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The turkey’s on order, the Christmas cake and pud are maturing quietly in the larder, while being ‘fed’ vast quantities of brandy or rum to ‘mature’ them and the red wines (last week’s column) are stocked in the cellar.

A gang of men violently attacked a shopkeeper and his wife on the doorstep of their Crawley home in what police believe was a ‘planned’ operation.

Here are the opening times for supermarkets around Christmas time. Please note express store open times may vary.

Richard Winsor is set to play Tony Manero in Saturday Night Fever next year.

The family of a 70-year-old Sussex man has appealed for help after a tree containing his son’s ashes was stolen from his front garden.

More than 80 per cent of children and young people in West Sussex are failing to hit the Chief Medical Officer’s target for daily physical activity, according to new research.

Help is at hand for people keen to stay on top of their gardens during the cold winter months.

Thirty-six jobs will be created when a flight simulator training centre opens in Manor Royal, Crawley.

West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service has welcomed eight new wholetime firefighters following a pass out parade at Horley Fire Station – Brett Satturley, John Hicks and Phil Castleton in the Crewing Optimisation Group; Richard Novis and Michael Gaunt at East Grinstead; Matthew Gravell at Haywards Heath; Darren Greene at Littlehampton; and Lee Barnard at Worthing.

Strictly champion Kevin Clifton still can’t quite believe he has won the glitterball trophy.

Work is due to start on the next phase of work to ‘transform’ Crawley town centre.

Thieves have stolen life-saving equipment in Crawley.

Unique achievements and talents of young people in care have been showcased and celebrated at the annual EPIC Awards.

A Sussex dog rescue charity is appealing to the public to pledge not to buy a puppy this Christmas.

The date when work starts to transform part of Crawley town centre has been revealed.

Vegan activists demonstrated at the meat aisle of Waitrose in Western Road, Brighton on Sunday (December 16).

Crawley MP Henry Smith has congratulated youngsters who drew the winning designs in his Christmas card competition.

We're exactly two weeks away from the January window opening - and transfer talk is beginning to dominate the League One and Two headlines.

A Crawley man who had already served a sentence for sex offences against a young boy has been sent back to prison for a similar offence.