Daily Archives: May 1, 2014

Keep East Grinstead’s elderly safe from scammers

POLICE have launched Operation Signature to tackle mail fraudsters after finding more than 400 elderly people across Sussex have been scammed out of £2million. Most were over 80 and many did not realise they had fallen victim to fraud. Criminals worldwide, who … Continue reading

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Theft from a vehicle in Nightingale Close

THE Police have reported that sometime between the evening of the 29th April and the early hours of the 30th April, a vehicle parked in Nightingale Close had items that were fixed to the rear, stolen from it. These included … Continue reading

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Body at Pooh Bridge named by police

SUSSEX Police have identified a man found dead at 6.23am on Friday, 25 April at the Pooh Bridge car park at Hartfield on the Ashdown Forest as Kent PC Andy Cheney, aged 34, of Fontridge Lane, Etchingham. A postmortem was … Continue reading

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Woman found dead in Lister Avenue

A SPOKESMAN for SECAmb (the South East Coast Ambulance service) confirmed this morning that emergency services were called to a private address in Lister Avenue at 1.30am on Wednesday 30 April after reports that a 25-year-old woman had died at an address … Continue reading

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Barriers go up around town centre eyesore

CLLR Bob Mainstone has welcomed progress on the eyesore site which was previously home to Caffyns garage. Hoarding newly-erected around the site opposite the cinema now screens the dilapidated building and its overgrown forecourt. Planning permission is already in place … Continue reading

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Krystyna gets her skates on

  ACTRESS Krystyna O’Brien, whose acting credits include TV’s Sherlock and Miranda, is appearing with the Russia Ice Stars in Peter Pan at the Hawth theatre in Crawley this month. She will be dusting off her skating skills to play Buccaneer … Continue reading

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Help bring Wayne Davies home

THE bereaved brother of Wayne Davies, the East Grinstead plumber whose body was recovered from a canal in Leiden by Dutch police at the weekend, has started a facebook appeal to raise the money to bring his body home. Dean wrote: “My … Continue reading

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Visitors vent frustration at Wakehurst’s new parking charges

ANGRY visitors to Wakehurst Place have taken to Trip Advisor to complain about the parking charges which were introduced for National Trust card holders for the first time recently. A quick look through recent reviews of the popular attraction  reveals … Continue reading

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If you go down to the woods today…

ASHPLATS Conservation Group will be meeting at East Court Pavilion at 9.45am  on 11 May. This month the woodland volunteers will be carrying out a survey of the trees in Ashplats Wood. Everyone is  welcome to join the group who meet regularly … Continue reading

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Thanks for your support – Remember sharing is caring

WELL we have had a busy few days launching eastgrinsteadonline.com and getting our facebook, twitter, google plus and instagram accounts up and running. Choose your preferred social media outlet to keep on top of all the posts that will be coming … Continue reading

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