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Therfield students build school for African village
A GENEROUS-SPIRITED group of students spent a large chunk of their summer building a school for a remote African village.Seventeen students and two staff members from Therfield School, Leatherhead,...
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Church choir puts council grant to good use
A CHURCH choir has received a massive boost after securing funding from the local committee of Surrey County Council.Cllr Michael Gosling was thanked by members of St John the Evangelist church in...
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Whyteleafe comfortably beat Horley Town to progress in FA Cup
FA Cup First Qualifying Round Whyteleafe 3 Horley Town 0 WHYTELEAFE bounced back in style from a disappointing mid-week league defeat to Sevenoaks with a comfortable victory over Combined Counties...
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Firefighters called to car crash and person trapped in a lift
Firefighters were called to the A25 Oxted Road yesterday after a car went off the road and hit a tree. According to officers who attended the scene the male driver was able to get out of the car and...
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Multi-vehicle accident causing delays on M25
Drivers are currently experiencing delays on the M25 following an earlier accident. According to the highways agency drivers should expect delays of up to 15 minutes between junctions 8 and 9 following...
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Leatherhead singer's X factor success in boy band Plastic
COLOURFUL boy band Plastic are hoping to go all the way in the X Factor – but blue-haired Tom Davies' story began in Ashtead. The former St Giles School pupil later moved to Leatherhead with his family...
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Multi-million pound investment in two Reigate schools
AN EXTRA £93 million will be invested in creating additional school places in Surrey over the next five years.The investment represents Surrey's biggest-ever school expansion programme, as hundreds of...
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Two charged after aggravated burglary in Kingswood
The two men arrested following a burglary in Kingswood last week have been charged. Richard Ryan, 29, of Marlborough Road, Sutton and Thomas Dawson, 31, of Eastgate, Banstead appeared in South East...
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Man and woman charged after Leatherhead assault
A MAN and a woman have been charged following an assault in Leatherhead. Three men suffered minor facial injuries after being approached by a man and a woman and assaulted on the High Street at about...
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Gloria Foster report highlights "serious mistakes"
A REPORT into the death of a widow has determined that serious mistakes were made by Surrey social workers. The serious case review, which was ordered after the death of Gloria Foster, 81, was...
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Surrey Police staff member charged with fraud offences
AN EMPLOYEE of Surrey Police has been charged with three fraud offences. The charges follow an investigation by officers from Guildford CID. Helen Tye, 44, has been bailed to appear at Aldershot...
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Dogs will be shot if they attack livestock, police have warned
Surrey Police is reminding dog owners their pets could be shot and they could be prosecuted if their animals worry livestock. The stark warning comes after last week's fatal attack on three sheep in...
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Can you solve the mystery of the Leith Hill steps?
THE National Trust is appealing for information about a mysterious flight of steps which has been unearthed on Leith Hill. Volunteers Moira Sinden, Kate Rankin and Allison Goodliffe came across the...
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Prodigal bar stool returns to Dorking pub home
THERE was much feasting and rejoicing in a pub this week as a prodigal bar stool was welcomed home after several weeks in the wilderness.Dorking watering hole The Spotted Dog has finally been reunited...
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ALMOST 40 new houses could be built on the grounds of an old house to the east of Horley.The site, which is currently a green space, was formerly known as Langwood and sits off Smallfield Road, just to...
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Signal failure causes rail chaos at Dorking and Leatherhead
THINGS are slowly getting back to normal for commuters in Dorking and Leatherhead this morning after a signal failure resulted in all trains being cancelled. Trains operated by Southern and South West...
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Residents "terrorised" by anti-social behaviour
RESIDENTS have been terrorised, cars set alight and a wildlife haven destroyed by fly-tipping, Transit van "races" and horse dung, according to parish councillors.The situation has become so bad in...
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Police hunt egg attacker
Police have appealed for information after a three-year-old boy was assaulted when an egg was thrown from a passing car in Caterham. The incident occurred just before 9am on Thursday September 12 as...
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Firefighters accuse fire authority of "generating confusion" in pensions row
THE Fire Brigades Union has accused Surrey Fire and Rescue Service of deliberately "generating confusion" amongst the county's firefighters in the on-going dispute over pensions and retirement age. The...
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Man confronts three burglars on his driveway
A man returned home to find three suspected burglars walking along his driveway. Detectives have appealed for information following the incident at around 3.30pm last Tuesday, September 10. The...
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