Police searching for Crawley man missing for 4 months explain...
THE policeman in charge of the search for a missing Crawley man who has not been seen for four months has revealed the enormous lengths officers have gone to solve his mysterious disappearance.Last...
View ArticleMan who claimed flight from Gatwick last week had bomb on board...
A STUDENT who claimed there was a bomb on a flight from Gatwick Airport has been sent to prison. Shortly before 4.30pm on Tuesday, September 9 Muhammet Demir, 20, called police and said he had seen a...
View ArticleNumber of complaints made against Crawley Borough Council...
THE number of complaints made about Crawley Borough Council has increased.The council's performance monitoring scrutiny panel is meeting on Monday (September 15) to debate the 168 complaints made...
View ArticleDaisy Cohen, 22, accused of attacking another woman at Crawley...
A WOMAN is due to appear in court later this month accused of assault.Daisy Cohen is charged with attacking Amanda Parr at Crawley Leisure Park on May 23.The 22-year-old, from Estcots Drive, East...
View ArticleUPDATE: Man with severe learning difficulties who went missing...
A MAN with severe learning difficulties who went missing from Crawley has been found safe and well. Police were growing increasingly concerned for the welfare of Abid Shafi, 41, after he left his...
View ArticleTributes paid to Crawley nightclub doorman killed in motorbike...
STAFF at Crawley's only nightclub have paid tribute to one of their colleagues who was killed alongside his best friend in a motorcycle crash. Luke Power, a doorman at Moka in the town centre, died at...
View ArticlePet owners warned to be vigilant after cats poisoned in...
PET OWNERS have been warned to be vigilant after cats were poisoned in Broadfield. Police have been made aware of "several" cases of stray cats being poisoned in the Kensington Road area. But there is...
View ArticleFirefighters called to flood in Pound Hill flat
FIREFIGHTERS were called out last night (Tuesday) after a burst water pipe caused a flat in Pound Hill to flood. An emergency call was made at around 9pm and a fire crew went to Blackheath in one fire...
View ArticleWoman cut from car after two-vehicle crash on Ifield Avenue
A WOMAN has been cut from a car after a two-vehicle crash on Ifield Avenue this morning (Wednesday). The collision between a Mitsubishi Shogun and Ford C-MAX happened outside Crawley Fire Station at...
View ArticleUPDATE: Woman in her 30s and 6-month-old baby taken to hospital...
A WOMAN in her 30s and her six-month-old baby have been taken to hospital after a two-car crash outside Crawley Fire Station this morning (Wednesday). The husband and father of the woman and baby, a...
View ArticleMoka staff to wear black shirts in memory of doorman Luke Power...
STAFF at Moka nightclub will wear black shirts instead of their usual white ones this weekend as a sign of respect to a colleague killed in a motorcycle crash. Staff are supposed to wear white shirts...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Reception pupils enjoy first day at Crawley's newest...
THE first ever crop of reception pupils have started lessons at The Gatwick School.Crawley's first-ever all-through school, which will teach children from reception age until they finish their GCSEs,...
View ArticleWhen in Rome, convince them of virtues of European reform - MP...
CRAWLEY MP Henry Smith is your representative in Parliament, so you may wonder what he gets up to. In his weekly column he keeps us updated on where he's been, which last week included Rome. Monday,...
View ArticleCrawley bank serves up tea and cakes to customers to talk about...
A TEA and talk fundraising event has been held at the Crawley branch of Halifax bank in aid of the Alzheimer's Society.The event, held at the bank in County Mall last Wednesday, was an opportunity for...
View ArticleCounty Mall hairdressers and barbers to relocate to bigger unit...
A HAIRDRESSER is relocating to larger premises nearby.Salon 12 and Mankind Barbers is moving from its current location on the upper floor of County Mall to a new one just a few doors down, tomorrow...
View ArticlePaedophile jokes and C word at Lee Mack show prompts angry mum to...
A MUM wants age restrictions brought in for comedian Lee Mack's shows after she took her 14-year-old daughter to see him at The Hawth and his warm-up act started cracking jokes about...
View ArticleTesco, Morrisons and Asda agree to look into creating trolleys...
SUPERMARKET chains are looking to follow the example set by a Crawley family in a bid to make the weekly shop easier for parents of children with disabilities.Earlier this month the Crawley News...
View ArticleNew residents' forum to be launched in Tilgate today
A NEW residents' forum is due to be launched in Tilgate today (Thursday).People living in the neighbourhood are invited to attend a meeting at Tilgate Community Centre in Shackleton Road from 7.30 to...
View ArticleGatwick second runway on agenda for Northgate residents' meeting...
A DEBATE on a potential second runway at Gatwick Airport is on the agenda for a residents' community group.Northgate Matters full residents' meeting and AGM is being held today (Thursday) at 7pm.Those...
View ArticlePolice in riot gear spotted on Broadfield estate
POLICE officers in riot gear have been spotted on the Guinness Trust estate in Broadfield. Several police cars, including an unmarked vehicle and a riot van were reportedly seen on the estate just over...
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