M23 lane closed after crash

One lane of an M23 entry slip road has been closed due to a collision this afternoon (Tuesday October 27). The incident happened at junction 10a for the B2036 Balcombe Road. One lane of the slip road northbound has been closed wh

Crawley MP raises concerns with Home Office over refugees staying at Crawley hotel

The hotel, on Balcombe Road in Maidenbower, has been providing rooms for refugees for weeks. ... Parents and students at Oriel High School, in Maidenbower Lane, were then urged to take precautions and to call police if they saw the man

Mike Butcher led a life in music

He played in Western Command Band, including at the opening and closing of the 1956 Olympics. Butcher was then posted, in 1957, to the Army School of Music in Balcombe, Victoria, as an instructor and also became bandmaster of the Mornington Ci