Fears expressed that number of taxis allowed to wait at Three...
FEARS have been expressed that the number of taxis at Three Bridges station could be halved.Amin Mirza, who on Sunday became the new chairman of the Crawley Hackney Carriage Association, has revealed...
View ArticleNewly created third lane at A23 Handcross to open after two year...
LONG awaited improvements on the A23 will become a reality next week, when a newly created third lane opens to traffic. The Highways Agency has been widening the A23 between Handcross and Warninglid...
View ArticlePervert previously jailed for sex attack on vulnerable woman...
A FORMER care home worker previously jailed for a sex attack on a vulnerable woman has been spared another prison term for downloading child-porn images.Iain Blake, from Hastings Road in Pound Hill,...
View ArticleMan, 77, charged with child sex offences fails to turn up for...
A PENSIONER accused of a series of child sex offences has failed to appear in court.Kenneth Brindley is charged with sexually assaulting a boy as young as 11 in Copthorne on two occasions between...
View ArticlePolice search for missing girl, 18
POLICE are searching for a teenage girl from Copthorne who has been reported missing from home. 18-year old Stephonie Kelly, from Copthorne Common, is described as white, 5'6, stocky, with long blonde...
View ArticlePolice hunting man after woman shoved into alleyway wall by...
POLICE are calling on the public for support in identifying a man after a woman reported being shoved into a wall by a stranger in Crawley. The 36-year-old victim was walking in an alleyway between...
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View ArticleMISSING: Can you help find 15-year-old Crawley girl?
POLICE are concerned for the welfare of a 15-year-old girl who has gone missing from a care home in Crawley. Rebecca Mitchel-Pitcher was last seen leaving the home at 4.15pm yesterday (Wednesday). She...
View ArticleLandlord fined in court for cutting down English oak trees in...
A LANDLORD is counting the cost of cutting down parts of three English oak trees without permission from the council. Shabbir Ahmad, of Winchester Road in Tilgate, appeared at Crawley Magistrates'...
View ArticleMan has jaw broken after being attacked outside Brewery Shades...
A MAN suffered a broken jaw after he was struck in the face outside The Brewery Shades pub on Saturday night. Police are appealing for witnesses to the violent attack in Crawley High Street. The...
View ArticleCrawley funeral directors' bakes cakes for World's Biggest Coffee...
HOMEMADE cakes and freshly brewed coffee helped a funeral directors' raise vital funds for a cancer charity last week.Freeman Brothers Funeral Directors, on Brighton Road, in Southgate, held a coffee...
View ArticleChef faces prison term after foul-mouthed rant at shop worker
A CHEF who unleashed a torrent of abuse at a shop worker because he was in a bad mood due to not having smoked any cannabis that day could be sent to prison.Shahzad Rashid, from Swift Lane, Langley...
View ArticleNurses accused of covering up errors after one Langley Green...
THREE nurses have been accused of "acting dishonestly" while working at Langley Green Hospital following the manslaughter of a patient.Anne Green, Marvin Kadzirange and Jean Reeves-Yates faced a...
View ArticleTeenage girl, 18, found safe and well
AN 18-year-old girl reported missing from Copthorne Common has been found safe and well. Stephonie Kelly was reported missing on Sunday, but attended Burgess Hill police station yesterday (Thursday)....
View ArticleString of catalytic converters being stolen from cars and vans...
THE theft of catalytic converters from vehicles in the town is on the rise again.In previous years Mercedes Sprinter vans have been specifically targeted.But police say that various vehicles are now at...
View ArticleFalse menu descriptions clampdown in Sussex after lamb kebab is...
CATERERS are being warned a zero tolerance approach is being taken by Trading Standards officers when it comes to false menu descriptions.Publicans, restaurant owners and food van operators across the...
View Article3 people charged in relation to police chase through Crawley
TWO men and a youth have been charged in relation to a police chase through Crawley town centre earlier this week. Police were called to The Birches, in Three Bridges, at 1.20pm on Wednesday after a...
View ArticleReports of schoolchildren being threatened with knife - but...
A NUMBER of unconfirmed reports have come in this evening that there was a serious incident this morning involving pupils at Ifield Community College. A number of parents have said that police were at...
View ArticleShadow education secretary Tristram Hunt visits Crawley to...
THE shadow education secretary has visited a Langley Green school to highlight what he has described as a "school places crisis".Tristram Hunt met staff and spoke to parents at Langley Green Primary...
View ArticleThe Crawley man who is the best in the UK at a sport you have...
IF you are ranked as the best in the country at a particular sport you might expect to be a household name, have a host of flash cars and live in a mansion.But if you walked past Nick Iron in the...
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