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A collision involving a police car and a pedestrian took place in Earlswood on Friday evening.
The incident happened on the A23 at 7 pm. The police car was responding on blue lights to a 999 call. The pedestrian, a woman in her 20s, was taken to hospital with minor injuries.
The incident is being investigated by Surrey Police’s Roads Policing Unit. Any witnesses are urged to contact them on 101.
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, the Trust which runs East Surrey Hospital in Redhill, has been rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission.
The team of CQC inspectors who recently visited the NHS Trust inspected five core areas of patient care. The safe and effective categories were rated ‘good’. The caring, well-led and responsive categories were rated ‘outstanding’. These combined resulted in an overall rating of ‘outstanding’ for the Trust which was an increase from the previous ‘good’ rating given to SASH by the CQC in 2014.
In League 2, Crawley Town lost 1-0 at home to Port Vale on Saturday.
Merstham move up to 5th place in the Bostik Premier Division after winning 2-1 away to Carshalton Athletic.
In the Bostik South East Division, it was a 4-4 draw for East Grinstead Town and Three Bridges in a local Sussex derby at East Court. Horsham lost 1-0 away to Phoenix Sports.
South Park won their Bostik South Central Division match 3-2 at home to Hertford Town.
In the Combined Counties Premier Division, Horley Town won 2-1 at home to AFC Hayes and Redhill won 2-0 away to Balham FC.
The MP for Reigate is calling for an end to prayers in parliament.
Writing in The Times, Crispin Blunt says the Anglican prayers that start the day don’t belong in an “independent, open and diverse nation”.
He called them “the price paid to reserve a favourite seat”.
The current system dates from around the reign of Charles II, and has MPs and Peers stand facing the wall behind them while they’re read.
Attendance is voluntary.
Gritting has started in Surrey and Sussex.
Due to temperatures falling below zero across the country, the councils began spreading salt at around 7pm last night.
The authorities say budget restrictions determine how it will be distributed.
Roads carrying more than 8,000 vehicles a day, bus routes, and routes to hospitals are prioritised.