the document was deposited at the west sussex record office in 19 56 by mr. leslie holden who wrked for the local solicitor's office and was dedicated to learning about and preserving local history. holden's daughter generously gave us access to her father's journals and they confirmed the following story that was originally relayed to us by a longtime archivist at the record office. in 1942, the solicitor's firm for which holden worked decided to give a number of papers to the paper salvage program in support or the war effort. holden took a look at the papers to be disposed of and was, as he wrote, quote, completely astounded by what he discovered. a number of these papers and parchments were historically significant and in his view, worth saving. so with the permission of his superiors, he and two other local experts sifted through the papers, setting aside anything potentially important. the sussex declaration was most hikely among these papers. saved by holden and 14 years later deposited at the west sussex record office. it's worth noting the solicitor'

the goodwood revival festival attracts about 150,000 people to the race circuit in west sussex.d was a special one because it was celebrating its 20th anniversary. the event is all about celebrating vintage motor sport and people who at 1010 to dress up and it seems that this year the cash machines did as well because they were fitted inside retro telephone boxes. police are appealing for anybody with any information to get in touch with them. thanks for that. if you thought you saw more than yourfairshare of if you thought you saw more than your fair share of showers today, we we re your fair share of showers today, we were all in the same rather leaky boat. through the evening, the influence of the high pressure is still there for a time, particularly in northern and western part in the channel. 0n in northern and western part in the channel. on tuesday, average of high pressure will try to dominate giving us pressure will try to dominate giving us less on the way of breeze and more sunshine so it will feel a bit warmer, until it wrong when more cloud and rain manifesting itse

yes, it good morning from medmery in west sussex.nd here at medmery, there is a beautiful coastline here, with a shale beach. what the environment agency has done here as part of an innovative and sustainable scheme called managed realignment, it allows a break in the sea wall and thenit allows a break in the sea wall and then it allows the sea to naturally come in and out in this area, just inland, to create some lagoons. it isa inland, to create some lagoons. it is a nature inland, to create some lagoons. it is a nature reserve inland, to create some lagoons. it is a nature reserve which ultimately helps protect properties in the local area. we will have more on that in a moment. let's look at the weather. at long last we have blue skies overhead, and welcome change from this morning's showers. enjoy the sunshine if you have any today, there will be lots of cloud around, thickening up through the day, especially in the northern half of the uk, bringing more extensive rain in the afternoon. a bit of rain around this morning, some sh

the goodwood revival festival attracts around 150,000 people to the race circuit in west sussex and thist is all about celebrating vintage motor sport and people who attend tend to dress up and it seems that this year the atm's did as well because the cash machines were fitted inside retro telephone boxes. police are appealing for anybody with any information or anybody who saw anything to get in touch with them. the parents of a six—year—old child are threatening to sue their sons' school, saying he was being told to pretend that another boy was a girl. nigel and sally rowe have taken their son out of his church of england primary school on the isle of wight. they say the issue of socially transitioning children needs to be carefully considered. duncan kennedy reports. the school at the centre of this story on the isle of wight is not being identified, to protect all the children involved including the children of nigel and sally rowe, the parents who have now withdrawn their six—year—old son. they say he was confused when another male pupil came to school wearing a dress. they say it's

now, the director of gatwickfirstparking, umar irshad, is thought to be in pakistan, and west sussexa very slim chance, unfortunately, for us to pursue any action, and equally for consumers to get any recompense back orany consumers to get any recompense back or any refunds associated with their contract. almost three quarters of london companies who employ workers from the eu have rated the uncertainty of the uk's future role in europe as one of their top concerns, according to a recent survey by the cbi. a similar number said they have developed or are developing a contingency plan for when the uk leaves the eu. it comes ahead of a meeting between the european council's president, donald tusk, and theresa may in london next tuesday to discuss the deal. a new sculpture has appeared in woods in bansted. it is the work of ella who calls herself a tree pirate. it took three days to carve with a chainsaw, but we won't tell you what is. find out at lunchtime. so why did she become a tree pirate? i have tried working in an office, i have tried being an events manager, and working for an a

have got rain nudging into the far, far west of northern ireland a little bit later on saturday afternoon. but for england and wales, it stays dry. kent, sussexof these shower clouds developing in these shower clouds developing in the afternoon. a fine evening on the way. lots of dry weather through the night particularly across many central and eastern areas and that rain marches in. most of the rain shouldn't be too heavy as it moves in. it maybe heavy across some of the hills of wales perhaps and for a time, in some of the towns and cities early in the morning there across the west, but basically what's going to happen this weather front will be moving eastwards and some of the rain willjust rain itself out so the weather front will start falling apart and what we will be left with is a big area of cloud with dribs and drabs of rain on and off. rather than calling it a wet, soaking afternoon, it will be just damp with rain on and off. now eastern areas may stay dry through the day, but it will be clouding over. also becoming cooler tomorrow. 16 celsius for many of us. through the course of sunday evening you can see how the cloud and patch

