A Joint operation between councils and the military is hoping to prevent extreme flooding in Surrey.

Surrey and Tandrige are among the councils working with the military and the environment Agency to prevent the flooding of Kenley waterworks. The site, run by Redhill-based Sutton and East Surrey water, supplies 47,000 homes and would have to close if it were to flood.

Temporary dams and reservoirs are being built.

Neighbouring residents and landowners have already been told of the scheme, which will last until a long term solution is found.

Drivers in Pease Pottage are set to face new speed limits.

Proposals have been made for Horsham Road and Old Brighton Road North and South to have limits of 30 mph; whereas Brighton Road is set to change to 50 mph.

The consultation and objection period is open until 20th March.

The following announcement has today been issued by the BBC and SUSY Radio:

3rd March, 2014

Susy Radio and BBC Sussex and BBC Surrey have been working together across the two counties to enable the sharing of local news between BBC Local Radio and Susy Radio.

This new partnership will provide all three radio stations with better coverage of local news stories within the Susy Radio area. The collaboration has been through a development period of around 12 months, where trial news was shared with the correct accreditation in both directions, which has paved the way to a successful agreement being reached.

Both Mark Carter, Assistant Managing Editor, BBC Sussex and BBC Surrey and Neil Munday, Director and Chairman, Susy Radio have been proactive in negotiations and have forged an extremely successful working relationship which has led to BBC Sussex and BBC Surrey offering news training to the Susy Radio News team at the BBC Sussex studios in Brighton.

Susy Radio`s Neil Munday commented “I am extremely pleased by the working relationship now established and this will certainly benefit the communities that Susy Radio serve and also benefit the wider community audience covered by both BBC Sussex and BBC Surrey. I am very pleased that the BBC have recognised the community broadcasting that Susy Radio is providing and are willing to work with us and assist training our news team in modern journalism methods and techniques to improve scripts and legal knowledge in broadcasting news.”

Mark Carter, BBC Sussex and BBC Surrey said: “BBC local radio is very keen to support the development of community ventures such as Susy Radio. These are stations at the heart of the communities they serve. They are also training grounds for those keen to explore a career in radio. By working more closely together, I’m sure we can mutually benefit from the sharing of news stories and we may even find our next broadcast journalist or presenter too.”

Proposals for new homes and shops in Merstham are on show from today (Mon 24 Feb) at the Merstham Help Desk in Portland Drive.

It runs until Friday and you’re invited to come along and take a look at the plans.

The proposals include new homes in Purbeck Close and Portland Drive, a new convenience store with 10 flats above it at the Iron Horse site and 3 new shops and community facilities at the Triangle site.

There’s more information on the Merstham Regeneration page on Reigate and Banstead Council’s website.

http://www.reigate-banstead.gov.uk/news/2014/february/PlansforMersthamvisitourexhibition.asp

A 56 year old woman was robbed of her handbag in a Crawley Alley Way last Thursday evening (20th Feb)

The robbery took place around 7pm when the woman was walking home through an alleyway between Seymour Road and Holyrod Place in Broadfield. She was pushed to the ground by a man who then snatched her handbag and ran off.

The attacker is described as white, in his early twenties, and was wearing a blue hooded jumper and blue jeans.

If you have any information on this incident, Sussex Police would like to hear from you. You can call them on 101 or via Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111