Surrey Quick Sticks Festival organiser Lewis Morgan hoping to capitalise on...
A FORMER Oxted Hockey Club player is hoping to use the feel-good factor of the Olympics to help boost participation in the sport.Lewis Morgan has organised an inaugural Surrey Quick Sticks Festival at...
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Raven Housing Trust chief executive warns benefit changes one of the...
MAJOR changes to benefit payments could plunge poorer families into massive debt and throw housing associations into financial turmoil – according to the borough's biggest provider of social...
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Plans for £8.7million leisure centre for Preston submitted
PLANS to regenerate Preston with an £8.7 million leisure centre have been submitted to the council.The project, which includes building a 25-metre, six-lane swimming pool, four five-a-side pitches and...
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Donations stolen from outside Caterham RSPCA shop
A SICKENING theft from an animal charity has had a happy ending – thanks to an "amazing" response from the public.Store staff were left devastated after raffle prizes and other donations – given to...
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Mole Valley Christmas Crawl was a waste of time, says Dorking Models owner
A DORKING trader has dismissed the town's drive to attract more Christmas shoppers as a "waste of time".Mole Valley District Council's Christmas Crawl scheme was designed to improve footfall in the...
View ArticleTom Bradbrook set to be out for a month, says Richard Brady
RICHARD BRADY has revealed that Tom Bradbrook is likely to be out for a month.The big striker went down clutching his ankle at the end of a fine win at league leaders Maidstone United on Saturday and...
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Whitgift School pupil's death in Isle of Wight was an accident, coroner rules
A VERDICT of "accidental death" has been recorded after a teenager was killed while sailing.Charlie Hutton, formerly of Rockfield Road, was sailing off the coast of the Isle of Wight with his dad,...
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Man is hit round the head with a spanner in Merstham
A MAN was hit round the head with a large spanner in Merstham on Wednesday.The attack took place around 9.35am when the victim was walking along Nutfield Road. The suspect drove a red car at the man...
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Godalming pancake races 2013
SCHOOL children will be among the many contestants expected to take part in this year's Godalming Town Mayor's pancake races.The special event will be held in Crown Court, on Shrove Tuesday, which...
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Body found in search for missing Epsom man
A body has been found in the search for a missing man from Epsom.Michael Sullivan, 60, went missing from the Horton Lane area at around 6pm on Saturday 6th February.A body was found in a remote and...
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Epsom man threatened by group carrying a baseball bat
Surrey Police are appealing for information after a 17-year-old man was threatened by four men carrying a baseball bat in Epsom.The incident took place between 8:30 and 9:30 on Tuesday 5th February.The...
View ArticleCCTV man eliminated from Caterham sexual assault investigation
A MAN spotted on CCTV near the sight of a sexual assault has been eliminated from police enquiries.Surrey Police announced they wished to speak to the man following an attack in an alleyway connecting...
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Former Royal Surrey midwife struck off
A FORMER midwife has been struck off the nursing register after committing a catalogue of mistakes while working at the Royal Surrey County Hospital.Margarita Dobreva Avramova was moments away from...
View ArticleFormer Surrey Police officer charged with fraud
A FORMER Surrey Police officer has been summoned to court on 58 charges of offences relating to fraud.Tanya Brookes, nee Sillett, 45, is due to appear at Basingstoke Magistrates Court on February...
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Frimley Park Hospital to discuss acquisition of Heatherwood and Wexham Park...
FRIMLEY Park Hospital NHS Trust is to hold talks on a possible acquisition of services at the debt-ridden Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals in East Berkshire.A statement released on Friday...
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Dorking students to volunteer in Uganda with former Priory School teacher
AN ECSTATIC team of Dorking A-level students will be reunited with their beloved former teacher when they travel to Uganda as volunteers this Easter.Arthur Femwogerere, who taught ICT at The Priory...
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Merstham must cut out the mistakes, says Hayden Bird
HAYDEN BIRD says Merstham have to cut out the individual mistakes if they are to arrest their recent slump in form.The Moatsiders lost 4-2 at home to Herne Bay on Saturday to make it five defeats from...
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Bishop's Stortford tighten the screw on Dorking
RICHIE ANDREWS says his Dorking side cannot afford another slip up after their defeat at Bishop's Stortford on Saturday.The 24-6 loss tightened things up at the top as Stortford turned up the heat on...
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Redhill osteopath Mark Piraino jailed for 18 months for sexually assaulting...
AN OSTEOPATH who sexually assaulted patients on his treatment couch over a period of more than a decade has begun an 18-month jail term.Mark Piraino, 40, touched five patients inappropriately,...
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Development plan for Leatherhead allotment site 'totally unsuitable'
ALLOTMENT holders angry at council plans to sell their plots to developers have slammed a proposed relocation site as "totally unsuitable" for their needs.As reported in last week's Advertiser,...
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