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Have Your Say On Ditching Hill Play Area Improvements

Crawley Borough Council has invited residents for their views on a scheme to revamp Ditching Hill play area.  

The consultation asks residents to think about the space and what they would like to see included.

A drop in consultation has been arranged for next Tuesday from 4 to 6 pm at Southgate Community Centre.  The deadline for comments and suggestions is midday on Wednesday 14th March.

Local Football Matches Postponed Due To Frozen Pitches

It was a quiet day for our local football teams on Saturday.  

Crawley’s League 2 home match against Wycombe Wanderers was postponed due to a frozen pitch.  

It was a similar story for all Bostik Premier and South Division League matches for teams in the Susy Radio area.  

In the Combined Counties Premier Division, Redhill’s home match against Farnham Town and Horley Town’s away match to Hanworth Villa were also called off.

Surrey Secondary School Places

Surrey County Council has offered five out of six applicants their first choice of secondary school despite a rise in the number of applications.  

The County Council processed 851 more applications than last year.  83.6 % of Surrey applicants were offered their first preference school.  93.3 % were offered one of their top three preferences.  

In total 12,189 Surrey residents applied for secondary school places.

Gatwick Airport Wins Airport Of The Year Award

Gatwick Airport won Airport of the Year at the London Transport Awards on Thursday evening.

Organisers praised Gatwick’s £2.7 billion investment programme and transformation of the North Terminal.  The airport’s Airline Moves project was also cited after Gatwick’s three biggest airlines switched terminals over a 72 hour period.