Two houses near Horsham were broken into in the space of two days and a large amount of jewellery was stolen.

The first burglary happened late Tuesday morning (16 September) at a home in Dutchells Copse, Horsham, when a quantity of gold jewellery was stolen.

On Wednesday morning, (17 September) a home in College Road, Southwater, was burgled and more gold jewellery and cash was taken.

In total more than £40,000 worth of jewellery was stolen at the two properties.

Sussex Police said that in each case the intruders smashed their way into the homes and escaped with gold jewellery.

They believe the burglaries could be linked, and would appreciate hearing from anyone who was in the area at the time.

Anyone with information should email 101@sussex.pnn.police.uk quoting serial 725 of 16/09, call 101 or contact the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.

A 16 year old girl has been attacked and robbed in Crawley.

The victim, who lives in Horley, was walking along Langley Walk shortly after 5pm on Wednesday (17 September) when she was approached by a man who asked her the time . He walked with her to Langley Farm then struck her and stole her white Samsung Galaxy S3 phone.

The attacker is skinny, white, aged 18 or 19 and was wearing a grey hoodie and had a distinctive yellow belt.

Sussex Police would like to speak to anyone who was in the area or who think they may recognise the attacker from the description.

Anyone with information should email 101@sussex.pnn.police.uk quoting serial 1175 of 17/09, call 101 or contact the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.

A student who claimed there was a bomb on a flight from Gatwick Airport has pleaded guilty to the offence at Brighton Magistrates’ court. He was remanded in custody prior to sentencing at Crown Court, where he’s likely to face jail.

Shortly before 4.30pm last Tuesday (9 September) Muhammet Demir, 20, called police and said he had seen a bomb on an Easyjet aeroplane that was due to fly from Gatwick to Turkey.

Officers, working with Gatwick and airline staff, were able to establish that the call was a hoax and the phone message was traced to Demir, of no fixed address.

The operation caused the flight to be delayed for three hours.

Work preparing for a new access road into Crawley’s Tilgate Park is set to start next week.

Plans to create new visitor access from the K2 Crawley junction into Tilgate Park (off the A23), were agreed recently and work to fell trees will start on Monday.

172 trees will need to be felled to make space for works but at least the same number of trees will be planted in the park when work is completed next year.

The improvements will see the existing emergency access road widened to allow two-way traffic flow and 30 new spaces added to the main car park.