteers then

01:22 launched the all weather lifeboat the Diamond Jubilee and made their way to the vessel's

01:26 location where it was safely towed to shore.

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