The ever-increasing supermarket monopoly means rural butchers, bakers and other traders have been forced to shut up shop because they can no longer afford to stay open.
Emergency workers are to stage a summit to plan for mass evacuations in the event of a flood.
Most people throw out their old cardboard cartons and tubes for recycling but Matthew Taylor has a different use for them - he recycles the rubbish into toys.
Brighton and Hove City Council is considering banning dogs from all the city's beaches from May to September and from other public places all year round. Many dog owners are bitterly opposed to the idea and say they are being penalised. They say litter louts leave more mess than dogs.
Plans to ban dogs from beaches have left owners hot under the collar.
