Trains to Brighton disrupted following yesterday's derailed train

April 15, 2015, 11:20 pm

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COMMUTERS to Brighton are being affected by disruption to train services this morning (Thursday) following a train derailment yesterday. An empty passenger train derailed while leaving a depot near to Brighton shortly before 2pm yesterday. Power had to be turned off during the afternoon while staff worked to make the train safe. Further work took place overnight to re-rail the train and allow engineers to assess whether any damage had been caused to the rail infrastructure. The line...

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Shoplifter fined after stealing TV from Asda

April 16, 2015, 12:15 am

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A MAN has been fined after admitting stealing a TV from Asda.Raimondas Juozapaitis took the TV and other items worth a total of £252 from the store in Pegler Way on March 31.Juozapaitis, 26, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty when he appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court on April 1.He was fined £265 and must also pay court costs of £85.

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April 16, 2015, 1:31 am

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THE TWO missing teenage girls who went missing after failing to turn up to their schools on Monday morning have been found safe and well. Amasia Patel, 13, and Chloe Woolsey, 14, failed to arrive at Holy Trinity CofE Secondary School and St Wilfrid's Secondary School on Monday. But the pair were found in Kent, safe and well, last night. Police have not revealed where exactly they had been staying or why they ran off.

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April 16, 2015, 2:05 am

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April 16, 2015, 2:29 am

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PARENTS have discovered whether they have received one of their preferred primary school places for their child in Crawley and West Sussex after a rise in applications.Families in the county have today (Thursday, April 16) found out if they have been offered a place at one of their top three schools.There have been a huge rise in applications in West Sussex, with 11,864 places offered compared to 11,216 last year.A total of 11,571 parents (97.5 per cent) have been offered one of their top three...

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April 16, 2015, 3:05 am

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FROM bright pink cars to a man giving his girlfirend a lovebite in HMV - there are no end of bizarre and funny things which, according to Twitter users, are typical of Crawley. Type #typicalCrawley into Twitter and lots of weird and wonderful Tweets can be found. They share some strange sightings, some weird conversations that have been overheard and a fair few unfair sweeping statements. Here are our favourites and we should warn you that some of them involve strong language or...

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April 16, 2015, 3:20 am

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A COUPLE who were caught having sex in a Three Bridges park in broad daylight on Monday have become internet sensations - and have even appeared in The Sun newspaper. The copulating couple were spotted in Three Bridges playing field at around 3.30pm by workers at a nearby office block. Pictures as well as a video soon appeared on the Crawley: Spotted Facebook page, and the posts were promptly widely shared. Some thought the couple's physical expression of their love for one another was a...

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April 16, 2015, 9:24 am

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PARAMEDICS have rushed to help a pensioner who banged her head on the floor after falling over in Crawley town centre.Emergency services were called to The Boulevard at about 2.45pm today (Thursday, April 16).A 70-year-old woman fell over and hit her head on the ground.Sussex Police and paramedics from the South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb) responded.A Sussex Police spokesman said: "Paramedics have been attending to her."

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Langley Green man caught drink driving in Crawley town centre

April 16, 2015, 10:05 pm

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A MAN has been banned from driving after admitting getting behind the wheel while over the limit.On January 24 Yanick Alexis was caught driving along Pegler Way in the town centre while unfit through drink.He registered 57 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath when tested. The legal limit is 35 micrograms.Alexis, 28, of Mulberry Road, Langley Green, was banned from driving for 14 months in a hearing at Crawley Magistrates' Court on April 1, having pleaded guilty to drink-driving on...

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April 16, 2015, 10:30 pm

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A BURGLAR who went on a crime spree in Broadfield and Bewbush to fund his addiction to Class A drugs burst into tears as a court heard how "distressed" he has been in prison.Felipe Teixeira appeared at Lewes Crown Court last Friday where he was due to be sentenced for burglaries he carried out at homes in Windsor Close, Broadfield, and Slaugham Court, in Cowfold Close, Bewbush.He also attempted to enter a property in Curteys Walk, Bewbush, with the intent to steal.Teixeira, who...

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April 17, 2015, 1:57 am

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Ice rink set to be opened in Tilgate Park this winter

April 17, 2015, 2:48 am

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A FORMER shire horse arena in Tilgate Park has been identified as the ideal spot for an ice rink in Crawley. Council leader Peter Lamb revealed in February that a temporary rink would be set up in Crawley this Christmas to gauge interest in building a permanent one. It was previously suggested that it would be set up in the town centre. However, Chris Mullins, Crawley Borough Council's cabinet member for leisure and cultural services, has decided that the shire horse enclosure - which is next...

Yes, that is our former MP dressed as Spiderman

April 17, 2015, 3:01 am

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HERE'S former Crawley MP Henry Smith as you've probably never seen him before - dressed as Spiderman. It is all because the Conservative candidate for Crawley at the General Election is to abseil 100ft down a Crawley hotel this morning – dressed as Spiderman. He posted the picture on his Twitter account and told his 3,549 followers: "Just making my final preparations ahead of my abseil." Just making final preparations ahead of my @StCHospice abseil in the morning off the...

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April 17, 2015, 3:43 am

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A WOMAN has sadly died after hitting her head on the pavement in a fall in Crawley town centre.Emergency services were called to the junction of The Boulevard and The Broadway at 2.45pm yesterday (Thursday, April 16).A 70-year-old woman had fallen near the Natwest bank and suffered injuries to her head.Sussex Police and paramedics from South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb) were called to help the pensioner.Police positioned vehicles around the woman to provide some privacy while she was...

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April 17, 2015, 3:48 am

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Homes in Broadfield, Maidenbower and Northgate raided by police

April 17, 2015, 7:20 am

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THREE Crawley homes have been raided by police as part of an organised crime investigation. Following a South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU) operation, three people have been arrested in connection with, what police describe as, an ongoing operation into organised crime in Crawley. At about 12.30pm today (Friday), officers from SEROCU, assisted by Sussex Police, arrested three people; two men aged 23 and 27, and a woman aged 19, all from Crawley, on suspicion of conspiracy to...

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April 17, 2015, 7:58 am

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POLICE are concerned for the welfare of a teenager who has gone missing from his home in Broadfield. Peter Crozier, 15, was last seen on Wednesday morning (April 15) at K2 Crawley. Peter, a Thomas Bennett Community College pupil, is white, 5ft 10in to 5ft 11in tall and of slim build with short brown hair. He was last seen wearing a large black parka style duffle coat with black skinny jeans and a small Adidas bag. PC Mark Green said: "Please contact us if you know of Peter's...

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April 17, 2015, 9:24 am

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A HOTEL in Langley Green was evacuated this afternoon (Friday) after a lorry ruptured a pipe and caused a gas leak. Firefighters were called to the Crowne Plaza Hotel, on Langley Drive, at around 2.10pm. Two appliances were dispatched from East Grinstead, as Crawley crews were attending an incident or incidents elsewhere in town. It is unclear at this stage exactly what emergencies Crawley firefighters had been responding to. The gas pipe, in the car park at the back of the hotel, had been...

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April 17, 2015, 10:00 am

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April 17, 2015, 7:15 pm

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THE council has taken over the management of the patient and visitor car park at Crawley Hospital, with a promise to not fine anyone whose appointment overruns their parking ticket.Crawley Borough Council agreed a contract with NHS Property Services to run the car park in February, and it came into effect on April 1.The council deemed the cost of parking at the hospital, in West Green Drive, for more than 12 hours to be excessive and a new maximum charge of £5 has been introduced.The...