Photo above credit:  World’s Toughest Row X/Twitter @toughestrow

A Dorking man with a pacemaker has completed a solo row across the Atlantic. 

Elliot Awin set off on the 3,000 mile World’s Toughest Row challenge from the Canary Islands on 13th December, and arrived at Antigua and Barbuda after 44 days at sea. 

Photo credit:  World’s Toughest Row X/Twitter @toughestrow

Mr Awin was diagnosed with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome and paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in 2015 and had the pacemaker fitted 5 years later.  He is the first person with a pacemaker to attempt the challenge. 

Mr Awin has raised more than £150,000 for the British Heart Foundation.  He has also set up his own charity called Wave Wrangler to support those living with arrhythmia. 

Three football supporters have been issued with banning orders for incidents of disorder at matches last year involving Crawley Town FC. 

Following investigations by Sussex Police’s Football Unit, Liam Green, Benjamin Lanceley and Yai Prentice were convicted and issued with Football Banning Orders that last for three years.  This prohibits the individuals from attending a football fixture, or the celebrations in the local area prior or post match. 

Green was involved in a disorder during a match between Crawley Town and Sutton United.  Lanceley and Prentice were involved in an incident in Cleveland during a fixture between Crawley Town and Hartlepool.  All three are residents of Crawley.