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  • Police rescue baby from hot car after mum is locked out

    Police rescued a baby from a hot car by smashing the front window after a distressed mum was locked out of her vehicle. Officers were called to Douglas Road in Surbiton at 12.34pm after the Range Rover’s door swung shut and the car’s sophisticated

  • Letter to the Editor: US trade agreement should exclude NHS

    As a retired nurse and member of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), can I urge fellow residents attending election hustings to ask each candidate about their party’s position the transatlantic trade and investment partnership (TTIP) currently being

  • Letter to the Editor: Soft on the causes of crime

    Do gooders like Mr Blackman devote all their energies to looking after criminals.  GENERAL ELECTION 2015: Independent candidate standing for election "to save the world from Chris Grayling's human rights regression" Why doesn't he also

  • Letter to the Editor: Tesco plans

    With regard to the developments proposed by Tesco, one also needs to take into consideration the plans by CNM Estates to redevelop the Tolworth Tower site, creating an increase in homes, as well as parking and retail sites. Revealed: Tesco's

  • Residents start petition to block one-way street plans

    Turning a residential road into a one-way street would double its traffic and have dire safety consequences residents have warned. People in Temple Road, Epsom, including Joesph Tufo, are petitioning against the road being converted into a one-way

  • River rescue inspires boy, eight, to become rower

    A rowing coach came to the rescue to save an eight-year-old’s beloved bike after he had a seizure and cycled into a river. Bonyad Mokri was cycling along the River Thames in the afternoon of Sunday, April 12, when he had a minor seizure and lost

  • PICTURES - Church holds special resurrection art exhibition

    Congregation members have created sculptures, poems and other artworks based on the theme of the resurrection of Jesus. People are invited to see the special art exhibition at Christ Church, Epsom Common, which runs until Pentecost, Sunday May

  • Would you support a cycle and footbridge over the Thames?

    Plans are reignited to develop a cycle and footbridge over the River Thames from Walton to Sunbury. Championed by the Lower Sunbury Residents' Association (Losra), there are hopes to create a new way to cross the river on foot, without having to

  • Relief for motorists as Hook Road re-opens after gas works

    Hook Road has re-opened northbound after Southern Gas Networks finished gas main replacements a week early. The northbound side had been closed from the Ace of Spades to Ditton Road. Further work at the Verona Drive junction is expected to