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TWO people have been arrested on suspicion of drug offences after a woman fell ill and ended up in a critical condition. Emergency services were called to a medical incident in Crawley at around 2.15am on Tuesday, March 22. A 37-year-old woman from Horsham was taken to hospital in a critical condition. Subsequently a 17-year-old girl from Crawley and a 55-year-old man from Crawley were arrested on suspicion of conspiring to supply a class A controlled drug and both released on bail until June...

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April 5, 2016, 9:12 am

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AN Ifield woman has described how she helped pull a young man out of Tilgate Lake this afternoon after he got into trouble while trying to retrieve a ball.Multiple ambulance service vehicles, including several from the Hazardous Area Response Team (HART), were called to the park at about 1.50pm today.A young man, believed to be in his early 20s, had tried to retrieve a child's ball from Tilgate Lake by swimming out to it but was unable to get back to the shore.Seeing that he was falling into...

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April 5, 2016, 9:18 am

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TILGATE Nature Centre had its "best ever" event opening as more than 2,000 people headed down to say g'day to lots of new Australian arrivals. The popular attraction in the heart of Tilgate Park opened its brand new Australian Zone on Saturday. About 2,300 people attended, visiting the animals and watching them be fed, taking part in didgeridoo and craft workshops and listening to keepers' talks. Animal lovers got to meet the bouncy wallabies, pink galahs, kookaburas,...

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April 5, 2016, 9:45 pm

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COUNCILLORS are taking steps to commit to using British steel wherever possible as the future of the UK's biggest steel plant hangs in the balance.Tata Steel announced last week that it was putting its UK operation up for sale with about 6,000 jobs under threat.Crawley's Labour Party, which controls Crawley Borough Council, is reviewing where foreign steel is being bought for construction projects in the town to then encourage buying British instead.Councillors have already adopted a "buy...

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April 5, 2016, 10:02 pm

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GATWICK Airport bosses have agreed to withdraw an objection to plans for a 600-home development and new larger St Catherine's Hospice to be built in Pease Pottage.Airport chiefs have been in discussion with developer Thakeham Homes over fears birds could be attracted to three ponds at the proposed housing development and become a safety risk to planes.Thakeham and St Catherine's Hospice submitted plans last year to build the new neighbourhood off Brighton Road. The ponds were intended to act as...

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April 5, 2016, 11:18 pm

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JUNIOR doctors will once again go on strike today for 48 hours starting from 8am today (Wednesday). The industrial action is in response to Government plans to impose a new contract on junior doctors which stops them claiming extra pay for day shifts on Saturdays in return for a basic pay rise. The effect of the action will be that some non-emergency operations will be postponed although doctors have pledged to still provide cover in A&E and emergency surgery. Patients whose operations have...

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April 5, 2016, 11:56 pm

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POLICE are concerned about the welfare of a 14-year-old from Crawley who hasn't been seen since Monday. Charley Tilbury was last seen leaving an address in Bewbush at around 8.45pm on Monday. She is described as white, 5' 4" with very long brown hair and blue eyes. She was last seen wearing a brown jacket, black leggings and trainers Missing persons co-ordinator Mark Green said: "We are concerned about Charley because of her age and would like to hear from anyone who knows where she is so...

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April 6, 2016, 12:49 am

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A FREE workshop is being put on this month to teach Crawley businesses how to protect their enterprises from cyber crime. The rapid expansion of communications technology has left businesses, particularly small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), at risk of cyber crime. Last year 74 per cent of SMEs suffered a security breach with some crippling financial losses of up to £311,000. The workshop, delivered by Secgate and sponsored by Crawley Borough Council, will explain how businesses can...

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April 6, 2016, 2:18 am

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A TOUR operator based in Crawley specialising in holidays to Turkey has gone into liquidation blaming the country's political situation as a cause for a severe drop in bookings.Jewel In The Crown Holidays, which has been based in Manor Royal for the past 18 years, ceased trading last Friday.The company has suffered as bookings to Turkey are significantly down after recent terrorist attacks. RELATED: Gatwick increases security after Brussels terror attacksA total of 11 people have lost their...

If you haven't got your pet dog microchipped yet you are now...

April 6, 2016, 4:36 am

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HENRY Smith has been raising awareness of a new law that comes into effect today (Wednesday) which means all dogs have to be microchipped.The new law will ensure pet pooches which have been registered in UK and go missing will stand a far greater chance of being reunited with their owners.The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs has confirmed 83 per cent of dog owners have already complied with the new rules.Owners of dogs found by the police or local authorities to not have a...

