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May 13, 2015, 10:00 pm

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AN amateur snooker player from Maidenbower came within one shot of beating six time world championship finalist Jimmy White – and preventing the legend from getting paid!Jimmy, nicknamed The Whirlwind, was booked to take on eight local players at Copthorne Social Club on Monday night after they qualified through a tournament.The legendary snooker player swept aside seven of the players with ease but faced a fierce battle worthy of The Crucible when he played Gary Burke, from...

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Crawley parents pay tribute to brave baby after he dies from rare...

May 13, 2015, 11:00 pm

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THE parents of a one-year-old boy have paid a moving tribute to their "brave little soldier" after he lost his battle with a rare illness.Tommy Burton passed away on April 23 as a result of Menkes disease, which he was diagnosed with in September 2014.Menkes is a fatal illness where the intestines are unable to absorb copper, depriving the brain and other parts of the body of the essential mineral.Tommy's parents Michael Burton and Kelly Griffiths are devastated to have lost their only...

WANTED: Police seek man suspected of conning Crawley pensioner...

May 14, 2015, 1:22 am

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POLICE investigating a series of scams in which criminals claim to be trusted officials in order to steal from victims' bank accounts hope someone may recognise this suspect, pictured at an ATM. Detectives think he may have been involved in a particularly heartless fraud in which a 72-year-old woman from Three Bridges was targeted shortly after two family bereavements. Her son had just died and she lost her husband only seven months ago. On May 5 - the same day her son's obituary appeared...

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May 14, 2015, 1:45 am

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THE Labour leader of Crawley Borough Council has admitted his party has taken a "hammering" – both at local and national level.Labour held onto control of Crawley Borough Council by the narrowest of margins following the local elections last Thursday.Once all the votes had been counted on Friday afternoon it was revealed that Labour now had 19 councillors and the Conservatives 18.Of the 12 seats available, Crawley Conservatives won nine and Labour won three.Crucially Labour clung...

Residents call for cycle path where 18-year-old woman was raped...

May 14, 2015, 2:37 am

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CALLS have been made for a cycle path in Three Bridges to be made safer after a woman was raped there on Saturday night – less than 16 months after a man was murdered in an adjacent alleyway.The 18-year-old victim was walking home after a night out when she was attacked by a stranger on Tilgate Drive Cycle Track at about 11pm.The path is a major cut-through which runs from Haslett Avenue East, in Three Bridges, where the attacker befriended his victim, to Ashburnham Road, in Furnace...

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May 14, 2015, 3:16 am

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A DRIVER arrested over the death of a Moka doorman and his best friend will face no further action, police have said. Luke Power, who worked as a bouncer at Moka on Station Way, was killed alongside Thomas Dawes when their motorbikes collided with a Range Rover on the Ashdown Forest on September 14. Sussex Police have confirmed no further action will be taken against the 52-year-old driver of the Range Rover from Hartfield, after he answered bail on April 29.He was driving along the B2026 Chuck...

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May 14, 2015, 3:47 am

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May 14, 2015, 6:44 am

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A DRUG dealer from Broadfield who had £38,000 in cash in a box under a Christmas tree and £104,000 worth of cocaine in a takeaway bag in the kitchen has been jailed. Ashhaq Khan, 20, of Grace Road, Broadfield, was sentenced to two years and six months imprisonment after pleading guilty to three offences. He admitted possession with intent to supply class A drugs (cocaine), possession of class B drugs (cannabis) and acquiring/using/possession of criminal property in March. He was...

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May 14, 2015, 7:20 am

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May 14, 2015, 7:27 am

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POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a schoolgirl managed to fight off two would-be robbers in Crawley. The 16-year-old girl was walking to school through the alleyway connecting Lavant Close and Gossops Drive, in Gossops Green, at about 7.20am yesterday morning (Wednesday). Once she reached the end of the alleyway she was pushed to the floor and two men demanded her phone. The victim managed to keep hold of her phone and fought off the suspects. She then ran off. One suspect is...

Playgroup closed down temporarily after girl, 3, escapes by...

May 14, 2015, 8:30 am

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OFSTED have temporarily closed down a playgroup in Pound Hill after a three-year-old girl escaped and staff did not notice. On Tuesday the girl climbed a fence at Milton Mount Playgroup in Pound Hill and ran away from the group. She was found wandering around Worth Park by members of the public, who called police. Staff at the playgroup did not notice the girl was gone until her grandmother came to collect her and police brought the girl back at about the same time. Ofsted have today confirmed...

