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Crawley Borough Council has announced that two of its adventure playgrounds will remain open for supervised play this year following a one-off grant from the government. The government has given every local authority a Lower Tier Services Grant so the council has decided to use this to keep Cherry Lane and Millpond adventure playgrounds open…
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Decades of research, across a range of fields, has repeatedly highlighted children’s early years are the most important of their lives. If you can ensure the right conditions for development in that crucial formative period, you set the ground for a lifetime of improved health and better economic opportunities. It was this awareness which led…
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It’s now 18 months since the Government, in the run-up to the General Election, promised voters in Crawley that they would invest £25m in the town. At the time I was criticised for saying I doubted Crawley would ever see any of the money and after a year and a half we still haven’t seen…
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Emergency services have been responding to a major gas leak next to Milton Mount Flats in Pound Hill this morning. The leak was reported at 12.21am today (Wednesday 6 January) and declared as a major incident. A cordon was set up that included Milton Mount Community Centre and Ridleys Court. Residents were evacuated and have…
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Businesses that have had to close due to tier 4 restrictions can now apply for government grants. This latest grant, called Local Restriction Support Grants (closed businesses), are for the period 26 December 2020 until 8 January 2021. The grants are based on rateable value and the rate of payment for eligible businesses is: For properties…
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With Crawley being placed under tier 4 restrictions from Boxing Day, several Crawley Borough Council buildings and services will close or operate differently. The Town Hall, which is now closed for the Christmas and New Year holiday, will remain closed from Monday 4 January until further notice. Despite this, our services will continue to operate…
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Tis the Season of Good Will. So, mindful of the fact that for many this Christmas Day will not be the one they had hoped for, I’m putting aside the serious tone of my usual columns to concentrate on something a little lighter. Today, Christians the world over celebrate Christmas as the birth of Jesus,…
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We are in the midst of a global pandemic which has already cost far more lives in Britain than were lost in the Blitz and which is stretching the NHS to its limits. Under such circumstances, if epidemiologists and public health experts believe that these restrictions are necessary to avoid needless loss of life, then…
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A few weeks back the BBC released a new tool, built together with the Met Office, to show some of the likely impacts of climate change across the UK, right down to the 12km² in which we live. These sorts of interactive tools are useful, because for all the pictures of melting polar ice and…
Peter Lamb for Crawley 