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POLICE are growing concerned for the welfare of a patient at Langley Green Hospital who has gone missing. Riyadh Shihaib, 34, was last seen at the hospital at about 5pm last night (Thursday). PC Heather Mackay, from the West Sussex Missing Persons Team, said: "Riyadh is described as white, around 6ft 2in tall, with short straight black hair. "We are concerned for him as he had left Langley Green without suitable clothes or his medication. "He has connections in Brighton, where...

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March 20, 2015, 8:59 am

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March 20, 2015, 9:26 am

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March 20, 2015, 10:33 am

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POLICE investigating the murder of a woman whose body was found in a burning car in Ifield have arrested a second man in connection with the killing.A 30-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender. The man from London is in custody.Detectives launched a murder investigation after the body of Janet Müller was discovered in a burning Volkswagen Jetta car in Rusper Road, Ifield, close to Ifield Golf Club, last Friday (March 13) shortly after 2.30pm.A man has been...

Missing teenager who has links to Crawley not seen for four days

March 20, 2015, 10:51 am

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A TEENAGE girl who has links to Crawley has not been seen since Monday.Natalie Wilson, 17, was last seen in Dorking town centre at around 6.15pm on Monday (March 16) and has not been in touch with family since.Surrey Police officers are growing increasingly concerned for her welfare. Natalie was wearing dark blue jeans, a pink top with a stripey hoody, denim jacket and white trainers.She was also wearing a brown puffa-style jacket and was carrying a bag.She is described as white, around 5ft...

Computers and jewellery stolen in burglary at Bewbush home

March 20, 2015, 9:50 pm

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COMPUTERS and jewellery including necklaces, earrings and bangles have been stolen from a home in Coxcomb Walk, Bewbush. A burglar forced a window of the property last Saturday and escaped with the items, as well as rings and two gold coins. The crime was reported to police at 10pm the same day.

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March 20, 2015, 10:30 pm

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A BRITISH Airways worker from Bewbush proved you don't need a partner to be given a diamond on Valentine's Day after winning a competition at County Mall.The shopping centre handed out 4,000 boxes containing cubic zirconia diamonds in the run-up to and days following Valentine's Day.One of the boxes contained a winning code, meaning the recipient had won a real diamond.That lucky person was Domine Simmons, who was able to specify exactly what type of ring she wanted jewellers' F Hinds to...

Calls for 20mph speed limit to be brought in on Crawley roads

March 21, 2015, 12:15 am

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SPEED limits in major towns and cities across the UK are increasingly being reduced to 20mph – and road safety campaigners in Crawley believe a similar scheme is needed in our town.More and more councils are debating the merits of cutting speed limits in residential areas to improve safety for pedestrians, cyclists and other motorists.Campaigners say lowering the speed limit would reduce the risk of accidents, cut pollution levels and discourage rat-running through quieter streets.Eve...

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March 21, 2015, 2:40 am

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AN ARTIST with a talent for creating intricate images in pencil will have her work exhibited alongside some of the country's leading portrait artists.Claire Anscomb, from Maidenbower, has been selected from among 1,000 entries to have her portrait, Veil, exhibited at Mall Galleries near Trafalgar Square between April 16 and May 1.Miss Anscomb, 22, who lives in Beckford Way, had a piece called Poise exhibited at The Derwent Art Prize, an exhibition showcasing breathtaking pictures drawn in...

Broadfield man realises dream of opening his own pre-school

March 21, 2015, 4:25 am

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A BROADFIELD man has finally realised his dream of opening his own preschool after being quizzed for five hours by social services.Thomas Hilton-Lee planned to open Early Steps Pre-School at Waterlea Adventure Playground in January, but the opening was delayed due to the lengthy checks new providers of child care must go through.However, after a five-hour grilling by West Sussex County Council staff, Mr Hilton-Lee, 25, was able to throw open the doors to his first business on February 23.Mr...

Man damaged neighbour's car after row over pet dog chasing cat

March 21, 2015, 5:00 am

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A MAN has been found guilty of throwing a gas canister at his neighbour's car windscreen after a row over their pets.Kevin Bell, 52, from Parish Lane, Pease Pottage, pleaded guilty to causing criminal damage under £5,000 to his neighbour's property at Crawley Magistrates' Court last Wednesday.The court heard how on February 24 a dog belonging to neighbour Andrew Dunne chased Bell's cat.This "annoyed" Bell, who went over to his neighbour's property and began threatening him.Bell...

