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Dedicated fundraiser hosts tea party to raise more money for St...
DEDICATED fundraiser Maria Hains has raised £247 for charity. Maria's annual tea party was held last Saturday at her home in Three Bridges. About 50 people attended, including Crawley MP Henry Smith...
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New Crawley school teams up with Gatwick Airport to create job...
THE free school which is about to open in Manor Royal has teamed up with Gatwick Airport to provide job opportunities for students.The Gatwick School, which will open in September in Gatwick Road, will...
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Crawley schoolboy has his recycling message printed on bags at...
A SCHOOLBOY has won a competition to have his recycling poster printed on bags sold at Tesco.Primary school children across Crawley took part in a contest last month organised by the Tesco Extra store,...
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New radio and TV stations for Crawley could be run from Discovery...
ONE of the bids to take over Broadfield House would transform the building into an education support centre helping disadvantaged young people.Graham Cridland, president of West Sussex and Surrey...
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Work to build new road into Tilgate Park will start in the New...
WORK on a new access road linking the A23 with Tilgate Park is set to start in the new year and be open by next summer.Crawley Borough Council's cabinet approved the plans in February, which it hopes...
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PICTURE OF THE WEEK: The best photo ever taken from a car park
YOU do probably get some impressive sunsets from Hawaiian beaches, or overlooking the Grand Canyon. But you also get them right here in Crawley as this spectacular picture by reader Sharon Ottley, from...
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Crawley Town Access Group celebrates 21 years of improving...
MEMBERS of a Crawley campaign group working to improve access to facilities throughout the town for people with disabilities has celebrated its anniversary.Last Tuesday (July 1) Crawley's Town Access...
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What a rubbish effort! 5,500 incidents of fly-tipping in Crawley...
NOT a single person has been prosecuted for fly-tipping in Crawley over the last two-and-a-half years – despite more than 5,500 piles of junk being illegally dumped across the town in that...
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Plan to build KFC drive-thru in Crawley set to be approved
CHICKEN lovers will find out tonight whether a KFC drive-thru will be winging its way to Crawley.Crawley Borough Council's development control committee will debate proposals to build a restaurant on...
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Female police officer's cheek fractured in suspected headbutt in...
A FEMALE police officer suffered a suspected cheek fracture after being called to a report of two youths breaking into a car in Broadfield. Officers attended Bluebell Close at 9.50pm last Friday, July...
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Firefighters called to flooding in block of flats in Ifield
FIREFIGHTERS were called out after two flats in Ifield began to flood on Saturday (July 12). An emergency call was made at 11.40am and one fire engine was sent to the block of flats on Ifield Drive....
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Crawley part of "5 Communities Plan" for improving...
INCREASING the number of people who are treated at Crawley Hospital instead of going to East Surrey is one of the aims of a new health plan which involves Crawley's Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG)...
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REVEALED: The complaints made this year about the council, The...
THE number of complaints that Crawley Borough Council is receiving is falling.The council's performance monitoring scrutiny panel debated the latest complaints at a meeting last night (Tuesday).A...
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Drivers from Crawley among 11 convicted of drink or drug driving...
DRIVERS from Crawley are among 11 who have been convicted as part of Sussex Police's summer crackdown on drink and drug driving. Sunday Aba, 44, was arrested after was he was found at the wheel of a...
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Crawley MP wants Falkland Islands represented on new £1...
CRAWLEY'S MP is flying the flag for Britain's new 12-sided £1 coins to feature the coat of arms of the Falkland Islands.Self-confessed flag "geek" Henry Smith believes flags and coats of arms are...
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New sensors to be fitted so drivers aren't left waiting so long...
TRAFFIC lights are to be repaired and improvements made to ensure they turn to green quicker if there is no traffic coming from other directions. The changes are taking place due to a number of...
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Dad of boy who died aged 10 after 4-year leukaemia battle to...
A DETERMINED dad is preparing to swim the equivalent of the English Channel in memory of his son who died ten years ago after a failed bone marrow transplant.Simon Forzani will be swimming 21 miles on...
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Violent robber who posed as police and threatened group with a...
POLICE have launched an appeal for help in finding a violent robber who was jailed for shooting a man in a racially motivated attack and threatened a group of people with a gun while posing as a police...
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The best job in the world? The artist employed to paint pictures...
WORKING hard and doing something you love are not necessarily two things which sit comfortably together. And making a living out of your passion is, for many of us, merely a pipe dream. So professional...
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BREAKING NEWS: Security breach at Gatwick Airport as man gets...
A SECURITY breach at Gatwick Airport has seen a man pass through security checks and get airside without a ticket or boarding pass. A man, reportedly a Turkish national, managed to get through to the...
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