County council responds to outrage over axing of toddler sessions...
THE county council has responded to outrage expressed by parents over the loss of sessions which allow babies and toddlers to socialise.Crawley News reported last week that West Sussex County Council...
View ArticleCat's skin was left raw and oozing pus due to neglect
A PET owner has been banned from keeping animals for two years after being found guilty of causing unnecessary suffering to her cat.Joanna O'Mahony, of Proctor Close, Maidenbower, allowed her cat...
View ArticleBewbush pre-school's plan to expand to take in more children
A PRE-SCHOOL is hoping to build a larger replacement unit so it can take in more two-year-old children.Tots Pre-School has submitted a planning application to Crawley Borough Council to build a new...
View ArticleTributes paid to talented Crawley sportsman Ben Bland who lost...
FRIENDS and family have paid tribute to a "selfless" and talented sportsman who has died before landing his dream job.Ben Bland died at his home in Worth in the early hours of April 28 after losing his...
View ArticleCrawley man whose dad worked on The Italian Job honoured for his...
A MAN inspired to take up photography by his father's role in The Italian Job has landed a job as official photographer for a national awards ceremony.Brian Aldred first picked up a camera in 1970 and...
View ArticleCrawley magician aiming to show-off skills on football pitch with...
A MAGICIAN is hoping to impress his football heroes with his skills on the pitch after being invited to play alongside celebrities in a charity match.Ben Taylor, who performs as The Magic Mod, will be...
View ArticleWoman returns to Tilgate home to find men running off with TV
A WOMAN returned home to see two men run out of her flat and then discovered her TV was missing. At about 10.20pm on Friday the woman returned to her flat in Peterborough Road to find the door open and...
View ArticleOne half of crime fighting duo known as Bewbush's answer to...
ONE half of a crime-fighting duo known as Bewbush's answer to Cagney and Lacey will be saying farewell to her stomping ground after six years on the beat.PCSO Shelley Brown has become something of a...
View ArticleFirefighters alerted by neighbour as Broadfield residents fall...
NEIGHBOURS raised the alarm to the fire service as smoke filled a kitchen in Broadfield while residents were asleep. Crawley Fire Station received a call at 11pm last night (Friday) from a concerned...
View ArticleCrawley set to be warmer than Ibiza today, as weather forecast...
CRAWLEY is going to be warmer than Ibiza this weekend,with the Met Office predicting sunny weather and high temperatures. Temperatures should peak at a sizzling 24 degrees - three degrees hotter than...
View ArticleTeenage girls arrested after woman is threatened and car window...
POLICE have arrested two teenage girls after a woman reported being threatened and a car window was smashed in Broadfield. Sussex Police were called to Fennel Crescent at 10.10pm on Wednesday (May 14)...
View Article44-year-old man breaches Asbo by entering Co-Op in Tilgate and...
A 44-YEAR-OLD man has breached an ASBO by entering a Co-Op store, from which he then stole £6 worth of ice cream. Steven Ridley, of Oates Walk, Tilgate, was barred from going into the store on Tilgate...
View ArticleCrawley Down teen denies driving offences in Three Bridges
A YOUNG motorist has denied a series of driving offences.Stefan Buckett, 22, of Snow Hill, Crawley Down, appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court on Wednesday last week charged with failing to provide a...
View ArticleCrawley News readers' letters - May 14, 2014
I SEE Ed Balls tip toed into and out of Crawley last week. You could hardly call it a visit to Crawley when he visited the Northgate Parade with only a few shoppers around. I did not see or hear of any...
View ArticleLabour leader Ed Miliband visits Crawley to campaign for council...
LABOUR leader Ed Miliband has been in Crawley to campaign for the party ahead of next week's local council and European elections. Mr Miliband visited the town today (Saturday) speaking at a rally...
View ArticleSouthgate girl, 13, named best young sports reporter in UK and...
THE month of May has so far been particularly sweet for budding journalist Megan Mackey. The 13-year-old St Wilfrids schoolgirl has been named the best young sports reporter in the UK after winning the...
View ArticleDriver and passenger rushed to hospital as car flips onto side...
A DRIVER and passenger have been taken to hospital after the car they were in flipped onto its side after colliding with another vehicle on a M23 slip road. The collision took place on the slip road...
View ArticleOxfam store manager devastated after thieves break in and steal...
THE manager of a charity shop said he was left with "tears in my eyes" after discovering thieves had broken into the store and stolen hundreds of pounds.Oxfam, on Queensway in the town centre, was...
View ArticleArson attack outside Broadfield Children and Family Centre
FIREFIGHTERS have extinguished a fire outside a children's play centre in Broadfield. Crawley Fire Station was called to reports of a fire outside the front of Broadfield Children and Family Centre at...
View ArticleProud parents beaming as Baby of the Year winners receive awards
PROUD parents and their babies beamed as they were presented with their prizes in this year's Baby of the Year competition.And overall winner Jazzlynn-Isabella Yusuf, aged seven months, was all smiles...
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