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POLICE are investigating an attempt to scam a vulnerable man in Crawley. The victim, who has learning difficulties, was approached by two men in a car who asked him to get inside and tried to get him to hand over credit cards and PIN numbers. He was approached as he was walking along Ewhurst Road, in West Green, opposite the ambulance station on Ifield Avenue, while taking a lunchtime break from work at a nearby shop at about 1.45pm on Monday, December 14. A gold Skoda saloon car containing...

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December 18, 2015, 2:28 am

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A POLICE officer based at Gatwick Airport has been arrested on suspicion of being more than twice the drink-drive limit.More than 100 motorists have been arrested in Sussex since the Christmas 2015 crackdown on drink and drug-driving was launched on December 1.A total of 102 arrests had been made in the county up until the end of Wednesday (December 16). Of these, 50 have been charged.Among them is James Smoothy, 26, a British Transport Police officer based at Gatwick Airport.He was arrested in...

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December 18, 2015, 6:04 am

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A RESTAURANT has taken the controversial decision to ban pushchairs from the premises. 51 Degrees North, which opened earlier this year in Horley, introduced the ban due to concerns over space. Robert Bell, one of the restaurant's directors, said: "We are quite limited with space in terms of the restaurant area. "We had a group of mothers in with a number of pushchairs and we had complaints from other customers that they couldn't access the toilets."Unfortunately we just had to...

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December 18, 2015, 8:46 am

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December 18, 2015, 9:05 am

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December 18, 2015, 9:23 am

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A MAN in his 50s has denied multiple counts of intentionally touching an underage girl sexually and making her touch his penis. Graham Burns, from Otway Close in Bewbush, is charged with sexually touching a girl on five occasions between November 22, 2010, and April 30, 2014. Between November 22, 2010, and August 5, 2014, is also accused of twice inciting an underage girl to touch his penis. Burns, 54, is jointly accused with Carla Leaworthy, 43, of Pegwell Close in Bewbush, of engaging in...

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December 18, 2015, 9:15 pm

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THE number of children in Crawley reaching the expected level of achievement as they leave primary school has dropped this year.The town's overall SATs results fell by 1.5 per cent in 2015, with 71 per cent of Year 6 pupils meeting the Government's minimum expectation of Level 4 or above in reading, writing and maths. But despite this overall drop there were some impressive individual performances.According to figures released by the Department for Education last Thursday, Milton Mount Primary...

10 reasons why TILGATE is the best place to live in Crawley

December 18, 2015, 11:30 pm

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WE have already written about why Broadfield and Bewbush are the best places in Crawley to live. Well this week it is the turn of Tilgate. Reporter Rachel Barr talks us through why Tilgate should come out on top. 1: Tilgate Park Do we really need to say any more? Pretty much everyone's favourite park in Crawley, it has cute animals galore at the nature centre (we could watch the meerkats doing their thing for hours).For adrenaline junkies there is Go Ape, where you can swing through the...

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December 19, 2015, 12:30 am

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A WOMAN caught behind the wheel with cannabis in her system has been banned from driving.Ioana Lupu pleaded guilty to drug-driving.Lupu, 25, was stopped on Creasys Drive, in Broadfield, on October 8.Lupu, from Petworth Court, in Cowfold Close, Bewbush, was fined £275 for the offence.Magistrates also disqualified her from driving for 12 months.

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December 19, 2015, 1:07 am

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SHOPS and restaurants at Gatwick Airport's North Terminal were evacuated yesterday with some passengers missing their flights. People were forced to leave the airside area at 5.30pm yesterday (Friday, December 18) as emergency services investigated a fire alarm which went off in one of the restaurants. The evacuation caused chaos with some passengers missing their flights because not all planes were able to wait until the emergency situation was dealt with and people were allowed back into the...

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December 19, 2015, 2:15 am

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THE McDonald's near the entrance to Gatwick Airport could be getting a new look if planning permission is granted.The drive-thru restaurant, on Ring Road North, has applied to relocate some existing signs and have nine new ones put in.A decision is expected to be made by Crawley Borough Council on February 4.

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December 19, 2015, 3:28 am

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GATWICK Airport had its busiest ever November with 2.6 million passengers travelling through this year – up 7.3 per cent on 2014.Destinations contributing to this growth include North Atlantic routes, which were up 9.7 per cent overall with Toronto rising by 37 per cent alone.Long-haul winter sun routes performed particularly well, with passenger numbers to Jamaica up 14.2 per cent year on year, Barbados up 15.5 per cent and Trinidad up by 12.8 per cent.Norwegian Air Shuttle's new Puerto...

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December 19, 2015, 5:02 am

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December 19, 2015, 5:30 am

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O COME all ye faithful to Queens Square this weekend for a carols singalong.Crawley mayor Chris Cheshire is hosting the "Big Carol Sing" at the bandstand from 3pm on Sunday.Everyone is welcome to attend and join in singing traditional carols, with music from Crawley Millennium Concert Band.Word sheets will be provided.The festive event will take place no matter the weather.

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December 19, 2015, 10:30 pm

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AMBITIOUS £8 million plans to upgrade Crawley Hospital with new services and improved urgent care for patients have been unveiled.Members of the public were invited to a presentation last Friday where proposals to extend the Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC) and provide more beds in the Clinical Assessment Unit were explained.A second project is also being worked on to bring part of the top floor of the hospital back into use, following a fire, by creating a 26-bed rehabilitation ward for...

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December 19, 2015, 11:30 pm

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PUPILS and staff at a Langley Green school are jumping for joy after receiving an award for their achievements in PE.Our Lady Queen of Heaven Catholic Primary School has been awarded a Sliver School Games award by Sainsbury's for its work in the last academic year.The awards are designed to increase and encourage competition for primary school-aged children, both inside and outside school, with events and competitions organised for all abilities.The school was originally asked to apply for the...

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December 20, 2015, 3:05 am

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TURNERS Hill is stuck with a set of wonky railings after the parish council was told they are "not bent enough" to fix and to do so would be a health and safety risk.The village's parish council applied to West Sussex County Council (WSCC) to fix a row of railings on East Street, which have been askew since a vehicle drove into them some time ago.But at a meeting of the parish council last month it emerged that the county council declined to address the problem due to health and safety...

Furnace Green care home wins praise from inspectors

December 20, 2015, 3:38 am

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A FURNACE Green care home is celebrating after being awarded an overall rating of "good" by the Care Quality Commission.The Government's healthcare watchdog visited Burleys Wood Care Home on October 14, rating it as "good' in four of the five areas inspected.In the four areas the Shaw Healthcare run home for older people, in Furnace Drive, was found to be safe, effective, responsive and caring.In the report published on December 4 it said that staff have the skills and knowledge...

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December 20, 2015, 3:51 am

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December 20, 2015, 4:30 am

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AMBITIOUS plans to help Crawley residents get higher-paid jobs in the town have been unveiled.The Crawley Borough Council project, which is in its final draft stage and is now open to public comment, aims to address skills gaps in the town's workforce.A Town Centre Skills Academy will focus on working with developers and the construction industry, to boost site jobs available to people in Crawley and help students by providing apprenticeships, work experience and site visits.A Gatwick Skills...