JennySeymour published Surrey County Council struggles to control budget as funding gap...

Surrey county councillors will be pressing MPs about a growing funding crisis at County Hall while attending the Conservative Party conference this week, after the authority's projected deficit spiralled by £7.5 million in just two months.The latest financial update revealed the council's budget slipped from an expected underspend of £1.5 million to a worrying overspend of £6 million between June 30 and August 31.Adult social care is a key area where the authority says it...

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Surrey Mirror published Graves header can't stop Chipstead from falling to Greenwich...

CHIPSTEAD lost 2-1 to high-flying Greenwich Borough on Saturday.Despite falling behind to Jake Britnell's 14th minute goal - a shot into the top right corner beyond the diving Sheikh Ceesay - Chips kept pushing forward - Chris O'Flaherty's free-kick was well headed on towards goal by Callum Maclean, but the visiting keeper turned the ball round the post, & Kurtis Cumberbatch also shot just past the same post on the stroke of halftime After the break, the home side continued to create the...

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SamanthaBooth published 'Dangerous' Reigate paedophile fails in bid to get jail term cut

A "profoundly damaged" paedophile from Reigate who exposed himself to young boys online has failed in a bid to get his jail term cut by top judges."Dangerous" Clayton Phillips, 33, of Coniston Way, befriended his victims who were as young as five and contacted them online through the PlayStation gaming network, using the pseudonyms 'Tom' and then 'Cool Dad'.Phillips performed sex acts in front of youngsters, encouraging them to expose themselves, London's Appeal Court...

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SamanthaBooth published Can you help reunite this old photograph of 'mum' found in...

A kind Bletchingley resident is hoping to reunite an old photograph found outside Sainsbury's in Redhill with its owner.Monika Meadder, 60, found it outside the store's entrance, in London Road, at about 11am this morning.The picture shows a woman in floral dress standing in a garden. On the back in blue ink is written "Mum, 1974."Ms Meadder said: "If this person had a picture of there mum from 1974, then it must really mean a lot to them."If it was somebody younger then they...

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SamanthaBooth published Elderly couple 'extremely distressed' to find burglars in their...

An elderly couple were left "extremely distressed" after coming home to find four burglars had smashed their way into their Cobham family home. The brazen burglars smashed through a rear bedroom window of the home in French Gardens between 11.40am and 12.40pm on Monday, September 26. As the couple arrived home, the woman walked through the front door to be confronted by the suspects. The burglars fled empty-handed and made a getaway in a waiting dark blue hatchback vehicle at...

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Stroll Through Shere

I returned to the photo-ready village of Shere for a picture blog.

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DeborahMorris published ​See inside the refurbished Crown pub in Capel, now open

New publicans are at the helm of the new-look Crown pub in Capel, which has now re-opened.A £328,000 refurbishment by national pub chain Punch has completely transformed the pub in The Street with a full redecoration inside and out, new furniture, fixtures and fittings and refurbished toilets.Couple Tanya Shipton and Noel Costelloe moved down from Cheam and Sutton to take over the pub where they now live.With more than 10 years' experience working in the industry, Tanya has always dreamt...

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