Police stats show no arrests at Crawley venues on New Year's Eve...

February 16, 2015, 9:54 am

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PEOPLE spending a night out in Crawley town centre during the Christmas and New Year party season stayed safe while having a good time, new statistics released by Sussex Police have revealed.There were absolutely no arrests for alcohol related crime or violent conduct at Crawley's pubs, bars, restaurants or nightclub on New Year's Eve. Arrests over the Christmas party period, between December 22 and 29, also fell significantly with just 19 compared with 33 the year before.Councillor...

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Gossops Green head teacher disappointed that Ofsted still thinks...

February 16, 2015, 10:30 pm

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THE head teacher of a primary school told to improve by Ofsted believes there is too much focus on teaching children how to sit exams rather than helping them learn.Gossops Green Community Primary School was rated as "requiring improvement" in October and has not yet made enough progress to be deemed "good" after an inspection last month. An inspector revisited the school on January 19 and a report was published last Wednesday.The follow-up visit found the school is moving...

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February 16, 2015, 11:00 pm

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PATIENTS have reacted angrily to proposals to move Northgate Surgery into the town centre being resurrected, two years after they were rejected.The surgery, which is run by Saxonbrook Medical, has held a new public consultation over the idea of relocating from Woolborough Road, in Northgate, to Cross Keys House – which the practice partners own the lease to.Similar plans were put forward in 2012 but were abandoned at the start of 2013 following criticism from patients, and the NHS...

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February 17, 2015, 12:15 am

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THERE is heavy traffic this morning (Tuesday) on the M23 around junction 9 for Gatwick. The Highways Agency is reporting congestion and delays of 10 minutes between junction 9 and 9a, the Gatwick spur road. There are queues reported from junction 9 into the airport and on the exit slip road from the motorway.

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February 17, 2015, 12:18 am

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SUSSEX Police have issued a warning that a supply of dangerously high-strength ecstasy tablets are in circulation in the county. Local police in Worthing have become aware that there may be a supply of ecstasy tablets in the town with a higher level of MDMA, of a type which have been linked to a number of people in other parts of the country being hospitalised after taking them. A number of yellow tablets marked with a 'UPS' logo were handed to police officers by door staff at a venue in...

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February 17, 2015, 12:45 am

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CRAWLEY Down residents are rallying to stop the village's only pub from being turned into a supermarket amid uncertainty over its future.The Royal Oak in Station Road closed its doors last week and punters say they were told it would not be reopening.However, it opened its doors again a few days later and appears to still be operating. But regulars say its opening times are now "unpredictable" – with one claiming that he was told the pub was not open on Monday because it...

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February 17, 2015, 2:25 am

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ANOTHER big name retailer is shutting up shop in Queens Square and following the trend of moving into County Mall. The Body Shop will open a new 1,563 square foot store in the shopping centre by the end of this month. The popular beauty chain is relocating its prominent Queens Square shop to the former Holland & Barrett unit located next to H Samuel. Holland & Barrett has moved to a newly refitted 2,260 square foot unit near Primark, in County Mall. Meanwhile, Yours, the plus...

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February 17, 2015, 3:01 am

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A HOMEOWNER has applied for planning permission to use part of the land at his home in Tilgate for clay pigeon shooting.Clive Turney has applied for permission to change the use of land at Keepers Cottage, in Brighton Road, so that he can fire guns at his property as a pastime, rather than as a commercial enterprise.The application was submitted to Crawley Borough Council last week. On the application form it is stated that any shooting would take place on Sundays from 10am to 2pm, on Thursdays...

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February 17, 2015, 4:15 am

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A MAN who has been banned from entering Gatwick Airport has been fined after he was found in the South Terminal.Steven Hall, 40, appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court last Wednesday charged with entering Gatwick Airport while having been prohibited in writing from doing so. He pleaded guilty to the offence.The court heard Hall has been banned from going into the airport, other than as a passenger, since 2005.This was imposed because he was repeatedly found using the airport as a place of...

Scarlet fever warning issued to parents and schools in Crawley

February 17, 2015, 8:28 am

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DOCTORS are urging parents and schools to be on alert for scarlet fever symptoms following a steep rise in cases nationally, although the number of cases in Crawley has fallen slightly. Nearly 1,300 cases of the contagious disease have been reported in England since the start of the year, with 300 registered in the last week alone. In the first six weeks of 2015 the number of cases in Kent, Surrey and Sussex as a whole increased from 60 to 84. Yet since mid-September last year, the time of...

