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Royal Mail worker Mark Emery stole £2,000 of vehicle parts
A ROYAL Mail employee fraudulently ordered £2,000 of vehicle parts for himself and others on a company account.Mark Emery, an employee for more than 14 years, ordered the parts to the company's Gatwick...
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New classrooms are open in a listed Ardingly school building
TEMPORARY classrooms at Ardingly College have made way for new state-of-the-art accommodation.After two years in temporary space on campus, children in Years 3-8 now have 13 modern and vibrant...
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Former Turners Hill post office could be snapped up quickly
A FORMER village post office looks set to be snapped up by a new owner less than three months after it closed.Hundreds of people have passed through the doors to the property in Lion Lane, Turners Hill...
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Thug Ben Wilson jailed for headbutting police officer
A PARTY-GOER has been jailed after hurling foul-mouthed abuse at police and then head-butting an officer and throwing water at another while in custody.Officers were called to a home in Three Bridges...
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530 council homes to built north of Pound Hill
CRAWLEY'S newest neighbourhood has moved a step closer after a proposal to build more than 530 council homes – and its new name – were approved by the council's cabinet.The area formerly known as the...
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Cyclist dies after crashing into fence
A CYCLIST who crashed into a fence near Hassocks has died in hospital. Robert McHardy, 66, was cycling towards Burgess Hill on a cycle path off the A273 (London Road) in Hassocks when he struck the...
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Paedophile jailed for sex crimes on 3 girls
A PAEDOPHILE has been jailed after grooming two young girls – and attempting to groom a third.Lloyd Breach, from Ifield Wood in Ifield, pleaded guilty last week to a string of sex offences against...
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Business rates help for 3,000 Crawley businesses
CRAWLEY MP Henry Smith has welcomed a package in last Thursday's autumn statement, which he says will benefit 3,000 businesses across town.The package, announced by Chancellor of the Exchequer George...
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Icy road causes two-car collision in East Grinstead
TWO cars collided after sliding on an icy road in East Grinstead. The vehicles suffered minor damage following the incident on Lewes Road at the junction of Woodbury Avenue. Crews from East Grinstead...
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Elderly woman stuck in lift in East Grinstead after dark
AN ELDERLY woman was stuck in a lift at night for more than half-an-hour. The pensioner dialled 999 following the engineering fault in a block of flats in St Agnes Road, East Grinstead. Crews from East...
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Christmas misery predicted on East Grinstead trains
RAIL users face "aggravation and chaos" over Christmas as the town's station becomes a temporary rail junction for thousands of passengers.Emergency bus and rail staff have had to be drafted in to cope...
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51 people treated for injuries caused by animals
MORE than 50 people have required treatment at East Surrey Hospital this year – for injuries caused by animals.And the number of injuries inflicted by an array of creatures is rising. So far this year...
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UKIP Facebook racism row chairman: "I'm no racist - my wife...
THE ousted former chairman of Crawley's Ukip group has slammed "preposterous" racism allegations, stating: "I've been married to a Nigerian woman for 22 years!"Last month the Crawley News reported that...
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Campaigner stages one-man protest over council cuts
A PROTEST by a campaigner who is hard of hearing "fell on deaf ears", according to the man himself.Richard Symonds made the quip following his lone demonstration outside Crawley Library last Thursday,...
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Teen accused of stealing 480 £1 coins from post office
A POUND Hill teenager will face trial over the alleged theft of 480 £1 coins from a post office after claiming he took them accidentally.Matthew Fay, a driver for Parcel Force, appeared at Crawley...
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Police release image of man who attacked East Grinstead...
POLICE have released an efit image of a man who grabbed a schoolgirl and pushed her to the ground in East Grinstead. The 15-year-old was walking alone along a footpath between Halsford Lane and the...
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East Grinstead councillor remembers his meetings with Mandela
THE death of Nelson Mandela has been marked around the world but one East Grinstead resident has more reason to mourn than many – because he knew him.The revered statesman died last Thursday, aged...
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Action to stop street drinkers getting drunk so easily
STREET drinkers could soon find it harder to get drunk so easily – as efforts are made to stop the sale of beers and ciders stronger than six per cent.A new initiative, called Know Your Strength, has...
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NCP apologises for staff parking in disabled bay in Crawley
Exclusive THE regional head of operations for the country's largest private car park operator has apologised after staff members left a van parked in a disabled bay for 90 minutes. The two employees of...
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Parents of child who missed school to attend funeral cleared in...
A JUDGE dismissed a case against two parents who took their child out of school for a family funeral abroad, saying the one-day absence authorised by the school could not have given them time to get...
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