Local MP backs Borough’s Environment Campaign

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Epsom and Ewell MP and Employment Minister, Chris Grayling, visited the Town Hall last week to give his backing to the Council’s Environment Campaign. The campaign is being run in partnership with Horley Town Council and encourages people to make a green pledge to reduce their environmental impact. So far, over 700 people have pledged […]

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Appeal for information following suspicious incident of a man approaching children in Reigate

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Surrey Police is urging parents to remind their children of the dangers strangers can pose following a suspicious incident in Reigate. The incident took place around 4pm on Thursday, 14 July, when a seven-year-old girl and her brother, aged five, were approached by a man in Morrisons, Bell Street. The children were shopping with their […]

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Surrey Police gets the go-ahead for new custody centre in Salfords (from Redhill and Reigate Life)

PCSO and NSO [Surrey Police]

Full article here. The Planning Inspector’s decision can be found at this link: Decision Notice

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Swap your old crusts for free bird food during bread amnesty

Visitors to Priory Park can swap their leftover loaves for a free bag of bird food next week to feed the ducks that live on the lake. The Council is holding its annual bread amnesty from Monday 25 July to Friday 29 July to celebrate Love Parks Week. Visitors to Priory Park can swap their […]

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Transport bid success for Bike It scheme

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A Surrey-wide bid for Government transport funding has been successful, with a specific grant of £210,000 to Reigate & Banstead Bike-It, a nationally recognised success story which gets school children into cycling. See our previous features on the success of Bike-It: http://www.redhillcouncillors.co.uk/2010/07/boroughs-cycling-schoolchildren-go-from-strength-to-strength/ http://www.redhillcouncillors.co.uk/2011/05/reigate-and-banstead-bike-it-schools-newsletter-spring-2011/ Other awards were made across the county - further details can be […]

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Merstham estate regeneration moves a step closer

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The regeneration of Merstham estate could move a step closer next week. Proposals for improvements to the estate, particularly the Portland Drive area, are to be discussed by Reigate & Banstead Borough Council’s Executive at their meeting on Thursday 21 July. The proposals detail where new building might take place and what sort of developments […]

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Advice centre run by and for disabled people opens in Redhill

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An advice centre run for and by disabled people has opened in Redhill - the second to open in Surrey as part of a pioneering Surrey County Council initiative. The hub in Redhill High Street is staffed entirely by volunteers except for a manager. It follows the opening of a similar centre in Epsom – the first […]

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Redhill Food Lovers’ Market is back - and now on a Saturday

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A new market that was trialled for three months is set to stay until the end of the year after being hailed a real success by traders and shoppers. Redhill Food Lovers’ Market was brought into the town centre on a Friday once a month between April and June to create a vibrant event for […]

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Litter free school children rewarded for their tidy work

School children at the Town Hall to receive their awards

Hundreds of school children from across the borough were rewarded for their success in this year’s Litter Free Schools initiative. Now in its seventeenth year, Litter Free Schools aims to teach pupils the importance of maintaining a clean and tidy environment, whilst keeping their schools litter free zones. The initiative is being sponsored by Kimberly-Clark […]

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