Ben Jones plans major title fight at Broadfield Stadium
Crawley’s European boxing champion Ben Jones is aiming for the town’s largest ever sporting event to be held at Broadfield Stadium.His backers Assassin Promotions are looking for a big name opponent...
View ArticleFrom the Back Pages, March 14: England bring in Mako Vunipola to replace Joe...
Mako Vunipola has been drafted in to start at loosehead prop in England’s final Six Nations championship game against Italy after Joe Marler’s partner went into labour. (The Telegraph)Lewis Hamilton...
View ArticleMan critical after car collides with lamp post and tree in Crawley Down
A man was taken to hospital by air ambulance after the blue Ford Fiesta he was driving collided with a lamp post and tree in Crawley Down.The crash took place in Hophurst Lane at around 3.40am today...
View ArticleIntruders break into pub and threaten woman with knife
Raiders forced a woman to open a pub safe at knifepoint. Police were called to the Greyhound Pub in Charlwood yesterday (Thursday, March 13). A woman in her 30s was woken at around 5.30am by two men...
View ArticleParents warned over West Sussex school closures due to industrial action
Parents across the county could face school closures, some at very short notice, when members of the National Union of Teachers (NUT) take industrial action later this month.West Sussex County Council...
View ArticleTable tennis: Weigel treble leads way for Foresters
By George GrayHorsham D 2 Foresters B 7A powerful Foresters team led by Man Of The Match Jens Weigel (3) well supported by Adam Daley (2) and Tony Morris (2) had too much firepower for Premier...
View ArticleFrom the Back Pages, March 15: Liverpool’s Brendan Rodgers says his team are...
Brendan Rodgers says he can empathise with David Moyes’s struggles at Manchester United but that Liverpool are focussed on the top of the Premier League. (The Telegraph)David Moyes is expecting the...
View ArticleCouncil tax falls by 10% in real terms
Appallingly, Labour’s Crawley councillors on both the Borough and West Sussex County councils have refused to back the council tax freeze proposed by the Conservative administrations at the Town hall...
View ArticleOCrawley is a great place to live and work
I was delighted to meet Rhys Moore, Director of the Living Wage Foundation, who visited the Council to congratulate us on being officially designated as a Living Wage employer. Crawley is the first...
View ArticleBattle lines drawn over Euro elections
The battle lines have been drawn for the European elections in May but what political parties say and do will be different.Crawley MP Henry Smith has stated that he would vote to leave the European...
View ArticleDon’t leave town at the mercy of wolves
The Tory-led government’s National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) requires local authorities, such as Crawley Borough Council, to pass a Local Plan. The Tory-led ruling group on CBC have diligently...
View ArticleCrawley Town 1-0 Colchester: Mike Jones hands Reds a first win in four
Crawley Town claimed their first win in four League One games with a 1-0 home defeat of Colchester United on Saturday.Mike Jones scored his second goal of the season as Reds deservedly led at...
View ArticleA force for good
The past week has been a quiet one on the Mayoral front but more of what I did get up to later.The lack of engagements meant I could recover from a viral infection - I believe it is sometimes known as...
View ArticleWhittingham pleased with “ground out” Crawley win and clean sheet
Assistant manager Guy Whittingham was happy to see Crawley get back to winning ways by “grinding out” a narrow victory over Colchester.The 1-0 victory was a first win in four League One matches and...
View ArticleThree Bridges 1 Leatherhead 2: Late goals cost Bridges
Two goals conceded in the last 15 minutes cost Bridges the three points at Jubilee Field on Saturday. Bridges went ahead in the first half looking the much better team and held on to the lead until...
View ArticleFrom the Back Pages, March 17: ‘That was my worst day in football,’ concedes...
Wayne Rooney described the atmosphere in the Manchester United dressing room as a “nightmare” after Liverpool inflicted the sixth and most humiliating home defeat of a disastrous season. (The...
View ArticleYOUTH FOOTBALL: Three Bridges U10s overcome Oakwood in cup semi-final
Crawley Youth LeagueUnder-10s Knock Out Cup semi final second LegGoals by Blade Sloane and Callum Cave gave Three Bridges a 2-0 win over Oakwood Black in a very competitive second leg semi-final. Three...
View ArticleCrawley attackers need to ease pressure on the defence - Mike Jones
Mike Jones was full of praise for Crawley Town’s back four after conceding just two goals in their last five games, but says at the other end the club’s attacking players need to be more ruthless.The...
View ArticleCrawley mail scam victim sent money to fraudsters ‘every day for up to ten...
Posters and leaflets designed to raise awareness about mail scam fraud will appear on buses and be sent to every home across West Sussex.Sussex Police said more than 400 elderly people living in the...
View ArticleTeenager arrested after pursuit through Horley
A teenage boy was charged with burglary after a pursuit through Horley.A detective, who was making enquiries in Horley town centre on an unrelated matter, saw a man acting suspiciously at around 2.15pm...
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