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Equipment removed from Bewbush play area due to safety concerns

February 6, 2015, 6:29 am
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CRAWLEY Borough Council has removed a piece of play equipment from Bewbush Pocket Park due to safety concerns.Council officers routinely inspect play equipment across the town and a possible fault is understood to have been found on the piece of apparatus known as The Scorpion at the park next to Dorsten Square.The Scorpion is a hanging pole with a small circular foot stand around the base which children can balance, bounce or swing on.It will be replaced in due course but it...

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Breakfast at local B&B named best in the entire country

February 6, 2015, 6:30 am
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NORMALLY if you are going to stay in a B&B it will be because you are on holiday. But there appears to be a very good reason for booking in for a stay at a bed and breakfast just a couple of miles down the road from Crawley. Because the breakfast at a Horley B&B has been crowned the nation's best. The full English served up at Cumberland House, in Brighton Road, has been voted the best B&B or guest house brekkie in the country at the Best Breakfast Awards. Carmel Farquhar,...

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Woman denies fraud and theft by transferring £10k of...

February 6, 2015, 7:04 am
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A WOMAN from Furnace Green transferred £10,000 from the account of a deceased man by claiming she was a beneficiary of his estate, a court has heard.Tracey Williams is accused of fraud by false representation by going to Barclays bank on the High Street on August 13, 2014 and claiming she was the next of kin of the late Gregory Shannon, and that she was entitled to money from his estate.The 53-year-old is also accused of the theft of £10,620 belonging to the beneficiary of the estate...

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Designs showing where different religions and groups will be...

February 6, 2015, 8:29 am
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DESIGNS for the new cemetery which is due to be built in Crawley have been released with faith and community groups asked to give their comments on the layout.There will be separate plots in the new cemetery for different groups and religions including Muslim burials, child burials and woodland burials.Residents can comment on the designs from tomorrow (Saturday) until March 8.The new cemetery will be built at Little Trees near Tollgate Hill and will provide enough burial space for up to 50...

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Dozy thief steals entire shower from builders then tries to sell...

February 6, 2015, 8:30 am
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A DOZY burglar was caught red-handed after he stole tools and an entire shower from builders – and then tried to sell the nabbed items back to them. Ryan Marsh took the goods from a house which was being renovated in Maypole Road, Ashurst Wood. But he was arrested and charged by police, after he foolishly attempted to sell the items back to the builders. The 18-year-old was also found to be in possession of several bags of cannabis when officers arrested him at his address in...

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Children go on a bear hunt at Gossops Green nursery

February 6, 2015, 9:05 am
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BRAVE children went hunting for a bear in the grounds of a nursery in Gossops Green.Over the last month the kids at Stepping Stones Playschool have been reading stories about bears – starting with the classic fairytale Goldilocks and the Three Bears.Staff decided to set up a bear hunt in the nursery's garden on January 20 – with a trail following the story of We're Going On A Bear Hunt.The children walked through tall grass, squished through mud, crossed "a river", and...

Children go on a bear hunt at Gossops Green nursery

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NAMED: Police reveal names of 7 men charged with drug offences...

February 6, 2015, 9:21 am
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POLICE have charged seven men with drug offences after a series of raids across Crawley. Officers raided ten homes across the town - while also making an arrest in the car park of the K2 leisure centre - yesterday (Thursday). It has been revealed this afternoon that seven man have now been charged following the raids, which involved more than 100 police officers. All the men - named below - have been charged with conspiracy to supply Class A drugs. Kharram Chaudary, 34, from Anglesey...

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Crawley MP Henry Smith named patron of campaign calling for...

February 6, 2015, 8:30 pm
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HENRY Smith has been appointed a patron of a campaign calling for English votes for English laws.Crawley's MP has agreed to become a patron for the Fair Votes For All campaign which wants only members of Parliament in England to vote on issues which just affect England.Mr Smith said: "This is about sorting out the constitutional imbalances of our political system to ensure English issues are decided by England's Members of Parliament."There are significant areas of policy which are...

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Crawley opera singer who starred on BBC1 show The Voice hopes...

February 7, 2015, 12:00 am
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AN opera singer whose captivating performance on TV talent show The Voice received a rapturous reaction from the audience is hoping the experience will provide a springboard for his career.Stephen Bloy sang Bring Him Home from Les Miserables on the hit BBC One show on Saturday night in a bid to get at least one of the famous coaches to spin round in their chair.Sadly, despite the studio audience giving the caretaker an ovation as soon as he started singing, the performance was not enough to...

