Jaguar destroyed by fire after igniting in Manor Royal
A JAGUAR caught fire in Manor Royal and its bonnet erupted in flames. The car was 50 per cent damaged by fire after igniting on Gatwick Road at about 5pm yesterday (Thursday). A crew from Crawley Fire...
View ArticleMissing girls from Crawley found safe and well
A WOMAN and teenager from Crawley who were both reported missing earlier this week have been found safe and well. Sussex Police launched appeals for help from the public yesterday (Thursday) in finding...
View ArticleFamily left distraught by theft of pet rabbit - stolen along with...
A FAMILY have been left devastated after their pet rabbit was stolen from the garden of their Bewbush home. The rabbit, belonging to a mother and her three young children, was stolen from a home in...
View ArticleMan steals butter then shouts racial abuse at Iceland in...
A MAN stole butter then racially abused another man at an Iceland store. Nicholas O'Hara, 47, took the £1.75 tub of butter from the supermarket on Broadfield Barton on April 15. He pleaded guilty to...
View ArticleBoy, 16, arrested over Broadfield bus attacks
A 16-YEAR-OLD boy from Crawley has been arrested on suspicion of common assault and criminal damage in connection with a series of bus attacks in Broadfield earlier this month. Several Metrobus...
View ArticleMan pleads guilty to possessing heroin and cocaine in Gossops...
A MAN who pleaded guilty to possession of heroin and cocaine in Gossops Parade, in Gossops Green, will be sentenced next week.Nicolas De Launay admitted possession of both drugs when he appeared at...
View Article7 great days out in Sussex and Surrey this weekend
THE weekend is here so it's time to get organised and make the most of it. Check out our choice of the best events in the area this weekend for a family day out. 1: Tulleys Farm, Turners Hill TO soak...
View ArticleDrink driver, 57, sentenced after she crashed into fence
A WOMAN who crashed into a garden fence said she had no recollection of drink-driving because of medication she was on.Diane Dinnage, 57, from Selsey Road, in Broadfield, drove her Vauxhall Astra into...
View ArticleBroadfield residents tell us what life is really like living in a...
A SPATE of violence, graffiti and vandalism in Broadfield over the last fortnight has sparked fierce debate over whether antisocial behaviour is getting out of control in the neighbourhood.Buses were...
View Article8 girls from Crawley chosen to appear with Stephen Mulhern in...
EIGHT girls from Crawley will be jumping for joy after being selected to appear alongside Stephen Mulhern in this year's Christmas pantomime.Evolution, the producers of this year's Hawth pantomime...
View ArticleBroadfield dog attack victim almost lost a finger when bitten by...
A WOMAN injured in a dog attack in Broadfield has thanked her neighbours for coming to her rescue. Kimberley Evans wrote to the Crawley News to praise those who came to her aid on Sunday, October 12 as...
View ArticleYouth unemployment figures in Crawley fall to just 2 per cent
FIGURES showing youth unemployment in the town has fallen to just 2 per cent have been hailed by the town's MP.Henry Smith believes the latest information from the Office for National Statistics are...
View ArticleMan scared of leaving his home overcomes fears to build graveyard...
A MUSICIAN who has struggled with agoraphobia has overcome his fears to film a spooky Hallowe'en-themed video. Dan Wilson, 32, has suffered a fear of wide-open spaces for years but recently completed...
View ArticleCrawley busker through to next round of Open Mic UK
A BUSKER who performs in Crawley town centre has made it through to the area final of a national singing contest.Tom Stephenson, who performs as Busker Tom, was one of 17 acts to sing at Open Mic UK's...
View ArticlePaving your driveway is "part of the reason flooding is so...
A GARDENER has called on people in Crawley to think twice before turning their front gardens into driveways as he believes it is partly responsible for flooding in the town.Chris MacLeod holds a Royal...
View ArticleCrawley Conservatives call for council to support English votes...
THE Conservative opposition at the Town Hall are launching a campaign for the council to support the call for English votes for English laws.Councillor Duncan Crow, leader of the opposition, has tabled...
View ArticleCOLUMN: My shocking encounter with Crawley 11-year-old who was...
IN her monthly column Hazelwick School pupil Ella Barton gives readers an insight into what life is like as a teenager in Crawley. MY week started off pretty boringly. On Monday I woke up at half six,...
View ArticleWANTED: Burglar aged 67 on the run from prison
POLICE are appealing for the public's help to find convicted burglar Simon Bercowitz who it is thought could be in Sussex. The 67-year-old was jailed for five-and-a-half years in June 2012 for a series...
View ArticleHomeless alcoholic fined after hurling abuse at passers-by while...
AN ALCOHOLIC has appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court after launching a foul-mouthed tirade at cars and shoppers, before telling police to "f*** off". Officers were called to Railway Approach in East...
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