Town keep survival hopes alive with six goal blast against Crawley Down
A rampant Eastbourne Town finally look as though they have got their season underway, if tonight’s offering is anything to go by.Town’s boss, John Lambert, saw his side secure three valuable Ryman...
View ArticleHandy little apps well worth a try
Smartphones and tablet sales are doing very well. Better than PCs and laptops that’s for sure. Just like PCs and laptops though, there are a bewildering array of programs available for them. So to help...
View ArticleInjuries not as severe as first feared for Kim
Eastbourne Eagles’ exciting Swedish rider Kim Nilsson has suffered serious injuries while training in the USA for the forthcoming season.The Eastbourne Lifestyle Eagles rider is in regular contact with...
View ArticleStop and search ‘not targeted at ethnic minorities’
Sussex Police says figures show ‘stop and searches’ are not disproportionately targeted at ethnic minorities.Around 32 per cent (223 out of 732) of the searches that took place in Crawley between July...
View ArticleAussie adventure to help cricket career
It’s been a meteoric rise for Eastbourne’s brightest cricketing star, Callum Jackson. Last year he made his first team début for Sussex, represented England at under 19 level and helped his home town...
View ArticleJailed priest banned for life from preaching
A former Crawley priest jailed for abusing children has been banned from preaching for the rest of his life.Gordon Rideout, 74, who was assistant curate at St Mary’s Church, Southgate, in the 1960s,...
View ArticleHelicopter search for man in boxers
Police are concerned for the well-being of a man seen wearing only his boxer shorts in Turners Hill.A woman told Sussex Police a man, who looked to be in his late 20s, was in her garden in Willow...
View ArticleFrom the Back Pages, February 21: Furious Flamini rips into ‘lazy’ Ozil in...
Mathieu Flamini tore into Mesut Ozil in the middle of Arsenal’s Champions League defeat by Bayern Munich on Wednesday night, apparently accusing the German of a lack of effort. The flashpoint came in...
View ArticleUpdate: Man seen wearing only his boxers ‘has made his way home’
Police are no longer searching for a man who was seen in Turners Hill wearing just his underwear.A woman told Sussex Police a man, who looked to be in his late 20s, was in her garden in Willow Ridge,...
View ArticleGetting the right NHS care
From NHS Horsham and Mid Sussex Clinical Commissioning Group:Specialist consultants working in emergency departments at our two biggest hospitals in Crawley, Horsham and Mid Sussex have launched a...
View ArticleFirefighters called to pram on fire in Tilgate
Firefighters have been called to deal with a pushchair which is on fire.The call came in at around 4.20pm today (Friday February 21).A crew are in attendance at Tilgate Park.
View ArticleFrom the Back Pages, February 22: Rooney signs £300,000-a-week deal at United...
Wayne Rooney thanked David Moyes on Friday night for salvaging his Manchester United career after signing a new five-and-a-half year deal at Old Trafford worth £300,000-a-week. (Daily Mail)Olivier...
View ArticleTown’s jewels will serve us for decades
Worth Park Gardens and Crawley Museum are, in my opinion, two of Crawley’s most interesting public attractions. Recently I was invited by Crawley Borough Council and the Heritage Lottery Fund to be...
View ArticleUnited to condemn all acts of terrorism
I was shocked and saddened to hear the news that a man from Crawley is suspected of being responsible for driving a lorry into a jail in Aleppo and detonating a bomb last week.Crawley is a diverse town...
View ArticleIs being in power for too long taking a toll?
The recent Wythenshawe and Sale East by-election was an absolute disaster for the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats. UKIP came from fifth place in the 2010 general election to second this time with...
View ArticleA shameful episode in county council history
This week the County Council set its budget for the year, and to say that it was a controversial meeting would be an understatement.The Tory-controlled county council had already made up its mind to...
View ArticleWalsall 1-2 Crawley Town: Tubbs earns Crawley vital away win
A Matt Tubbs brace secured the points for Crawley who earned a superb win at play-off chasing Walsall.The loanee’s penalty and header saw the visitors hold on despite Billy Clarke’s second half sending...
View ArticleVIDEO: Shed fire in Broadfield
Fire crews have tonight (Sunday) been called to a shed fire in Broadfield.One pump put out the fire at Hedgeside, off Tollgate Hill, at around 8.30pm.Police were also in attendance.More details to follow.
View ArticleFrom the Back Pages, February 24: ‘We will never play the Chelsea way,’...
The Liverpool manager, Brendan Rodgers tonight declared that grinding out a Premier League title like Chelsea is a strategy the club will never employ under his leadership, after their attacking...
View ArticleMatch-winner Tubbs praises Reds team-mates
Reds striker Matt Tubbs was delighted to add another two goals to his Crawley collection as John Gregory’s men won their third away game of the season at Walsall in a 2-1 victory.Tubbs was at the...
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