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A TEENAGER who has shed five stone and dropped five dress sizes after being given a "reality check" by doctors is now helping others to get healthy and lose weight.Maddie Smith, 19, has lost five stone in the past six years after doctors gave her a stark warning over the health of her liver.The former Thomas Bennett Community College pupil said: "I had always been chubby as a child."But when I got to ten or 11, I began putting on a lot more weight."At my biggest I was...

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Oriel High student wins poetry competition

February 20, 2016, 2:11 am

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AN Oriel High student has scooped first prize in a poetry competition for a poem that incorporates Native American words.Sixth-former Michael McCabe received his award at a ceremony last month for the TS Eliot Prize for Poetry.Michael's poem was written in response to Les Murray's Child Logic, which tells the story of a Native American girl who allows her finger to be cut off by a Tomahawk to be included in a gang.Michael's poem tells the next part of the story, that the girl took her brother's...

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February 20, 2016, 3:15 am

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A PASSENGER has praised three passers-by who came to his aid after the taxi he was in was involved in a frightening crash.Markos Thomadakis, from Lucas Close, Maidenbower, was returning home from work in London, when he got a taxi outside Three Bridges station to take him home on February 2.Moments after pulling away from the taxi rank, the taxi collided with another car at the junction of Haslett Avenue East and Station Hill.He said: "The taxi driver stopped and the drivers just started...

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February 20, 2016, 5:00 am

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IN a new regular column, Alan Dodgeon, who runs Runway Radio, takes us behind the scenes at Crawley's new radio station. HAVE you ever asked yourself what makes someone a celebrity?Every day we seem to be inundated with news about reality show 'stars' doing something they shouldn't be with another so and so from another reality show.It seems the word celebrity now means anyone on TV for more than 15 minutes.The infamous celebrity rating chart of A to Z seems to have become quite foggy...

MISSING: Serious concerns for woman last seen in Sussex

February 20, 2016, 7:37 am

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Surrey Police have issued a renewed appeal for information from the public to trace a woman from Guildford who has been missing for a week.Michaela Pugh, 37, a Slovakian national who has been living in the UK for several years, has not been seen by family or friends since the afternoon of Friday, February 12.She is described as being white, 5ft 4ins tall, slim build, with dark brown hair and brown eyes. She is believed to have been wearing a Parka style coat and black leggings.Officers are...

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February 20, 2016, 9:35 am

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A FORMER model who had her nose bitten off by a dog in 2008 almost choked to death at a Southgate pub after getting a piece of steak lodged in her throat. Princess Goodwin was having a birthday meal with her nine-year-old grandson at Brewers Fayre Goffs Park last Tuesday, having turned 59 the Friday before. While tucking into a rib eye steak, accompanied by onion rings and peas, she started to choke on a piece of meat.Rushing to the bar to ask for help, she was saved by two men who were also...

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February 20, 2016, 11:15 am

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HUNDREDS of items are set to go under the hammer tomorrow afternoon at a Copthorne Hotel.Laptops, TVs and watches among hundreds of cut price items being auctioned at the Copthorne Hotel Effingham Gatwick, tomorrow (February 21).The event is being held by WLC Auctions and will run from 12.00 until 17.00.For more information visit www.wlcauctions.co.uk or call 0161 821 1026.

Maidenbower mum thousands out of pocket after conservatory so...

February 21, 2016, 2:00 am

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A SINGLE mum has been left thousands of pounds out of pocket after being told her conservatory was so badly built it is too dangerous to use. Jackie Wilkins, of Jacobean Close, Maidenbower, paid £14,000 to IEO Home Improvements six months ago – but encountered problem after problem once the work began. Construction started at the end of September, but Jackie has now been left with a conservatory that is leaking and subsiding. However, the man who ran the company, Luke...

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February 21, 2016, 2:13 am

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"Part of the furniture" at Ifield Community College has been removed after greeting visitors to the school for nearly 17 years.The 'Moaning Lisa' ceramic artwork picture has been on display since 1999, starting out in the older building and moving to the new building.It was created by Ashish Sudra, who joined the school, off Crawley Avenue, from September 1995.He went on to further his education at the City of Westminster College, London, studying architecture. The 'moaning Lisa' was...

