Police are trying to trace the occupants of a taxi who may hold clues to a ram raid robbery.

The HSBC bank is offering a £15,000 reward after JCB digger ripped a cash machine from its branch in High Street, Steyning, at 4am on September 10.

Police yesterday said at about the time of the raid, a taxi in the blue and white livery of Brighton and Hove cabs was seen in the High Street and turning right into Sheep Pen Lane.

The male driver had a female front-seat passenger.

A police spokeswoman said: "We need to trace the taxi driver and passenger to ascertain if they saw anything."

Contact the Operation Venom incident room on 0845 6070 999.