The start of the main construction of the state-of-the-art Crawley Innovation Centre has been marked with a golden hammer ceremony.The £13.15 million project – at the former TUI Travel House off Fleming Way in Manor Royal – has begun in earnest and is expected to be open in October.The ceremony was attended by…

Worth Park has been awarded National Plant Collection holder status for two cultivars of yarrow plants with outstanding qualities it has bred.The park was recognised by Plant Heritage, whose principle aims are the conservation of garden plants and is the only national charity to ensure the cultivated plants grown now…

The demise of winter and revival of spring will be celebrated at the end of the month with a free weekend arts festival funded by Crawley Borough Council.Spring Forward is a community led light and sound installation marking the changing seasons. Arts charity Same Sky is producing it and will be in Crawley ahead of…

New toilet blocks have been approved for two playgrounds in Crawley to replace temporary toilets installed when each of them was  re-opened.It means about £107,000 will be spent between the Cherry Lane and Millpond adventure playgrounds.A vacant building at the Cherry Lane site will be reconfigured, and a new…

Crawley Question Time is back for another year, giving residents an opportunity to ask questions about topics important to them.The event – now in its 19th year – takes place from 7pm to 9pm on Wednesday 20 March in the Town Hall.Crawley Question Time takes the form of an independently-chaired general debate and…

Council tenants and leaseholders are invited to meet the Housing Ombudsman for England, Richard Blakeway.  You will hear more about the free support the organisation can provide to help you resolve housing management issues.  The event will take place on Friday 8 March 2024 from 1pm to 2pm at Crawley Town…

Crawley Borough Council has drawn up a balanced budget for the coming year, despite overwhelming difficulties caused by the town’s housing pressures.A meeting of the Cabinet on Wednesday evening approved the £17.9 million income and spending plan. It will go before a meeting of the Full Council on 21 February,…

The Broadfield area went through a January clearance when a Crawley Borough Council team went en masse to revitalise a wooded area.Fourteen of the South Patch team, nearly all the staff of 19, headed in with hedge cutters and mulchers and emerged with huge amounts of fly-tip, brambles, dead shrubs and loose timber…

Councillors and community representatives came together to mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2024 on Saturday 27 January.The Mayor of Crawley, Councillor Jilly Hart, planted a tree at the event in Memorial Gardens and read out the Holocaust Memorial Day statement of commitment.Holocaust Memorial Day was established on 27…

Crawley magistrates have ordered a man to pay £1,180 of fines and other costs after refusing to put his dogs on leads in a regulated area of Tilgate Park.His criminal record now shows two offences of failing to comply with a Public Space Protection Order, which was introduced over part of the park in September 2022.A…