Power tools targeted in spate of thefts from vans
TOOLS worth thousands of pounds were stolen in a spate of thefts from vans. Police are urging drivers not to leave anything of value in their vehicles following the break-ins in East Grinstead and the...
View ArticleMotorcyclist suffers suspected broken leg in crash
A MOTORCYCLIST has suffered serious injuries after being involved in a crash in Crawley on Monday afternoon. The collision happened at 4.45pm on Gatwick Road, in Manor Royal, as a blue Citreon Picasso...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Balcombe Walk in aid of St Catherine's Hospice
YOUNGSTERS barely old enough to toddle played their part in a charity walk on September 8 which was raising money for St Catherine's Hospice.Daniel Dench celebrated his first birthday by taking part in...
View ArticleCrawley gamers queue for hours to be first to play GTA V
IT is one of the most eagerly-awaited video games of the year and Crawley gamers clearly could not wait as they queued in their hundreds for six hours to be the first to pick up Grand Theft Auto V....
View ArticleSeed Swap returns with Wakehurst Seed Festival
GARDENERS will soon be able to get a wealth of advice and inspiration for growing their own fruit and vegetables.The annual Wakehurst Seed Festival has blossomed into a key date on amateur and...
View ArticleFour men trapped in lift rescued by firefighters
FOUR men were trapped in a lift following a mechanical failure. Firefighters rescued the group from the lift at the NCP car park in Queensway, town centre at about 12.15pm on Monday. The men were...
View ArticleShop where £3.6 million Lottery ticket was bought has had...
AN EMPLOYEE at the newsagent's where National Lottery winner Stuart Hunt's £3.6 million ticket was bought has told how the shop is something of a lucky omen.Shop assistant Jobe Rogers explained how...
View ArticleCafe owner cleared of raping drunk student
A MAN who was charged with the rape of a 21-year-old woman has been cleared by a jury. Terry Sleet, of Sheridan Place, East Grinstead, owner of Robertsons tea room in Station Road West, Oxted, stood...
View ArticleASBO teen convicted of damaging his own mum's car
A TEENAGER has been convicted of vandalising his own mother's car. Kean Lamb, of Copthorne Bank, Copthorne, was charged with damaging the wing mirror of the Peugeot 307 belonging to Olive Lamb on...
View ArticleMum talks of heartache after son is stillborn
A WOMAN who suffered the trauma of giving birth to a stillborn child has taken part in a fundraiser in her son's memory.Alice Woods was admitted to hospital in February with high blood pressure as she...
View ArticleGALLERY: A bird's eye view of East Grinstead
THESE stunning shots show some of East Grinstead's most iconic landmarks as you've never seen them before.Teenage technology enthusiast Phil Harris used a quadcopter – a remote control aircraft...
View ArticleCrawley police investigating laptop burglary from house
Police are seeking witnesses after a laptop was stolen from a Southgate home. Sometime between 4am and 4pm on Wednesday, September 18, a house in Springfield Road, was entered via a front window and a...
View ArticleMan fined for taking paperboy's BMX while drunk at 7.30am
A MAN has been fined £200 after taking a stolen bike while drunk.Ronald Motlhokodise, from Attlee House in Lansbury Road, Broadfield, appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court last Wednesday charged with...
View ArticleFive boys arrested after man assaulted outside petrol garage
FIVE boys have been arrested following an attack on a man outside a petrol station in Pound Hill. The man was leaving a Co-op store at the Texaco garage on Balcombe Road at about 10.30pm last night...
View ArticleMarmite and chocolate sausages tickle tastebuds
CUSTOMERS tickled their tastebuds by tucking into a selection of unusual sausages at a village event.Nick Gill, a butcher from Hartfield, laid on bangers filled with Marmite, chilli and chocolate, wild...
View ArticleMore space needed for travelling community
MORE than 85 pitches and plots need to be found for the travelling community across Tandridge in the next 15 years, a new survey has revealed.The Travel Accommodation Assessment, carried out by...
View ArticleFrom Chernobyl victim to verge of Olympic Games
A YOUNG Belarusian athlete living in a town ravaged by nuclear disaster is now an Olympic hopeful – after a little help from an East Grinstead charity and a friendly family in Horsted Keynes.Sasha...
View ArticleCrawley kids cycle to Poland during summer holidays
CRAWLEY'S kindest kid has completed his latest extraordinary charity challenge – by cycling all the way from Holland to Poland.The 13-year-old led a team of fundraisers from Amsterdam to the city of...
View ArticleCyclist admits masturbating in front of women at Crawley bus stop
A MAN has admitted twice masturbating in public – once in front of two shocked women in a Langley Green street and on the other occasion at a bus stop.Azeem Faleela Gafoor appeared at Crawley...
View ArticlePolice seize dogs after sheep deaths
POLICE have seized two dogs in connection with a mass sheep attack.A total of 13 sheep were savaged to death, and several others badly wounded, in the slaughter at Fincham Farm, in Upper...
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