At around midday today workmen carrying out roadworks on a section of the A23 in Crawley uncovered what they thought was a wartime shell.

The bomb disposal team has now concluded that the one-and-a-half foot long piece of metal was not a wartime shell but a pipe.

The road was closed in both directions between the Fleming Way roundabout at Astral Towers and the Lowfield Heath roundabout but Police have now opened the road again.

Residents in Tandridge may need to complete an application form and submit it to the Council to be able to carry out tree work.

Are you doing work on a tree?

Have you checked if the tree is protected?

If the tree you are working on is protected you could be carrying out a criminal offence.

There are over 8-hundred Tree Preservation Orders in the Tandridge district which cover thousands of trees.

‘Have a sizzling and safe barbecue this summer.’

That’s a message from Crawley Borough Council and the Food Standards Agency who say that cases of food poisoning almost double during the summer months.

Check online to see their top tips for cooking food right through.

Police now have footage of two suspects who they believe conned a couple into giving them their bank card.

Early in May an older couple from Crawley received a call on their landline from a man who claimed to be an officer from Hammersmith Police station.

The officer told the victim they had arrested someone in London for an alleged card fraud.

The victim thought he was put through to his banks to cancel the cards and then arranged for them to be picked up by the fake police officer. He gave his pin numbers to what he believed to be his bank.

The cards were then collected by taxi and used at Ibis Hotel on Romford Road in Stratford, London.

They were used again 5 minutes later at a cash machine on Bow Road.

The two men withdrew around £350 in cash.

Police only have basic descriptions of the suspects who they say are between 18 and 25, Asian and slim.

Detective constable Glenn Fisk says this type of fraud is common nowadays and warns that banks and police will never ask for bank card pin numbers.

Unemployment benefit claims in Crawley are at their lowest in six years.

That’s according to the office for National Statistics.

The Jobseekers’ Allowance claimant rate in Crawley hasn’t been this low since autumn 2008.

MP Henry Smith says he’s ‘particularly pleased to see that youth unemployment in Crawley has fallen to 2.1 per cent, which represents a fall of three quarters.’

If you are unemployed you might be interested in the second annual Crawley Jobs Fair which will be held at the Civic Hall on Friday, the 19th of September.

Visit CrawleyJobsFair.com for further information.