A tractor, digger and two conveyor belt crushing machines have been damaged by fire in a suspected arson attack.

Surrey police are investigating the incident that happened in Newchapel on Friday just after midnight.

The conveyor belt machines had a number of wires cut as well as fire damage.

Detective Constable Eloise Lock has said these fires have caused a considerable amount of damage which cannot be overlooked.

Anyone who knows anything about what happened should get in touch with Surrey Police on 101 quoting the reference number 45140062046.

The Kent, Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance has won an award for its research into the first 10 months of carrying blood on board the helicopters.

At the world’s leading aeromedical conference AirMed, it won best research poster and a cash prize of 1000 euros for the helicopter emergency medical service.

The life saving charity relies almost entirely on donations and their research has shown that on average blood was given 85 minutes earlier than before the service was launched.

In the first 10 months of the service doctors and paramedics performed 54 emergency blood transfusions on board the air ambulances.

This advance medical procedure would previously have been performed later on in hospital.

Sexual abuse cases could be “re-balanced” to make it “a little fairer” for victims to give evidence.

Alison Saunders, Director of public prosecutions in England and Wales has said victims could be told more, like what the defence case will be.

This comes a week after an inquest into the death of Surrey violinist found she had died of an overdose after testifying against her former teacher.

Ms Saunders says there’s a real issue around how victims are being treated.

The coroner at the 48-year-old violinist’s inquest says the new rules are needed to ensure vulnerable witnesses are supported.

Crawley has the 3rd highest weekly earnings in the UK and the 2nd lowest levels of inequality.

Following the news that the British economy is now above its pre-crisis peak, a report looking at 64 UK towns and cities has found Crawley to be leading the way.

The Independent Cities Outlook also found Crawley to have 4.2 private sector jobs for every local public sector position, standing as the best position out all of all towns and cities included.

Henry Smith, Crawley MP thinks there is still a long way to go and has met with people from Gatwick Airport about a growth deal for the Coast to Capital enterprise centred in Crawley.

He says this will be worth over £200 million over 6 years and will create over 14,000 news jobs and around 4,600 new homes.