Duncan Crow

Eleven young people aged 11 to 13 have successfully completed the latest GRIT course run by West Sussex Fire & Rescue Service. Picture: West Sussex Fire and Rescue

GRIT students celebrate their success at Midhurst Fire Station

West Sussex Fire & Rescue Service's Recognition and Achievement Awards Ceremony took place on Thursday, November 16

Awards ceremony celebrates achievements of West Sussex Fire & Rescue Service

Crawley council was hit with a huge energy bill

Automatic meters to be installed in Crawley council properties

Fireworks in the night sky.

Fire service issues safety advice ahead of Halloween

Crawley Borough Council's finances have taken a hit because of temporary accommodation costs. Picture: Local Democracy Reporting Service

Council finances take a hit

Crawley councillors have backed calls for a community base to be set up to support young people who are leaving care. Picture: Local Democracy Reporting Service

Councillors back base for care-leavers

Crawley recycling rates in the spotlight

West Sussex Fire & Rescue Service's new retained firefighters with Assistant Chief Fire Officer Peter Rickard (Photo: WSFRS)

Retained firefighters complete first Pass Out Parade at new training centre

A West Sussex kebab shop and its owner have been ordered to pay £10,005 for violations of food safety and standards. Picture by Mark Dunford

Kebab shop prosecuted, ordered to pay £10,005 for food safety offences

Queens Square fountain. (Image: Crawley Borough Council)

Crawley water feature may soon be fixed

Sussex Police car

Opinions split on scale of Crawley's anti-social behaviour

Ultra Low Emission Zone in London (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

Calls for Crawley to oppose ULEZ expansion fails

Ancient Priors. (Image: Google Maps)

Refurbishment for one of Crawley's oldest buildings

West Sussex County Council is saying 'a huge thank you' to the volunteers who help deliver services across the county

‘Huge thank you’ to volunteers who support communities across West Sussex

Horsham fire station in Hurst Road holds a final get together. Photo by Eddie Mitchell

New Horsham Fire Station to open soon

Crawley town hall

Crawley council meetings to be webcast

Dog poo bin

Tonnes of Crawley dog poo collected each week

New firefighters complete their passing out parade

New firefighters for Crawley and Worthing

The PoE (Power over Ethernet) switch packaging

Safety warning issued on buying electrical products online

The cover of How To Count To One by Caspar Salmon and Matt Hunt.

Winner of West Sussex schools picture books award announced

Crawley Borough Council leader Michael Jones

Crawley council's annual budget agreed

Duncan Crow, West Sussex County Council Cabinet Member for Community Support, Fire and Rescue, officially opening the BIPC Local at Crawley Library.

Free business support available in Crawley Library

Duncan Crow, West Sussex County Council Cabinet Member for Community Support, Fire & Rescue being shown the Ancestry website at West Sussex Record Office

Free ancestry access to electoral registers for West Sussex residents

New recruits pictured with the service's training instructors

Ten new firefighters for West Sussex

Set of house keys

Crawley councillors slam 'greedy' private landlords'

Michael Gove leaves 10 Downing Street (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Crawley reacts to government planning changes

New Crawley Town Hall

Sad start for Crawley's new town hall

Gatwick Airport has issued a five-point checklist to help passengers avoid being stung by rogue ‘meet and greet’ parking companies that operate from the airport, ahead of the upcoming Christmas holidays.

Checklist to avoid rogue 'meet and greet' parking companies at Gatwick

Andrew Belben

Tributes to Crawley councillor

Petrol station in Storrington (Google Maps Streetview)

Storrington petrol station's alcohol licence temporarily suspended

Ukrainian servicemen ride an infantry fighting vehicle towards a frontline in eastern Ukraine on November 24, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP via Getty Images)

Call to lift ban in investing Crawley taxpayers' money in weapons firms

A special ceremony has been held to mark a milestone moment in the construction of Horsham's new fire stationa and training centre

New fire station named after the Queen

Councillors have objected to plans to build a 553-acre Centre Parcs holiday village on the outskirts of Crawley.

Crawley councillors object to Center Parcs' 553-acre holiday village plans

Exterior views of Woodland Lodges at Woburn Forest's Center Parcs

Councillors to consider formal objecting to 553-acre Center Parcs plans

Key stakeholders gather to celebrate the Eastern Gateway project’s completion – pictured in College Road and showing some of the new and improved pavement. From left, Colin Bexley, Project Manager with principal contractor VolkerFitzpatrick, Duncan Crow, West Sussex County Council Cabinet Member for Community Support, Fire and Rescue, Marie Ovenden, the County Council’s Growth Programme Delivery Manager, Councillor Atif Nawaz, Cabinet Member for Planning and Economic Development at Crawley Borough Council, and Ayad Hassan from consultants WSP

£9million Crawley town centre regeneration scheme successfully completed

Digital Ambassador Liam Dasey handing out leaflets on how to stay safe online and the Digital Ambassador offer

Advice and support to be safe online offered across West Sussex

Love your Local Library

Free West Sussex discovery days as part of 'love your local library' campaign

Revised areas of Tilgate Park where dogs will have to be kept on a lead

Public anger as revised dog restrictions for Tilgate Park are agreed

Anyone with information about the sale of illicit tobacco products is asked to report it directly to www.westsussex.gov.uk/TSreport

Police seize bags of illegal tobacco from shops in Bognor Regis and Worthing

At least two children a year die as a result of swallowing lithium coin cell batteries in the UK and surgeons at Great Ormond Street Hospital are seeing an average of one child a month with corrosive burns caused by button batteries

Unsafe children’s toys found online by West Sussex Trading Standards

Worthing Library reopened in June 2021 after being closed for renovation for nine months

New Worthing Library community hub celebrates successful first year

Councillor Duncan Crow, Cabinet Member for Community Support, Fire and Rescue; Gill Burch, Manager of Crawley Library; Carol Collins, Headteacher of Seymour Primary School in Broadfield; Adrian Hua aged (10) from Seymour Primary School in Broadfield who helped design the mural; Councillor Brenda Burgess; Louise Blackwell from Creative Crawley and Karl Singporewaka.

New futuristic mural in Crawley Library

West Sussex County Council is recognising the immense contribution of volunteers to the public services it offers

West Sussex volunteers thanked for 'fantastic contribution'

West Sussex county councillors show solidarity with the people of Ukraine on the steps of County Hall

Volunteers with language skills needed to help refugees resettle in West Sussex

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Police are appealing for witnesses and information following damage caused to a memorial tree in Sussex.

Police appeal for witnesses following damage to Sussex memorial

The Santa Bus, which travels across Brighton to help raise money for local charities, will be heading to Crawley this year.

Santa Bus heading to Crawley to help raise money for town’s Rotary Club

Police are appealing for witnesses following an assault in the High Street during the Lewes Bonfire celebrations.

Police appeal for witnesses following assault at East Sussex bonfire