A popular play area in Furnace Green has been reopened following a revamp.
After consultations with local parents and children last year, Crawley Borough Council have installed a climber with slide, zip wire, trampoline, a spinner and swings as well as several other pieces of smaller play equipment.
Pupils from St Andrew’s Primary School helped to officially open the new play area.
Two Redhill men have been arrested on suspicion of GBH after a man was seriously assaulted in the town centre on Monday afternoon (28 November).
The two men, aged 23 and 20 are currently in custody.
Officers were called to the High Street around 10 past 4 following reports of a large scale disturbance in Marketfield Road.
A man suffered a serious facial injury and was taken to Hospital for treatment.
Numerous officers, including the police helicopter, attended and carried out a thorough search of the area.
A 15-year-old who was arrested nearby at the time on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon has been released on bail.
His arrest is not believed to be directly related to the incident.
Officers are continuing to carry out further enquiries and anyone who witnessed the incident, or who has any other information, is asked to contact Surrey Police on 101, quoting incident reference number P16271911. Alternatively, if you do not wish to leave your name, please call the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
https://surrey.police.uk/news/investigation-underway-following-disturbance-in-redhill-town-centre/
A local charity has been awarded £350,000 thanks to Surrey’s role in the Prudential RideLondon-Surrey events.
YMCA East Surrey received the sum to help fund a new sports facility for people with disabilities and additional needs at the charity’s Redhill site.
The grant will also enable the centre to become a regional hub for Boccia, a sport designed for athletes with severe impairments.
The grant was among the latest awarded by the London Marathon Charitable Trust, which gives out proceeds from the RideLondon cycling festival.
More than sixty Surrey projects have now received grants which will benefit local communities for many years to come.
Richard Walsh, Surrey County Council’s Cabinet Member for Localities and Community Wellbeing, said: “This grant to YMCA East Surrey is great news and takes the total awarded to Surrey community groups and charities to more than £1.8million since the inaugural RideLondon-Surrey event in 2013.”
Drivers on Southern rail are to be balloted on industrial action in the ongoing row over driver-only trains.
The RMT union said its members would be asked to vote on both strike action and action short of a strike.
It has been embroiled in a bitter dispute with Southern over changes to the role of conductors.
Southern – which said the ballot move was “unnecessary” – wants drivers, rather than conductors, to operate carriage doors at certain times.
The RMT wants to retain the role of conductor, in addition to the driver, on trains at all times, citing safety.
The main drivers’ union, Aslef, is also balloting its members in the same dispute, raising the possibility of joint strikes in December.
A woman has been sexually assaulted last Saturday outside a filling station in Crawley.
The attack took place around half past seven last Saturday evening (22 Oct) outside the Premier Filling Station in Woodfield Avenue Northgate.
The suspect was attempting to buy a can of drink in the shop and the woman helped him to do so. He insisted on paying for her shopping and then followed her outside where he sexually assaulted and made indecent remarks to her.
The man is described as in his 40s and thin, white, of tanned complexion with dirty teeth and hands. He said he was Portugese and had been drinking.
If you can help, please contact us via 101@sussex.pnn.police.uk or call 101, quoting serial 1303 of 22/10.
https://sussex.police.uk/news/search-for-sexual-assault-suspect-in-crawley/