EastEnders stars performing in comedy play at The Hawth next week
THINKING back to working on a cold market stall and dreaming of a life as an actress, Emma Barton admits she has had to graft to realise that dream. After spending more than a decade working in a shoe...
View ArticleMum with spinal problems spending days stuck in flat as she can't...
A MOTHER who suffers spinal problems and battles severe pain every day says she has "begged and pleaded" with the council for a new home.Emma Perry can't walk without crutches but lives in a...
View ArticleCOLUMN: Crawley teenagers like me want jobs - but finding them...
IN her monthly column, Hazelwick School pupil Ella Barton, from Gossops Green, gives us an insight into life as a teenager in Crawley. IT'S officially past the half way mark of the summer holidays for...
View ArticleCrawley restaurant applies for permission for extra outdoor...
A HIGH Street restaurant has applied for permission to extend its outdoor seating. The Giggling Squid, a Thai restaurant, currently only has a handful of tables outside. It wants to add 27 tables, 54...
View ArticleInspirational Crawley man paralysed in freak accident honoured...
A HAND cyclist whose determination to ride with able-bodied bikers led to him joining a cycling club has been honoured by fellow members for his charity work.Rob Groves, who was paralysed from the...
View ArticleTeenage cancer victims in Crawley could get new support service...
A NEW teenage cancer support service is being set up at Crawley Hospital thanks to help from a supermarket.Sainsbury's in West Green announced last week that The Olive Tree Cancer Support Centre will...
View ArticleGatwick Airport breaks record for highest ever monthly passengers...
GATWICK Airport has achieved its highest ever monthly passenger numbers.During July there were 4,057,400 million passengers who passed through the airport – up by six per cent (or 229,500 passengers)...
View Article10 of the best small businesses in Crawley
CREATIVENESS, ambition and hard work are what make businesses successful, and Crawley has a wealth of companies with all of these qualities. We will all know about some of the town's biggest companies...
View ArticleGatwick Airport passenger in court accused of being drunk on...
A MAN has appeared in court accused of being drunk and abusive at Gatwick Airport on his birthday.Ryan Thompson is alleged to have caused a plane's departure to be delayed by two hours on June 21 this...
View ArticlePromised improvements at Broadfield Barton will now cost an extra...
PLANNED improvements at Broadfield Barton are likely to cost the council up to an additional £70,000 – despite the authority insisting just months ago that lessons had been learnt following an...
View ArticleTravellers spend weekend in Bewbush car park
A GROUP of travellers have spent the weekend camped in a Bewbush car park - with a councillor insisting this evening (Sunday) that the council is doing it all it can to get them to move on. A number of...
View ArticleWatch out Costa! The shop on 3 wheels taking on Crawley's coffee...
THERE is a new business in town which, despite being tiny, is taking on some global giants.You may even have seen it – a coffee shop on wheels which buzzes around the streets of Crawley.The mobile shop...
View ArticleThe amazing pictures drawn by a talented young Crawley woman -...
A MAIDENBOWER artist who only three years ago felt she had "poor drawing skills" has developed an incredible talent for creating stunning pictures after ditching her paintbrush for a pencil.While...
View ArticleFirefighters tackle sofa fire in West Green as paramedics rush...
FIREFIGHTERS have tackled a sofa fire at a home in West Green which was entirely filled with smoke. A crew from Crawley Fire Station was sent to Ewhurst Road at 4.54pm yesterday (Sunday) to what was...
View ArticleFears missing schoolgirl may have run off with man in his 20s
A POLICE appeal has been launched for the public's help to trace a 15-year-old girl, who it is feared may have run off with a man in his 20s. Surrey Police are concerned for the welfare of missing...
View ArticlePICTURES OF THE WEEK: 5 amazing photos of Tilgate Park
WHATEVER the season and whatever the weather Tilgate Park is always a photographer's dream. So much so that on our website earlier this month we put together a gallery of some of the most beautiful...
View ArticleThe dedicated volunteer who has helped raise £500,000 for...
A COMMITTED fundraiser who has helped to raise more than £500,000 to improve healthcare at Crawley Hospital has been recognised for his years of devoted volunteering.David Hawkins, 71, has been...
View ArticleCrawley man accused of sex attack in burger van to face trial...
THE trial of a man accused of sexually assaulting a woman in a burger van has been put back to next year.Bilal Sarioglu is charged with three counts of sexual assault and one count of exposure at a...
View ArticleCar ends up on roof after hitting bollard on Ifield Avenue
A CAR ended up on its roof following a collision on Ifield Avenue on Saturday night. Paramedics treated a woman at the scene following the incident at about 11.50pm near the Apple Tree Centre but she...
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