Surrey Cabinet agrees to build new primary school in Redhill

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At a recent meeting Surrey County Council’s Cabinet agreed to allocate funds to build a new primary (2-form) school in the north Redhill area, with 430 places. They have instructed the County’s Head of Estates Planning and Management to seek to find and enter into negotiations to acquire a site for a new school in the […]

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School children help Cosmo launch litter free schools

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Cosmo the Borough Council’s environmental mascot has made his first appearance of the spring to launch this year’s Litter Free Schools initiative. The furry green toad joined pupils from last year’s gold award winning school, St John’s Primary School in Earlswood, who helped him launch the scheme for 2010. Litter Free Schools, now in its […]

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Home composting - residents encouraged to “give it a grow”

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The Borough Council is using Compost Awareness Week (2-10 May 2010) to encourage more local residents to start recycling their kitchen, household and garden waste by composting at home. “Give it a grow”, the theme of this year’s Compost Awareness Week, aims to encourage us all to try something different, like having a go at […]

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Reigate & Banstead’s recycling team hit the road

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Reigate & Banstead Borough Council’s recycling team is hitting the road over the coming months to bring the “reduce, reuse and recycle” message out to residents to help them waste less, and hopefully save money at the same time. The Council’s recycling roadshow trailer is visiting community events and family fun days around the Borough, […]

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Police issue warning after trickster tradesmen con pensioners

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Redhill’s Neighbourhood Police team are reminding residents not to use tradesman who cold-call at their homes after a number of elderly residents were conned out of more than £9,000. The warning follows a number of incidents in the area where workmen swindled thousands of pounds on the pretence of fixing roofs or clearing gutters – […]

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Surrey to receive some of Budget pothole pot - but not much

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Surrey will receive a £1.5m share of the £100m “national pothole fund” announced by Alasdair Darling in the Budget, it has been revealed. The funding will add to the extra money set aside by Surrey County Council earlier in the year to help deal with the effect of the freezing weather on local roads, but […]

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