More than 850,000 people in Surrey are registered to take part in today’s local elections.

Voting is taking place across the UK, with polling stations open from 7 am this morning until 10 pm tonight.

Results are expected to come through the night and early hours of tomorrow morning, with most being declared tomorrow.

Staff at a convenience store in Crawley have been threatened with a suspected firearm in an attempted robbery.

They were demanded to hand over the contents of the till on Saturday night by a man covering his face and wearing a hood – although he eventually left the shop on North Road empty handed.

It’s being linked to two other recent incidents in Bolnore village and Cowfold.

A motorcyclist has been killed in a collision with two cars in Crawley.

It happened yesterday morning around 8 o’clock on Gatwick Road.

The rider died at the scene, while the two drivers were taken to hospital with minor injuries.

A bus replacement service is running instead of trains for 3 nights this week between Redhill and Three Bridges.

It’s due to engineering work between 9:20 pm and 5:30 am, finishing on Saturday morning.

The past year has seen Southern provider face the worst industrial action to hit the industry in 23 years due to disagreement over driver-only trains, resulting in a series of 24 and 48-hour strikes.

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It’s feared children may have picked up live shotgun cartridges dumped at a derelict site in Copthorne.

Police were called after they were found by a member of the public at Holly Farm, just off the A264 Copthorne Way.  It’s possible they were stolen during a robbery in Charlwood on Sunday.

Investigators were informed kids had left the area with some of the ammunition and parents are being asked to speak to their children while assuring them they won’t be in trouble.