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September 8, 2015, 9:42 am

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AS Crawley prepares to welcome its 16th Costa Coffee outlet, plans for a 17th are already in place. Premier Inn on Fleming Way, in Manor Royal, wants to transform a meeting room into a Costa Coffee outlet. This is based on the popularity of the branch in the business district, at County Oak Retail Park. Premier Inn and Costa Coffee are both owned by Whitbread PLC. People are being asked to email their views on the plans to sales.londongatwickairportmanorroyal@premierinn.com by October 2. It...

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Crawley soldier who underwent operation privately so he could...

September 8, 2015, 4:01 pm

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A SOLDIER who lost both his legs while serving his country in Afghanistan was told he could not be treated by the NHS due to a pioneering operation he underwent abroad.Crawley war hero Jay Baldwin, 30, had titanium rods permanently fixed to his thigh bones, to attach to prosthetic legs – a process called osseointegration – in Australia in February.Mr Baldwin, from Southgate, previously told the Crawley News this operation meant he can now walk pain free for the first time since he...

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September 8, 2015, 10:30 pm

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A SHOP owner who has pleaded guilty to seven food hygiene offences has claimed the fines she was given are "completely unfair".Amina Ahmed, who owns Eastern Spice, a butchers' and greengrocers' in Horsham Road, West Green, has accused Crawley Borough Council of "picking on lots of really small things".The charges she faced related to the conditions in the store discovered by the council's environmental health officers during two visits in June 2014.The council has released...

Number of homes sold at Kilnwood Vale passes 100

September 8, 2015, 11:00 pm

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THE number of homes sold at the ongoing Kilnwood Vale development has now passed 100.Developer Crest Nicholson has been working on the new neighbourhood west of Bewbush since October 2012.So far 309 homes have been put up for sale and 121 have been sold.Of the 188 still on the market, the majority are four- and five-bedroom houses and two-bedroom flats.Work on building the homes started in July 2013 and the first residents moved into the area in January of last year.The neighbourhood will have...

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September 9, 2015, 1:38 am

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A BRITISH Airways flight bound for Gatwick caught fire as it prepared for take-off at Las Vegas airport last night (Tuesday). The pilot and cabin crew are credited with saving the lives of the passengers on board as the blaze, which was so hot, it has been claimed, it melted some of the windows, started in the engines and spread. It has been reported that 14 people were taken to hospital, some suffering from smoke inhalation and others injured during the evacuation down the emergency...

Knife found in search near scene of stabbing in Crawley High...

September 9, 2015, 3:17 am

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A KNIFE has been found close to where a man was stabbed in Crawley High Street last week. Police are appealing for witnesses after a man was stabbed in on Thursday at about 10pm following an argument close to the Old Punch Bowl pub. A 46-year-old man from the town was stabbed in the abdomen. He was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and has since been discharged. A knife was recovered during a search of the area but is yet to be tested forensically to establish if it is linked...

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September 9, 2015, 4:10 am

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ALL passengers who were injured when a Gatwick-bound plane caught fire have been released from hospital. An engine of a Boeing 777 British Airways (BA) flight from Las Vegas to Gatwick burst into flames yesterday (Tuesday) forcing the pilot to abandon take-off and bring the plane to s stop while cabin crew evacuated everybody to safety. The 157 passengers on board were taken to safety after emergency slides were deployed but 14 people needed treatment either for smoke inhalation or for injuries...

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September 9, 2015, 4:45 am

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AN urgent recall has been issued by supermarket Morrisons over fears it could cause food poisoning. The chain's Savers Cooked Ham range has been recalled and Crawley shoppers are warned to not eat and to immediately return the 200g pack - with a use by date of September 11 - for a full refund. The Food Standards Agency confirmed it was because of a presence of Listeria monocytogenes. A Morrisons statement warns: "As a precautionary measure, Morrisons are recalling the product due to a...

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September 9, 2015, 5:06 am

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A TRAIN service which passes through Three Bridges and Gatwick is one of the most crowded in the country according to the Department for Transport. A list of the 10 most crowded rail services in England and Wales in 2014 has been released by the Government department, and the 7.24am Brighton to Bedford train came in at number 7. The service, which now runs at 7.22am from Brighton after the timetable was tweaked, arrives at Three Bridges at 7.56am. If you are unlucky enough to need to get to...

Crawley must help refugees, says MP

September 9, 2015, 5:45 am

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CRAWLEY'S MP says the town should take its fair share of Syrian refugees as it was revealed that the country is due to accept up to 20,000 over the next five years.Henry Smith added he is certain any that end up in the town will get a warm welcome.There has been much debate over the last week over whether enough is being done in Britain to help with the migrant crisis in Europe and beyond.This followed the harrowing pictures of a young boy's body washed up on a Turkish beach after a boat...

