03 May 2026

• Can local election candidates fix our roads?
  Candidates in May's local elections tell BBC South East how they would fix potholes and mend roads.
• Train disruption in South East over bank holiday
  Southeastern and Southern rail services affected by engineering work over the three days.
• Museum celebrates Italian cars with 'vast display'
  Italian cars and motorbikes go on display at one of Brooklands Museum's biggest events of the year.
• Poetry festival exploring 'other possible worlds'
  A poetry festival focusing on other worlds and new writing is held at the University of Surrey.
• Hospital offers sensory bags to patients in A&E
  They are designed to reduce anxiety for patients with autism or learning disabilities in an emergency.
• Names of two World War One soldiers identified
  The Ministry of Defence say the men were killed in Ypres, Belgium, in April 1915.
• Former serviceman handcycles to Everest Base Camp
  Ollie Thorn, 37, from Peaslake, Surrey, was paralysed from the chest down in a crash in 2012.
• Air ambulance warns of impact of rising fuel costs
  Aviation fuel costs have risen by 63% since the start of the current Middle East conflict.
• Five teenagers arrested after mass street brawl
  A 14-year-old and four boys, aged between 15 and 17, have been arrested on suspicion of affray.
• Bin lorry plans to be reconsidered for safety
  Elmbridge council says it has seen a "large number of concerns" about plans for the Mill Road depot.
• Winter Olympics champion honoured by home town
  Matt Weston was awarded the freedom of Crowborough by the town council in a ceremony on Friday.
• 'No-one told me amputees don't run marathons'
  "When I'm training and racing I'm not thinking about being an amputee," says Chris Arthey, 71.