A young man suffered serious injuries on Friday after crashing his blue Ford Fiesta into a lamp post in Crawley Down.

The 23 year old was flown to St Georges Hospital in Tooting. He is in a critical but stable condition.

Hophurst Lane was closed for more than four hours while emergency services were at the scene.

Schools may close later this month when members of the National Union of Teachers plan to strike over a national dispute.

West Sussex is warning parents to expect disruption when the strike takes place on Wednesday the 26th March.

Individual Head teachers and governing bodies will decide whether to close schools or not.

A man has suffered facial injuries during an assault in Crawley.

The 36-year-old victim was struck in the face repeatedly by another man, outside Morrisons at Broadfield Barton.

A 30-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of assault and released on bail following the incident around half-past six Monday evening.

Two men with a knife woke up a woman and forced her to open the safe at the Greyhound Pub in Charlwood.

The burglary happened at around 5:30 on Thursday morning.

Police believe the burglary was targeted because the burglars made very specific demands.

Investigators are working to establish exactly how much cash was actually stolen.

Jack Cole is the 500th apprentice to be recruited through a Surrey County Council scheme to get teenagers into work.

Under Surrey’s initiative, employers receive £750 from the county council for each apprentice they take on in addition to any national funding.

A target of creating 500 more apprenticeship roles has been set for next April.