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March 21, 2015, 5:10 am

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MORE solar panels are being installed at the K2 Crawley this month that will save about £16,000 a year.The 400 extra solar photovoltaic (solar PV) panels will add an extra 100 kilowatt peak (kWp) of solar PV to the building, which already has a 99.6 kWp system, which was installed in 2013.Installation work, which is being carried out by local supplier Ecosphere, began this week and will be completed by the end of the month.The new system will cost £85,000 and achieve annual savings...

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March 21, 2015, 6:15 am

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A FITNESS instructor from Maidenbower put Strictly Come Dancing's Claudia Winkleman and other famous figures through their paces at the first ever Comic Relief Danceathon.Chrissy Harper, 31, was one of 12 instructors involved in the six-hour non-stop dance event at The SSE Arena, Wembley, on March 8.Other celebrities who took part included Countdown's Rachel Riley, ex-Pussycat Doll Kimberly Wyatt, comedian Rufus Hound, tap dancer Adam Garcia, and Girls Aloud star Kimberley Walsh.They joined a...

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March 21, 2015, 8:41 am

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DOZENS of voluntary and community groups have been given a share of more than £650,000 in grants from the council.A total of 28 community groups have split £653,398, which will help them deliver a diverse range of services and projects in the town.This year had seen a record number of grant applications for money from Crawley Borough Council's community grants scheme.Successful groups attended a presentation at the Civic Hall, on The Boulevard, last Friday.Crawley Museum Society has...

30 flats set to be built in Goffs Park

March 21, 2015, 10:15 pm

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RESIDENTS have been reassured that their enjoyment of Goffs Park will not be affected by a council bid to build 30 homes within the park.Crawley Borough Council is planning to turn a depot, which used to be for storing machinery and a base for workers but has not been used since March 2012, into flats.The planned development would be to the left of the road that enters the park from Old Horsham Road, in Southgate.Peter Smith, the council's cabinet member for planning and economic...

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March 22, 2015, 12:30 am

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THE Secretary of State for health has been accused of misleading the people of Crawley about the amount of investment put into the town's hospital since the coalition government was formed.Jeremy Hunt claimed in the House of Commons earlier this year that the number of doctors and nurses employed at Crawley Hospital had increased by more than 200 between September 2010 and September 2014. He said there were an extra 97 doctors and 107 nurses.However, it has now been revealed the figures actually...

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March 22, 2015, 1:30 am

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THE Liberal Democrats and the Green Party have selected their candidates to stand in Crawley in the General Election.Sarah Osborne has been selected as the Lib Dems' prospective parliamentary candidate. She is the Lib Dem group leader at Lewes District Council, having been elected in 2011.At the last General Election in 2010 the Lib Dems finished third, with 6,844 votes (14.4 per cent).The Green Party has also selected its prospective candidate – Guy Hudson. In 2010 the Green Party came...

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March 22, 2015, 4:30 am

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THE queen of rhyme is returning to Crawley with a one-woman show to mark the 40th anniversary since the television appearance which kick-started her showbiz career. Pam Ayres has been entertaining the masses both on our screens and the airwaves with her comic verses since she won Opportunity Knocks in 1975. The writer, broadcaster and entertainer has published a host of books of much-loved poems, including Oh, I Wish I'd Looked After Me Teeth which was ranked in the top 10 of a BBC poll of the...

REVEALED: The Crawley councillors who miss the most meetings

March 22, 2015, 10:45 pm

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A THIRD of Crawley's borough councillors are missing more than 10 per cent of the meetings they are supposed to attend.The latest figures available – March to November 2014 – show that 13 of the town's 37 councillors had an attendance rate of less than 90 per cent.All councillors are expected to attend meetings of the full council while those on particular committees are expected to attend those meetings as well.The worst performer o was Conservative councillor for Southgate Liam...

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March 22, 2015, 11:30 pm

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MORE than 500 stop and searches were carried out by police in Crawley over the last six months, with a disproportionate number carried out on members of black and minority ethnic (BME) communities.Sussex Police used the powers on 503 occasions in the town between the start of September 2014 and the end of February 2015.There were 344 searches of white people in Crawley, a rate of four per 1,000 people, and 61 searches of black people, a rate of 17.6 per 1,000 people.Marilyn Le Feuvre, interim...