Burglars raid three homes in same Reigate road in one evening
REIGATE residents are urged to be vigilant after a number of homes in the same road where burgled in the space of half an hour.Surrey Police is investigating a number of offences including three...
View Article'Brazen' shoplifter who stole more than £3,500 of products from Boots is jailed
A PROLIFIC shoplifter who stole thousands of pounds worth of beauty products has been jailed.Scott Matthews, of Pembury Close, Coulsdon, pleaded guilty to six counts of theft from Boots in Banstead...
View ArticleRedhill volunteer commended for 18 years of service
A REDHILL volunteer commended for 18 years of service has been described as a "shining example" to others.Alan Littlewood, 67, has been helping at YMCA East Surrey since his life was turned upside down...
View ArticleTime For Tea: Botley Hill Farmhouse, Titsey Hill
HAVING taken an elderly relative to the doctor's surgery last Wednesday afternoon and made sure she was delivered home okay, I headed off at dusk to join other family members for a bite to eat at a...
View ArticleFormer Horley man who was found dead in a woodland was 'a loveable rogue'
THE body of a former Horley man was found in woodland following a large-scale police search.Michael Thorpe, who was 52, left his home on Friday, February 6 and was expected to return at 5pm, but did...
View ArticlePrefects at a Reigate school become role models for younger children
SIXTH FORMERS at Royal Alexandra and Albert School have become role models for younger pupils.Thirty-two Year 12 students have been selected to be form prefects.They will help pupils with their...
View ArticleVIDEO: Armed robber threatens shop staff with a hammer during raid
AN ARMED robber who threatened a shop worker with a hammer has been jailed for three and a half years. Charlie Veck was sentenced at Guildford Crown Court yesterday having earlier pleaded guilty to...
View ArticleMan jailed after police chase which hit 100mph
A MAN who led Surrey Police on a 12-mile pursuit hitting more than 100mph has been jailed.Alex Crew was sentenced to nine months in prison at Guildford Crown Court on Friday having earlier pleaded...
View ArticleSnow causes havoc in Reigate as winter returns to Surrey
SNOW fell on Reigate as winter returned to Surrey last night.Residents woke to find much of the town and East Surrey covered in a smattering of the white stuff.But the snow was enough to cause...
View ArticleIs East Surrey's snow here to stay?
THIS morning, East Surrey woke to find winter is back with a dusting of snow causing problems on the roads.But according to the Met Office, the cold snap is not here to stay.The temperature is not set...
View ArticleFire crew battles car fire at Redhill Station
A CAR caught fire outside Redhill Station this afternoon.A fire crew from Reigate was called to the scene where the flames were coming from above the exhaust of a Ford Fiesta.The crew arrived at around...
View ArticleEye-catching new book chairs for a Caterham school
BOOK reading just got a whole lot more pleasurable at Audley School in Caterham.Two fibre glass "book chairs" were delivered to the school in Whyteleafe Road last week.The brightly-coloured chairs,...
View ArticleSurrey 'overlooked' in superfast broadband roll out
COUNTY councillor Hazel Watson has welcomed a government report on the roll out of superfast broadband to rural parts of Surrey.Mrs Watson, who has been vocal on the subject of faster broadband and...
View ArticleReigate and Banstead Borough Council budget: See what's been cut
REIGATE and Banstead Borough Council has slashed more than £1 million pounds from its budget, including removing an officer responsible for reducing its carbon footprint.The authority rubber stamped...
View ArticleYesteryear: Five brave South Park men who died for the sake of king and country
HERE are the stories of just five of the 22 young soldiers who had lived in South Park, Reigate, and who made the ultimate sacrifice in the First World War.Retired bus driver and driving instructor,...
View ArticleSurrovian or Surreyite? Academics weigh in on what to call people from Surrey
WHAT do you call a person from Surrey?An individual from London is a Londoner, an inhabitant of Manchester is a Mancunian, but there is apparently no name for Surrey residents.Some of the county's...
View ArticleWoman sexually assaulted in Redhill
A WOMAN was sexually assaulted as she walked along Redhill's Carlton Road yesterday morning.Surrey Police is investigating the reported assault which allegedly happened close to the tennis club Carlton...
View ArticleUPDATE: Missing Graham Doyle found
GRAHAM Doyle, who was reported missing yesterday from his home in Godalming has been found safe and well. Graham, 63, was located yesterday afternoon in Portsmouth. Members of the public and the media...
View ArticleBedroom fire in Smallfield is 'under investigation'
FIREFIGHTERS from Reigate and Horley were called to a bedroom fire in Smallfield late last night.The fire in the home in Thistle Way had begun when sheets in the bedroom caught light.Fire damage was...
View ArticleTen-man Whyteleafe earn draw at Hastings United
Ryman League Division One South Hastings United 2 Whyteleafe 2 WHYTELEAFE will be disappointed not to have taken all three points from this fixture playing by far the better football than their hosts,...
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