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Surrey Children’s Home receives ‘Good’ rating from OFSTED

A Surrey children’s home for those who are having an emotional and mental health crisis, has received a ‘Good’ rating following an Ofsted inspection.

The November inspection saw ‘Extended Hope’, a respite home, give Children a ‘positive experience’ and ‘helped prepare children for their futures’.

Sinead Mooney, Cabinet member for Children and Families at Surrey county Council says she is ‘delighted’ with the report.

The full report is available on Ofsted’s website.

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£17.4M boost for West Sussex bus service improvements

A £17.4 million boost for bus service improvements in West Sussex has been approved.

The successful bid is aimed at increasing bus passenger numbers which will help the local economy and reduce congestion.

The government cash injection will fund discounted travel for 16-21 year-old, improved bus stops and improvements to bus lanes in Crawley.

Joy Dennis, cabinet member for Highways and Transport, says it’s ‘excellent’ news for the whole county.

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Teenager fatally injured in Crawley

An 18 year old man has died after he was found with serious stab injuries in Crawley on Monday afternoon.

Three people have been arrested after the attack which happened in Malthouse Road near Crawley railway station.

Police have arrested a 17 year old boy from Worthing and an 18 year old man from Horsham on suspicion of murder. A third teenager from Crawley has also been arrested for assisting an offender.

Despite attempts by paramedics and members of the public to save the young man, he sadly died at the scene. Police say they are treating it as an isolated incident with no threat to the wider community. They have asked the public not to speculate around the circumstances.

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Improving Queens Park, Caterham

Caterham residents have submitted their feedback on three proposed designs to improve Queens Park.

Tandridge District Council is now refining the designs for the future look of the park, based on residents’ views. This will include more detailed proposals for flood alleviation.

The Council is looking at opportunities to help fund the improvements to the park after its bid to the government’s Levelling Up Fund was unsuccessful.

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Air Ambulance Charity partnership marks its 10th Anniversary

Photo credit: Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex (KSS)


A partnership between the Redhill-based Air Ambulance Charity, and SERV Kent bloodrunners, has marked its tenth anniversary.

The Kent, Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance took its first delivery of blood from SERV in February 2013.

SERV is a charity that provides emergency courier services to transport blood products. All of SERV’s couriers are volunteers.

Almost 150 patients attended to by the Kent, Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance, have received blood or plasma in the last year alone. Many would not have survived without receiving this time-critical treatment at the scene, or in transit to hospital.

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