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May 14, 2015, 8:30 pm

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A CRAWLEY entrepreneur is calling on the public to help him win a share of £1 million of marketing and advertising support.Bola Lafe set up Opus Innovations – which develops and manufactures products that help parents care for babies and infants – in 2009.He is looking for votes to help him make the short-list for Sir Richard Branson's 2015 Pitch to Rich competition, where nine lucky winners will share a £1 million prize pot.Opus Innovations only needs about 300 votes to...

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May 14, 2015, 11:00 pm

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A WOMAN who was sexually abused by a member of staff while a patient at Langley Green Hospital has bravely waived her anonymity to try and stop her attacker striking again.Maria Lozano was admitted to the mental health facility on Martyrs Avenue in April 2011 after attempting to take her own life at Beachy Head.The 49-year-old, who is from Bexhill, in East Sussex, was brought to Crawley due to a lack of beds at Eastbourne District General Hospital.Her suicide attempt had come when she had been...

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May 15, 2015, 3:51 am

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IN her monthly column, Pound Hill mum Maria Box shares the ups and downs of life with her autistic son, Ryan.ANYTHING not nailed to the floor has been going flying in our house recently.Ryan had to endure a hair cut, his fingernails and toenails being cut, a trip back to the dentists' and his annual check at Moorfields Eye Hospital all within the space of five days. And my goodness did we pay for it at home. We had to do a new risk assessment and put away sentimental items that we would normally...

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May 15, 2015, 4:00 am

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THE crucial decision on whether Gatwick Airport is allowed to build a second runway looks set to be delayed again after the Airports Commission ruled that another public consultation is needed. The commission, chaired by Sir Howard Davies, has been scrutinising where extra runway capacity is needed in the South East for three years. The latest consultation is seeking views on new evidence relating to an air quality assessment of the three short-listed options - one at Gatwick and two at...

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NAMED AND SHAMED: Ifield man caught drink-driving in Ford Transit

May 15, 2015, 4:08 am

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A MAN has lost his licence for 12 months after admitting driving a van while over the drink-drive limit. Terry Payne, from Reedings, Ifield, was caught when driving a Ford Transit on Longmere Road, West Green on April 15. He gave a reading of 49 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35 micrograms. The 48-year-old pleaded guilty to drink driving at Crawley Magistrates' Court on May 1. He was fined £200 and ordered to pay a £20 victim surcharge,...

Langley Green shoplifter sentenced for stealing drinks from Co-op

May 15, 2015, 4:12 am

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A WOMAN has been fined for stealing a case of canned drinks with spirits mixed into them from a Co-op store.Bridgett Maloney, from Perth Close, Langley Green, took the case of drinks from the Co-op store in Horsham, on February 11.The 25-year-old pleaded guilty to theft when she appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court on April 30.She was fined £67 and ordered to pay £24 compensation to Co-op.Maloney must also pay a victim surcharge of £20 and £85 in court costs.

Tea party in Crawley marks the 70th anniversary of VE Day

May 15, 2015, 5:45 am

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THE beacon was lit at Tilgate Park while revellers danced to the tune of the 1940s at a vintage tea party in Northgate to mark the 70th anniversary of VE Day.The commemoration of Victory in Europe Day, on Friday, began with a service in Memorial Gardens in the town centre, arranged by the Royal British Legion.The beacon was lit at Tilgate Park at 9.32pm to coincide with others being lit across the country.A local cadet and a veteran read a tribute to members of the Armed Forces past and present...

Police find £16,000 of cocaine after stopping car on A23

May 15, 2015, 6:02 am

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TWO men are due to appear in court after police seized cocaine from a car during a traffic check on the A23. Shortly before midnight on Wednesday (May 13) police stopped a Land Rover Discovery heading northbound on the A23 at Handcross Hill. The officers seized from inside the vehicle three quarters of a pound of cocaine with a total potential estimated street value of £16,000 and arrested the two men in the vehicle. Dominic Bradshaw, 32, unemployed, of Townsley Close, Luton, and Russell...

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May 15, 2015, 7:15 am

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A MAN has received an 18-month community order for assaulting a woman.A restraining order has also been put in place against Francis Mutyaba, banning him from contacting the victim, after he beat her at an address in Curteys Walk, in Bewbush, on February 20 last year.The 22-year-old, from Devonshire Avenue, Sutton, appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court on April 30 to be sentenced after being found guilty on October 10 last year, having denied the offence.Mutyaba also admitted failing to appear...