Surrey County Council has backed a campaign to press for investment on the Brighton mainline rail service.  

The Council has joined the Brighton Mainline Alliance; a group of organisations and businesses spearheaded by the Coast to Capital local enterprise partnership.  

East Croydon station is one of the alliance’s targets for investment to provide two extra platforms. Other targets include an extra platform at Reigate Station to allow Thameslink services to run there.

The Brighton line  passes through East Surrey on its way to London and serves, Salfords, Horley, Redhill and Merstham as well as Gatwick Airport.

Reigate and Banstead, and Tandridge District Councils have reminded residents to register to vote in time for the local elections in May.  

Anyone who wants to vote and have their say on 3rd May must be on the electoral register.  The deadline to register is Tuesday 17th April. The local elections select councillors who are responsible for making decisions on running services in the local area.  These include planning, parks, leisure, and housing.

Residents can apply online at gov.uk/register-to-vote.

A man in his 30s is in hospital with serious injuries after being stabbed in Redhill.

Witnesses reported seeing someone being stabbed in the arm and losing a lot of blood around 9:30pm on Saturday evening on St Annes Way.

No arrests have been made.

An elderly Crawley man has had his wallet and £200 stolen in a distraction burglary at his flat.

The 94-year-old found they had gone after answering the door on Thursday afternoon to a man claiming he needed to turn off the water.

People are being urged to check the identification of anyone saying they are from a utility company.