Healthwatch Surrey will be at the Council Offices in Oxted tomorrow to hear residents’ experiences and views of local health and social care services.  These include hospitals, GPs, dentists and opticians.

Healthwatch Surrey is part of the Healthwatch England national network; an independent organisation that gives people a voice to improve and shape services.  Experiences of using local services will be shared anonymously with commissioners to help make services better in the community.  

Healthwatch Surrey will be at the Oxted Council Offices from 11.30 until 1.30 tomorrow.

A man who has repeatedly exposed himself on trains between London and Sussex is wanted by Police.

Following incidents on Thameslink trains in August last year, two more happened in December 2016 on Thameslink services between St.Pancras and Brighton and East Croydon and Gatwick.  The most recent were on the 2nd April this year in the West Hampstead area.

It’s believed the suspect may work or leave somewhere near the line and changes his clothes after exposing himself.

A Surrey mother is fighting to have her 6-year-old son back living with her – because the family he’s currently with have been convicted for drug dealing.

After giving birth when she was 17, it was agreed her ex-boyfriend’s relatives would look after him.  But since 2013 the boy’s mother, who represents herself in court as she can’t afford a lawyer, says she’s worried about who he lives with and she’s grown up and can look after him now.

On Wednesday, a new investigation was ordered into the boy’s circumstances to find out whether he was being harmed.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-39731641

£15 million  has been set aside by the government to compensate those affected by the ongoing strikes on Southern Rail.  It’s on top of the £38 million it’ll pay due to the fall in fare revenue.

The year long dispute over driver only trains is the worst to hit the the rail industry for 23 years.  Over 58,000  Southern services were either fully or partly cancelled in 2016.

The train operator says it’s “deeply sorry for the disruption passengers have faced” and has apologised for “the effect it has had on the local economy.”

The RMT says it takes “no pleasure in the fact that this dispute has lasted a year” and believes “it could have been resolved right from the start.”  While ASLEF says it’s “looking for a resolution which works for staff, passengers and the company.”

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-39327154

A motorcyclist is in hospital with serious injuries following a collision with a car in Betchworth.

It happened around 10:30 on Tuesday night on Pebble Hill Road.

The road was closed while emergency services dealt with the accident and the rider was taken to St George’s Hospital in Tooting.