Bleak future for Crawley a year after first Covid lockdown
Bleak future for Crawley a year after first Covid lockdown Richard Partington Economics correspondent © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Andy Hall/The Observer The differences with the early stage of the Covid-19 pandemic are stark in Crawley. Plenty of people are milling around Queens Square in the town centre, enjoying the early spring sun, even though most of the shops remain closed; some permanently. In the West Sussex town close to Gatwick airport, hopes are rising that the worst days of the pandemic have finally passed. But with global air travel still grounded, w...