Spelthorne, England News

A 500 reward has been offered to find the vandals who committed 30,000 of damage to a Spelthorne Council owned sports facility in November.

SUNBURY residents are being urged to fight plans to replace the current headquarters of London Irish Rugby Club with more than 190 homes and build a new training facility on a nearby golf course.

THE NUMBER of gravel lorries on Runnymede roads could drop after Surrey County Council won a reduction in mineral extraction targets.

HOW fitting the snow had fallen on Shepperton in the hours leading up to last Wednesday's Big Tree Night, which remains the premier festive event in Spelthorne.

Searching for an affordable home in Elmbridge should now be easier, thanks to the launch of a new scheme on Thursday, December 3. The new Search Moves scheme was officially launched by the mayors of Spelthorne, Runnymede and Elmbridge for those in need of housing.

THREE town centres in Spelthorne are to be spruced up thanks to a cash injection from Surrey County Council.

A PARLIAMENTARY investigation into Spelthorne MP David Wilshire's expenses is on hold while police officers look at whether a criminal probe is necessary.

DRIVERS and shoppers looked on in surprise as 160 Santas sprinted through Staines town centre on Sunday .

SPELTHORNE triumphed over 60 boroughs in a radio quiz, thanks to a general knowledge maestro from Lower Sunbury.

The campaign against Gatwick expansion will today suffer a heavy blow when an influential Commons committee calls on the Government to reconsider building a second runway.

A LIFELINE has been thrown to Brooklands' students - and the seemingly doomed Ashford Campus - after the new principal vowed to come up with a rescue plan.

Staines Albion, the youth football club whose changing rooms were wrecked by vandals earlier this week, had been prevented from installing shutters by the council, it has emerged.

A SCHOOL in Staines has been given a 245,000 grant to build a European Championship quality football pitch in its grounds.

VANDALS trashed a changing room and flat at a community football ground in Stanwell at the weekend, causing thousands of pounds of damage.

PROTESTING pupils and teachers will converge at an emergency council meeting on Monday at which the prospect of bulldozing Ashford campus could move one step closer.

FIFTY fruit trees have been placed in two locations in Spelthorne to try and get residents interested in nature.

TRADERS in a 'forgotten' part of Staines High Street are to miss out on Christmas decorations for the third year running.

URGENT action is being called for to protect areas of north Surrey at risk of flooding from the River Thames.

TRAIN passengers travelling in Surrey will see ticket prices going up by smaller amounts than in previous years, and in some cases fares will be frozen or reduced as of January.

A TEENAGER has admitted stealing a Poppy Appeal collection tin from the council offices in Staines.