A pensioner was allegedly stopped at Gatwick for wearing an anti-brexit badge which bore an expletive.
Eddie Brinsmead-Stockham was standing at immigration when an official told him to take it off.
He refused, and he was taken to a secure area and held there for up to ten minutes while his passport was confiscated.
The Home Office says that it’s investigating the incident, but Gatwick has declined to comment.
Surrey County Council has approved plans to relocate the fire and rescue headquarters and upgrade Reigate Fire Station.
The HQ is moving from Wray Park to Crawley Down.
They say it’s because the current building is “too large, obsolete, and expensive to run”.
Nearly £14m has been allocated for the programme, £2m of which will be used to upgrade the fire station.
New designs for Priory Park’s playground revamp have been unveiled.
The popular Reigate play space will undergo a two month refurbishment project starting in the middle of May.
The Grey Lady ship will continue to be the centrepiece with a tube slide, climbing net and hammocks set over two decks. A four-tower Priory Castle climbing frame has been designed for 4-12 year olds while a smaller Priory Gatehouse will be introduced for 2 to 6 year olds. Other equipment includes a 25 metre zip wire and nine swings. The climbing wall and summer splash play will remain.
Crawley Borough Council has launched a new crackdown on abandoned shopping trolleys.
Following feedback from residents, the Council’s cabinet now has the power to charge supermarkets and other retailers, for the collection, storage and disposal of abandoned shopping trolleys under the Environmental Protection Act 1990. The cost for a supermarket to reclaim a trolley collected by the Council, ranges from £68 in the first week rising to £143 if claimed within 6 weeks.
Since the Council decision to adopt these powers, the number of supermarkets subscribing to the Trolleywise trolley retrieval service has increased.
A case of arson at a house in Crawley is being investigated by Sussex Police.
Emergency services were called to a fire at a house in Juniper Road in Langley Green in the early hours of Thursday morning. The small fire is believed to have been caused by inflammable material being put through the letter box. The fire was confined to the front door and had been put out by the occupants before the fire service arrived. An examination of the fire damage revealed that it was deliberately started.
No one was hurt in the incident.