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Crawley dad gives up family Christmas to help victims of Typhoon...
A PROUD family are preparing for Christmas without the head of the house – who is delivering aid to devastated victims of Typhoon Haiyan.The Walker family, from Tilgate, will be having a "low key"...
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Queues on M23 due to no trains from London to Gatwick Airport
TRAFFIC is queueing on the M23 southbound this morning (Friday) mainly due to holidaymakers having no way of getting to Gatwick Airport by train. Due to engineering work there are no trains in either...
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Thousands of homes still without power due to storm damage
Engineers are continuing to restore power to homes left in darkness since Monday night's storm. UK Power Networks crews are repairing overhead power lines across the South East today (December 27) as...
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Doctors' surgery closed due to severe storm damage
A DOCTORS' surgery has been closed due to "severe" storm damage. Leacroft Medical practice on Langley Drive, Langley Green, was supposed to open today (December 27) after the Christmas break. But...
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Woman falls 30 feet from balcony at Gatwick Airport
A GATWICK Airport employee has fallen 30 feet from a balcony in the South Terminal. Police were called to the airport shortly after 8pm on Boxing Day (December 26) after receiving a report that a...
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Comedian Lee Nelson agrees to play gig at Crawley pub to help...
ONE of Britain's most successful young comedians has agreed to play a gig at a Tilgate pub – to help a friend on the comedy circuit who suffers from a mystery illness that almost killed her.Simon...
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REVEALED: The shoppers who became online sensation with...
SOMETIMES when you hear some great music you just can't help but dance – even if you are doing your shopping at the time.That's exactly what happened in Crawley town on December 14 when two dancers put...
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Crawley homes still without power for fifth day running
HOMES are still without power in parts of the town - for the fifth day in a row. Some residents, particularly in Tinsley Green, have said they are still in darkness after the storm overnight on Monday...
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The weather-related 999 calls attended by West Sussex firefighter...
AFTER Monday's storm caused widespread damage across West Sussex it has been a manic few days for the county's firefighters. From clearing away felled trees to pumping flood water out of homes and...
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Construction students compete to design Christmas trees using...
IN the weeks leading up to Christmas it is not uncommon to wind down and look forward to a break. But that hasn't been the case at Central Sussex College's Crawley campus, where students have been...
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Flood warning removed for Ifield, Furnace Green, Maidenbower,...
A FLOOD alert that has been in place since Monday for a host of neighbourhoods in Crawley has been removed. At 8.30pm last night (Friday) it was removed by the Environment Agency for Ifield Brook, the...
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VIDEO: Crawley in 1970 - This year's most viewed YouTube video...
THE most viewed video on YouTube this year, which features Crawley, is a nostalgic look back at the town in 1970. The video, called Crawley A Place To Grow 1970, has been viewed by 16,010 people since...
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Gatwick passengers whose flights were cancelled on Christmas Eve...
PASSENGERS whose flights were cancelled on Christmas Eve are to be given £100 in high street shopping vouchers by Gatwick Airport chiefs to say sorry. Last week's storm caused all of the waterways...
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Woman dies in explosion at house in Pound Hill
A WOMAN has died this afternoon in an explosion at a house in Pound Hill. Police were called at 12.30pm to Banks Road. Emergency services are at the scene. It is unclear at this stage what caused the...
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Pound Hill explosion: Neighbours tell of shock after woman dies
NEIGHBOURS living close to the scene of this afternoon's tragic explosion in Banks Road, Pound Hill have told of their shock at the incident. A woman in her 50s died at the scene in what early...
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Plans submitted to create new park for Manor Royal workers
A TRANQUIL space where Manor Royal employees will be able to get away from the stresses of work is a step closer to becoming a reality.Plans to create a "people's park" on land at Crawter's Brook, in...
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Benefit fraudster hid living arrangements to claim £8,800...
A BENEFIT fraudster who hid her living arrangements from the council has been ordered to carry out community work.Maria Smith (previously Bond), of Harvest Road, in Maidenbower, pleaded guilty at...
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Flooding causes cancellations and delays to train services
TRAIN lines have been blocked by floodwater after continuous heavy rain. All train lines are blocked between Christs Hospital and Three Bridges, leading to cancellations and up to 90-minute delays. And...
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Parents pull daughter out of nursery after employee "shouted...
A SHOCKED mother has taken her daughter out of a Crawley pre-school – after witnessing an employee "wail" at the two-year-old.Having complained to Crawley Borough Council, which runs the nursery,...
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Woman who died in Pound Hill explosion named online as Maria...
THE woman who was tragically killed in a suspected gas explosion at her Pound Hill home on New Year's Eve has been named online as Maria Woodhead. Paramedics were unable to save her following the...
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