Two people working at Gatwick airport were arrested yesterday morning after stealing perfume and other duty free items.

The 22-year-old man and 46-year-old woman, both from Crawley, were in custody being questioned today.

Both work for a contractor based at the airport, not the site’s owner Gatwick Airport Limited.

Sussex police have also searched a house in Crawley.

Two burglars were caught red handed breaking into a home in Crawley.

The men forced open the front door of the house in Parham Road between 11am and 11.30am on 22 July but were then seen by the owners, who were at home.

Both men – white and in their 20s – ran away in the direction of Ifield shopping parade.

Police are still searching for the men and say that one of them has a pronounced limp and seemed to be struggling to keep up with the other.

Good news for pensioners who used to work for West Sussex County Council. Fund managers appointed by the Council to oversee the authority’s pension investments have outperformed the market.

The latest accounts for the year show the fund had assets of £2.6billion, an increase of nearly £250 million over the last year which has further improved its funding position.

At 94% funded, it is the best funded pension fund amongst county councils and second-best funded out of all the 88 English pension funds on a like-for-like basis.

Detectives investigating a knifepoint robbery in Crawley in May have released an Efit of the suspect. Shortly before 3pm on Tuesday 13 May a man entered the newsagents in Southgate Parade the threatened the shop worker with a knife and demanded money. A quantity of money was handed over. One shop workers received stab wounds as he tried to get the man out of the shop. He was taken to East Surrey Hospital to be treated for his injuries which were not believed to be life threatening. The suspect is described as being around 30-years-old, just under 6′, having brown hair and tanned with a scarf round the bottom half of his face which is believed to have slipped during the struggle.

The efit is below:

If you think you know who he is, or have any other information, please get in touch.

Please email 101@sussex.pnn.police.uk or call 101, quoting serial 816 of 13/5. You can also call the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

More info at: http://www.sussex.police.uk/whats-happening/latest/news-stories/2014/08/20/police-publish-efit-of-crawley-robbery-suspect

Business leaders in Surrey have backed a suggestion that areas of the county should become part of London.

Spelthorne Business Forum was part of a campaign to change the name of Staines to Staines-upon-Thames two years ago. The forum has now backed proposals that parts of Surrey closest to London should become part of the capital.

Alex Tribick, from the business forum, said zone six of London’s fare system should be expanded to all Surrey stations within the M25.

However some Surrey politicians object to the plan.

Epsom and Ewell Residents Association borough councillor Clive Woodbridge said people valued their semi-rural community with its green, open space.