Sussex World daily bulletin - 26-04-24

Today's Sussex World Daily bulletin: April 26 2024

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00:00 Hello again, Conor Gormley here, trainee reporter for Sussex World and this is our daily news

00:04 bulletin where I run you through all of our biggest stories from across both East and

00:09 West Sussex today. A company based in Crawley has been named the second fastest growing

00:14 in the UK in this year's growth index which tracks all the fastest growing companies in

00:19 the country. Balth's Bikes, a specialist cycling, retail and maintenance company emerged

00:24 as second best in one of the toughest and best represented sectors in the whole index

00:28 which is of course great news for a thriving local business. A hidden sinkhole in Hastings

00:35 town centre meanwhile has created a hazard for motorists in South Terrace. The sinkhole

00:40 is right in the middle of a busy town centre road at the foot of a steep hill and could

00:45 prove lethal to road users a motorist has warned. The sinkhole has been reported to

00:49 East Sussex County Council highways and logged for action so here's hoping something is

00:54 done about it quite soon. A man from East Sussex has been jailed for possession of illegal

00:59 firearms and bullets which he bought from Spain according to the National Crime Agency.

01:03 Dennis Early, 48, was sent to prison yesterday following an earlier court hearing having

01:08 been arrested in 2022 after NCA officers carried out a pre-dawn strike on Early's home in

01:13 Westfield near Hastings. During the raid officers uncovered a converted pistol, seven blank

01:20 firing firearms and six unfired bullets from Early's hallway, living room and a workshop

01:25 in his back garden an NCA spokesperson said. Early has now been sentenced to two years

01:30 and ten months in prison reduced from three years and four months in light of his pleading

01:35 guilty during the process. That's all from me today but for more news, photos and interviews

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01:50 Thank you very much for listening.