A man has been jailed for possession with intent to supply class A drugs, after trying to hide bags of white powder in his underwear.

20 year old Leonardo Da Silva was arrested on News Years Day after being stopped in a car park in Redhill.

After his arrest, he refused to sit in the police car and attempted to flee the scene, but was eventually taken into custody.

He’s been sentenced to 40 months behind bars, and has to pay nearly £1700.

Primary schools in West Sussex have reduced the amount of sugar in meals by over 70% in the last 5 years.

The latest menu for children now includes just 5g of sugar a day on average, in contrast to the 18.5g of sugar back in 2014.

The West Sussex Sugar Reduction Programme has been running in collaboration with Chartwells, the county council’s main primary school meals provider.

It is estimated that in total, the amount of sugar that has been removed from meals over a school year is the equivalent weight of more than five double decker buses.

A new council tax scam is targeting people by email.

Tandridge District Council have warned scammers invite people to click on a link to access money owed in a tax refund.  Victims are then asked to submit personal details, including their bank account.

The email is from ‘Alison Walsh’ but signed with a different name – ‘Andrew Walsh, Head of Communication Services’.  The email is also sent from an ‘@tax.com’ account which is not a council or tax email service.

Police are appealing for information after a 12 year-old girl was sexually assaulted near Dorking train station.

The incident occurred last Tuesday afternoon around 4 o’clock near the Pixholme Grove Allotments.

The victim was approached by a teenage boy who blocked her path before touching her inappropriately.  He then ran off in the direction of the town centre.

The assailant is described as white, believed to be 15 or 16-years-old, medium build, with very short black hair and brown eyes, freckles on his face, and no facial hair. He’s thought to be approximately 5 ft. 7 tall and speaks with a London accent.

Surrey and West Sussex fire and rescue services are to move to a joint 999 mobilising system.  

The decision was made on Friday by West Sussex County Council’s Cabinet member for Safer, Stronger Communities.  West Sussex made a full assessment of the options available for mobilising systems with other fire and rescue services. The Surrey service was chosen due to its proven track record for reliability and capacity and for demonstrating good value for money.  

Command and mobilising systems are used to dispatch fire and rescue service resources to emergency incidents. The aim is to migrate to the new joint system by February 2020.