A tile showroom is currently based at the proposed site for a new Woking fire station advertisement Site for new Woking fire station is revealed By Jenny Stanton March 20, 2013 THE proposed location of a new state-of-the-art fire station for Woking has been revealed. Surrey County Council has confirmed the new facility is planned…
NHS Surrey has fallen short of its financial end-of-year target by more than £10 million despite raiding its reserves and contingency funding in efforts to balance its books. The primary care trust (PCT), which is set to be dissolved next month, predicted an end-of-year overspend of £34.1m in its last financial report. In an attempt…
A DAY-long treasure hunt through Guildford and Woking led to a marriage proposal. Dean Bonner, 30, a carpenter from Woking decided to ask Karis Lee, 28, to marry him and within a week had planned and pulled off the dramatic proposal in Wetherspoons. A series of clues took Karis to shops, cafes and restaurants, accompanied…
advertisement Teenage girl ‘touched on neck’ by man in cemetery By Kitty Dann March 19, 2013 A 14-YEAR-OLD girl was approached and touched on the neck by an unknown man in West Molesey on Monday afternoon. It happened as the young teenager was jogging through West Molesey Cemetery in Hurst Road at around 4.30pm. Describing…
advertisement Man found lying in road dies in hospital By Kitty Dann March 19, 2013 A MAN has died in hospital after being found lying in a road in Thames Ditton on Tuesday morning. Police were called to Speer Road at around 7.14am and found the man, said to have been in his late 30s,…
Pope Francis 1st advertisement Bishop of Guildford attends Pope Francis inauguration By Andre Langlois March 19, 2013 THE Bishop of Guildford was in Rome on Tuesday for the inauguration of Pope Francis 1st. As part of a Church of England delegation, the Right Reverend Christopher Hill attended the ceremony at St Peter’s Square. He said:…
Baby Carina and her older sister Emily advertisement Charities come to aid of heart transplant baby By Georgie Keate March 19, 2013 A ONE-year-old Esher girl in desperate need of a new heart is surviving in hospital thanks to the help of numerous charities that have come to her aid. While the Marcangelo family, of…
A HIGH-RANKING civil servant told a jury it was the most “shocking experience” of his life when he was arrested on suspicion of carrying out a sex attack. Mark Scully, 37, of Gole Road, Pirbright, was giving evidence during his trial at Guildford Crown Court on Monday (March 18) after being accused of sexually assaulting…
A TADWORTH man found with an ancient museum artefact worth £1m has been jailed for handling stolen goods. Ronald Nash, of Pitwood Green, was arrested after the 14th century Wenlok Jug was discovered wrapped in a towel in a holdall at his rented garage in Epsom. The 23-year-old pleaded guilty to handling stolen goods and…
advertisement Staff member pinned to floor in bookies robbery By Amy De-Keyzer March 19, 2013 A FEMALE worker had her face pushed to the floor as robbers stole a “large quantity” of cash from a bookmakers in Epsom. The staff member was pinned down by one of two men who demanded money at the Betfred…
advertisement Pet snake and gecko lizard stolen in burglary By Becky Middleton March 19, 2013 A SNAKE and a lizard were stolen in a burglary at a property in Sunbury, leaving the owners “very concerned for their welfare”. The two-and-a-half-year-old female King snake and 14-year-old gecko were snatched from a home in Stratton Road on…
advertisement Fire crews spend hours tackling college fire By Russell Butt March 19, 2013 FOURTEEN firefighters in breathing apparatus battled for three hours to clear smoke from a Royal Holloway, University of London (RHUL) building following a fire on Monday morning. An electrical fault was believed to have sparked the blaze in the basement of…
A guide to what’s on around the area today. CONCERTS PETERSFIELD: St Peter’s Church, The Square. 7.30pm. Choral Concert by Churcher’s College. Admission £8, concs. (01730) 260213. DANCING LISS: Village Hall. 8pm-10.15pm. Liss Sequence Dance Club. Visitors and new members welcome. Admission £3. (01730) 892570. TITCHFIELD: Titchfield Community Centre, Mill Street. 1.30pm-4pm.…
