All Mole Valley seats held in Surrey County Council election count
THE seats in all six Mole Valley divisions were held in the Surrey County Council election count today. High turn-outs of 41% were recorded in both Dorking Hills and Dorking Rural. It means there are...
View ArticlePolice called in after "killer" goldfish are dumped in nature reserve ponds
POLICE help has been sought after "killer" goldfish were dumped in a nature reserve's ponds. The ditched pets have been spotted lurking beneath the water at Lingfield Nature Reserves – prompting...
View ArticleReigate and Banstead - final Surrey County Council election results
THE Tories have eight seats, one residents' association candidate retained his spot, and a Green Party hopeful made a breakthrough once all winners were announced in Reigate and Banstead, for Surrey...
View ArticleFINAL SURREY ELECTION RESULTS: Good day for Tories, Ukip and Greens
UKIP claimed the final division announced in Surrey to bring their total number of councillors to three. All results are now in, and the political map of Surrey is bluer than before. The Conservatives...
View ArticleNescot Animal Behaviour Symposium hailed as a success by organisers
A free Animal Behaviour Symposium was held at Nescot last night, with experts addressing a packed room on a range of topics.Seminar organiser Adam Beral, head of the Animal Studies department at the...
View ArticleTanners release statement on manager Richard Brady's future
LEATHERHEAD's board of directors has today released a statement regarding the future of manager Richard Brady. "The board of directors have unanimously agreed to reconfirm Richard Brady as first team...
View ArticleDial a ride treats guests
East Surrey Dial a ride were given a grant as part of the surviving winter fund. They were able to transport elderly people from their homes to the Douglas Brunton Centre during the recent prolonged...
View ArticleDial a ride treats guests
East Surrey Dial a ride were given a grant as part of the surviving winter fund. They were able to transport elderly people from their homes to the Douglas Brunton Centre during the recent prolonged...
View ArticleMan sentenced to 18 months imprisonment for sexual abuse in Reigate
A FORMER teacher in his 60s has been sentenced to 18 months imprisonment for sexually abusing two boys in the 1970s in Reigate. Colin York, 62, from Farnham in Hampshire was sentenced at Guildford...
View ArticleDorking Museum opens exhibition about German World War Two plane
The Dorking Museum and Heritage Centre opens a new temporary exhibition, The Blackbrook Bomber, on Friday May 3. The display will feature material excavated last year by the National Trust at the site...
View ArticleLeatherhead community choir, All Aloud, is looking for new members
LEATHERHEAD's community choir, known as All Aloud, is seeking new members.The group wants to hear from anyone who would like to join them for a weekly sing-along.The plea comes after the group...
View ArticleSurrey features in Guardian debate about elections
Surrey County Council Senior Performance and Research Manager Ben Unsworth has taken part in a debate organised by The Gaurdian about local elections. Voting started on Friday morning, May 3 2013, in...
View ArticleViolence at lowest levels in Mole Valley in almost a decade
VIOLENCE in Mole Valley is at its lowest level in nearly a decade according to national figures.The UK Peace Index, drawn up by the Institute for Economics and Peace, attributes local authorities a...
View ArticleMultiple celebrations for long-lived Dorking family
A SET of siblings with a combined age of 465 years has met to celebrate yet another set of birthdays in Dorking.Four of the five surviving members of the six Relleen siblings marked the 93rd birthday...
View ArticleHike in Ashtead resident's memory raises £3,000 for charity
A HIKING challenge in memory of an amateur rock climber who was killed in a climbing accident has raised more than £3,000.Staff at the Department for Transport took on Leith Hill, Holmbury Hill and...
View ArticleInvestigation continues into illegal waste dump in Salfords
AN INVESTIGATION is ongoing after a massive illegal waste dump was cleared from open land near Salfords train station.More than 500 tonnes of towering rotting rubbish has been cleared from the...
View ArticleOxted rector's rooftop concert for historic church's appeal
A ROCKING reverend is planning a Madness-style rooftop concert to save his crumbling historic church – before it is too late.Reverend Andrew Rumsey, 45, plans to do a gig from the top of the tower at...
View ArticleLingfield woman denies fraudulently claiming benefits
A LINGFIELD woman has blamed her "scatter-brain" for not notifying the Department for Work and Pensions that she was working.Tracy Chubb, of Racecourse Road, appeared at Horsham Magistrates' Court on...
View ArticleOxted Community News
OXTED & DISTRICT HISTORY SOCIETYSummer Outing to Strawberry Hill House on 3 July 2013Places are still available for this outing by coach from Oxted. STRAWBERRY HILL HOUSE, known as 'Horace...
View ArticleRedhill guarantee second place with win at East Preston
REDHILL are celebrating this evening (Saturday) after a 2-0 win at East Preston saw them guarantee second place in the Sussex County League Division One and a likely promotion to the Ryman League...
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