Meridian Battle

The fourth European-inspired tree-throwing competition has taken place in Sussex, with people from all around the country descending on Catsfield, near Battle.

Ifor Whittaker, 80, was an Anglican vicar who went by the name of Father Colin Pritchard when the offences against a boy under the age of 14 occurred.

A former vicar has been charged with child sex offences dating back to the late 1990s.