30 teams sought for Dragon Boat Festival
ST Catherine's Hospice is calling on Crawley companies to sign up for this year's extra special Dragon Boat Festival.It is the hospice's 30th anniversary and to mark the occasion it wants to get 30...
View ArticleLangley Green cricket club spruced up
YOUNG volunteers stepped up to the crease to spruce up a cricket club for the benefit of the community.Langley Green residents clubbed together to plant, paint and tidy up at the clubhouse in Cherry...
View ArticleCrawley Library asks visitors to compile bucket list
CHILLING out under a coconut tree, seeing a grandchild go to school and visiting Venice – these are some of the things on Crawley residents' "bucket lists".A chalkboard was set up at Crawley Library on...
View ArticleNew plan to prevent hosepipe bans
THE company which supplies the town's drinking water has published a 25-year plan to ensure we don't run dry.Southern Water's Water Resources Management Plan for 2015 to 2040 outlines the company's...
View ArticleCrawley bus driver retires after 47 years
A FAMILIAR face behind the wheel of the town's buses has decided to call time on his career after 47 years.Brian Quinn, who is also a borough and county councillor for Broadfield, has been in the...
View Article7 Crawley neighbourhood areas miss out on pothole repairs
SEVEN neighbourhoods in Crawley haven't been included in a programme of road surfacing work to tackle the town's pothole plague.Despite months of complaints about the state of Crawley's roads, just six...
View ArticleCrawley couple's beer named best in South East
AN award-winning brewery has claimed another title after being named as having the best beer in London and the South East.Gary and Bunny Lucas launched Kissingate Brewery from the garage of their home...
View Article80 new PCs soon to be on the beat in Sussex
PLANS have been unveiled to put another 80 police officers on the beat in Sussex. At 10am on Monday (June 3) Sussex Police will be inviting applications for the role of Police Constable. Sussex Police...
View ArticleCrawley kids to take over town's market
PUPILS are being offered the chance to turn their selling skills into a fruitful pursuit for a local charity.Youngsters can run their own market stall for a day in Queens Square.Barclays in the High...
View ArticleCrawley Free School to open next year
THE town's first "all-through" school – providing both primary and secondary education – is set to open in September 2014. Crawley Free School will cater for students from the age of four right through...
View ArticleGo Ape swings into Tilgate Park
SWINGING through the treetops like Tarzan is every young boy's dream, as well as those big kids at heart, and now yells of enjoyment are echoing through the canopy of Tilgate Park with the opening of...
View ArticleCrawley Free School to open next year
THE town's first "all-through" school – providing both primary and secondary education – is set to open in September 2014.Crawley Free School will cater for students from the age of four through to 16...
View ArticleFive admit their part in Crawley pizza robbery
FIVE people involved in a robbery which left a pizza delivery driver with serious injuries have admitted their guilt.At 11.47pm on January 6 last year, the group ordered a pizza from Domino's, in...
View ArticleGatwick Airport mosaic tribute to The Queen
PASSENGERS at Gatwick Airport will receive a warm British welcome from thousands of faces showing the Queen through the ages.The People's Monarch depicts the Queen from her coronation up to her Diamond...
View ArticleGatwick rail links 'need to be better'
GATWICK bosses have called for improved rail services so they can make the best possible use of existing capacity at the airport.While they are keen, in the long term, to build a second runway, in the...
View ArticleDemand for crossing after Crowborough pupil hit by car
AN 11-year-old girl from Crowborough was taken to hospital after being hit by a car on the way to school, fuelling safety fears over the road. The Beacon Community College student was knocked down by a...
View ArticleWANTED: E-fit released of Tilgate rape suspect
Police have released an e-fit of the man wanted in connection with an allegation of rape on a 13-year-old girl in Tilgate. The teenage girl has told her family that she was raped while near a primary...
View ArticleThales land Royal Navy services contract
A MULTI-MILLION pound contract has been signed by a Crawley-based defence contractor to support the Royal Navy.Thales UK, which has a site in Manor Royal, signed the 10-year contract with the Ministry...
View ArticleTilgate councillor urges police to step up patrols following rape
A Tilgate councillor has urged police to carry out more patrols in the neighbourhood after the rape of a 13-year-old girl. Police are investigating after the girl told her family she was dragged into...
View ArticleSackville leavers: Gangnam style
A STUDENT is leaving school in "Gangnam Style" this summer after recording an interpretation of a hit music video as a farewell surprise with friends.Pupils and staff at Sackville School danced to...
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