Sussex World Bulletin for August 7

The top stories from around Sussex on Monday, August 7.

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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 Monday, August 7th.

00:05 A mob of meerkats have just hit a park in Sussex, have developed a special method for

00:09 predicting the results of England's football games, and correctly predicted the number

00:12 of games in their run-up to the Lionesses' triumph in the 2022 Euros, and have now predicted

00:16 the Lionesses' triumph over Nigeria in a round of 16 clash.

00:21 Using two bags of treats, each with the team's flag on, the meerkats are left to choose which

00:25 bucket they prefer to eat from, and the bucket surrounded by the most meerkats is declared

00:29 the predicted winner.

00:31 And when the meerkats went to go to the food, England was predicted to come out on top.

00:38 In Brighton, police are appearing for witnesses after a collision on the seafront.

00:42 Emergency services responded to the collision with involving a car and a pedestrian in Kings

00:45 Road at about 5am on Monday, August 7th.

00:49 The pedestrian, a 32-year-old man from Mayersfield, sustained serious injuries and was taken to

00:53 hospital where he remains.

00:56 And finally, Eastbourne Borough Council leader Stephen Holt has responded to claims by Eastbourne

01:00 MP Caroline Ansell that a council-owned building in the town has discharged thousands of litres

01:04 of raw sewage.

01:06 The town's MP and Councillor Penny Decaro joined Southern Water's Misconnections team

01:10 to see the misconnections work first-hand, and were updated on progress in finding sewage

01:16 and wastewater pipes wrongly and illegally connected to surface water drainage.

01:20 During the visit, the MP found the bathroom to be connected to surface water pipes that

01:23 go straight into the sea, taking untreated sewage and other waste items like toilet paper

01:27 with it.

01:28 However, these claims have been outright refuted by the Eastbourne Borough Council leader.

01:32 Bye.