Data published by Public Health England shows the South East region as having the second highest number of confirmed cases of measles in the UK; second to London.

Between 1st January and 13th August this year there have been 828 laboratory confirmed cases in England; 169 of those were in the South East.  Young people over the age of 15 and adults who missed out on the MMR vaccine when they were younger have been particularly affected.

The increase in measles circulation is mainly associated with travel to and from Europe, particularly in Romania and Italy, where there are large ongoing measles outbreaks.

Reigate Town Hall opens its doors in two weeks time as part of this year’s Heritage Open Days.  

The Grade II listed building, completed in 1901, originally housed the Town Hall, Law Courts and Police and fire stations.  Located on Castlefield Road in Reigate, the Town Hall will be open from 11 am until 5 pm on Saturday 15th September.

The Town Hall is just one of many free venues, walks and talks across the borough open to the public for Heritage Open Days. More information can be found at heritageopendays.org.uk.

A Reigate toy shop is urging parents to stop leaving their children there while they go shopping.

Matthew West, the owner Miwk, says he’s fine with children popping in to kill time – but says his business has often been used as a child-minding service.

He’s told the BBC he once had to call the Police because three children had been left for two hours – their mother was later tracked down in Croydon.

At other times staff have had to stay late waiting for parents to come back.

Gatwick Airport experienced over 80 per cent less crime than Stansted between 2015 and May this year.

The figures comes as Police say crime in and around airports across England and Wales has doubled over the past 3 years.

Passengers travelling with banned items like CS sprays, knives and air rifles are partly to blame for the spike along with an increase in vehicle crime.