Surrey Mirror
Council drafts plan to lease unused assets
SURREY residents could soon have the chance to take over unused council buildings and land under a new policy designed to put more assets into community hands. Surrey County Council is drawing up a Community Asset Transfer (CAT) policy, which would...
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Opposition to plan for 130 homes
AN outline planning application has been submitted for 130 homes to be built on green belt farmland which residents describe as “precious”. Last month, developers Lightwood submitted an outline planning application to Reigate & Banstead Borough...
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Saved...by my dream
A MAN who dreamt he died of a heart attack was diagnosed with a dangerous heart condition and needed life-saving surgery. Jeremy Schwartz, 63, had a vividly detailed dream that he suddenly died of a heart attack while climbing Ama Dablam – a...
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Council tax to rise despite borough’s vote to freeze bills
COUNCIL tax for Band D homeowners in Reigate and Banstead will rise by more than £100 – despite the borough voting to freeze its share. This has happened due to the way council tax is split in Surrey and the fact the county council, police and...
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250 homes plan for farmland
UP to 250 new homes could be built on the edge of Godstone, under plans that would see farmland turned into a brand-new neighbourhood. The proposal, submitted by Storey Property Developments, targets 12.8 hectares of agricultural grassland on the...
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Land close to airport to go under the hammer
A PIECE of land close to Gatwick Airport is going to go up for auction. The land, which is currently occupied under licence for the grazing of horses, is on the outskirts of Horley and next to the M23. The 40 acre-block of land is classified as Grade...
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Care hub hits the high street
A NEW NHS community diagnostic centre (CDC) has opened inside a Surrey shopping centre and is set to make it easier for thousands to access CT scans, X-rays, ECGS, ultrasounds, and respiratory tests. Surrey and Sussex Healthcare (SSH) NHS Trust and...
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LONG-SERVING GRITTER DRIVER IS THE SALT OF THE EARTH
AS Surrey is in the midst of another cold snap, with snow falling across the county, there is one man who is at the forefront of ensuring the county’s roads are still safe for drivers. and this is far from his first rodeo; as he first began gritting...
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2026 – the defining year for councils
REIGATE and Banstead Borough Council leader Cllr Richard Biggs said: “As we reflect on a challenging year for local government in Surrey and the tight deadlines imposed on us by central government to define the future under new unitary authorities, my...
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Contactless ‘pricing out passengers’
TRAIN ticketing changes caused by the expansion of contactless payments mean the price of travelling on some services has soared. Rebecca Paul, Conservative MP for Reigate, told the Press Association that the new rules risk “pricing passengers out of...
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County leader insists Surrey will have a mayor
SURREY will get a mayor despite months of uncertainty and a lack of solid confirmation from the government, the county council leader has insisted. Tim Oliver said he is “confident” a mayor of Surrey would go ahead, even though the central government...
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CONVICTED OF MURDER
A MAN has been found guilty of murdering his wife years after being acquitted on the grounds of selfdefence. After an eight-week retrial at London’s Inner Crown Court, Robert Rhodes, from Withleigh, Devon, was convicted of the murder of Dawn Rhodes in...
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‘Stop the scanning’: Police face fight over surveillance cameras
FORMAL protests have been lodged against Surrey Police’s use of facial recognition technology, which scans the faces of every adult and child in a bid to identify known suspects. Surrey Police was provided with two live facial recognition vans from...
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