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February 21, 2016, 2:15 am

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HEAD teachers have been left "uncertain" about what lies ahead after a meeting with MPs to stress the need for further school funding.Crawley MP Henry Smith joined parliamentary colleagues and head teachers from across West Sussex at a meeting with Education Minister Sam Gyimah in Westminster on February 8.Schools in the county have been calling for more support since it was revealed those in West Sussex get £400 less per year per pupil than the average across the country, and...

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February 21, 2016, 2:23 am

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Free hot meals are now being cooked in Broadfield for disadvantaged people on a weekly basis.Monday Munch is a volunteer-led project run every Monday from 10am to 1pm, during term time, at Broadfield Community Centre.Volunteers from Christ the Lord Church provide freshly prepared, low cost, wholesome and nutritious food.The weekly sessions are supported by the Crawley Wellbeing team who visit every three to five months and offer free health checks for the group's attendees.For more information...

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February 21, 2016, 2:30 am

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ST CATHERINE'S Hospice is asking people to forgo their beauty sleep to take part in a nighttime fundraising walk.The Southgate hospice has opened registration for the annual Midnight Walk on July 2.Taking place in Horsham, with a choice of seven, 13 or 20- mile walks, the overnight challenge is suitable for women of all ages and fitness levels.Participants will get a welcome drink, goody bag and snacks to keep them going throughout the night.Last year, 430 women gave up sleep to pound the...

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February 21, 2016, 2:45 am

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A DETERMINED family are hoping to act as inspirations to other people in Crawley who are desperate to lose weight. Abbie Everett, from Enfield Road, Broadfield and her mum Karen Wood, from Manorfield, Horsham, have been attending Weight Watchers classes since last September. In less than five months the pair have lost five-and-a-half stone between them and believe that joining was one of the best decisions of their lives. Abbie, 25, who has lost two-and-a-half stone, admits that it was...

ARCHIVE PHOTOS: 31 pictures of Crawley people taken in 1987

February 21, 2016, 2:54 am

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February 21, 2016, 3:06 am

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IN a new regular column, Alan Dodgeon, who runs Runway Radio, takes us behind the scenes at Crawley's new radio station. HAVE you ever asked yourself what makes someone a celebrity?Every day we seem to be inundated with news about reality show 'stars' doing something they shouldn't be with another so and so from another reality show.It seems the word celebrity now means anyone on TV for more than 15 minutes.The infamous celebrity rating chart of A to Z seems to have become quite foggy...

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February 21, 2016, 11:23 am

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A WAR hero revered as the "greatest test pilot in history" and who interrogated leading Nazis after Second World War has sadly died aged 97.Captain Eric "Winkle" Brown, from Copthorne, has died at East Surrey Hospital after a short illness.In the world of aviation, the former Royal Navy officer is regarded as the best test pilot the world has ever seen. He flew more types of aircraft - 487 including captured German planes - than anyone in history and holds the world record...

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February 21, 2016, 10:30 pm

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BE CONSIDERATE and don't park in disabled bays. This is the message from a woman from Furnace Green, who has spent months photographing and confronting "uncompassionate" people who park in bays which should be left for disabled motorists. Over the past few months Michelle Davis has made it her mission to confront people about inconsiderate parking in the disabled parking bays along Furnace Parade. Most recently, the 54-year-old got into a heated conversation with the owner of a...

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February 21, 2016, 11:15 pm

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A CRAWLEY councillor has put himself in the running for the job of Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) just two weeks after questioning what the point of the role was.Michael Jones, who is a borough and county councillor for Crawley, spoke out at a meeting of the Sussex Police and Crime Panel, on which he also sits, on January 22.During a discussion on increasing the amount of money to charge in its share of council tax to fund policing in Sussex, he said to current commissioner Katy...

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February 21, 2016, 11:36 pm

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Southern rail services are set to be subject to minor disruption on the Brighton mainline today. This is due to overrunning Network Rail engineering work between East Croydon and South Croydon where one line will be closed for the whole of Monday, February 22. Platform 6 at East Croydon will remain closed for the duration of the day as well. A number of Southern and Thameslink services are subject to alteration and may be running from a different platform at East Croydon.

Car set on fire in Furnace Green

February 22, 2016, 1:36 am

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West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service were called out to a car that was deliberately set on fire, in Rillside, Furnace Green. Firefighters attended the scene at 3.20am this morning, following reports of the car being on fire. One crew from Crawley attended, and a spokeswoman for the fire service said the vehicle was well alight by the time the crew got there. She said: "A crew attended a deliberate car fire in Rillside, Furnace Green this morning."When we got there the car was well...