This week Crispin Blunt has raised local aviation and rail issues with Transport Ministers as concerns mount about the highly concentrated Gatwick westerly departure Route 4 and the ongoing rail service delivery problems. On Monday Crispin met Lord Ahmad, the Minister responsible for Aviation, to seek a solution for Route 4 which would put departures […]
Come and see World War artefacts from Surrey Infantry Museum, dig out your own family heirlooms to find out more from museum experts or get help to start researching your family history at the Harlequin Theatre on Saturday 15 October from 2-4pm. ‘Discover World War I with Reigate & Banstead’ is a fascinating, free, interactive […]
Fifty seven hard working volunteers from across the borough have been recognised for their dedication to the community by the Mayor of Reigate & Banstead at a special awards ceremony. Thirty volunteers and volunteer teams received Mayor’s Volunteer Awards at the event at the Town Hall on Friday 23 September 2016. These included 17 awards for […]
Spring is an ideal and easy time to begin composting so Surrey residents are being encouraged to go green and start, to help reduce the amount of food and garden waste going to landfill. To help residents get started, there are discounted bins available through the Surrey Waste Partnership, and step-by-step guides available online at […]
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Surrey County Council has driven a hard bargain to save taxpayers £200,000 a year on a deal to paint road markings. At a meeting of the Cabinet on Tuesday, 30 March, members agreed to award Wilson and Scott the £1.5 million-a-year contract that will begin on 28 April. The firm will be responsible for painting […]
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Cosmo, the 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 winners, Micklefield School in Somers Road, at the launch event. The initiative, now in its seventeenth year, is aimed at encouraging pupils to […]
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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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