Staines, England News

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.

LOVING teenager and her friends donned fancy dress and rode ponies from Stanwell to Staines and back to raise money for charity.

London, December 12 : A female trainee at a top British firm handed in her resignation after forwarding a cheeky email about choosing the "fittest" boy at the workplace.

A Staines mum-of-two has won a share of 2.6 million after her numbers came up in Saturday's National Lottery draw.

A MAN who drove a stolen lorry into the River Thames at Walton was trying to raise funds to pay off a A 5,500 debt, a court heard this week.

RESIDENTS and councillors have given mixed reactions to the possible decision to close Ashford, Sunbury, and Shepperton police stations.

A CAT used up one its nine lives as it was rescued from a huge blaze at a flat in Staines on Tuesday, with the efforts of fire crews at the scene being hailed as a oeabsolutely immensea .

A raging inferno destroyed a man's flat on Tuesday December 8 and caused severe smoke damage to four other homes.

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

FUNDRAISING efforts for Woking Hospice have received "overwhelming support" with a total of A 169,000 reached so far, but Sam Beare Hospice is struggling with less than half that amount gathered in an emergency appeal.

Ronnie Wood was locked in a jail cell after allegedly slapping his lover's face and dragging her in a headlock.

Mike Merryman outside his farm. Staines Moor has been swamped with the worst floods for six years, trapping animals and water logging gardens and allotments.

ROLLING Stone Ronnie Wood, 62, was arrested last night for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend in the street in Surrey, England.

A NIGHT out at a club in Staines ended in a violent brawl between two rival groups, a court has heard.

Staines town centre has suffered its third smash and grab raid in three months - after an antique shop was raided.

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

A MAN has been charged in connection with an incident where a lorry was driven into the River Thames in Walton.

A NOTORIOUS Surrey couple have been handed anti-social behaviour orders banning them from begging and drinking in Surrey, and also from travelling on trains or being on railway property anywhere in England and Wales.

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

Create & Wait, the free educational children's web gallery, created by Staines Preparatory School teacher Claire Eastaugh, has announced the proud winners of its poetry competition, which was centred on the theme - Changes'. The site's sixth successful competition since its launch in 2007, drew entries from throughout the local area from budding ...