Crawley man found on fire in graveyard
A CRAWLEY man suffered life threatening injuries after being found on fire in a graveyard. Shortly after 9pm last night, members of the public saw the man on fire in the grounds of Horley's St...
View ArticleMum faces up to own fear to help find cure for son's illness
WITH a smile cute enough to make hearts melt, Noah Elkington seems no different to any other adorable four-year-old.But the brave youngster is battling a cruel illness that no child should have to...
View ArticleDog walker bitten by Staffordshire bull terrier while trying to...
A DOG walker was bitten on his hand when he tried to separate his pet and another at Broadfield Playing Fields.The man suffered a hand injury and his dog required veterinary treatment after the...
View ArticleFour friends to run four marathons in four days
FOUR runners are running the equivalent of four marathons in four days to mark the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War.The friends, some of whom have military links, are aiming to...
View ArticleCrawley mosques ban trips to Syria due to Abdul Waheed Majeed...
CRAWLEY'S mosques have agreed not to undertake any more humanitarian missions to Syria - amid fears members of aid convoys could be cajoled into joining the civil war once in the country. Langley Green...
View ArticleCrawley nightclub JJ Whispers closing down this week
CRAWLEY nightclub JJ Whispers is shutting down this week after the owners decided to sell the premises. A closing party is taking place at the High Street venue tomorrow (Thursday) before it is shut...
View ArticleThree Bridges post office to be given makeover and longer opening...
A THREE BRIDGES post office is being modernised to create an open plan branch with longer opening hours.The refurbished North Road Post Office will have its opening hours extended by 40 hours and 30...
View ArticleWest Sussex County Council has "fixed twice as many potholes...
WEST Sussex County Council says it has fixed twice as many potholes than have been reported so far in 2014.Between January 1 and February 3, 2,125 potholes were reported to the county council and were...
View ArticleWoman, 22, followed and attacked by man in Southgate
A WOMAN was followed and attacked by a man in Southgate last night (February 18). The 22-year-old was walking in Malthouse Road shortly before 10pm when she became aware she was being followed. She was...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: Bomb squad called after suspicious package is sent...
POLICE have blocked off the entrance to an industrial estate in Three Bridges because of a bomb scare. A suspicious package arrived at Crawley MP Henry Smith's office this morning. As a result...
View ArticleMARIA BOX: Norovirus brings a new set of traumas if you're...
IN her monthly column Maria Box, from Pound Hill, shares the highs and lows of life with her autistic son Ryan. I WASN'T expecting to win a Mummy of the Month award for January due to dentist, haircut...
View ArticleUS ambassador, who is friends with Barack Obama, and secret...
FLANKED by two secret service officers, the US ambassador to the UK dropped into a Crawley school – and enjoyed a spot of tea.Matthew W. Barzun, who was a major fundraiser for Barack Obama during his...
View ArticleNumber of reported burglaries in Sussex falls after crackdown -...
A POLICE blitz on burglars has helped save Sussex residents more than £2 million in less than a year.Latest figures show the number of burglaries reported in Sussex has fallen by almost 15 per cent,...
View ArticleUPDATE: Crawley MP bomb scare found to be false alarm
A BOMB scare at the office of Crawley MP Henry Smith has been found to have been a false alarm. Police blocked off the industrial estate in Stephenson Way, Three Bridges, earlier today after a...
View ArticleUpdate: Bomb scare at Crawley MP Henry Smith's office caused by...
THE suspicious package which arrived at MP Henry Smith's office this morning sparking a bomb scare contained a pass and lanyard, the Crawley News understands. It is not clear who the letter was from or...
View ArticleDrivers taken to hospital by ambulance after crash between...
DRIVERS have been taken to hospital by ambulance service following a two car collision between Crawley and Horsham. South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb) has taken two patients two hospital after...
View ArticlePHOTO: Lorry gets stuck on grass verge at Manor Royal
A SERIES of deliveries were probably delayed yesterday (February 18) when a lorry got stuck on a grass verge. The vehicle ran aground on Fleming Way at Manor Royal, just outside the Elekta Oncology...
View ArticleeasyJet employee faces trial over alleged theft of £5 note...
AN AIRLINE employee faces a potentially costly court hearing in a row over a £5 note. Danny Anderson is accused of stealing the money from budget airline easyJet at Gatwick Airport on August 7. The...
View ArticleGatwick set to reduce fee for picking up passengers from airport
FREQUENT visitors to Gatwick Airport who pick up friends or family could benefit from a proposed discount scheme later this year.Gatwick Airport Limited, the airport's owner, is proposing a residents'...
View ArticleBig Brother and The Apprentice star Luisa Zissman and former...
A FORMER Crawley student has been subjected to a torrent of abuse on Twitter after becoming embroiled in a row with one of the stars of the most recent series of hit BBC show The Apprentice.Inesse...
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