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Ambulance service to have new control room in Crawley

February 7, 2015, 2:30 am
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THE ambulance service covering Crawley will soon have a call centre and headquarters in the town after the council approved an application to redevelop a former Thales site in Manor Royal.One of Crawley's biggest employers, Thales, used to operate from several sites in the town but moved to one large site on the road called Manor Royal, within the business district of the same name, in 2008.A site on Gatwick Road which was left vacant by Thales will now become a new base for South East Coast...

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Family of boy, 5, with devastating illness launch appeal to buy...

February 7, 2015, 3:15 am
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THE family of a five-year-old boy suffering from a devastating life-limiting illness are appealing for the public's help so they can make his life a little bit more comfortable.Noah Elkington suffers from Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a rare and incurable muscle wasting condition that tragically means he may not live to see adulthood.In the last year the brave youngster has increasingly lost the use of his legs due to the illness – making it impossible for him to climb stairs or walk any...

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COLUMN: Why Crawley teenagers can't wait to learn to drive

February 7, 2015, 7:07 am
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IN her regular column, Hazelwick School sixth form student Ella Barton gives us an insight into what life is like as a Crawley teenager. THIS is my first column of 2015 and by now many people's resolutions will already have started to fade as they lose the whole "new year, new me" motivation they had a few weeks ago. For me, 2015 is the year that I do a lot of things; the year I turn 18, the year I take my AS exams and, perhaps, the most important thing in my friends' eyes, this is the year...

COLUMN: Why Crawley teenagers can't wait to learn to drive

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Thug faces jail after beating up ex and her new boyfriend with...

February 7, 2015, 7:27 am
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A MAN who attacked his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend with a golf club while they were sleeping has been told he faces a lengthy prison sentence. Liam Coaker appeared in court last Thursday where he pleaded guilty to committing grievous bodily harm (GBH) with intent on Nigel Dawes, who was 27 at the time of the attack, and the unlawful wounding of Natalie Gates, then 28. It was revealed that the 32-year-old bricklayer, from St Leonards Park, East Grinstead, who has a string of offences...

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Tributes paid after death of builder who helped build some of...

February 7, 2015, 9:12 pm
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RELATIVES have paid tribute to a "warm" and "generous" man who helped to make Crawley the town it is today by helping construct many well-known buildings – from a hotel, to a church, a sports pavilion and many homes.John Morris was a builder for more than half a century and in that time "there is hardly a street in Crawley where he has not worked" on one home or another.The 83-year-old died at East Surrey Hospital on New Year's Day after being diagnosed with...

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Thousands of Crawley residents closer than ever to being allowed...

February 8, 2015, 12:20 am
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MEMBERS of Crawley's Chagossian community are more confident than ever before that they will finally be allowed to return to their former home in the middle of the Indian Ocean.Campaigners have been fighting a long battle for the right to be able to resettle on the Chagos Islands, which they were evicted from more than 40 years ago.And they believe that the end of the fight is within reach as they await the publication of a crucial Government report, which is assessing whether they can go...

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Signalling problems at Gatwick causing major delays on trains

February 8, 2015, 12:39 am
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TRAINS through Gatwick, Three Bridges and Crawley are delayed by up to 50 minutes due to earlier signalling problems at the airport railway station.Lines were close for about two hours this morning with replacement buses running between Three Bridges and Gatwick. They have now reopened but the knock-on effect means there are delays of up to 50 minutes while normal services resume.Anyone travelling to the airport is advised to leave extra time for their journey and to check before they travel.

Signalling problems at Gatwick causing major delays on trains

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Southgate woman pleads guilty to stealing fur jackets from New...

February 8, 2015, 3:40 am
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A WOMAN who stole fur jackets and several other items of clothes worth a combined total of £228 will be sentenced later this month.Diana Hughes, 33, of Brighton Road, Southgate, pleaded guilty at Crawley Magistrates' Court on January 23, to the theft of a number of items from a New Look store in Brighton.On November 11 she stole two faux fur jackets worth £49.99, a Go Penelope top and necklace worth £22.99, a coat worth £49.99, a brown fur gilet worth £39.99 and...

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PHOTOS: Crawley nightlife - Moka - Saturday February 7 - Part 1

February 8, 2015, 4:36 am
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PHOTOS: Crawley nightlife - Moka - Saturday February 7 - Part 2

February 8, 2015, 4:46 am
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