The other places in the world called Crawley
ANYONE passionate about our town will be adamant that there is nowhere else like Crawley. That may be the case - but it doesn't mean there aren't other places with the same name that are trying to be...
View ArticleLangley Green Mosque warned about future conduct after failure to...
THE group running Langley Green Mosque has been warned about its future conduct after failing to submit three years' worth of accounts on time.An investigation was launched by the Charity Commission...
View ArticleCrawley businesses take inspiration from Jeremy Clarkson in Top...
BUSINESS leaders are taking on a Top Gear-style challenge to travel from Crawley to Milan in as close to possible as 12 hours and 53 minutes.Inspired by Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May,...
View Article£7.5 million of improvements to Ifield Mill Pond are...
A PLANNING application to carry out £7.5 million of improvements to Ifield Mill Pond has been approved.One of the main aims of the work is to restore the pond's dam.A new footbridge is planned on the...
View ArticleWidowed Crawley woman, aged 94, loses thousands to phone scam...
SUSSEX Police have become the first force in the country to quantify the scale of a mail fraud scam which has cost pensioners millions of pounds.Criminals worldwide are sending millions of scam letters...
View ArticleLonger trains and more services promised for Three Bridges and...
A RAIL firm has promised to get more bums on seats – by introducing longer trains and a more frequent service.From 2016 a new, modern fleet of trains will be introduced to the Thameslink route through...
View ArticleSchool dinners may be staggered to cope with introduction of free...
SCHOOL dinner arrangements are being reviewed across Crawley, with staggered lunchtime sittings an option, ahead of the introduction of free meals.From September every child in reception, Year 1 and...
View ArticleWest Sussex County Council reveals it has fixed almost 10,000...
ALMOST 10,000 potholes in West Sussex have been repaired so far this year.The deluge of heavy rain that dropped on the county in January and February has left many roads in a sorry state.And this has...
View ArticleIfield Community College pupils realise science and maths isn't...
PUPILS' perceptions of maths and science being boring subjects were challenged when they were shown how they could one day lead them to help build fighter planes and defence systems.About a dozen...
View ArticleCrawley brother and sister to run London Marathon together in...
A BROTHER and sister are putting sibling rivalry to one side to run the London Marathon together in memory of their mum.Barry Pelham and Belinda Bishop are in the final stages of training for the...
View ArticleCrawley Lawn Tennis Club to increase its number of indoor courts
CRAWLEY Lawn Tennis Club plans on extending the size of its indoor dome to cover an extra court.The club, based off Hazelwick Avenue, currently has two indoor courts and wants permission to inflate the...
View ArticleTwo fire engines called to blaze at terraced house in Langley...
A FIRE broke out in the downstairs hallway of a terraced house on Saturday. Two fire engines were sent to the address in Elder Close at about 11.35am. The crews used breathing apparatus and a hose reel...
View ArticleCrawley Borough Council spends £4,000 of your money...
CRAWLEY Borough Council has been ticked off by the Government for spending £1,000 of taxpayers' money on translating two documents into Urdu for just one resident, while thousands more has been spent...
View ArticleAspiring Crawley actors given masterclass by star of Les...
ASPIRING actors were given a masterclass from a star of screen and stage who performed alongside Anne Hathaway in her Oscar-winning role.Michael Jibson visited the Pauline Quirke Academy, based at...
View ArticleMuslim community unable to move on as uncertainty remains over...
SOME relatives of suspected suicide bomber Abdul Waheed Majeed are still hopeful he is alive and will return home despite his brother appearing on national TV to claim he was a hero for carrying out an...
View ArticleGatwick Airport to launch low-cost flights to Saudi Arabia
GATWICK Airport has announced it will be offering low-cost non-stop flights to Saudi Arabia's second biggest city from next month. Flynas will fly an A330 service to Jeddah, with the UK being the first...
View ArticleCrawley teenager hoping to win X Factor performs song for family...
A TEENAGE singer with ambitions to follow in the footsteps of a friend who reached the final of The X Factor has performed a song to raise money for the family of murdered soldier Lee Rigby. Nathanael...
View ArticleThe Crawley busker who has become a YouTube sensation
YOU may well have hummed along to one of his songs.Perhaps you have dropped a few coins into his guitar case.But you probably haven't realised just how popular busker Danny McEvoy is.A regular sight in...
View ArticleCrawley mum-of-5 has first book published after writing bucket...
IT would be difficult for many of us to find even a few minutes to ourselves if we had five children to look after. But despite her big brood, mum-of-five Helen Morphew has somehow found time to write...
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