A large haul of stolen items recovered following the arrest of a man in Surrey is believed to include a number of items taken in burglaries in Crawley and East Grinstead.

Some of the items have been identified as stolen in a house burglary in Crawley between July 6 and 23.

Police believe that there may be other Sussex links to the property and are keen to reunite the items with their owners.

Surrey Police raided an address in Stanwell and found a selection of watches, a collectible whistle, an engraved lighter, a harmonica and commemorative coins.

Anyone who recognises the items or has lost similar ones in burglaries or thefts is asked to email 101@sussex.pnn.police.uk or call 101 quoting Surrey Police reference 45140058525.

Albert Stanley, an escaped prisoner with connections in Sussex and Surrey has been found by police at an address in Worthing.

Stanley, who absconded from jail in South Gloucestershire,
had been serving a life sentence for a murder committed in East Sussex in 1980

Police would like to thank everyone who helped with information.

Reigate & Banstead Borough Council’s Living and Ageing Well Week launches on 29 September and is set to offer even more than last year’s inaugural Ageing Well Week.

The week offers a packed programme of over 50 different activities across all the council’s leisure and community centres.

It includes films, various sports, dancing and even learning French.

At the heart of the week will be National Older People’s Day on Wednesday 1 October, celebrating the achievements and contributions that older people make to our society.

An electric bicycle’s been stolen from a house in Highams Hill, Crawley.

The bike was taken between 7 and 8am last Wednesday (17 Sep).

It’s quite distinctive and folds up so it can be taken on a train.

The bike was stolen from a disabled man who needs it to remain mobile.

Anyone with information is urged to contact Sussex Police.

[Anyone with information should email 101@sussex.pnn.police.uk quoting serial 178 of 17/09, call 101 or contact the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.]

The front door of a house was destroyed by fire in a possible arson attack in Crawley in the early hours of yesterday morning (Tue 23 Sept).

Fire crews were called to the maisonette in Titmus Drive, Tilgate and having extinguished the blaze found that there was evidence that it had been deliberately started.

There were 5 people in the property at the time, but no one was injured.

[Anyone with information about the incident is asked to email 101@sussex.pnn.police.uk, call 101 or contact the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.]