SIR – One area where significant savings can be made is in public sector staff costs. The savings could be reallocated towards financing major structural projects, such as rail links, power stations, flood defences, roads and broadband connections and/or cutting taxes including corporation, capital gains, and income. Cutting these will help stimulate economic growth. Ray…
A BABY who was named after her murdered grandmother died of natural causes at the age of just 16 months, a coroner has concluded. An inquest held at Woking Coroner’s Court last Thursday (March 14) heard that Rosalyn Alderton was found unresponsive in her cot at her home in Farncombe on May 14 last year.…
advertisement Lorry driver dies after being found in cardiac arrest By Pete Bryant March 18, 2013 A LORRY driver died after suffering a heart attack in his vehicle on the A3 at Guildford. The man in his 50s was seen unconscious in his seat in a lay-by off the southbound carriageway, just before the Stoke…
Stuart Boyle next to broken fencing caused by a car crash advertisement New traffic island proposed after latest accidents By Becky Middleton March 18, 2013 DESIGNS for safety measures on a problem road in Shepperton have been commissioned after Surrey County Council admitted there was a pattern of casualties. Two incidents in as many weeks…
“I DON’T class myself as a hero, I just did what I needed to do and what I was trained to do.” These were the humble words of a man who received a Queen’s Jubilee Medal after saving four youngsters from drowning in Staines. John Wright, 61, of Penton Hook Lock, received his award having…
THE last turntable ladder fire engine to be used by Surrey’s fire brigade has been lovingly brought back to life by a Chobham resident. The 1961 Dennis F27 appliance operated from 1961 until 1978, beginning life in Epsom and Reigate before being stationed permanently at Chertsey. Fitted with a 100ft hydraulic ladder, the impressive machine…
THE cobbled paving outside Woking railway station that was installed as part of the canopy project is still not up to standard, according to Surrey County Council. Described as a ‘white elephant’ by residents when it was opened in October 2007, the £4m canopy project has still not met the criteria to be re-adopted into…
A £1,000 chihuahua remains missing almost a month after her owner claims she was stolen from her Dorking home. The Dixon family’s nine-month-old pet Kizzi was let out for a moment on Sunday, February 17 at Ranmore Common’s Sheepwalk Lane, but has not been seen since, despite a campaign to find her featuring leaflets, posters,…
EXTENSIONS to permit parking across Guildford are being advanced, despite a backlash from neighbours. Members of Surrey County Council’s local committee for the borough faced a frosty public reception when deciding to formally advertise an intention to extend the controlled parking zone (CPZ) into Onslow Village. If approved, parking restrictions will be placed on sections…
DOUBT has been cast on plans for a Waitrose near the centre of Guildford after legal challenges by the property company Hermes and by Guildford Vision Group (GVG). Permission for the chain to develop the council site of the old Bellerby Theatre off York Road was granted in November. The council said it will defend…
THE Ash Community Street Team is on the lookout for new volunteers. The team patrols the streets of Ash and acts as a service to the community, bridging the gap between the generations and offering people the chance to report issues in the area or simply talk to someone who will listen. Since starting up…
A guide to what’s on in Portsmouth, Fareham, Gosport, Havant, Waterlooville and the rest of south east Hampshire. MONDAY, MARCH 18 DANCING COSHAM: Cosham Community Centre, Wootton Street. 7.30pm-10pm. M&M’s Modern Sequence Dance Club. All welcome to this modern sequence club. Admission £2.50. (023) 9271 0060. GOSPORT: Thorngate Halls, Bury Road. 1.30pm-4pm.…
Context is all, so can ever there have been a better try to win an international rugby match in all their 120 years? It put a ravishing tin lid on a quite unprecedented rugby weekend in the sun to bring down the final curtain on the ancient Five Nations Championship in utterly sensational fashion. A…