Two local children will soon be a familiar sight to residents across the borough, as they make an appearance on the Council’s recycling and refuse collection vehicles. Sisters Hannah and Olivia Smith, who are aged eight and four and live in Redhill, are featured on the side of the vehicles, reminding residents that their recycling […]
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Apprentice star, Chris Bates, is helping Reigate & Banstead Borough Council promote their new work scheme which will create 20 new job opportunities for young people and replace a central Government initiative. The Future Jobs Fund (FJF) was an initiative to provide employment for thousands of young people across the country, which has now come […]
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Reigate and Redhill YMCA has been awarded £198,155 from the Government’s Transition Fund. The aim of the Government’s Transition Fund is to help civil society organisations which deliver public services become stronger, more agile and adjust to the new spending environment. A vibrant local charity, the YMCA has received the backing to ensure it can […]
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Surrey County Council’s Conservative leadership pledged on Friday (25th March) to continue listening to the views of businesses and residents alike in the debate on on-street parking, and announced that villages and small shopping parades would have a “default position” of a free half hour of parking, in order to encourage custom whilst maintaining turnover […]
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Surrey County Council is to extend the opening hours of the recycling site at Earlswood, in a pilot scheme to see whether it is something residents will make use of. The opening hours will be extended in the evenings until 7.30pm, starting on Friday 1st April, recognising that many people will find visiting the site […]
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A total of 15,000 streetlights have been installed as part of Britain’s biggest ever roll out of smart lamp technology. Surrey County Council’s award-winning project* to replace all the county’s 88,000 old orange streetlights with white smart lamps began a year ago and has led to new lights being installed in Redhill, Reigate, Banstead, Guildford […]
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Surrey County Council’s Cabinet agreed on Monday 14 March to continue its work with SITA Surrey to achieve the aim of eliminating the need for any waste to be dumped in landfill sites. The plans include proposals for an Eco Park at Charlton Lane, Shepperton, but this is wholly dependent on approval of the proposal […]
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The new Neighbourhood Inspector for Reigate and Banstead says he is delighted to take on the role and is determined to ensure residents continue to receive a first class service from Surrey Police. Inspector Richard Haycock, who has this month taken over from Inspector Charlotte Rimmer, has been busy getting to know his new team […]
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There are currently just over 102,000 people registered to vote in Reigate and Banstead. But John Jory, Electoral Registration Officer is warning some residents that they need to act now if they are to have their say at the local Council election and UK referendum on the voting system to the UK Parliament taking place […]
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Local residents will be able to visit one of 30 exemplar energy efficient homes across Surrey over the weekend of 26/27 March, as part of the Surrey Green Homes initiative. The project is part of Action Surrey, which is run by the 11 district councils in Surrey along with the County Council. To find out where […]
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