Fire tears through roof and first floor of Limpsfield home
FIREFIGHTERS battled a fire at a home in Limpsfield for four hours on friday as it tore through the roof and first floor. The blaze at the detached house in Brassey Hill was reported to emergency...
View ArticleReigate Priory make it four wins while Banstead suffer another loss
REIGATE Priory made it four wins from four after another victory today in the Ryman Surrey Championship Premier Division. Having already beaten Weybridge, Sunbury and Leatherhead this season, it was...
View ArticleCan you help? Reigate pupils need 1,500 plastic bottles!
PUPILS at a Reigate primary school want your empty plastic bottles.Youngsters at Dovers Green School in Rushetts Road are aiming to build a new greenhouse – made entirely out of plastic bottles.The...
View ArticleHundreds enjoy Betchworth Flower Festival
THE Best of British was celebrated at St Michael's Church's annual Flower Festival in Betchworth over the bank holiday weekend.The event ran from Saturday to Monday and also included a performance from...
View ArticlePolice launch scheme to help people with communication difficulties
SURREY Police have launched a new scheme to make it easier for people with communication difficulties to contact them.The scheme, known as Pegasus "Help Me Help You", stores information which has been...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Quad bikes and birds of prey take over pub's garden
FOOD STALLS, quad bikes and birds of prey took over a pub garden for the Bank Holiday weekend.Organisers say more than 800 people attended The Festival of Surrey Life on Sunday and Monday, despite...
View ArticleAll smiles as German pupils arrive in Reigate
A GROUP of German exchange students were greeted with big smiles as they arrived to spend time in Reigate.A total of 36 nine and ten-year-olds from Reigate's twin town, Barbaraschule in Eschweiler ,...
View ArticleInvestigation launched into Oxted fatal crash blackspot
AN URGENT probe will be launched into a notorious road where a young couple died a month ago.Lee Palmer, 26, and his fiancee Hannah Sanders, 20, lost their lives in a two-car smash on a sharp bend in...
View ArticleNew rail franchisee promises more frequent services, more seats, faster...
COMMUTERS from Reigate and Redhill have been promised more services, seats and faster journeys by new franchisee Govia Thameslink.The train operator was awarded the franchise by the Government last...
View ArticlePatients tell inspectors what they think of East Surrey Hospital
PATIENTS and staff have shared their experiences of care at East Surrey Hospital as part of a rigorous two-day inspection of Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust.The trust is among the first to be...
View ArticleTRAVEL: Delays on the trains and the M25
OVERRUNNING engineering works are causing delays of up to 20 minutes on Southern Trains this morning. Due to the ongoing work at Horsham, services between Arundel and Three Bridges are being hit by...
View ArticleCouple bailed in murder investigation into child's death
A MAN and woman, arrested in connection with the death of a young girl, have been bailed. Police launched a murder investigation on Friday after a one-year-old girl from Egham died in St George's...
View ArticleTributes paid to popular doctor and his bottom cream
TRIBUTES have been paid to a "hugely respected" GP who has died aged 95.Well-known doctor Lloyd Divers passed away in Horley on April 23 from natural causes.One of his five children, David Divers,...
View ArticlePolice warning after spate of burglaries in Oxted, Woldingham, Outwood and...
'SECURE your home' - that is the message from Surrey Police following a string of burglaries in rural areas. In the last two weeks, five houses in Oxted, Woldingham, Outwood and Lingfield have been hit...
View ArticleKevin Bryan's record reviews
Fox,"Images '74-'84" (Cherry Red CDBRED 605)- This eminently tuneful 2 CD set charts the relatively brief recording career of Fox,who notched up three U.K.hits during the mid...
View ArticlePensioner dies after shots fired at Surrey doctors' surgery
A MAN in his 80s has died after shots were fired at a GP surgery in Frimley. Surrey Police were called to the Station Road Surgery at around 11am following reports of a firearm being used in the...
View ArticleThe Rats Castle among Surrey's most weirdly named pubs
THOUSANDS of historic records pertaining to Surrey pubs have been published online for the first time – revealing the weird and wonderful names of some of Britain's oldest hostelries and inns.Digitised...
View ArticleWhyteleafe announce first pre-season friendlies
WHYTELEAFE are preparing for life back in the Ryman League with a number of testing pre-season friendlies. The Southern Counties East League champions have not finalised all their opposition but have...
View ArticleLet's hear it for the girls, says Naomi
A Guildford chartered surveyor is calling on careers officers in the county to do more to promote the profession among school pupils. Naomi Game from West Byfleet is one of just 20 per cent of female...
View ArticleReigate pensions firm raises thousands of pounds for Alzheimer's Research UK
SPORTY staff at a Reigate pensions firm have raised thousands of pounds for Alzheimer's Research UK.Ten staff from Just Retirement took to the saddle for a 300-mile cycle ride from London to Paris to...
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