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A 52-year-old man has admitted to stealing luggage from a mother while she breastfed her daughter at Gatwick Airport.
John Brooks, pleaded guilty to stealing a suitcase and a child’s backpack on 30 October.
He also admitted causing criminal damage worth £88.30 after breaking a security barrier with his head as he escaped with the luggage.
Brooks was fined £388.30, £300 as compensation to the victim, and the rest for damaging the barrier.
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Train passengers travelling to and from Surrey, Sussex and London will soon benefit from simpler journeys with the expansion of contactless ticketing.
Pay as You Go technology will be extended to a further 50 stations across the South East from 14th December. Eleven of these are in Surrey and Sussex including Reigate, Dorking and stations on the East Grinstead to London line such as Oxted and Lingfield.
Tap-in tap-out ticketing allows passengers to use a bank card or contactless device to enter any railway station, instead of manually buying individual or return tickets.
The expansion has been paid for by Government funding in preparation for its creation of Great British Railways.
Surrey County Council is estimating it will have a £21m deficit in the draft budget for its final year of operating before being replaced by two unitary authorities.
Officials warned the council needed “to reduce costs and take difficult decisions” to close the forecasted shortfall for 2026-27.
It will be the local authority’s final budget before it’s replaced by two unitary authorities.
Cabinet members will vote on a final budget after its consultation closes on 4 January, before the full council votes on the plans in February.
In League 2, Crawley Town drew 2-2 away to Gillingham on Saturday.
Both Dorking Wanderers and Horsham FC are through to the third round of the FA Trophy following their victories over Eastbourne Borough and Farnham Town respectively.
The government has announced the start of a Sussex-wide consultation on Local Government Reorganisation.
The consultation will seek views on three proposals that include Crawley.
The options include create two unitary authorities, one covering Crawley, Horsham, and Mid Sussex, one unitary authority covering the entire county and create five unitary councils across Sussex, including one covering Crawley, Horsham, and Chichester.
Information on the consultation and how to respond can be found on shapingwestsussex.org