Hairdressers' in Three Bridges raided by burglars

April 6, 2016, 4:42 am

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MONEY was stolen during a break-in at a hair salon in Three Bridges, police have revealed. The hairdressers' on Three Bridges Road, which police haven't named, was broken into on Monday night or Tuesday morning. When staff arrived they discovered that £15 had been stolen from the till. Yesterday we told how police were linking two burglaries which occurred in the same street in Pound Hill within 24 hours.Between 1.30pm on Sunday and 8am on Monday the two homes in Hexham Close were burgled.

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April 6, 2016, 5:01 am

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IN her monthly column, Pound Hill mum Maria Cook shares the ups and downs of life with her autistic son, Ryan Box. ALONG with the quite extensive list of conditions Ryan has in conjunction with his autism, we've now got another one added to it – synesthesia.Its name derives from Greek, meaning "to perceive together" and it comes in many varieties.Some people with synesthesia can hear, smell, taste or feel pain in colour.Others taste shapes and some see written digits, letters...

WANTED: Police hunting Bewbush man on the run from prison

April 6, 2016, 6:41 am

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POLICE are hunting for a Crawley man who is on the run from prison after refusing to hand himself in.Sussex Police have released a public appeal for help in tracing a man who was recalled to jail two weeks ago.On 27 November last year Ryan Higson, 27, was jailed for six months following conviction for theft and activation of a suspended sentence.He was released from HMP High Down on March 2 but recalled to prison on March 24 for breaching the terms of his licence.Higson, from Bewbush, has since...

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April 6, 2016, 8:11 am

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A "GENTLE giant" is recovering in hospital after being stabbed twice in an "unprovoked" attack in a Southgate pub while enjoying a drink with his dad and brother. Emergency services were called to The New Moon pub, which used to be called The Half Moon, after the dad-of-two was attacked in what his family believe was a case of mistaken identity at 11.30pm on Saturday. The 35-year-old was taken to hospital as a priority patient after losing a lot of blood from a deep wound...

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April 6, 2016, 8:29 am

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POLICE are concerned for the safety of a teenage girl who went missing from her Crawley home last week.Sussex Police officers are appealing for help in their search for a girl who disappeared six days ago.Eleisha Horne, 17, was last seen in Crawley last Thursday (March 31) at 5.30pm. PC Mark Green said: "Eleisha has links to Crawley and to Eastleigh and Winchester, Hampshire. We are concerned for her welfare due to her age."Eleisha is described as white, 5' 3", with wavy red...

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Man taken off easyJet plane to Gatwick in "case of racial...

April 6, 2016, 9:00 am

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A MAN who was escorted by armed police off an easyJet plane to Gatwick Airport after another passenger 'did not feel safe with him onboard' has reportedly criticised the way he was treated.Mehary Yemane-Tesfagiorgis was travelling from Rome to Gatwick at the end of last month when he was ordered to leave the aircraft because a woman had raised concerns about his behaviour.The experience has been described as a "horrific case of racial profiling" and people are being urged not suspect...

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April 6, 2016, 10:52 pm

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A DETERMINED teenager who spent three years in and out of a wheelchair has won an award for all the time she dedicates to helping others.Katie Tyson says her own battle with a rare condition inspired her to give up her free time to improve other people's lives.The 17-year-old, from Westminster Road, Maidenbower, suffers from Ehlers-Danlos syndrome which restricts the movement in her legs.From the age of 12 to 15 she had to regularly use a wheelchair due to the pain she was in.Katie, who now...

Tilgate Nature Centre getting ANOTHER kangaroo

April 7, 2016, 12:07 am

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CRAWLEY Borough council has announced that it is searching for another kangaroo for Tilgate Nature Centre.Just days after the attraction's first kangaroo was unveiled as a surprise for the launch of the new Australasian Zone, the council has said it is likely to bring in another.At a full council meeting last night Chris Mullins, the council's cabinet member for wellbeing, was talking enthusiastically about the launch of the new zone and thanked staff members who helped make it run smoothly, and...

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April 7, 2016, 3:08 am

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A SURGERY which caters for about 7,000 people in Furnace Green has been told to make improvements after inspectors found a latch on a bin containing clinical waste was not secured.Furnace Green Surgery has been given an overall rating of "requires improvement" following what the office manager says was a momentary lapse.The Care Quality Commission visited the surgery, in The Glade, on January 5 with a report published on March 24.While the majority of the report was positive, there...

Severe delays on A23 after van catches fire near Pease Pottage

April 7, 2016, 4:23 am

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THERE are serious delays on the A23 due to a van fire between Handcross and Pease Pottage.Crews from Crawley and Haywards Heath were called to northbound carriage at 11.11am to the Transit van, near the junction for Pease Pottage.Two breathing apparatus and two hose reels were used to put out the blaze which completely destroyed the vehicle and reportedly also destroyed tools inside it.The cause has been confirmed by West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service as accidental ignition.According to one eye...