Crawley obituaries - Funerals held between October 15 and 21
Details of funerals held for Crawley residents between October 15 and 21. DOROTHY MAY AUSTIN Mrs Austin, from Ifield, died peacefully at Ifield Park Care Home on October 3, aged 86. She leaves her five...
View ArticleNew advice for Crawley parents on children's head injuries
AS Hallowe'en approaches, parents have been issued with advice on what to do if something goes bump in the night.Crawley Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has issued guidance for when children and...
View ArticleBewbush mum on life-changing trip to build classrooms for South...
A MUM-OF-THREE had to separate herself from colleagues during a trip to help build a school in Africa as the emotional experience nearly overwhelmed her.Julie Doherty was one of 40 people from across...
View Article1st Langley Green Scouts' impressive new base opens
A SCOUT group left homeless when its headquarters were bulldozed by a developer has moved into a new purpose-built base courtesy of the building firm.Moat Housing built 18 two-bedroom flats in Lark...
View ArticleCrawley student wins £1,000 scholarship for her outstanding...
A STUDENT from Crawley has won a £1,000 scholarship for outstanding academic achievement at the University of Worcester.Niken Pam, a former pupil of St Wilfrid's School, was one of 112 students...
View ArticlePolice helicopter called out after couple's row in hotel room
A POLICE helicopter was called out overnight following a couple's argument in a hotel room. Police were called to the Sandman Signature hotel, on Tinsley Lane South in Three Bridges, at about 11.15pm...
View ArticleUpset boyfriend threw waiter across table - after getting drunk...
A MAN has been sentenced at Crawley Magistrates' Court after throwing a waiter across the table of a busy restaurant in an unprovoked attack. Several glasses were smashed as a result of the assault,...
View ArticleWoman in court for stealing cheese and bananas on anniversary of...
A WOMAN caught stealing cheese, meat and bananas from a Co-op store said she "went off the rails" because she was struggling to cope with the anniversary of her former partner's death.Hayley Bishop,...
View ArticleFirefighters tackle large hedge fire in Pound Hill sparked by out...
FIREFIGHTERS have extinguished a large hedge fire sparked by an out of control firework in Pound Hill. A crew from Crawley Fire Station was called to Orde Close at 7.45pm on Saturday (October 25)....
View ArticleArsonist starts fire in Goffs Park
AN arsonist started a fire in Goffs Park at the weekend which took firefighters 20 minutes to extinguish. A crew from Horsham Fire Station was called to Goffs Park, at the entrance off Old Horsham...
View ArticleThug smashed bottle over man's head then stamped on him in row...
A MAN has been jailed for three years for attacking a man in a parking row. Unemployed Robert Downs, 23, from Baranscraig Avenue in Brighton, pleaded guilty to GBH with intent and was sentenced on...
View Article17 things you didn't know about Crawley
EVEN if you have lived in Crawley your whole life there are bound to be lots of weird and wonderful facts about the town you will never have heard before. Here are 17 of the best we could find. 1:...
View ArticleRoad closed after teenager injures himself falling off bike
A ROAD was closed this afternoon (Monday) after a 17-year-old boy fell off his bike and broke his arm. At 1.35pm police received a report from the ambulance service that a male had been injured in...
View ArticleAngler who teaches troubled children how to fish has £500...
AN angler who helps troubled youths to turn their lives around has had £500 of fishing equipment stolen from his car as it was parked outside his Bewbush home.Graham Cridland runs West Sussex and...
View ArticleSupermarket trolleys dumped all over Crawley "making the...
THE large number of supermarket trolleys being dumped around Crawley is making the town look "awful".That is the message from campaigners who are desperate for the town to look tidier.It follows a...
View ArticleCrawley benefit cheat claimed £26,000 after pretending...
A WOMAN who claimed more than £26,000 of housing benefit she wasn't entitled to has been handed a 120-day prison sentence, which has been suspended for 12 months. In October 2010, Tarnya Lang, 24,...
View ArticleGas leak concern after fire started by arsonist outside home in...
PART of Bewbush had to be cordoned off after a large gas leak was caused by an arsonist who started a fire outside a home. A crew from Crawley Fire Station was called to Bracknell Walk, in Bewbush, at...
View ArticleCrawley wins prize at Britain in Bloom awards
CRAWLEY has followed up being named the greenest "small city" in the south and south east with a prize at a national contest.The town represented the south east at the Britain in Bloom awards and...
View ArticleHuge site on Manor Royal set to be turned into shops, restaurant...
ONE of the most strategically important sites in Manor Royal, which has been vacant for four years, could be redeveloped into offices, a restaurant and shops.The ten-acre site on Gatwick Road has been...
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