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November 24, 2014, 11:56 pm

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SUSSEX Police are searching for a man who exposed himself in front of schoolgirls on two separate occasions on one afternoon. At 4.30pm last Friday the pervert approached a 14-year old schoolgirl on her way home from school, while she was walking on the footpath (which is not visible from the road) beside Cross Levels Way, in Eastbourne, between the District General Hospital and Sussex Downs College. She walked past him as he was crouching or hiding in the trees and bushes. He then stepped out...

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November 25, 2014, 2:30 am

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TWO Crawley schools have remembered all those who died fighting for their country's freedom in separate services.Holy Trinity School in Gossops Green held a service to remember the sacrifice of soldiers, with readings and a student playing The Last Post. Head teacher Paul Kennedy also laid a wreath.And at The Brook School in Maidenbower pupils created pieces of poppy art to honour the fallen.The school, on Salterns Road, held a service on Remembrance Day when they unveiled 60 ceramic poppies...

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November 25, 2014, 4:30 am

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CRAWLEY'S Army Reservists have recently returned from two weeks' training to work on millions of pounds' worth of vehicles and equipment.The Reservists from 103 Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME), based in Kilnmead, Northgate, carry out inspections, maintenance, modifications, repairs and recovery of Army equipment from all over the world.The Army Reservists from the Battalion's units across the south east of England, formerly the Territorial Army, were taking part in...

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November 25, 2014, 6:00 am

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A TEENAGE woman became a hero for the day by dressing up as a Power Ranger and taking the bold step of having her hair shaved off for Children In Need.Rachel Mackenzie, 19, had all her hair lopped off for the event on Friday, November 14 as just one example of many selfless acts across Crawley to help sick children.The Central Sussex College student surprised her friends when she went in for lessons on the day.Rachel, of Patching Close, Ifield, said: "We had a dress up day at college. I...

Manor Royal businesses receive boost in broadband speeds

November 25, 2014, 7:36 am

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HUNDREDS of Manor Royal firms have received a boost in productivity after improvements to broadband speeds.This is down to a collaboration between the West Sussex Better Connected project, BT and the Manor Royal Business Improvement District (BID).The announcement marks the halfway point in the rollout of new fibre broadband infrastructure in the business district as the first fibre cabinets have gone "live".The Better Connected multimillion-pound partnership is jointly funded by West...

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November 25, 2014, 9:18 am

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POLICE have been called to three accidents in a matter of hours today on Crawley's roads. The most serious was the last of the three, at 2.25pm on the Hazelwick Roundabout. Two vehicles collided on an approach to the roundabout, which is underneath the Hazelwick Roundabout. One car was quite badly damaged but there were no serious injuries and the drivers exchanged numbers. At 12.18pm there had been another collision just a few hundred yards away, on Hazelwick Avenue. One this occasion...

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November 25, 2014, 10:08 pm

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EAST Surrey Hospital's A&E department is struggling to cope with a sudden surge in patients since the start of November - many of whom have nothing more serious wrong with them than a cough or a cold. Every year hospitals across the country experience a spike in people attending A&E departments in November as winter kicks in, but East Surrey has been hit harder than usual. The department had to deal with 500 more people in the first two weeks of the month than at the same time in 2013....

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November 25, 2014, 11:00 pm

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THE victim of a road rage attack who was punched and had "chunks" of her hair pulled has spoken about the terrifying ordeal for the first time. The 23-year-old woman was followed through West Green, Ifield and Langley Green before she was confronted and attacked while still in her car at about 5.45pm on November 10. The victim, who has asked not to be named due to fears of reprisals from her attacker, was driving home to Horley from her job in Crawley town centre when the incident...

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November 26, 2014, 2:22 am

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November 26, 2014, 5:15 am

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SHOPS around Crawley are gearing up for special sales this Friday after being inspired to kick-start the Christmas shopping season by an American phenomenon.Black Friday is a US tradition where retailers slash prices on selected stock for one day of bargains which sometimes have as much as 70 per cent off.If you thought the Boxing Day sales in the UK were bad enough you could be in for a surprise now that the annual craze has made its way across the Atlantic.A host of shops in the town, ranging...

Gang mocks disabled couple in Subway shop then attacks them

November 26, 2014, 7:37 am

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A GANG of teenagers began mocking a disabled couple in a sandwich shop before following them and pelting them with sweets then punching the man. Police are appealing for help to trace the gang of five who set upon the man and woman in a Subway store in Horsham. The victims - a 25-year-old woman and her 21-year-old boyfriend who both have learning difficulties - were getting food at Subway in Carfax, Horsham, shortly after 6pm on Tuesday (November 25) the teenagers, who were in the store, began...

