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A HORSE rescue centre in Ifield is appealing for raffle prizes and auction items for a fundraising event.Kilmarnock Horse Rescue, based in Charlwood Road, is a registered charity that takes in and cares for abandoned, stray or neglected horses.Carol Jackson, who started the rescue centre in 2003, has organised a charity night at The Royal Oak pub, on Ifield Green, with a raffle and auction taking place.While she has some prizes and auction items already, such as alcohol, cosmetics and jewellery,...

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March 23, 2015, 3:06 am

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A PATIENT who went missing from Langley Green Hospital on Thursday evening has been found safe and well. Riyadh Shihaib, 34, was found safe and well on Friday in Brighton. Mr Shihaib has connections in the coastal city, where he has lived in the past. Police had been concerned about his welfare, as he had left Langley Green without suitable clothes and his medication.

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March 23, 2015, 4:19 am

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THE Twitter account of a Crawley secondary school has been hacked - with those responsible using the social media to pretend its head teacher had joined a porn site. Oriel High School's Twitter feed was compromised in the early hours of Sunday morning. A number of tweets were posted that raised eyebrows among followers of the Maidenbower Lane school. One tweet read: "Round of applause for our magnificent head!"Been working hard in the gym and got himself a contract with [porn...

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March 23, 2015, 4:30 am

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A HUSBAND who grew frustrated at the differing quality of care in hospitals and care homes while supporting his wife as she battled cancer has launched his own business offering care for the elderly.Rajive De Chickera had to quit his job in 2011 when his wife, Jenny, fell ill with lymphoma.During the year that she was being treated Mr De Chickera, 37, saw both exceptional and sub-standard care, and decided to use the experience to run his own business.After 18 months of careful research, he...

Two-car crash on Southgate Avenue

March 23, 2015, 4:30 am

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TWO cars collided on Southgate Avenue this morning and left one of the drivers with slight shock but no injuries.The incident occurred just before 8am at the junction with Ashdown Drive.A 32-year-old Crawley woman driving a Mercedes Benz A180 was uninjured but in "a bit of shock" according to Sussex Police. A 76-year-old man driving the other vehicle - a Citroen C5 - also escaped unharmed. The road was closed while police dealt with the incident.

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March 23, 2015, 5:51 am

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A MAN who was arrested on Friday on suspicion of assisting an offender in relation to the murder of 21-year-old student Janet Müller has been released on bail. The 30-year-old man from London has been bailed until April 15. Detectives launched a murder investigation after the body of Janet Müller was discovered in a burning Volkswagen Jetta car in Rusper Road, Ifield, on Friday, March 13. Just after 2.30pm firefighters discovered her body in the boot after being called to reports of a...

PHOTOS FROM OUR ARCHIVES: Crawley in 1989 and 1990

March 23, 2015, 6:42 am

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British Airways to launch flights from Gatwick to Vienna

March 23, 2015, 7:12 am

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BRITISH Airways are offering Gatwick passengers a Viennese whirl from September after adding the Austrian capital to its list of destinations. The new service will start on September 17, when the airline will offer six flights a week on board its Airbus A320s. This will be British Airways' 45th short-haul route from Gatwick. The airline already flies to Vienna from Heathrow. A further seven new routes will also launch from Gatwick this summer including, Heraklion (Crete), Bodrum (Turkey),...

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Ifield murder: Family pays tribute to "passionate and...

March 23, 2015, 10:12 am

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THE family of Ifield murder victim Janet Müller have paid tribute to the "inspirational, passionate and caring" student. The body of 21-year-old Janet was found in a burning car in a quiet lane just off Rusper Road, Ifield, on Friday, March 13. In a statement issued today, the family said they would not rest until they knew the truth of how she died. They said: "Janet was a much loved daughter and twin sister and words can't describe how much pain we as a family are in right...

Ifield man fined for keeping unlicensed car on the street

March 23, 2015, 7:28 pm

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A MAN has been fined £200 for keeping a vehicle on the street outside his home without a licence.At Crawley Magistrates' Court on March 2, Stephen Kemp was found guilty in his absence of keeping the Nissan Primera on Treyford Close, Ifield, on October 31 last year. He has been ordered to pay vehicle excise duty of £19.17 and court costs of £90, on top of the fine.

