Two men were assaulted and robbed of a valuable watch in East Grinstead yesterday.

The two attackers tried to make a quick getaway on a stolen black Yahama motorbike but when it failed to start and they dropped it to the ground.

They then forced another man from his car and drove off.

The Ford Mondeo was found a little later in a rural car park in Rabies Heath Road between South Godstone and Bletchingley in Surrey.

Detective Inspector Mark Cullimore says that the Mondeo had been driven hard and was seen smoking.

Two black men got out of the car and got into a black BMW that had been waiting in the car park with a driver at the wheel.

Police say the crime was well planned and describe the two suspects as in their late teens to early 20s, 5-foot 10″, with short hair and wearing dark clothing.

One of them was seen to be carrying a knife at the time of the robbery.

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.