Crawley couple spend 4 years making amazing Wallace and Gromit...

March 12, 2015, 6:00 am

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A MARRIED couple who have made an animated film based on a Lewis Carroll poem are heading to the Cannes Film Festival in the hope it will be picked up for cinema release.Saranne Bensusan and Lawrence Mallinson have spent the last four years creating the The Hunting of the Snark – inspired by the poem of the same name written between 1874 and 1876.Much of the film was shot at their home in Squirrel Close, Langley Green, using five-inch models and miniature sets created especially for the...

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Crawley man found guilty of having untaxed car

March 12, 2015, 6:15 am

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A MAN has been found guilty of keeping an untaxed car on the road where he lives, in Worth. Lee Burroughs, 35, from Stace Way, was caught with the untaxed car on November 17 last year. At Crawley Magistrates' Court on February 23 he was ordered to pay backdated vehicle tax of £47.50 and £90 court costs.

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March 12, 2015, 7:30 am

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CANCER patients in Crawley are set to be benefit from yet more fundraising from Maria Hains and The League of Friends of Crawley Hospital.Maria and fellow fundraiser Mary Grace went to Asda, on Pegler Way, last Friday, to gather donations by selling tickets for an Easter raffle.Any funds raised will go towards a new scanner for the cancer ward at Crawley Hospital.The League of Friends are also looking for volunteers who can help with its calendar of events this year.These include a cake sale on...

Burglar breaks into home in Pound Hill

March 12, 2015, 8:30 am

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A HOME in Parkway, in Pound Hill, has been broken into, after a burglar got into the property through a patio door. The crime took place between 6 and 7pm on Saturday. At this stage it is not clear what, if anything, was taken. Sussex Police are investigating.

Flattened plant gives police clue in Furnace Green burglary

March 12, 2015, 8:48 am

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GOLD jewellery and a diamond ring have been stolen during a burglary in Furnace Green.Between 6 and 8.20pm on March 4 a home in Brantridge Road was entered and searched by intruders.Among the items stolen were gold necklaces, gold and diamond rings, a gold cross, gold earrings and a turquoise and pearl Victorian bangle.Sussex Police investigator Ellie Mannan said: "A flattened plant at the back of the home's garden suggests that the offenders used a public path behind the property to get...

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March 12, 2015, 9:51 am

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A PROTEST has been hailed a success despite a demonstrator having to go to hospital attached to a giant windscreen wiper after super gluing herself to a coach full of immigration detainees. The 25-year-old protester super glued her hand to the coach as it was leaving the Brook House removal centre at Gatwick Airport on Tuesday. But she also got super glue in her eyes, which required medical treatment. The woman, from London, was freed and taken to East Surrey Hospital for treatment before...

Firefighters climb across hanger roof at Gatwick to tackle blaze

March 13, 2015, 1:14 am

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FIREFIGHTERS have climbed across a hanger roof at Gatwick to tackle a blaze. The fire started accidentally in a fuse board that powered the doors to a British Airways hanger. Two fire engines were sent from Crawley Fire Station to the airport at around 11.30pm yesterday (Thursday) where they met colleagues from Gatwick in another appliance and two panthers, which are large fire-fighting vehicles. To reach the fuse board, which was around 20 metres high, firefighters scaled a ladder and...

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March 13, 2015, 1:30 am

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AN airline employee has appeared in court accused of stealing a large stash of goods from a hotel in Copthorne. Hannah Wojta, 46, from Heron Close, Langley Green, appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court last Wednesday to face multiple charges of theft. They relate to the Copthorne Hotel Effingham Gatwick, and date back to 2012, with the majority of the alleged offences said to have occurred last year. While at the hotel, she is accused of stealing an Apple iPhone 4S, towels, bedding,...

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March 13, 2015, 2:18 am

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THE daughter of a woman battling cancer is appealing for help in finding a kind-hearted stranger who handed her mum a note on a train when she noticed she was tearful. The good Samaritan, who is thought to be called Sherry or Cherry and was visiting her parents in Crawley, was sitting opposite the woman when she boarded a train in London earlier this week. When the stranger noticed her become tearful while listening to a song with headphones in, she wrote a note asking if she was OK before...

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March 13, 2015, 3:07 am

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AN Ifield off-licence caught selling alcohol to children could have its licence revoked after police requested a review. West Sussex Wine on Ifield Drive was caught selling alcohol to children on November 13, 2014 and February 11, 2015. A public notice, issued by Crawley Borough Council today (March 13) states: "It is contended that the above mentioned licensing objectives have been undermined at West Sussex Wines of 198 Ifield Drive following the failed test purchase operations conducted...

