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Two-day festival of music wins top award
WARLINGHAM'S answer to Glastonbury has won a prestigious award.Leefest, a two-day music festival which annually attracts about 2,000 people, has been acclaimed as Best Independent Festival in the...
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Two die in Copthorne house fire
AN ELDERLY woman and a man died in a huge blaze early on Saturday morning that ravaged the Copthorne cottage where they lived.Firefighters were called to The Lodge at Great Finches Farm, an isolated...
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Flats plan rejected for former Caterham pub site
PLANS to build homes on the site of a former notorious pub have been thrown out by Tandridge District Council.An outcry from nearby Caterham residents over yet more flats for the town has culminated in...
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Work to begin on new Salfords custody suite
WORK on the controversial new police custody suite in Salfords is under way.The 24-cell building on the IO Industrial Estate will take over from the current cells at Reigate Police Station, which were...
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East Surrey reacts to Margaret Thatcher's death
BARONESS Margaret Thatcher was one of the most influential and defining post war Prime Ministers our country has ever seen, according to leading Surrey Conservatives.The former Conservative Prime...
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Pedestrian walking along hard shoulder of M25 at Leatherhead
A PEDESTRIAN has been spotted walking along the hard shoulder of the clockwise M25 at Junction 9, Leatherhead. Police are on route to the scene. There were three-hour delays at junction 6 of the...
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Replacement Banstead Leisure Centre is given final go-ahead
A NEW leisure centre will be built in Preston to serve the north of the Reigate and Banstead borough. The scheme to demolish the existing Banstead Leisure Centre in Merland Rise and replace it with a...
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Margaret Thatcher: Mole Valley's MP Sir Paul Beresford pays tribute during...
MOLE Valley's Member of Parliament paid a glowing tribute to Baroness Thatcher at the House of Commons yesterday. All members were called back to Parliament for a special meeting to remember the Iron...
View ArticleRedhill-based Autism AllStars stands to win £2,000
A REDHILL-based charity Autism AllStars has been listed as one of the country's 100 best causes - but needs public support. The Top 100 Good Causes list, published each month by Bacs - which oversees...
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Men charged with conspiracy to rob Reigate jewellers appear in court
TWO men accused of an abortive attempt to rob a Reigate jewellers, while wearing disguise, have appeared in court. Michael William King, 79, and Michael Terrence King, 47, are charged with conspiracy...
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TITANIC: Remembering those who sailed on the fateful voyage
ONE hundred and one years ago today, two Mole Valley residents were crossing the Atlantic on their way to America on board the RMS Titanic, which had been dubbed 'practically unsinkable'. But Dorking...
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Family fun at Polesden Lacey over the Easter weekend
FAMILY fun has been in high supply over the Easter break at Polesden Lacey.A Cadbury Easter egg trail had children hunting high and low for sparkling coloured eggs at the Bookham estate across the...
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Pop-up soft furnishing shop coming to Dorking for one day
A POP-UP shop showcasing the work of a textile designer will arrive in Dorking later this month.Rebecca Macefield will bring her Little Becks Home Decor business to Butterhill Studios, in South Street,...
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Decision over Tanners Meadow development in Strood Green deferred by councillors
A DECISION on a plan for 30 new homes was deferred by councillors last week because of concerns over flooding.Building firm Charles Church wants to build the homes and 75 parking spaces at Tanners...
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Second bid to build homes at Kiln Lane, Brockham, rejected by councillors
A CONTROVERSIAL plan to build 44 homes on green belt land was refused by councillors last week.A heated debate over the proposed development in Brockham took place on Wednesday last week at a meeting...
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Village volunteers clean up roadsigns
A TEAM of volunteers took to the streets of Dormansland to clean up the village's road signs.On Saturday, Dormans Evening WI organised the Dormansland Spring Clean.The WI members and their husbands got...
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ELECTIONS: Poll reveals fewer than one in seven East Surrey residents know...
FEWER than one in seven of us knows who our county councillor is.Surrey County Council has an annual budget of £1.5 billion and counts all our schools, roads, and social care among its many...
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Reigate farmer says worst year in living memory has caused crisis in the...
A PERFECT storm of weather has plunged our farmers into crisis.An extremely wet 2012 twinned with the very cold start to this year has heaped strain on the countryside. Arable farmers still haven't...
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New CCTV cameras set to boost crime prevention in Bletchingley
NEW CCTV cameras have brought about strong hopes of crime reduction and prevention in Bletchingley.Four new cameras are to be placed around the village to tackle antisocial behaviour and vandalism.Kim...
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Green belt petition signed by 1,200 people in Redhill and Reigate sparks...
A PETITION calling for Reigate and Banstead's green belt to be protected, signed by more then 1,200 people, will be put under the nose of the planning inspector who will consider the area's future...
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