Police are investigating reports of a 10 year old boy being grabbed as rode his bike near the mill pond in Gossops Green Crawley yesterday afternoon (Sun 4 Sep)

He was cycling away from the bridge towards Trent Close when he felt someone grab his shoulder. He was unharmed and managed to get away and alert his mother.

The alleged suspect was wearing a black mask or balaclava, black clothing and black gloves and was around 6 ft tall.

If you were in the area between 5 and 6pm and saw anything, then Sussex police would like you to contact them on 101 or by email at 101@sussex.pnn.police.uk quoting serial 1120 pf 04/09.

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Sussex Police has made huge strides in accurately recording crime.

The force has come out top of the three police forces inspected at no notice by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary – HMIC – with nearly 95 per cent accuracy in the recording of close to 100,000 reported crimes in Sussex in a year.

They assessed the force’s efforts as ‘Good’, with recording accuracy up by 11 percent on 2014.

Chief Constable Giles York noted that the HMIC supported Sussex Police in making huge progress in compliance with the national crime recording standard. He also welcomed their praise of the measures being taken to further safeguard children and vulnerable adults.

Mr York also noted HMIC’s recommendations for further training to improve their recording even further.

The Lucy Rayner Foundation is holding a charity golf tournament this coming Saturday (4th September) at Redhill and Reigate Golf club.

The aim of the charity is to raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of depression.

It’s named after Lucy Rayner who died as a result of the illness.

The cost of the 18 hole event is £35 and includes refreshments and music.

For more details, and if you’d like to take part, please call Stuart Rayner on 07913 299496.

All details are also on a dedicated website
www.theLucyRaynerFoundation.com

All three of Crawley’s attractive parks have again been awarded the prestigious Green Flag.

This scheme is run by environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy to recognise and reward the best green spaces in the country. Winners are judged to be welcoming, safe, well maintained and involve the local community.

This is the fifteenth consecutive year that Tilgate Park has received the award.

Goffs Park has now been awarded the Green Flag nine times and the Memorial Gardens, in the town centre, has also received its ninth Green Flag.

Councillor Chris Mullins, Cabinet member for Wellbeing welcomed the awards.

He said it was testament to the hard work of staff who keep the places looking their best.

For more information about the Green Flag Awards visit www.greenflagaward.org.uk or www.keepbritaintidy.org

To discover more about Crawley’s parks visit www.crawley.gov.uk/parks