The Latest Breaking News from South Downs

Piers Fearick’s picture of a yellowhammer claimed the first prize in the wildlife category of the South Downs National Park’s annual competition.

Keen to test the limits of his well-matured endurance, Steve Shrubsall hurls himself headlong into a 500km ultra-endurance adventure across the North and South Downs

UK Oil and Gas says work is to resume at Avington site in national park after decision from Planning Inspectorate

When you “gaze up at the night sky”, you “can’t help but feel small” before the “grand abyss of the universe that lies beyond”, said Ethan Siegel on Big Think. While nearly all of them are “invisible to our eyes”, our “observable” universe, extending “tens of billions of light years…

The actor said his family have been combing woodlands in the South Downs, West Sussex, for a week now to find his missing sister-in-law.

The image, taken by Richard Murray from Waterlooville, Hampshire, captures the night-time scene at Cowdray ruins in Midhurst, West Sussex.

The image captures a showstopping night-time scene at Cowdray ruins in Midhurst, West Sussex

The winning image was taken in Edburton, West Sussex.

Walking an East Sussex segment of a newly devised trail leads to encounters with art history, ancient churches and natural wonder