A satirical stage show is hoping to turn the frowns caused by the Southern Rail fiasco upside down.

‘Southern Fail: The Musical’ is about two commuters who become friends and stand up to the firm.  It features songs such as ‘Imagine There’s No Southern’ and ‘Haywards Heath’ to the tune of the 1970s hit Echo Beach.

The show premieres at the Brighton Fringe Festival today and tomorrow with other dates in Shoreham and Brighton to follow.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-39477127

Surrey pays the most income tax of any County in the UK.

Figures for 2014 to 2015 show it gave £6.84 billion to the treasurer, more than the whole of the North East, Wales and Northern Ireland.

London tops the league some way out in front with £39.2 billion.

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-and-tax-by-county-and-region-2010-to-2011

Child Sex offences involving the internet have increased by 70% in Surrey, higher than the 44% average for England and Wales.

A Freedom of Information Request by the NSPCC from Surrey Police, shows 53 crimes were committed between 2016 and 2017, up from 31 the year before.

Paul Wanless, the charity’s boss is calling on the government to force internet companies and social media sites to adhere to rules that keep young users safe.

https://www.nspcc.org.uk/what-we-do/news-opinion/rise-in-child-sex-offences-involving-the-internet/

A Redhill man’s been cleared of killing his wife in a retrial, saying it was in self-defence after she ‘flipped like the Marvel Comics character the Hulk.’

43-year-old, Robert Rhodes left a 13cm wound in Dawn Rhode’s neck after disarming her when she came at him at speed with a kitchen knife in their home in Wimbourne Avenue in June.

The pair had decided to divorce after Mrs Rhodes was having an affair and the row had been about Mr Rhodes’s new relationship.

After the jury delivered its verdict, the Judge said it had been, “a great tragedy for all,” and “there are no winners, only losers.”

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-40096106