A head-on collision in Godstone has left an elderly couple with serious injuries.

They were travelling in a silver Peugeot along the A22 when they were in collision with a black Alfa Romeo just before midday on Tuesday.

The elderly couple, both in their 80s, were taken to St. George’s Hospital in Tooting by air and land ambulance.

The driver of the Alfa Romeo, a man in his 40s, was treated at East Surrey Hospital in Redhill for injuries to his wrist and sternum.

Anyone who witnessed the collision is asked to contact police on 101.

A man in his 60s is behind bars after racially abusing a restaurant manager in Crawley.

The hate crime occurred in McDonalds in Haslett Avenue West back in June.

65 year old Patrick Maughan was arrested a month later and charged with two counts of racially and religiously aggravated intentional harassment.

He pleaded guilty to both counts and has been sentenced to 12 weeks imprisonment, ordered to pay £180 court costs and £80 victim surcharge.

Officers were called to a suspected firearm incident in Warnham on Monday.

They received reports of a man, possibly armed, standing outside a house, breaking a window pane shortly before 10.30pm.

Armed officers and a helicopter were deployed to search for the suspect while taser-trained officers secured the premises.

A man in his 40s was later located at an address in Horsham.  He was not armed and nobody had been injured.

The man has been arrested on suspicion of causing criminal damage.

A Redhill-born Paralympian is switching sailing for cycling.

Gold medallist from London 2012, Helena Lucas has embarked upon the Deloitte Ride Across Britain challenge.

Covering almost 1000 miles over 9 days from Land’s End to John O’Groats, cyclists are helping to raise money for the British Paralympic Association, their official charity.

Earlier this year Helena became the first athlete to be selected to represent Great Britain in Rio 2016.

A man has been charged with sexual assault and  breaching his Sexual Offences Prevention Order in Crawley.

It follows an incident in the ASDA store where a man was seen acting suspiciously around a 4 year-old girl who was sitting in a shopping trolley.

The girl’s mother had her back turned to pick an item up off a shelf when the alleged assault happened.

The suspect, a man in his 70s, has been remanded in custody.