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September 9, 2015, 6:00 am

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A NEW levy on developers could bring in £9 million to help improve the borough.Developers already have to make a contribution towards improving schools, playgrounds and other infrastructure when they build here. But the system, called Section 106 payments, is seen as too vague.In addition to Section 106 payments, Crawley Borough Council wants to bring in a community infrastructure levy (CIL) for some developments.This would set out a specific level of payment calculated per square...

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September 9, 2015, 6:30 am

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THE CEO of a rape crisis centre in Crawley has called on the police and clubs in the town to do more to stop women being attacked following an attempted rape. Police are hunting for a man who attempted to rape a woman minutes after she left Moka nightclub to walk home on Saturday morning at about 3am.A young Crawley woman, in her 20s, left the nightclub, on Station Way, in the town centre and spoke to a man who she met outside the venue. They ended up walking along Station Way together.The man...

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September 9, 2015, 7:00 am

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A TEENAGER who is awaiting sentence for stabbing, kicking and hitting a sheep in Tilgate Park before setting fire to it has also pleaded guilty to child sex offences, it has been revealed.Kieran Taylor was due to be sentenced for the attack on the male Boreray sheep on Friday at Hove Crown Court but he arrived several hours late for the hearing and when he did arrive it was adjourned.This was because he was said to be so distressed about awaiting his sentence that psychological reports are...

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September 9, 2015, 9:02 am

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A 21-YEAR-OLD man from Crawley Down who had multiple run-ins with the law felt "tired, down and depressed" before committing suicide by hanging, an inquest has heard. James Foxley-Sander was found dead at his home in Snow Hill, Crawley Down, on May 29. Today (Wednesday) a coroner's court heard how Mr Foxley-Sander was found by his father, Russell, with a suicide note near his body. A toxicology examination undertaken at East Surrey Hospital in Redhill on June 1 found that he had alcohol and...

New trial date set for Ifield man accused of racial abuse at Asda

September 9, 2015, 10:30 pm

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A NEW trial date has been set for a man accused of racially abusing someone at Crawley's Asda store.Ben Hannaford appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court last Wednesday.At the hearing he admitted failing to surrender to court bail at Horsham Magistrates' Court on August 17, where he was due to face trial for using racially aggravated harassment to cause alarm.Hannaford, 26, denies using racially abusive language to harass a man in the supermarket, off Pegler Way, on May 22.Magistrates set a new...

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September 9, 2015, 11:00 pm

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A HARROWING image of a dead Syrian boy washed up on a beach in Turkey has led to support for a Crawley group collecting aid for the war-torn country increasing dramatically overnight.Zaffer Khan witnessed death and destruction when he travelled to Aleppo in Syria with a group of between 25 and 30 Crawley residents about 18 months ago to deliver aid.Since then he has been collecting donations of clothing and food to send there through a charity because it is too dangerous for the Crawley group to...

Ambulance called after three cars crash at Gatwick

September 9, 2015, 11:20 pm

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THREE cars have been involved in a crash on the main route between the North and South Terminals at Gatwick this morning. Gatwick Police have tweeted that passengers should leave more time for their journeys when driving past and travelling to the airport as a result. The crash on Airport Way has caused queues back to Junction 9 of the M23.

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September 9, 2015, 11:27 pm

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A PASSENGER who was already on bail for another offence has been arrested at Gatwick after an airport worker was slapped on the bottom. The man, who was due to fly out of the UK sometime between last night (Wednesday) and this morning, was arrested by police at the airport following the incident. Sergeant Darren Taylor of Gatwick Police tweeted this morning, while summing up some of the incidents overnight: "The other incident involved a drunk male slapping an airport worker on her...

Route linking Crawley and East Grinstead to close today

September 10, 2015, 12:00 am

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WORK to improve the Worth Way which links Crawley and East Grinstead is starting this week.The project will begin today (Thursday) with the closure of the stretch of the route between East Grinstead Station and Gullege House, in Felbridge.The section between Gullege House and Cob Close, in Crawley Down, will also be closed between 9.30am and 3pm to allow access for construction vehicles.The closures will last for the duration of the work, which is expected to take six to eight weeks. Residents...

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September 10, 2015, 1:00 am

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A FORMER Central Sussex College student who was given the devastating news she may only have a year to live has been offered the chance to make two of her dreams come true.Hollie Owen has put together a "bucket-list" of things she would like to experience.She is due to fly to Orlando with family members and her boyfriend, Matthew Phyall, later this week, which was one of her dreams.After the Crawley News told Hollie's heartbreaking story last week, a member of the public has come...