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March 23, 2015, 9:10 pm

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TILGATE Nature Centre may be Crawley's go-to animal attraction now, but for three decades it had strong competition from a zoo on the edge of town.Gatwick Zoo was home to 900 animals and birds, ranging from wallabies and spider monkeys to penguins and emus – and attracted 80,000 visitors a year at its peak.The zoo was opened in 1973 in Russ Hill, Charlwood after a grazing paddock was bought and run, initially, as a bird garden for three years.The 11.4-acre zoo was run by Terry and...

Number of betting shops in Crawley rises to 18 - but council says...

March 23, 2015, 11:30 pm

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FEARS have been expressed that vulnerable Crawley residents are being exploited – after the number of betting shops in the town rose to 18.The latest two – Coral and Paddy Power branches – are just yards apart in Queens Square, bringing the number of bookies in the town centre alone up to seven.But councillors have said their "hands are tied" and that they are powerless to stop even more from opening.Last year more than £3 million was lost by people gambling on...

Another café set to open in Crawley town centre

March 24, 2015, 2:37 am

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A NEW café could soon be opening in the town centre next to Memorial Gardens. Mehmet Gayir has submitted plans to Crawley Borough Council to change the use of the ground floor of a building in Parkside. The proposal is to convert it from a sunbed salon into a café. Council planning officers are due to announce a decision on the proposal by May 11.

Portuguese restaurant in Crawley to reopen under new management

March 24, 2015, 2:42 am

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A PORTUGUESE restaurant and café is being renovated and will reopen under new management. Gosto Fino, on Pegler Way, is currently closed with the windows covered from the inside while it is revamped. The eatery, which sells sandwiches and Portuguese delicacies as well as cooked meals, is due to reopen on April 3. A sign on the window of the restaurant, which is next to Asda, says it will open under new management following the refurbishment.

Pupils win greenhouse for their Bewbush school

March 24, 2015, 3:00 am

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THE power of two children's imaginations has won a greenhouse and £1,000 worth of tools for their school.Pupils from 56 schools had been invited to enter a national short-story writing competition and a greenhouse had to be central to its plot.Two Year 6 students at The Bewbush Academy, Tye Pinkney and Kasim Hussein, jointly wrote one of the five winning entries in the contest, run by the charity Moto in the Community.In their story the greenhouse became a time machine, transporting...

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March 24, 2015, 4:45 am

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PATIENTS across England are going to receive specialist cancer treatment using equipment created by a Crawley manufacturer.Varian Medical Systems has been selected to equip and service two new national proton therapy centres in a contract valued at up to £80 million.Varian, based at Oncology House, in Gatwick Road, Manor Royal, has been selected to operate two three-room centres to be constructed at University College Hospital, in London, and The Christie, Manchester.Equipment is expected...

"Priest" escapes uninjured after crashing into fence

March 24, 2015, 4:47 am

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A CAR crashed into a fence in Furnace Green this morning but the driver escaped without any injuries. Sussex Police officers were called to Hawth Avenue at the junction with Southgate Avenue at about 9.30am this morning. A red hatchback car had left the road, collided with a fence and was partly blocking the road. The driver, who is thought to have been a priest, was not hurt. The car was removed from the road and the incident cleared by 10.40am.

Rubbish and furniture set alight behind Pound Hill home

March 24, 2015, 4:55 am

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LOOSE rubbish and furniture was set alight behind a house in Pound Hill yesterday (Monday) afternoon. A crew of firefighters was called to Pearson Road from Crawley Fire Station at about 3.05pm. They used a hose reel to put out the fire, which was started deliberately, and left the scene at about 3.20pm.

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March 24, 2015, 6:41 am

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A WOMAN has been cautioned for being drunk on an aircraft which landed at Gatwick Airport last Thursday morning (March 19). Cabin crew on board the British Airways flight from Kingston, in Jamaica, asked for the flight to be met by police after the woman allegedly disrupted the flight and indecently exposed herself. The flight landed at about 8.45am and the 46-year-old woman from south west London was arrested. She was given a police caution for being drunk on an aircraft.

Bomb discovered at Gatwick Aiport

March 24, 2015, 7:19 am

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A BOMB has been discovered at Gatwick Airport this morning (Tuesday), police have revealed. The bomb squad was called in after the unexploded Second World War weapon was found at the airport. It was discovered in the grounds of the airport between the north and south terminals, which meant the shuttle service between the two had to be suspended while it was dealt with. The bomb had been there for so long that a tree had grown around it. A police spokesman said: "At 9.30am a Second...