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March 13, 2015, 3:55 am

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A MAN spotted driving "erratically" in Pease Pottage was among eight people arrested by police in the first week of new drug-driving laws being introduced.All of the men were stopped in Sussex by officers who tested them using new roadside equipment which indicates whether a motorist has taken cannabis or cocaine, using a swap from inside the driver's mouth.A 23-year-old man was arrested at Pease Pottage services at 3.45am on March 8 after officers stopped his vehicle because it was...

Man appears in court accused of raping woman in Maidenbower

March 13, 2015, 4:36 am

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A MAN has appeared in court accused of raping a woman in Maidenbower. Matthew Edwards appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court on March 2 charged with rape and trespassing with the intention of committing a sexual offence. The 39-year-old confirmed his name, age and address but did not enter a plea to either charge. The offences are alleged to have taken place on February 28. The case was adjourned due to the severity of the charges. Edwards will next appear at Lewes Crown Court on March...

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March 13, 2015, 5:10 am

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POLICE are desperate to trace a stranger who grabbed a teenager's bottom in a sex attack in Bewbush. They are appealing for information about the man who grabbed the girl, 17, as she walked home from work. The victim was walking between Jewel Walk and Glanville Walk when she heard someone behind her and then had her bottom grabbed. As she turned, she was knocked to the ground and managed to kick at the man, who then ran away. She shouted at him as he ran off. He is described as tanned,...

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March 13, 2015, 5:30 am

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A DISTRAUGHT dad has told his life is indefinitely on hold – having spent the past six months at an immigration centre at Gatwick Airport.Joe Kosi, who came to Crawley from Botswana in 2005, says he has no idea when he is being deported or even where he is being deported to.Having overstayed his student visa and failed in a bid for asylum, the Home Office has decided that the 30-year-old has to be kicked out of the country.But Mr Kosi believes he should be allowed to stay here, as he now...

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March 13, 2015, 6:38 am

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A BROADFIELD woman has admitted illegally claiming more than £3,000 in housing benefit at Crawley Magistrates' Court. Jolie Court, 46, from Baylis Walk, Broadfield, had claimed housing benefit on the basis that she was eligible because her total household income was low. Crawley Borough Council was tipped off that Mrs Court's husband had got a job. This information was not given to the council by the claimant and an investigation began in July 2014. Evidence confirmed Mr Court...

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March 13, 2015, 7:27 am

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A SEX offender has been jailed after returning from Australia for not informing police he intended to go abroad and not reporting a change of address. Gerard O'Brien, 24, a landscape gardener, of no fixed address, appeared at Crawley Magistrates Court yesterday (March 12) charged with failing to notify police that his address had changed, as required as a convicted sex offender, and with failing to report his intention of foreign travel. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 16 weeks...

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March 13, 2015, 8:12 am

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THE horse rider who died after being found lying unconscious in a stream has been named. The woman, believed to be in her fifties, was found unresponsive in a stream close to Smallfield Road, in Smallfield, on Saturday morning. She has since been named locally as keen horse rider Sandra Underhill who managed the yard and stables at Brickhouse Farm, in South Godstone. Emergency services were called to the scene at about 10.47am on Saturday. After trying to resuscitate her at the scene,...

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March 13, 2015, 8:39 am

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SEVERAL caravans which have been parked at Tilgate Forest Business Park since Sunday have created a "disgraceful mess" of rubble including old sinks, pallets and bits of fabric. A section of the business park has been heavily fly-tipped since around a dozen caravans pulled in on Sunday night and Monday morning. One woman, who asked not to be named, has called on Crawley Borough Council to do something about the mess, although as it is on private land they do not have the power to evict...

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March 13, 2015, 9:41 am

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POLICE are appealing for help to trace a missing teenager from Tredegar, Gwent who has not been heard from since he travelled to Crawley. Daniel Goodman, 17, was last seen at 4pm on Thursday, March 6 outside Crawley Railway Station. Daniel has links to the Sussex area and it is believed that he may have intended to visit a girlfriend in Crawley on the afternoon that he went missing. He failed to return home when expected and concerns were raised when it was realised that Daniel had made a...

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March 13, 2015, 10:00 am

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A BURNING car has been discovered parked close to Ifield Golf Club. Crawley firefighters were sent to tackle the blaze, at Rusper Road, in one appliance at around 2.30pm. Police also attended. As of 5pm firefighters and police officers were still investigating at the scene. It is unclear at this stage whether the fire was an act of arson or accidental. A Sussex Police spokeswoman said: "Shortly after 2.30pm today (Friday, March 13) a burning car was found parked close to Ifield Golf...