A contractor has been appointed by Crawley Borough Council to undertake phase one of the Station Gateway regeneration scheme.
Landbuild Ltd will transform the public spaces on the Martlets, Haslett Avenue West, and Friary Way.
They will also deliver major improvements to the operation of the bus station in Crawley town centre.
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, which runs East Surrey Hospital has declared a critical incident.
The critical incidents are a result of a rise in complex attendances to A&E departments and ongoing challenges in discharging patients.
This has been made worse with the increase in flu and norovirus cases, a rise in staff sickness and recent cold weather also impacting more frail patients needing to be admitted.
As a result non-urgent appointments may need to be rescheduled. Cancer and other urgent operations will continued to be prioritised.
The Drinking Water Inspectorate has launched and investigation into South East Water over the disruption to supply in Kent and Sussex.
It some after 17,000 homes, businesses and schools were left days with little to no water supply.
The investigation will look into “the circumstances leading up to the loss of supply, the actions taken by the company during the event, and its communications with consumers”.
They say appropriate enforcement action will be taken to “protect public health and to plan and prepare for loss of supply incidents”.
West Sussex County Council and Crawley Borough Council have both responded to a letter from the Government, asking for their view on whether local elections should proceed in May in preparation for local government reform.
The County Council has requested holding one set of elections in 2027 to save costs; this would mean deferring the County Council elections scheduled for this year and bringing forward the Mayoral elections planned for 2028.
Crawley Borough Council has arranged an Extraordinary Full Council meeting on Wednesday to debate whether to request the postponement of this year’s borough elections.
The Government wants a response by this Thursday 15th January, from councils wishing to defer elections.
Many of our local teams’ games were postponed due to frozen pitches at the weekend, but Horsham FC are through to the next round of the FA Trophy with a 3-2 win away to Leatherhead FC on Saturday.
In the Isthmian League there were losses for Merstham, AFC Whyteleafe and South Park Reigate.
In the Combined Counties Premier Division, Redhill FC drew 2-2 at Kiln Brow against bottom of the table Guildford City.