PHOTOS: London to Brighton Bike Ride finished by 28,500 cyclists
AN incredible 28,500 cyclists have completed the London to Brighton Bike Ride today. With participants asked to raise at least £150 each, the annual event will have raised a small fortune for the...
View ArticleProtesters vow to stop cemetery being built on playing field
DOZENS of residents have vowed to fight plans to turn a playing field into a cemetery.Crawley Borough Council revealed last week that it wants to place a burial site on Ewhurst Playing Fields in Ifield...
View ArticleSUSSEX TRAVEL UPDATE: June 17
The week has started with motorists facing a smooth journey on the M25. There are currently no reported delays on the motorway after an earlier accident between junction five and six was cleared. Gas...
View ArticleCrawley kids match Arsenal's Invincibles
WHEN an Arsenal team including the likes of Thierry Henry, Dennis Bergkamp and Patrick Viera went through an entire league season unbeaten, football pundits around the country claimed the feat would...
View ArticleMarines in 50-mile walk carrying 50lbs
A GROUP of hardened Royal Marines will be looking after their feet during a charity challenge after huge blisters and lost toe nails taught them a valuable lesson.Crawley Marines will join fellow Green...
View ArticleTeenage girl injured after being struck by vehicle in Copthorne
A 19-year-old girl has sustained a leg injury after she was hit by a vehicle this morning. The incident happened at the junction of Borers Arms Road and Copthorne Bank shortly before 9am. An ambulance...
View ArticleBuchan Country Park photo contest launched
AMATEUR photographers are being challenged to capture the spirit of one of Crawley's best-loved parks through a lens.Buchan Country Park's annual photography competition, which encourages snappers to...
View ArticleEast Grinstread crossing to be made safer for pedestrians
TO cross, or not to cross – that is the question.Confusion over who has right of way at a set of busy East Grinstead crossings could lead to injuries, councillors have warned.The crossings, which are...
View ArticleNo fine for Charlie Choys after immigration raid
A RESTAURANT will not be fined after the UK Border Agency confirmed its management had not breached any rules despite six of its staff being arrested.Charlie Choys was raided by immigration officers on...
View ArticleMan charged with East Grinstead rape to appear in court today
The man charged with raping a woman in an East Grinstead graveyard will today appear at Hove Crown Court. Tyrone Carr, of the High Street, East Grinstead, was charged on June 3, with the rape of a...
View ArticleQuarter of residents never tried to get NHS dental appointment
Almost a quarter of West Sussex residents have never tried to get an appointment with an NHS dentist within the last two years. Figures released last week by the Office for National Statistics show 24...
View ArticleNo travel disruptions in Crawley as summer temperatures arrive
Commuters are this morning facing an-incident free journeys as temperatures are set to tip 24 degrees. Rail services from Crawley, Three Bridges and Ifield train stations are running on time and the...
View ArticleHouse fire caused by toilet roll catching light
FIREFIGHTERS were called out to a blaze in a first-floor bathroom when a cigarette end set alight some toilet roll. Two fire engines attended the fire in Fulham Close, Broadfield, at 9.30am on Friday....
View ArticleRoadworks wont dampen moods as temperatures set to hit 24 degrees
Commuters are this morning facing an-incident free journeys as temperatures are set to tip 24 degrees. Rail services from East Grinstead train station are running on time and the M23 remains incident...
View ArticleBeware of the cow! Walkers warned.
RAMBLERS are being urged to take care when they come into contact with cows following the death of a pensioner in Wiltshire.The 66-year-old man was walking his dog with his 70-year-old brother last...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: Man charged with rape fails to appear in court, as...
The case against a man charged with raping a woman in an East Grinstead graveyard has proceeded in his absence at Hove Crown Court today (Tuesday, June 18). Tyrone Carr, of High Street, East Grinstead,...
View ArticleBoy, 4, who was killed by falling mirror named
A FOUR-YEAR-OLD boy who died after being hit by a falling mirror at a designer clothing store has been named. Austen Harrison, whose family live in Crawley, died from his injuries on June 8 after being...
View ArticlePlans for Crawley version of Notting Hill Carnival
PLANS are afoot to create Crawley's very own version of the Notting Hill Carnival.The Crawley Black History Foundation is looking to put on a carnival in the town centre - and members are setting high...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Amazing pictures of Crawley from top of town's tallest...
HAVE you ever driven past the Central Sussex College tower block and wondered what Crawley must look like from the very top? If you have, here's your answer - thanks to our photographer Paul Viney. On...
View ArticleThug breaks cat's neck then shoots it dead
A CAT has been shot dead at point blank range and had its neck broken in a sickening attack.Having been killed in such a brutal manner, Mushroom, a three-year-old Persian cat, was discovered by her...
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