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Sussex, East and West

two counties in Great Britain, on the English Channel. Area of East Sussex, 2,100 sq km; population, 657,700 (1973). Area of West Sussex, 1,600 sq km; population, 629,900 (1973). The Sussex coast is a major resort area. Resorts include Brighton, Eastbourne, and Hastings. Fruits and vegetables are grown and marketed. Grain is grown in the northern parts. There is also poultry and dairy farming. The major cities are Lewes and Chichester.

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The South Downs, Hampshire, East and West Sussex, created in 2010, 1624 sq miles Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire but parts of Cumbria and Lancashire, created in 1954.

The nation's great spots

Earlier this week the South East joined most of East Anglia in a state of drought, with Hampshire, East and West Sussex, Kent, Surrey, Berkshire, London, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and east Gloucestershire now affected.

Drought risk area expands

In the past three years, East and West Sussex County Council and Brighton and Hove Council schools have coughed up 200,000 pounds for accidents on their school grounds.

UK school sued for Au20K after someone slips on sweet wrapper

Kent, Surrey, East and West Sussex, and London are covered by scholars, curators, and preservationists, and within them urban and rural sites and workplace and houses.

Ritual landscapes of Roman South-East Britain

With unspoilt countryside, wild woodlands and an array of botanically rich landscaped gardens, East and West Sussex is a treasure trove for nature and outdoor enthusiasts.

Glorious gardens at home

A night of unceasing rain left much of East and West Sussex under water and several main roads impassable.

Worst floods for decades in south-east

- Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset, Avon, East and West Sussex, Kent, Scotland, North West and North East England, Yorkshire, Midlands, Wales, Home Counties.

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Flood watches are in place in Sussex, Derbyshire and Staffordshire, and there is a risk of surface water on the south coast with 70mm of rain forecast for Kent, and East and West Sussex.

BRITAIN BRRACED; Snow, gales and floods hit