Lower Kingswood Village News
Quiz NightThe Charity Quiz Night held on the 27th April in the Church Hall, was very well supported. It was held for two charities, the Tadworth Children's Trust and the Princess Alice Hospice....
View ArticleReigate pupils sing at St Paul's Cathedral
PUPILS filled a national monument with song when they performed at St Paul's Cathedral.Reigate Grammar School's chamber choir, Polyphony, performed a lunchtime recital to an audience which included...
View ArticleParents continue fight for future of Beeches respite centre in Reigate
PARENTS who saved a respite centre for severely disabled children from closure remain concerned for its future.Families who, along with 4,000 petitioners, rescued Beeches bungalow in Reigate are now...
View Article1,400 descend on Priory Park for the Reigate and Redhill YMCA Fun Run
THERE was a glorious return to Reigate and Redhill YMCA's Fun Run for many of Sunday's race hopefuls and winners.They were part of a record field, as 1,400 people competed in five-mile and one-mile...
View ArticleNew Reigate primary school to serve Merstham and Redhill opened to public
THE borough's new primary school will now take up to 90 children in September, to meet demand caused by Reigate and Banstead's school place crisis.As parents took their first look inside Lime Tree...
View ArticleMum's outrage after Caterham flasher incident near children's playground
A MOTHER of four has spoken of her horror after a pervert indecently exposed himself just yards from where her three-year-old daughter was playing.The sex pest is being hunted by police after the...
View ArticleLeatherhead lab leading the way in horse meat detection
A FOOD research company in Surrey has developed a new test for food contamination following the horsemeat scandal.Leatherhead Food Research, which provides food testing and quality management for the...
View ArticleBookham head "wholly committed" after disappointing Ofsted report
THE head teacher of a Bookham primary says she is "wholly committed" to raising standards at the school, after Ofsted ordered it to improve.Following an inspection on March 19 and 20, the education...
View ArticleSurrey-born Olympic sailor Andrew Simpson dies after yacht capsizes
Surrey-born Olympic sailor Andrew Simpson died yesterday after his yacht capsized in the San Francisco bay as he trained for the America's Cup. It is believed Simpson, 36, was trapped underwater for up...
View ArticleNescot Travel and Tourism students visit Barcelona
Nescot students visited Barcelona last week as part of their Level 3Travel and Tourism course.The 24 students planned and costed the whole trip, including finding the best value flights, preparing an...
View ArticleLeatherhead Twinning Association seeks young Francophiles for French trip
ROAD SIGNS in and out of Leatherhead proudly proclaim that the town is twinned with Triel-sur–Seine.Yet few Leatherhead residents are aware of this quiet French town and its people.But a group of...
View ArticleSurrey County Council helps 430 disabled people into work
SURREY County Council helped almost 430 people with disabilities to find work in the past year. As part of a new initiative, the council has worked closely with EmployAbility, an organisation which...
View ArticleStaines Police urge homeowners to be vigilant following Heath Close burglary
STAINES Police are appealing for any information following a burglary in Staines where a large quantity of gold jewellery and foreign currency was stolen.The incident happened sometime between 8-9pm...
View ArticleAttempted knifepoint robbery in Epsom sparks manhunt
DETECTIVES are hunting a knife-wielding gang who threatened a couple in Epsom. The incident occurred at around 10.50pm on Friday May 3 as a 21-year-old man and a 17-year-old woman walked through...
View ArticleSpecial model railway exhibition at Horne Surrey
In St. Mary's Church, Horne there will be an exhibition of model railways tomorrow, Saturday, to commemorate the 150th.birthday of Frank Hornby, the creator of Hornby trains and meccano. The exhibition...
View ArticleSt. Mary's Church Horne Surrey
St. Mary's Church was well filled for the presentation given my Ann and Dave Wright with Liam Harvey about their recent pilgrimage to the Holy Land.During their tour they were taken to most of the...
View ArticleThousands flock to the Banstead May Fayre
SPRING arrived in Banstead with a "bigger and better" May Fayre than ever before.Thousands gathered in the town centre on Saturday as more than two dozen organisations, including schools, church...
View ArticleSix women strip off on stage in Oxted Theatre's Calendar Girls
STRATEGICALLY-PLACED buns and flowers will protect the modesty of six woman as they take the stage near-naked at Oxted's Barn Theatre next week.The Oxted Players' cast will strip off on stage as part...
View ArticleBrockham acrobat to star in Cirque du Soleil show in Las Vegas
SITTING in the Royal Albert Hall watching Cirque du Soleil performers light up the stage, a young Katherine Would knew which direction she wanted her career to go in.The then eight-year-old had already...
View ArticleDorking dance teacher Philip Green makes good impression on Britain's Got Talent
FUNNY man Philip Green makes a great impression in tonight's episode of Britain's Got Talent. But when he's not busy wowing the show's judges Simon Cowell, Alesha Dixon, Amanda Holden and David...
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