Entrepreneur who started business in Redhill shopping centre continues to expand
AN ENTREPRENEUR who grew his business from a single stall to three shops has said he owes a debt of thanks to the shopping centre which gave him his start.Joe Chandler, now 24, started the Chickidee...
View ArticleSurrey police commissioner backs funding review
SURREY'S police force could soon have a boost to its coffers after the Home Secretary announced a funding review.A full review of national police funding arrangements will take place next year,...
View ArticleFifty Shades of Grey the most borrowed book in Caterham in 2012
A BEST-SELLING erotic novel has been flying off the shelves of Caterham's libraries.Fifty Shades Of Grey, with its kinky plot of bondage and masochism, has been the most borrowed book at both of the...
View ArticleStephens upbeat over future of struggling Dorking
GLYNN STEPHENS says he is confident his Dorking squad has now got what it takes to pick up results against the big boys in the Combined Counties Football League Premier Division.The Chicks are still...
View ArticleDriver angry after car damaged by Woldingham pothole
AN AGGRIEVED motorist has accused council officers of shirking responsibility after his car was damaged by a large pothole.Frank Daniell said he suffered a puncture on The Ridge in Woldingham last...
View ArticleCigarette packets reform would hit small traders like me, says Nork Londis...
CHANGES aimed at cutting smoking in the UK will hit small shops and help counterfeit tobacco sellers, a trader has said.The Government is consulting on plans to enforce a uniform design for all...
View ArticleFlood warning issued for Walton-on-Thames
A FLOOD warning has been issued to residents and businesses living along stretches of the River Thames at Walton.The Environment Agency warned The River Thames at Walton-on-Thames including Desborough...
View ArticleDriver fatally injured in Compton smash is named
AN ELDERLY driver who died in a crash with a recovery vehicle in Guildford has been named.Gayler 'Charlie' Chambers, 86, died and his passenger was seriously injured in a collision involving a recovery...
View ArticleNew waiting area for Ashford Hospital surgery patients
A NEW waiting lounge has opened for people needing surgery at Ashford Hospital.The admissions and discharge lounge has been built with funds from Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation...
View ArticleFly-tippers who dumped Womble at Polesden Lacey targeted by rangers
RANGERS are "closing in" on careless fly-tippers who left a toy Womble in rubbish dumped at Polesden Lacey.Simon Akeroyd, countryside manager at the National Trust estate, said the criminals were...
View ArticleSurrey County Council criticised over Lingfield traffic scheme
SURREY Highways has defended its decision not to lay a special anti-skid surface as part of a new traffic-calming scheme in Lingfield that residents claim has left the road unsafe.Opponents of the...
View ArticleWhich Mole Valley photo is your picture of the year 2012?
EVERY week the Advertiser receives numerous entries for our ongoing Picture of the Week feature.Today we print some of the best from 2012 – and ask you to pick the finest of all.To vote for your...
View ArticleTesco could move into former Frankie and Benny's in Dorking
A NEW Tesco convenience store could open in Dorking after the closure of a restaurant.Frankie and Benny's in Reigate Road closed on Friday – and staff there said it would be replaced by a Tesco...
View ArticleSurrey football managers want teams to keep playing over winter
As another weekend of football is lost to the weather, Mirror Sport asks local managers if they're in favour of taking a winter break East Grinstead Town manager – Simon Funnell :"I would prefer to...
View ArticlePolesden Lacey a sublime estate, whatever the weather
WHILE many readers will be familiar with Polesden Lacey estate, what some may not know is how the wider estate is being transformed, enabling much wider access to those on foot, bike or horse.Many new...
View ArticleNew Years honours: MBEs for Godalming headteacher and art worker
A HEADTEACHER of a nursery school in Godalming has received an award in the Queen's New Year's Honours list 2013.Mandy Heslop, headteacher of The Wharf Nursery School and Children's Centre in Woolsack...
View ArticleNew Years honours: Staines businessman awarded OBE
A DIRECTOR of a British business has been awarded in the Queen's New Year's Honours list.Antony George Sims, director of 2012 Delivery, received becomes an officer of the British EmpireMr Sims, of...
View ArticlePolice seek information following robbery in Epsom
Surrey Police are appealing for information after a 14-year-old boy was robbed in Epsom.The boy was walking along Waterloo Road with a friend when the offender approached on a black mountain bike. The...
View ArticleRedhill historian suggests sunken roundabout to reduce congestion
THE picture of the 1968 flooding in Redhill town centre that I showed at my recent Redhill: The Diamond Years presentation in the Harlequin Theatre prompted the biggest "we were there" reaction from...
View ArticleEast Surrey Hospital A&E staff join national 'tweetathon'
TOOTHACHE, earache and three-year-old knee pain were just some of the maladies recorded in a "day in the life" of the emergency department at East Surrey Hospital.As part of a nationwide "tweetathon",...
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