A man in his twenties is behind bars for seriously assaulting two people in Horley last year.

Anthony Alexander Lloyd forced entry to two properties on the Court Lodge Estate back in December.

A woman in her 40s suffered serious facial and arm injuries; and a man in his 30s was left with multiple fractures to his face and jaw.

26-year-old Alexander Lloyd was found guilty of GBH and sentenced to 12 years imprisonment.

Getting employees in Crawley a living wage is now one of the Council’s top priorities.

Earlier this year the council was accredited as a living wage employer and it’s now focusing on encouraging other employers to pay those who work for them a decent wage as well.
Being a Living Wage employer means paying staff a minimum of £7.65 per hour, £1.15 per hour more than the Government’s minimum wage of £6.50.

Youth unemployment in Crawley has fallen to 2-per-cent.
That’s according to the Office for National Statistics which reveal that the figure has dropped by over a third in the last year.

A woman was attacked and shouted at by three other women last Friday in Three Bridges in Crawley.

The 22-year-old – who was smoking as she waited for a taxi with a friend – was hit in the face near the LB1 Bar in Gales Drive.

People nearby pulled the attackers off the woman.

A consultant surgeon’s been sacked following an investigation into the treatment of cancer patients – including 27 who came to harm.

Paul Miller worked at East Surrey Hospital in Redhill, and Spire Gatwick Park Hospital in Horley.

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust has apologised for the care given by the urologist between 2006 and 2013.
Mr Miller, who was suspended last year, says the decision to sack him was unjustified.