Severe traffic alert: Crash on A23
There has been a serious crash on the A23 at Bolney.The one-vehicle crash has blocked the northbound stretch near the exit slip road onto the A272.Sussex Police has said one person is believed to be...
View ArticleTraffic update: Man in hospital with potentially life-threatening injuries...
A man has been taken to hospital with potentially life-threatening injuries after a serious crash on the A23 at Bolney.The crash is now causing severe traffic on the northbound carriageway between...
View ArticleBid for crime rehabilitation provider to expand in Crawley shopping parade
A bid to allow a criminal rehabilitation provider to use more office space in Broadfield Barton has been made.Crime Reduction Initiatives’s (CRI) application for consent to use the vacant first floor...
View ArticleA23 still closed after crash between car and vehicle transporter
Emergency services were still at the scene of a serious road traffic collision on the A23 at 7pm tonight (September 16).The crash occurred just after 3.30pm on the northbound carriageway just beyond...
View ArticleCampaign against ‘severe’ cuts to Charlwood’s bus services
Charlwood residents have started a campaign to reverse ‘severe’ cuts to their local bus service.The Hands Off Our Bus group has opposed the changes to Metrobus’s 526/7 service through the village west...
View ArticleMan who fell from County Mall, Crawley, identified
Police have identified a man who fell to his death from the roof of County Mall.Police and paramedics were called after Joshua McGuire, 20, of Barkham Avenue, Streatham, South London, was seen on the...
View ArticleWitness appeal after car crash near Gatwick Airport
A 27-year-old woman remains in a serious but stable condition in hospital following a car crash near Gatwick Airport.A police spokesman said the front seat passenger from Lancing suffered serious...
View ArticleCrawley youth unemployment figures revealed
The number of young people out of work in Crawley has risen slightly over the past month.According to figures released by the Office of National Statistics on Wednesday, September 16, 160 people aged...
View ArticleTraffic chaos after emergency gas works in Crawley
Emergency gas works on the A23 caused traffic chaos during the morning rush-hour.Motorists were delayed after Ifield Roundabout was reduced to one lane on Tuesday (September 15).A spokesman said the...
View ArticleMorrisons will not pay £20,000 to Crawley parade regeneration project
Morrisons will not pay £20,000 it pledged for improvements to a Crawley shopping parade, a councillor has said.Brian Quinn (Lab, Broadfield North) said the retailer said it would not make the...
View ArticleCrawley landlord who rented out dangerous and overcrowded house fined
A private landlord who rented out a dangerous and overcrowded house was successfully prosecuted by Crawley Borough Council.Bushra Akhtar, of Medlar Close, Langley Green, pleaded guilty to two charges...
View ArticleHotel’s charity legacy
The Crawley Observer, the Hilton Gatwick Airport and the DM Thomas Foundation for Young People are today giving groups in Crawley the chance to get their hands on a share of £10,000. Running until...
View ArticleCrawley charities gets £1,500 at Mayor’s charity event
A total of £1,500 was raised at the Mayor of Crawley’s charity event.The funds raised at Tilgate Park’s Walled Garden on Saturday (September 12) will go to the Mayor’s chosen charities, The Springboard...
View ArticleCrawley council to launch town centre regeneration website
Crawley council will launch a website for the town centre’s regeneration project.Peter Smith, cabinet member for economic development, saw plans for the Town Centre Regeneration Microsite for the first...
View ArticleTravel alert: Delays to trains through Horley
There are delays to trains going through Horley after a passenger was taken ill this evening (September 17).Southern Rail UK tweeted at 6.45pm this evening to inform of the delays.It said: “A passenger...
View ArticleCollision on M23 near Gatwick Airport
Commuters face lengthy delays on the M23 following a crash on the road near Gatwick Airport this morning (Friday September 18).Traffic is very slow on the M23 southbound between the M25 and Junction 9...
View ArticleSix women taken off holiday flight at Gatwick for being drunk
Six women were thrown off a flight at Gatwick for being drunk.Police said their trip to Barcelona ended when the plane’s captain refused to leave with them last night (Thursday September 17).Gatwick...
View ArticleDriver in critical condition after A23 car transporter crash
A driver remains in critical condition in hospital after a crash between on the A23.The 35-year-old man from London suffered life-threatening injuries when the red Fiat Punto he was driving and a Volvo...
View ArticleCrawley business group urges firms to join
A Crawley business group has urged firms to join so they can vote on its projects in Manor Royal.Only registered members of Manor Royal Business Improvement District (BID) will be able to attend and...
View ArticleUp to £10k worth of equipment stolen from building site in Pease Pottage
Up to £10,000 worth of items have been stolen from a building site in Haynes Way, Pease Pottage.Police were called at around 8.15am on Thursday (September 17) to a report that there had been a break-in...
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