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February 17, 2015, 8:35 am

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A MAN has been jailed after being found guilty of raping a woman who he took back to his flat. Following a trial at Lewes Crown Court, Narendren Pirabakaran, 35, from Station Road, Portslade, was sentenced on February 6 to five-and-a-half years in prison. The court heard that he met a 22-year-old woman in a club in Brighton on March 28, 2013. She had been drinking with friends and then became separated from them. Pirabakaran took her back to his flat in Station Road, Portslade, where...

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February 17, 2015, 8:54 am

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DARE you let mindreader Luke Jermay get into your head? He claims he can read your mind, and boldly asserts there are no mind games or psychological tricks. Luke's show, Sixth Sense, has gained critical acclaim with five-star reviews from Edinburgh to London's West End. He claims he knows your past, present and future, sometimes better than you do, as well as your favourite schoolteacher, childhood pet and even the colour of your underwear. According to his publicity, Luke impossibly knows...

Southgate woman fined for obstructing a police officer

February 17, 2015, 11:00 am

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A WOMAN has been fined by magistrates for obstructing an officer at Crawley Police Station. Kelly Steptoe pleaded guilty to the offence, which she committed on October 7, at Crawley Magistrates' Court on January 28. The 27-year-old, from Downland Drive, Southgate, was fined £80 and told to pay a victim surcharge of £20 and £50 in court costs. The money will be deducted from her benefits.

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February 17, 2015, 8:45 pm

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LABOUR'S candidate to become the next Crawley MP has launched a campaign to reverse the upcoming cuts to the town's fire service.Chris Oxlade has set up a "Save Crawley's Fire Service" petition due to fears that reducing the number of firefighters by 17 and removing one of the town's fire engines will have disastrous results.West Sussex County Council approved controversial plans at the end of last year to cut £1.6 million from the county's 2015/16 fire budget by axing crew...

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February 17, 2015, 10:15 pm

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A SOLDIER who lost both his legs while serving his country in Afghanistan is to undergo pioneering surgery to have titanium rods permanently fixed to his thigh bones.Jay Baldwin was medically discharged from the military in August 2014, two-and-a-half years after his life was changed forever when he suffered devastating injuries in an explosion.But the 29-year-old, from Southgate, has just left for Australia for an operation involving "osseointegration" – in which rods will be...

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February 18, 2015, 12:30 am

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A WHISTLEBLOWER has called for an immigration detention centre in Pease Pottage that is a "total waste of taxpayers' money" to be closed down.A source close to Cedars, where families who have been ordered to leave the UK are housed before being deported, says the centre is "unnecessary" as so few people are detained there.Despite it having a workforce of about 80 staff – from guards to cleaners and cooks – who work shifts so it is staffed 24/7, the insider claims...

Broadfield man accused of sexually assaulting 14-year-old girl

February 18, 2015, 4:45 am

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A TEENAGER has appeared in court accused of several sex assaults on an underage girl.Samuel Blackman-Gibson, from Ranmore Road, in Broadfield, appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court last Wednesday charged with six offences on a 14-year-old girl in Haywards Heath.He is alleged to have carried out two sexual assaults, two further counts of causing the girls to engage in non-penetrative sexual activity and two accusations of assaulting the girl with his fingers.The offences are alleged to have...

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February 18, 2015, 4:52 am

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February 18, 2015, 4:55 am

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POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a man was punched in the face at a pub in Crawley. At about 7pm on Sunday, February 8 the 50-year-old victim was struck by another man at The Imperial in Broadfield Barton. The victim suffered a cut eye and a fractured eye socket. The attacker is described as white and in his early to mid thirties. He was wearing a navy blue hooded jacket with white drawstrings. Detective Constable Jo Fraser said: "This was a nasty, unprovoked attack that has...

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February 18, 2015, 5:44 am

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A MAN has been arrested after a 14-year-old boy was attacked while playing football with friends outside his home in Langley Green.Sussex Police are appealing for witnesses to the incident where the boy was assaulted in Coney Close last Saturday (February 14).The 14-year-old had been playing football with friends on a green outside his house when he was assaulted between 4.50pm and 5.05pm.He sustained minor injuries. A 41-year-old man from Langley Green has been arrested on suspicion of...