Uckfield

New faces arrive with five more officers on their patch

NEW APPOINTMENTS: Inspector Damon Funnell, left, and Inspector Tony Wakefield

Tuesday, December 08, 2009

POLICE visibility is to increase in Wealden according to two new police chiefs who have just been appointed.

Inspectors Tony Wakefield and Damon Funnell say an extra four constables and one sergeant will be on the beat to give increased reassurance to residents.

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Police hunting violent robbers

Tuesday, December 08, 2009

DETECTIVES hunting violent robbers, who attacked pensioners in their own homes, are renewing appeals for information. The investigation links three...

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College theft deprives teen of costly gift

Sunday, December 06, 2009

A TEENAGER is distraught after goods including a £300 iPod, were stolen from her bag at Uckfield Community Technology College. The mother of...

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Drink-driver took cannabis and was four times limit

HAPPIER TIMES: Leon and Angela Teale at Spillards Market

Monday, November 30, 2009

A DRINK-DRIVER, who died when his car left the A26 and crashed into trees, was more than four times over the legal limit to drive. A toxicology...

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Garage robbers threaten worker

Friday, November 27, 2009

A SERVICE station was raided by knife-wielding robbers who escaped with cash and cigarettes on Monday afternoon. Police are hunting two men who held...

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Man is killed in bike fall

Friday, November 27, 2009

TRIBUTES have been paid to a 21-year-old man killed in a motorbike accident in Uckfield on Friday morning. Christopher Gillett was travelling from his...

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New ticket building is winched in

New ticket  building is winched in

Friday, November 27, 2009

PASSENGERS at Uckfield railway station will soon be able to buy tickets in comfort, after a new station building module was craned into position. The...

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Ambulance Sat Nav bungles are putting patients' lives at risk

ON THE RIGHT ROAD: Sat Nav errors are admitted by the ambulance authorities but they prefer to emphasise the journeys that pass off uneventfully than the ones where lives are put in jeopardy by bad directions

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

SAT NAV blunders have delayed ambulances reaching life-threatening situations a total of 504 times across Kent and Sussex in the last 10 months. A...

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Last straw for Worzel and co

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Monday, November 02, 2009

IT may be more Dalek than Worzel – but this bright idea could be the answer to an age-old farming problem. Meet Scarecrow Compact, a state-of-th...

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Crime rise could be a lot worse than feared

SILENT WITNESSES: Lynda Whan and Michael Fitt of C V Fieldbuss in Crowborough admit they don't always report petty thefts  NH2108091_1

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

A SHARP increase in shoplifting in Wealden could be even higher than figures show, the Courier can reveal. The latest annual crime figures for the...

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