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Chestnut Tree House is holding its prestigious Business Awards next month.The awards recognise and celebrate the many Sussex businesses and their employees who support us.Hundreds of businesses have...
View ArticleCouncil tax freeze for West Sussex residents backed
An investment of £138m into West Sussex’s roads, adults’ services, schools and care homes and a freeze on the county’s portion of the council tax bill has been supported by county council leaders.The...
View ArticleGovernment’s fracking commitment welcomed by South Downs Society
A government commitment to keep fracking out of the country’s national parks has been welcomed by the official “Friends” organisation for the South Downs National Park, the South Downs Society.In...
View ArticleNHS staff strike for ‘fair and decent pay’
NHS workers calling for “fair and decent pay” are to go on a 12 hour strike.South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb) UNISON members will not work from 12am tomorrow (January 29). Other NHS staff...
View ArticleMan knocked unconscious and jaw broken in Crawley attack
A man was knocked unconscious and his jaw broken in a Crawley attack.The 19-year-old Crawley man was walking with friends along Friary Way, near to the junction with Station Way and the entrance to...
View ArticleMAGAZINE: 70 years since the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau
January the 27th marked 70 years since the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, with people from all around the UK, Europe and the world commemorating the day as part of Holocaust Memorial Day.Auschwitz...
View ArticleWiper snapped off of car window
The rear windscreen wiper was snapped off of a car parked in Southgate. The Ford Fiesta was parked in Wakehurst Drive overnight on Sunday (January 25). Witnesses or anyone with information are asked to...
View ArticleTwo arson attacks on cars in one week in Crawley
Arsonists have destroyed a car a week after another in the same street was damaged by fire.A silver Volkswagen Passat was set alight in Friston Walk, Ifield at 1.40pm yesterday (Wednesday January 28).A...
View ArticleCrawley teenagers join stop and search patrols
Two Crawley teenagers will see police stop and search powers in action.Nadine Smith, 18, and Ciaran Barron, 17, will act as lay observers, making sure that the stop and search powers are being used...
View ArticleThree Bridges man charged with burglary
A man from Three Bridges has been charged with a burglary in the road where he lives.Anthony Oram, 29, of Rye Ash, is accused of breaking into a home in the same street on January 1.He has been...
View ArticleSussex food stars honoured at top awards
Eight of Sussex’s top food and drink producers have been hailed as local heroes after receiving their trophies at the Sussex Food & Drink Awards at the Amex Stadium in Brighton tonight...
View ArticleViews sought over taxi licensing plans
Residents have one week left to have their say on proposals by Crawley Borough Council to introduce a taxi licensing policy.The council is responsible for licensing the town’s taxis but does not have...
View ArticlePossible human bones found near Pease Pottage pond
Suspected human bones have been sent for analysis after they were discovered near a pond in Pease Pottage on Wednesday (January 28).A Sussex Police spokesperson said a member of the public who was...
View ArticleCamping equipment stolen from shed
Thieves broke into a shed and a storage area in the same road on the same night.Police have not confirmed whether the break-ins in Pound Hill were linked but are appealing for witnesses to come...
View ArticleFallen power cables shut Copthorne road
A Copthorne road has been closed this afternoon (Friday January 30) due to fallen power cables.The A2220 Copthorne Road in Copthorne has been shut in both directions between the A264 Copthorne Common...
View ArticleMore Crawley people aged over 50 now unemployed
Job seekers over 50 now outnumber those in the youngest age range.Figures from Jobcentre Plus showed there were 255 older claimants in Crawley in January compared to 220 in December.Of these, 65 had...
View ArticleGetting more use from Crawley Hospital
I was pleased to hear from our MP Henry Smith, that Crawley Hospital now has 200 more doctors and nurses than in 2010. Labour downgraded Crawley hospital when last in government so anything to help...
View ArticleDelight over drop in Crawley youth unemployment
Last week, I was pleased to see the Crawley youth unemployment rate fall once again, as the latest Office for National Statistics figures show for December 2014, the number of young people out of work...
View ArticleGetting harder to live in Crawley
In comparing house prices to wages, Crawley is the sixth most unaffordable place to live in the UK and it’s getting harder.Last year we were the only top ten location for house price increases outside...
View Article1,510 new homes plan gets £40m investment
Outline planning consent has been given to an application to build 1,510 new homes to the north west of Horley.The development, on land at Meath Green, will be delivered via a consortium comprising...
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