Tadworth retirement homes plans rejected
A RETIREMENT homes company has been refused permission to build 30 flats in Tadworth.McCarthy and Stone wanted to develop land at 45-51 The Avenue, providing apartments for pensioners.But Reigate and...
View ArticleBaffled by Redhill's new road layout - we have some answers!
THE man in charge of converting Redhill's one-way system into two-way said he hopes the big moment is "entirely uneventful". For several months, the town centre has been undergoing various changes...
View ArticleHorley pensioner blasts Surrey County Council for redesigning junction
A PENSIONER has blasted Surrey County Council for its "poor" redesign of a junction in Hookwood.The authority redesigned the Reigate Road junction near The Black Horse pub early last year.Previously,...
View ArticleOutwood neighbours' 30-year dispute over trees ends in court
A 30-YEAR dispute over neglected trees culminated in a court battle on Tuesday.The disagreement between warring Outwood neighbours David Strudwick and Milan Simek has raged on and off for more three...
View ArticleDebutant Williams scores hat-trick in Warlingham defeat
London Two South West London Cornish 40 Warlingham 19 DEBUTANT Declan Williams scored a hat-trick for Warlingham but could not stop the side falling to defeat against London Cornish. The Wars lost the...
View ArticleKevin Bryan's record reviews
Belle and Sebastian, "Girls in Peacetime Want To Dance" (Matador Records)- The eagerly anticipated new album from Stuart Murdoch's beguiling indie pop outfit was apparently influenced by their recent...
View ArticleElderly phone scam victim from Warlingham speaks out to warn others
AN elderly woman from Warlingham who was scammed out of £2,700 has spoken of her ordeal to stop others falling foul to fraudsters.Ethel, 83, received a call in October from a woman claiming to be from...
View ArticleEast Grinstead Town v Whyteleafe rearranged
EAST Grinstead Town's home match with Whyteleafe has been rearranged to take place tomorrow night (Tuesday). The game had been scheduled to take place on Saturday at East Court, but was postponed due...
View ArticleTadworth man ordered to pay £11,100 for breaking jaw of Horley Town under 17s...
A TADWORTH man has been made to pay £11,100 in compensation for breaking the jaw of a Horley Town youth manager at an under-17s football match.Adam Holgate, of Waterfield Green, admitted punching coach...
View ArticleRedhill town centre robberies: Teenager charged
A TEENAGER from Earlswood has been charged with robbery following a series of attacks in Redhill.Surrey Police are investigating a spate of robberies in the town centre, near Marketfield car park,...
View ArticleEast Surrey MP Sam Gyimah backs Oxted School academy plans
EAST Surrey MP Sam Gyimah has backed Oxted School's academy plans - and said its governors are "stepping up to the plate."The governing body wants Oxted to become a foundation school – and has separate...
View ArticleMissing woman Elizabeth Bond sighted in Dorking
Surrey Police is appealing for help in tracing missing Epsom woman Elizabeth Bond.The 30-year-old left her home address around 10.30am on Friday (30 January) and was last seen outside Epsom rail...
View ArticleSurrey captaincy is 'huge honour' for Batty, says Stewart
ALL-ROUNDER Gareth Batty has been named Surrey County Cricket Club skipper. The 37-year-old first played for Surrey in 1999 before leaving for Worcestershire. The off spinning all rounder then returned...
View ArticleWhy I back Oxted School's academy plans - East Surrey MP Sam Gyimah explains
East Surrey MP Sam Gyimah has justified his support of Oxted School seeking foundation status and becoming an academy.He said: "Academies have more freedom to take decisions in the interests of pupils,...
View ArticleAudley Primary School in Caterham celebrates improved Ofsted rating
A NEW head teacher and "positive changes" have helped a Caterham primary school improve its Ofsted grade.Hard work has paid off at Audley Primary School in Whyteleafe Road as inspectors improved its...
View ArticleReigate's Green Party candidate says: 'We stack up now as a credible opposition'
THE Green Party parliamentary candidate for Reigate has set out his stall ahead of the upcoming general election.Jonathan Essex, who is both a Reigate and Banstead borough councillor and a Surrey...
View ArticleFind out when 1,500 new homes, a school and shops will be built in Horley
WORK to construct a £40 million new neighbourhood in Horley is set to start in the spring.Outline planning permission has been granted to build 1,510 new homes – 25 per cent of which will be affordable...
View ArticleMore snow overnight in Surrey: WEATHER UPDATE 6.45am TUESDAY
SNOW has fallen overnight in Surrey, giving a covering in places - and more is on the way, forecasters warn. This morning (Tuesday, February 3) at 6.45am, commuters setting off for work opened front...
View ArticleHorley nursery loses its 'good' Ofsted rating after children are spotted on...
A HORLEY nursery has lost its "good" Ofsted rating, in part because children were seen using mobile phones.The early years section of Adventurers Club, in Balcombe Road, which offers before and...
View ArticleRedhill robberies - 17-year-old charged
A 17-year-old youth from Earlswood has been charged with robbery after a series of offences in Redhill.They took place between January 19 and 29 in the area surrounding Marketfield Car Park.In most...
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