Crawley set to be hotter than Madrid and Rome

April 14, 2015, 12:48 am

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TEMPERATURES are set to soar in Crawley tomorrow (Wednesday) - with the town expected to be hotter than Madrid and Rome. Tomorrow is due to be dry, very warm and a mostly sunny day with light winds. And temperatures are expected to hit 21°C in Crawley tomorrow - higher than the 18°C forecast in Madrid and 20°C predicted in Rome. The highest temperature in the UK so far this year has been 21.9°C, recorded in London last Friday. Meanwhile, there will be warm sunshine today...

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April 14, 2015, 2:06 am

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April 14, 2015, 2:16 am

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A THIEF has bizarrely stolen a bag of rubbish from a car after breaking its rear window to gain entry. The crime happened in Langley Lane, in Ifield, at some point last Wednesday night or Thursday morning. Nothing else is believed to have been stolen from the vehicle and police are investigating the crime.

Council give permission for KFC drive-thru to open in Crawley

April 14, 2015, 2:33 am

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A BRAND new KFC drive-thru is going to open in Crawley after a majority of councillors backed the plans.Entrepreneurs Michael Bradley and Simon Coates, who jointly run Cobra Restaurants Ltd, have been wanting to wing the Colonel's secret recipe for years and Crawley Borough Council has now given them the approval they've been waiting for.An application to build a restaurant on land off the Ring Road North at Gatwick Airport's South Terminal was permitted by the council's development control...

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April 14, 2015, 3:21 am

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A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of exposing himself and carrying out an indecent act in the toilets of a Crawley bar.Sussex Police were called after a woman made a complaint about an older man behaving in an indecent manner at the weekend.Officers were called to Bar 7, in Pegler Way, at 12.30am on Sunday (April 12) after a 22-year-old woman from the town raised the alarm.She reported witnessing a man commit an indecent act in the unisex toilets at the bar.A 48-year old man from Cressing, in...

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April 14, 2015, 3:53 am

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A TOWN CENTRE kebab shop has been heaped with praise after its staff gave a homeless man a large kebab - for only 30p. The man had gone to Troy Kebab House, on the High Street, last night (Monday), with only a handful of coppers. But after explaining to kebab shop staff that he was homeless and hungry, they dished him up a large kebab with sauce in exchange for his 30p. Someone who saw this act of kindness was so impressed they contacted the Spotted: Crawley community Facebook page to tell...

New exit to be created at Asda in Crawley town centre

April 14, 2015, 8:13 am

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SHOPPERS at Asda will soon be able to leave the supermarket car park directly onto Ifield Road after plans to create a new exit were approved. Congestion is an issue where drivers currently leave the car park onto Pegler Way because traffic lights approaching the Ifield Road roundabout can cause vehicles to back up. Crawley Borough Council's development control committee met on Monday night and members debated plans to amend the existing Ifield Road junction. Asda put forward an application...

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April 14, 2015, 8:23 am

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MASTER of the pun Stewart Francis is gearing up for his first trip to Crawley - and if you don't recognise him already you might do soon if a new sitcom he has written becomes a big hit. The deadpan funnyman is going to perform in the town for the first time at the end of this month when he brings his new tour Pun Gent to The Hawth. He won the funniest joke award at the 2012 Edinburgh Fringe for his one-liner: "You know who really gives kids a bad name? Posh and Becks." With two previous...

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April 14, 2015, 10:08 pm

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TAXI drivers across the town are being urged not to leave cash or valuables in their cars following a series of thefts.Police have called every taxi firm in Crawley to warn them of the crime spree and advise them to take evasive action.Money, credit cards, sat-navs and smaller items from hats to sweets have been stolen in the spate of break-ins, which are being linked.Taxis in Broadfield, Bewbush and Ifield have all been broken into during the mini crimewave.A Sussex Police spokesman said:...

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April 14, 2015, 11:00 pm

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A WOMAN has been left with two black eyes and a possible fractured leg after falling down a manhole, which was covered with just a wooden pallet.Janet Faal fell into one of two manholes on the forecourt of Complete Tyre Services, which are covered over with no signs highlighting the danger, at about 2.20pm on Friday.The 58-year-old had been driven to the business in Spindle Way, Three Bridges, by a friend to buy a new tyre for her car.She got out to kick a wooden pallet out of the way, so her...

