Marathon runner hangs up his trainers as he looks to find...
A CHARITY runner who hung up his shoes last year after an 11th gruelling marathon is now improving the fitness of a new generation of Crawley athletes.Mark Clawson raised more than £10,000 for Phab...
View ArticlePeter Mansfield-Clark: What it was like to retire after 15 years...
IN his final monthly column – having just retired – Peter Mansfield-Clark, director of Crawley Open House, gives an insight into life at the homeless hostel. WELL, I now know what it is like to retire...
View ArticleCrawley man found on fire in graveyard believed to have set...
A CRAWLEY man who remains in a critical condition after being found on fire in a graveyard is believed to have set himself alight. The man in his 20s was found on fire in the grounds of St...
View ArticleFear ALL markets in Crawley could end as council kicks traders...
THE market in Queens Square will close for good today (Wednesday) after traders were given just a week's notice that they were being kicked out.Now there are fears markets – which have been held in the...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Girl, 12, shaves off all her hair to thank St Catherine's...
A SCHOOLGIRL who has cut off her shoulder-length locks in aid of a hospice which cared for her grandad in his final days has raised almost three times her target.Emily Dyer experienced a moment that...
View ArticleGatwick Airport pledges £30 million for flood resilience...
GATWICK Airport has set aside £30 million for a resilience fund to prevent future disruption after the chaos caused by the Christmas Eve flooding. Airport bosses have today (Wednesday) accepted all...
View ArticleTeenage male with learning difficulties raped in Crawley alleyway
A TEENAGE boy with learning difficulties has told police he was raped in a Crawley alleyway. The 15-year-old has told officers he began talking to a man on the High Street, who walked with him into...
View ArticleArmed police and dog unit reportedly swoop in Pound Hill
ARMED police and a dog unit have reportedly swooped on an address in Pound Hill this evening. Several people spotted several police cars and a police van close to Pound Hill Parade within the last...
View ArticlePromising talks held over building an ice rink in Crawley
PROVISIONAL talks have taken place between the council and companies interested in building an ice rink in Crawley. And Bob Lanzer, Crawley Borough Council's cabinet member for planning and economic...
View ArticleThree-car M23 crash causes delays on the motorway
AN accident this morning (February 27) has partially blocked the M23. The accident, which involved three cars, is causing very slow traffic for commuters on the northbound carriageway at junction seven...
View ArticleAmazon removes pushchairs from website after Crawley toddler...
A MUM is warning other parents to avoid a "dangerous" make of pushchair after her one-year-old daughter fell out of two made by the same company when wheels came off them.Kat Nulty, of Bishopstone...
View ArticleRussell Howard to perform at The Hawth in Crawley in warm-up for...
COMEDIAN Russell Howard has announced that he is to perform in Crawley - to test out material ahead of a sold-out arena tour. Tickets for the show at The Hawth theatre, which are likely to sell out...
View ArticleCrawley market traders given one week extension in Queens Square
MARKET traders have been given a one week extension in Queens Square after a petition was signed by more than 1,500 people. Crawley stallholders had been told the Wednesday market would close for good...
View ArticleMan, 77, taken to hospital with serious head injuries after being...
A 77-YEAR-OLD MAN has been taken to a London hospital with serious head injuries after being hit by two cars in Ifield. The collision happened on Ifield Drive, at the junction with Parham Road and...
View ArticleOlympic champions Rebecca Adlington and Duncan Goodhew coach...
TWO Olympic champions have given tips to the next generation of talented young swimmers at K2 Crawley.Golden girl Rebecca Adlington and Duncan Goodhew were at the leisure centre for the annual Learn To...
View ArticleFamily of suspected Crawley suicide bomber split between grieving...
THE "worried" family of a Crawley dad-of-three suspected of carrying out a suicide bombing in Syria are still awaiting official confirmation of who carried out the attack.Abdul Waheed Majeed, from...
View ArticleTwo suspected drug dealers arrested after Crawley police raids
SUSSEX Police have arrested two men on suspicion of supplying class A drugs. The individuals were detained last night (Wednesday) after officers carried out linked searches of a vehicle on the A23 and...
View ArticleHundreds say farewell to JJ Whispers as club holds one last party...
LIGHTS were dimmed and the music turned up one last time at JJ Whispers last week after the owners decided to sell the premises and shut the club.A closing party was held at the High Street nightclub...
View ArticleGeordie Shore star to DJ at Moka this weekend
A FORMER reality TV star will be performing at a Crawley nightclub this Friday.Ex-Geordie Shore star Joel Corry will be at Moka, in Station Way, as part of his In The Mix 2014 nationwide tour.He will...
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