Crawley schoolboy has raised £20,000 for charity in the...
A RELENTLESS teenage fundraiser has smashed his own ambitious target for supporting good causes.Charlie Doherty, who turned 14 last Tuesday, has raised an astonishing £20,000 in the past year for...
View ArticleFormer Crawley teacher now a comedian who has supported Ricky...
A TEACHER who swapped the classroom for life as a stand-up comic is on the rise, after supporting Ricky Gervais and appearing on BBC's Live at the Apollo.Romesh Ranganathan taught maths and was head of...
View ArticleAnother area of Three Bridges cordoned off as murder inquiry...
ANOTHER area of Three Bridges has been cordoned off this morning as police continue with their murder inquiry after the death of a 45-year-old man. A small section of Three Bridges Road, close to...
View ArticleCopthorne motorist hid from police in bid to avoid drink-drive...
A DRINK-DRIVER who hid from police behind a van to avoid taking a roadside breath test, has been banned from driving.Martin Waddington, from New Town, Copthorne, was driving along the A264 when he...
View ArticleCrawley woman injured after tree is cut down and left blocking...
A CRAWLEY woman was injured after a tree was cut down and then left blocking a major road. Police are appealing for witnesses after two cars collided as they tried to avoid the tree. A blue Volkswagen...
View ArticlePolice granted extra 36 hours to question murder suspects over...
SUSSEX Police has been granted an extra 36 hours to question four people arrested on suspicion of murder after a man was beaten so badly he died from his injuries. The victim, a 45-year-old Portuguese...
View ArticleCrawley to get new buses with TV screens and free wi-fi
TV SCREENS, audio announcements and free wi-fi are just some of the features on a new batch of buses being introduced to parts of East Surrey.Metrobus has bought 28 new buses to operate out of its...
View ArticlePolice still tracing relatives of man who died following Crawley...
Detectives are still trying to get in touch with the relatives of a man who died after being assaulted in Crawley. Officers were called at 3.25am on Sunday (January 19) after a 45-year-old Portuguese...
View ArticleBrave Milly Vaughan becomes a big sister
COURAGEOUS Milly Vaughan has had an eventful start to 2014, seeing in the New Year at Great Ormond Street Hospital and becoming a big sister.The schoolgirl has been battling a brain tumour since she...
View ArticleBlind and deaf woman has support withdrawn due to council cuts
IMAGINE going completely blind at the age of 50. Imagine no longer being able to clean yourself, cook for yourself or go out by yourself.Imagine needing help with everyday activities such as keeping...
View ArticleAir ambulance called to man who fell from ladder in Pound Hill
A MAN has been taken to hospital with head and leg injuries after falling from a ladder. Road paramedics and a Kent, Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance crew were dispatched to an accident in Grattons...
View ArticlePolice deny homeless camp was linked to Three Bridges death
POLICE have denied the Three Bridges death was linked to the nearby homeless camp. A 45-year-old Portuguese man was found seriously injured in an alleyway between Stephenson Way and Haslett Avenue East...
View ArticleWoman punched in face after answering door to man in Northgate
A MOTHER was punched in the face while at home with her children after answering a knock at her door. Police are appealing for witnesses to the assault at a block of flats in Woodfield Road Saturday,...
View Article89-year-old driver rescued from floodwater - then taxi taking him...
AN 89-year-old man was rescued from floodwater when his car broke down only to end up involved in a collision in the taxi which then picked him up. Russ Russell was on his way to Sainsbury's in West...
View ArticleIfield residents blame new developments for "worse"...
IFIELD residents have blamed new developments in Crawley for worsening flooding during the recent heavy rain.Houses and flats off Rokewood Drive and the Apple Tree Centre, off Ifield Avenue, which...
View ArticleHusband in court after pulling wife's hair and throwing her onto...
A HUSBAND has admitted pulling his wife's hair and throwing her onto a sofa at their Tilgate home.Jose Melboyee pleaded guilty to a charge of assault at Crawley Magistrates' Court last Wednesday...
View ArticlePHOTOS: New mosque opens in Crawley on the site of former church
A NEW mosque has been officially opened in Langley Green after being converted from a former church.The first Ahmadiyya Muslim Association mosque in Sussex, the Masjid Noor Mosque, had its opening...
View ArticleFears there will be be someone killed at "badly designed&quo...
A ROUNDABOUT outside a new housing development has been criticised as being "badly designed" and "dangerous".Drivers say it is difficult to stay in your lane when negotiating the roundabout outside...
View ArticleMurder update: Four suspects still not charged - police have...
POLICE have been given a further 36 hours to question suspects in relation to the murder of a man found in a Three Bridges alleyway. Initially three people - two men and a woman - were arrested on...
View ArticleHeavy rain warning issued by Met Office for Friday
A WEATHER warning has been issued today (Wednesday, January 22) by the Met Office warning of heavy rain in Sussex on Friday (January 24). And on Sunday, a further warning of gale force winds has been...
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