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April 15, 2015, 3:30 am

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TRIBUTES have been paid to a much-loved father-of-three and former soldier whose body was found in Tilgate Park.Aidan Knight's body was discovered by a dog walker at 6.43am on Wednesday last week.While there was a heavy police presence close to the Smith & Western restaurant, his body was found close to the park's entrance from Forestfield, in Furnace Green.The 29-year-old, from Pelham Place, in Broadfield, studied at Central Sussex College before joining the Army and serving in 2nd...

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April 15, 2015, 4:06 am

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A CRAWLEY man who was the former manager of a toy department has appeared in court accused of stealing a three foot tall Lego spaceman, along with hundreds of pounds worth of other toys. Darren Oomen, 42, faces 17 counts of theft by employee while working at Martell's department store in Queens Walk, East Grinstead between April 17, 1994, and August 31, 2012, all of which he denies. Among the other toys he is accused of stealing are model trains, a James Bond replica Aston Martin DB5 and Star...

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April 15, 2015, 6:27 am

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April 15, 2015, 6:49 am

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A MAN has been airlifted to a London hospital after falling 30 feet in Crawley town centre. The man, in his twenties, fell from a height near The Broadway at around 5.10pm on Monday. The air ambulance, paramedics and police were sent to the scene. A South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb) spokesman said: "We were called to reports of a man aged around 20 who had reportedly fallen approximately 25 to 30 feet." It is not clear at this stage where exactly the man fell from. He...

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April 15, 2015, 7:22 am

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A TENANT fears he has been breathing in deadly asbestos for months because the housing association he rents from has not fixed a damaged ceiling first reported last summer.Last year a flood in the flat above Michael Conetta's home at Lydon House, in Dobson Road, Langley Green, caused water damage to the ceiling in his bathroom. Since then the ceiling, which contains asbestos, has been flaking and although a contractor for Hyde Housing visited in December, it has still not been fixed.The Crawley...

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April 15, 2015, 8:00 am

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SEEING a rainbow is rare enough – but seeing an upside down rainbow is a very rare occurrence indeed.This one could have gone unnoticed if it was not for reader Beverley Halton's six-year-old daughter Talisha, who spotted it from the back garden of her home in Mayflower Close, Maidenbower, at about 5.30pm last Tuesday.Beverley said: "It felt really special and strange to have this unusual smile above our house. I thought I would share it as they are apparently very rare and I have...

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April 15, 2015, 8:02 am

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RAIL passengers are being warned to expect "severe" train delays and cancellations for the rest of today (Wednesday) after a train derailed at Brighton station.People travelling from Crawley station, Three Bridges station, Ifield station and Gatwick Airport station are going to face long delays and potential bus replacement services after the incident on the south coast earlier this afternoon (April 15).No passengers were on the train which derailed.A Southern spokeswoman said:...

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April 15, 2015, 9:37 am

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POLICE are growing increasingly concerned for the safety of two Crawley teenage girls who have gone missing after failing to attend school on Monday morning.Sussex Police officers are carrying out searches for Amasia Patel, 13, and Chloe Woolsey, 14, who failed to arrive at Holy Trinity CofE Secondary School and St Wilfrid's Secondary School (respectively) on Monday morning (April 13).They were seen together near St Wilfrid's, in Southgate, and are believed to have walked towards the school...

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April 15, 2015, 10:25 pm

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A FORMER Hazelwick School student is going to face trial after he denied raping a girl under 16 and sexually assaulting the same alleged victim. Lloyd Breach appeared at Lewes Crown Court last Thursday (April 9) for a preliminary hearing. Breach, from The Old Stables, in Ifield Wood, pleaded not guilty to three charges of raping a girl and two of sexual assault. All the alleged offences are said to have taken place in 2012. The 23-year-old, a former Moka doorman and Central Sussex College...

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April 15, 2015, 10:45 pm

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AN academy trust has been picked to run a new primary school in Crawley – with plans already in place to increase its number of pupils if there is enough demand.The Glyn Learning Foundation (GLF) has been selected by the Department for Education to run the school for four to 11-year-olds that will be built in Forge Wood – the town's 14th neighbourhood, which is currently being constructed north of Pound Hill.Once full Forge Wood Primary School will initially cater for 420...