The Latest Breaking News from South Downs

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

Bee populations are in steep decline in UK but community funded projects have led to recovery of the ‘vital ecosystem engineers’

If you’re ready to explore all West Sussex has to offer, check out its many fantastic places to stay

South Downs, East Sussex: My dog and I seem to have the world to ourselves, alongside the lone song thrush and the box-fresh burnets

Liam Brown set up his tent and spent the night in the South Downs National Park near Eastbourne before cooking dinner on a camping stove

Organic farms, on-site vineyards and wild swimming pools cleaned by plants instead of chlorine — a luxe new wave of stylish eco hotels are popping up a short train ride from London. Katie Strick picks the most sustainable (and stylish)