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MYSTERIOUS: The south downs - You Need To See This

Incredible picture of the Milky Way wins photography competition

‘Ancient Light’ by Michael Harris was awarded the top prize at the South Downs annual astro-photography competition

The Independent UK

Police speak out on ‘devastation’ of finding Constance Marten’s baby Victoria dead

More than 1,000 officers looked for Victoria before she was found rotting in a bag of rubbish

The Independent UK

How police search for baby Victoria ended in ‘shock and devastation’

After a six-month Old Bailey retrial, Constance Marten and Mark Gordon were found guilty of the manslaughter of their daughter.

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Jury retires to consider verdict in Constance Marten and Mark Gordon baby manslaughter retrial

Marten, 38, and Gordon, 51, are accused over the death of newborn Victoria in a tent on the South Downs in early 2023

Evening Standard

Constance Marten’s partner refuses to answer prosecution questions

Marten and Mark Gordon are charged with the manslaughter of their baby daughter Victoria, who died in a tent on the South Downs in 2023.

Evening Standard

Constance Marten’s partner suggested they ‘go together on pyre’ after baby death

Mark Gordon said he found their daughter Victoria had gone limp after they pitched a tent on the South Downs amid a national manhunt.

Evening Standard

Constance Marten’s partner blames police for death of baby

Marten, 38, and Mark Gordon, 50 are charged with the manslaughter of their baby daughter Victoria who died in a tent on the South Downs in early 2023.

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Mark Gordon to represent himself in retrial over death of baby with Constance Marten

Ms Marten claims she did not report their baby’s death as they camped off-grid on the South Downs because she did not want to be branded an ‘evil mother’

The Independent UK

Constance Marten’s baby exposed to ‘substantial risk of hypothermia’ in tent, jury told

An expert who examined conditions in a tent on the South Downs said Constance Marten and Mark Gordon’s daughter may have faced ‘substantial climatic cold stress’

The Independent UK

Baby Victoria exposed to ‘substantial risk of hypothermia’ – expert

Constance Marten, 37, and Mark Gordon, 50, are accused of the manslaughter of their daughter Victoria in 2023.

Evening Standard

Why West Sussex is the charming, uncrowded alternative to the Cotswolds

Between a revived 14th-century coaching inn and slick restaurants championing local produce, the South Downs are having a moment, says Annabelle Spranklen

Evening Standard

‘Iconic birds’ feature among top images in national park photography competition

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

Evening Standard

Distant Voices, New Worlds review – avant-garde vision of Albion by bright British composers

Inspired by the South Downs near Brighton, this selection box of new work from contemporary composers is English to its core – and yet defies tradition

The Guardian - UK

‘Give nature space and it will come back’: rewilding returns endangered species to UK’s south coast

Walking a 100-mile stretch of coastline reveals how a pioneering project is transforming the seascape, rivers and land

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Sunday with Jacqueline Wilson: ‘It’s called the South Downs, but it mostly seems to be up’

The author on an early start, eggs by the dozen and Jeremy Clarkson’s piglets

The Guardian - UK

The South Downs bolthole that offers a ‘complete escape from the world’

The Seven Sisters chalk cliffs are one of the most famous beauty spots on England’s south coast. A trio of newly-renovated cottages is giving guests a chance to immerse themselves in this iconic landscape

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Walking in the air: Snowman creator Raymond Briggs’s favourite Sussex paths

An exhibition of the great British illustrator’s life opens this month in Ditchling village, in the South Downs countryside that inspired him

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