Road rage man kicks and punches car repeatedly
POLICE are trying to trace a road rage attacker - who bizarrely took out his fury on a car. Witnesses are being sought who saw the enraged man repeatedly punching and kicking a vehicle, whose shocked...
View ArticleElsie, 80, wins prize for best garden in Three Bridges
A GREEN-FINGERED 80-year-old has won an award for having the best front garden in Three Bridges.Elsie Upfold's colourful and blossom-rich garden in Punch Copse Road was judged the best of ten entries....
View ArticleTilgate schoolboy becomes world champion dancer
A TEENAGER from Tilgate has become a world champion dancer – but could miss out on a place at a highly-regarded dance college as his family cannot afford to pay for his accommodation.Callum Thompson,...
View ArticleThis is the life...where's my Pimms? - animals at Drusillas Park...
THIS picture shows how one lar gibbon is getting into the swing of the warm weather at Drusillas Park in East Sussex. Even the lemurs have wasted no time in basking in the heat with their arms and legs...
View ArticlePolice seize £180,000 of cannabis from Crawley home
POLICE officers have seized a huge amount of cannabis from a Crawley home. A Tweet on Crawley Police's Twitter account has revealed this afternoon that between £100,000 and £180,000 of the drug were...
View ArticleFears murder suspect may be in Sussex
DETECTIVES hunting a man wanted in connection with the murder of man in Hertfordshire on Saturday believe that he could head for Sussex and have warned that he should not be approached. Ian McLoughlin,...
View ArticleA deodorant can, a light bulb and scissors - Weird things doctors...
A DEODORANT bottle, a rubber glove, a battery, a light bulb and a pair of scissors are among the items doctors at East Surrey Hospital have had to remove from different parts of patients' bodies. A...
View ArticleCrawley hotter than Tahiti - as shops run out of ice creams
CRAWLEY has been hotter than Tahiti this week as the town swelters in temperatures of around 30 degrees Celsius.Anyone jetting off on their summer holidays may well have wished they had chosen a...
View Article£180,000 cannabis raid on Langley Green home
A LANGLEY Green home has been raided by police and £180,000 of cannabis seized. Officers swooped on the address in Martyrs Avenue at about 11am yesterday after gathering intelligence that drug dealing...
View ArticleBomb disposal team spotted at Crawley Police Station
A BOMB disposal unit visited Crawley Police Station on Monday, prompting members of the public to wonder what was happening. Readers contacted the Crawley News after spotting the van outside the...
View ArticleTaxi drivers concerned over new traffic enforcement at Gatwick...
TAXI drivers are worried about losing vital custom after being told they can no longer collect passengers from Gatwick Airport's drop-off points.Traffic marshals are enforcing existing restrictions...
View ArticleFirst picture of what Gatwick Airport would look like with two...
THE first image of what Gatwick Airport would look like with two runways has been released today. The shot is a computer-generated image and gives little away abnout the intended location of an...
View ArticleMum claimed £4,500 of benefits despite earning £2,000...
A BEWBUSH woman fraudulently claimed more than £4,500 in benefits while she and her partner earned £2,000 a month. Sarah White, 27, from Padstow Walk, Bewbush, was sentenced at Crawley Magistrates'...
View ArticleMan given ASBO and sentenced to prison
A PROLIFIC offender who targeted a Felbridge garden centre has been handed an eight-month prison sentence and a two-year Asbo.Daniel Wakeford, 28, of Wilton Road in Redhill, targeted elderly and...
View ArticleThe 10 shops we most want to see in Crawley
IF you have ever been to Horsham, Haywards Heath or Redhill you will realise that Crawley has a pretty impressive selection of shops and restaurants at its disposal. In the town centre there are big...
View ArticleShoppers queue to have names printed on Coca-Cola bottles
ANY Tom, Dick or Harry, or even Archibald, could have turned up at Tesco's Three Bridges store last week to get their own personalised bottle of Coca-Cola.Representatives from the drinks giant were at...
View ArticleHoltye Road remains closed following serious accident
HOLTYE Road remains closed this morning following a serious car accident. Police were called to the scene at 5.50am following a two vehicle road traffic collision along the East Grinstead road. The...
View ArticleNorway, Austria and Belgium's cricket teams in Crawley
THE town's pubs, restaurants and hotels played host to several international cricket teams last week - although the teams in question were not quite on the same level as the likes of Ashes combatants...
View ArticleCouncillor in charge of promoting Crawley moving out of town
THE council's deputy leader, who is in charge of promoting Crawley's development, has said she will consider her position and potentially step down if she moves out of the town as she intends...
View ArticleMan jailed for sexually abusing young girls at Crawley home
A PENSIONER who sexually abused two young girls at his Crawley home is behind bars. Robert Arklie, 66, formerly of Seaford Road, Broadfield, was sentenced to five years after a five-day trial at Hove...
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