A man quizzed by detectives in connection with a robbery bid at a village post office has been released without charge.

Police say a man armed with a crowbar tried to break the security screen inside the Fishbourne Post Office near Chichester.

When it failed to break, he kicked a door leading to the secure area where a woman was working alone.

But he fled empty-handed and ran away towards a nearby roundabout junction with the A27.

The failed robbery happened just after 4.30pm yesterday.

Police said the raider had a knitted scarf around his face when he walked into the post office and demanded cash.

Today the post office was open for business but a woman on duty declined to comment.