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Police Officer Charged

A Reigate based Police Constable has been charged with making off without payment after an incident in Godstone high street.

This happened on Friday the 10th of January and the 50 year old officer has been suspended from duty.

She’s been bailed to appear at Aldershot Magistrates Court on Thursday the 6th of March.

 

MPs Welcome Aerodrome Decision

Local MPs including Reigate’s Crispin Blunt have welcomed the Planning Inspector’s decision to refuse the appeal for a hard runway at the Redhill Aerodrome.

In the report published on Feb 18th, the Planning Inspector refused the appeal, judging that the plan would bring harm to the green belt.

Commenting on the Inspector’s report, Mr Blunt said that the problems the new runway would create outweighed any perceived advantages to the local economy and job situation.

Bletchingley Robbery

A man in his 20’s has been arrested and charged following a robbery at Bletchingley Post Pffice.

The robbery happened on New Year’s Eve at around 6.15am and was featured on  BBC Crimewatch on Wednesday, 22 January.

The man aged 28, of Ifield Road in Crawley, was charged with robbery.

More here:   http://www.surrey.police.uk/news/news-stories/full-news-story/article/8026/man-charged-with-bletchingley-post-office-robbery#sthash.wKWT2tXy.dpuf

Sussex Burglary Reduction

The recent blitz on burglars by Sussex Police  has helped save the county more than £2 million this year already.

The Home Office has estimated that every domestic burglary costs an average of £5,000 in terms of damage caused by the criminal, the value of the items taken, the emotional cost to the victim and the criminal justice system bill for investigating and prosecuting offenders.

However latest figures show that burglaries in Sussex have fallen by almost 15%

Sussex Police launched Operation Magpie in June to tackle burglary across the county.

More here:  http://www.sussex.police.uk/whats-happening/latest/news-stories/2014/02/17/fall-in-burglaries-saves-sussex-more-than-%c2%a32m-this-year

Crawley a ‘mega sprawl’?

The UKIP candidate at the West Sussex Council by-election in Haywards Heath has described Crawley as “just another urban mega-sprawl”.

Now the UKIP group on the County Council have voted to cut £5.7 million from the road resurfacing budget and called for the abolition of Crawley Borough Council.

Crawley MP Henry Smith said he was “perplexed by yet more bizarre policies from UKIP”.