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November 26, 2014, 8:04 am

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PHONES, electrical goods and laptops were stolen from a town centre shop during an overnight break-in. Entry was forced at Street Value, on The Broadway, sometime last Friday night or Saturday morning. Shop staff arrived on Saturday morning to find items missing and evidence of forced entry. The incident was reported to Sussex Police, who are investigating.

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November 26, 2014, 8:13 am

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FANCY going ice skating this Christmas season but are not sure where to go? If so we are here to help, with a list of the 10 best places to go ice skating within easy reach of Crawley. Just make sure you get your skates on as lots of the ice rinks are only open for a few weeks! 1: Reigate on Ice, Priory Park, Reigate Skate on real ice and undercover in the Big Top Marquee when Reigate on Ice opens at the Bell Street end of Priory Park. Festive music will set the scene, Christmas...

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November 26, 2014, 8:20 am

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A DRINK-DRIVER has been sentenced after being caught behind the wheel while twice the drink-drive limit.Valer Vlaicu was pulled over by police who spotted a beer can in the footwell of the passenger seat and smelt alcohol on his breath.The 34-year-old, from Kitsmead, Copthorne, had been out for dinner in Crawley when he committed the offence in the early hours of November 11.He gave a reading of 77 micrograms of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath in his system. The legal limit is 35.He...

Broadfield woman to be sentenced for illegally keeping a goldfish

November 26, 2014, 8:31 am

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A WOMAN from Broadfield is due to be sentenced tomorrow for owning or helping to look after a goldfish, budgie and a kitten when she was banned from keeping animals. Wendy Buksh, 39, of Samphire Close, Broadfield, pleaded guilty to breaching a disqualification imposed after conviction under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 on November 14. Between April 8 and April 24 she kept or participating in the keeping of the three animals. Buksh had been convicted of an offence under the Animal Welfare Act in...

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November 26, 2014, 8:45 am

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CRAWLEY firefighters were called into action today (Wednesday) to put out an oven fire caused when cooking was left unattended. Fire crews were alerted to the blaze at flats at Commonwealth Drive, Three Bridges, at 11.53am. The fire broke out in a kitchen on the fourth floor of a five-storey block of flats. Firefighters traveled to the scene in two fire engines. On arrival two crew members wearing breathing apparatus used one jet to put out the fire. Those living in the flat had got out...

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November 26, 2014, 4:10 pm

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ASDA is bringing Black Friday to Crawley for not one but two days this week and announced the first bargains which will be on sale on a first come, first serve basis.The supermarket, on Pegler Way, is offering big discounts on a host of products including TVs, mobile phones, tablets and toys.The shopping phenomenon has made it over to the UK from America and ASDA, owned by American firm Walmart, is the most high profile store to hold instore deals for customers. Deals on sale in the Crawley...

REVEALED: The best and worst doctors' surgeries in Crawley

November 26, 2014, 11:15 pm

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CRAWLEY'S "worst" and "best" doctors' surgeries have been revealed for the first time.Leacroft Medical Practice, in Langley Green, and Health 4 Crawley Limited, in Three Bridges, have been judged to be at the bottom of the pile after a national survey of GPs' practices.Both were given the lowest possible rating of one out of six.The Care Quality Commission (CQC) carried out the survey, with seven of Crawley's 13 surgeries receiving the highest possible score of six.Two were...

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November 27, 2014, 12:15 am

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POLICE are trying to trace a man who they believe is likely to be in Sussex after a double murder at a house in Fetcham, Surrey. Detectives from the Surrey and Sussex Major Crime Team are asking for information on the whereabouts of Viktoras Bruzas. Surrey Police were called at around 12.30am today (Thursday) after a resident at the property on The Copse found a man and a woman with serious injuries, believed to be stab wounds. Officers arrived at the address a short time later and the...

Firefighters rescue college cleaner who got stuck in lift

November 27, 2014, 12:47 am

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FIREFIGHTERS have rescued a cleaner who got stuck in a lift at the Central Sussex College Crawley campus this morning (Thursday). They received an emergency call at 4.30am and went to College Road in one fire engine. It is unclear how long the cleaner had been trapped for but firefighters freed her and were at the scene for around 20 minutes.