west of northern ireland a little bit later this afternoon. for england and wales it will stay dry, almost completely dry because here kent, sussex, maybe in theof one of the shower clouds developing in the afternoon. fine weather tonight across central and eastern areas and then the rain marches in. most of then the rain marches in. most of the rain should not be too heavy as it moves in. it might be heavy across the heels of wales and for a time in some of the and cities across the west, but this weather front will move slowly eastwards and also as it does so, some of that rain will rain itself out, so the weather front will fall apart and we will be left with a big area of cloud with troops and drabs of rain on and off throughout the afternoon. rather than a wet soaking afternoon, it will be damp with rain on and off. eastern areas may stay dry, but it will cloud over. it will also become cooler. 16 degrees most of us. during sunday evening you will see how this patchy rain moves towards the east and even some western areas might try out towards the second half of sunday. in the next week, looking cloudy, a little on the unsettled side with

sussex. the accident happened in the village on ringmer near lewes on saturday evening. both men were aged 31. the pedestrians who were from south and south—westesterday. but unusually, it was in hyde park on a sea of people. he was performing at radio 2 live in hyde park and when he finished his set he went crowd surfing in his inflatable. let's have a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tube this morning. 0n the trains, there are delays on southwestern trains between clapham junction and surbiton because of a problem with the track. and at the airports, hurricane irma has led to the cancellation of at least 17 flights at heathrow and gatwick to and from florida. the advice is to check with your airline if you are due to travel in the next few days. and on the roads, if you're on way to heathrow, nene road is closed for repairs to a burst water main. the outside lane on the a4 is closed as a result. if you were looking up at the skies yesterday, you may have seen this. if not, this is what you missed. 27 hot air balloons which lifted off from london city airport as part of the lord mayor's hot air balloon regatta.

west of northern ireland later on saturday afternoon. for england and wales it stays dry, almost com pletely wales it stays dry, almost completely dry, because here kent, sussexhat rain marches in then. most of the rain shouldn't be too heavy, it may be heavy across some of the hills of wales perhaps. for a time some of the hills of wales perhaps. fora time in some of the hills of wales perhaps. for a time in some of the towns and cities early in the morning across the west. what's going to happen this weather front will be moving slowly eastwards and also as it does so some of that rain will rain itself out, so the weather front will start falling apart. we will be left with a big area of cloud with dribs and drabs of rain on and off through the afternoon so rather than calling it a very wet soaking afternoon, it's going to be for many of us damp with rain on and off. eastern areas may stay dry through the day but it will be clouding over. also becoming cooler tomorrow. through sunday evening you can see how slow this area of cloud and patchy rain moves towards the east and even western areas may dry out towards the second half of sunday and into sunday even

sussex county. for rest of us, over parts of new jersey and delaware, it's some clouds that we are seeing, as well. more sunshine in the north and west we're at 84 by 1:00. forecast high today was 89 with high humidity. >>> if you're heading out the door, let's check with the roads with first alert traffic reporter, jessica boyington. >> tracy, stop and go on the schuylkill expressway moving through cityline avenue. you can see here on the westbound side we're jammed. pretty much jammed from montgomery county drive forward and center city, too. the schuylkill is pretty jammed up now. we're also watching and on stand by for the burlington bristol bridge opening that was scheduled for 7:45. we're running behind schedule. clear on the betsy ross and tacony palmyra. >> thank you. >>> a live look at philadelphia national airport. in just a few minutes, an american airlines flight will leave here for puerto rico. passengers will reunite with family sit living in the hurricane-damage -- family will visit with the hurricane-damaged area. >>> preparing kids for the new age of stranger danger tomorrow morning on "nbc10 news today" starting at

sussex coast. we saw some strong winds in england and wales last night. 70 mph to the west of bristol.hine at the moment. heavy bursts of rain in north lancashire and cumbria. lots of cloud in the north after a wet night. showers for northern ireland through the day, eastern areas, persistent rain through aberdeenshire and murray firth area through today. that will give minor flooding later on. it stays wet throughout. elsewhere, sunshine and showers. some of you avoiding showers. some of you avoiding showers. in the sunshine, the sun is strong enough to feel warmth. but out of it, breeze, with showers, and a coolly taken recently, 12—14 in scotland, northern ireland and northern england. we finish with persistent rain in scotland, working south. by the end of the night, wales, the midlands, yorkshire and the midlands, either side clear skies, into the morning these are the temperatures in rule parts on thursday. temperatures down well into single figures. the breeze not helping, but for early risers, wet wales, southern counties of england and wales, as we go through the morning, clea

west of england, up into wales as well. cloudy and great further east. a few spots of drizzle towards london and sussex.thern england. quite a damp day here. and improving picture in northern ireland. drizzly rain this morning, but brighter conditions coming. brighter skies arriving from the north—west in scotland. still grey and murky with outbreaks of rain first thing this morning. through the day, this front producing that rain goes through the country. it is slow—moving but is pushing towards the south and the east. we will still see rain in parts of northern england and the odd rumble of thunder. to the north—west, in scotland and northern ireland, clear and fresh with some showers. still mild in the south—east, 22 or 23, and where we see the sunny spells it will be quite pleasant. in the evening hours, that rain eventually clears the east coast and we are all in that cool, fresh regime. first thing tomorrow, temperatures will be cooler than they are outside at the moment. so wednesday should shape up fine. 0nce moment. so wednesday should shape up fine. once the front clears towards the east we ha