Part of a pensioner’s house in East Grinstead was flooded following a burglary in March.

Between 2pm and 3.15pm on the 10th a burglar broke into a house in Campbell Crescent, East Grinstead.

The thief stole jewellery including gold and diamond rings and gold chains as well as two jewellery boxes.

The intruder had also deliberately blocked the kitchen sink and turned on the taps, flooding the room.

Police have renewed appeals to trace a man they wish to speak to in connection with this theft. There’s a CCTV image of him on the Sussex police website and as always if you know anything at all that could help us with the investigation, please get in touch.
Anyone with information should email 101@sussex.pnn.police.uk quoting serial 950 of 10/03, call 101 or contact the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.
If you see or hear a burglary taking place call 999 immediately.

Six creative children from across Tandridge beat off strong competition to prove their colouring skills were the best to win the District Council’s recent colouring competition.

Featured in the Council’s newsletter for schools Get Recycling with Tandridge Ted and run as part of the introduction of an expanded recycling and waste service in December 2014, the competition was open to primary school aged children living or at school in the district.

Judged in two age categories, 4 to 7 and 8 to 11 years, each winner was presented with a copy of a book full of good ideas about how everyday items can be used in fun and creative ways. They also received a Tandridge Ted teddy bear and other goodies.

The winning entries were from:

In the 4 to 7 years category:

• Elias Clench, aged 5, from Lingfield/Lingfield Primary School
• Chloe Lendon Bushaway, aged 7, from Horley/Redehall Prep School
• And Oscar Mullinger, aged 4, from Oxted/Limpsfield Infant School

And in the 8 to11 years category:

• Kate Ho, aged 8, from Chaldon/Oakhyrst Grange School
• Jemima Mumford, aged 9, from Oxted/St Marys School
• And Isabella Wade, aged 10, from Caterham/St John’s C of E School

http://www.tandridge.gov.uk/YourCouncil/news/news.htm?mode=10&pk_news=1383

Two hundred solar panels have been installed on the roof of Maidenbower Day Care and Community Centre at a cost of £54,000.

The system will save the council up to £8,300 per year and lower their CO2 emissions.

This is the sixth Crawley Borough Council building to benefit from solar panels after the Town Hall, K2 Crawley, Metcalf Way Depot, Bewbush Centre and Maidenbower Pavilion.

In total, the panels on these six buildings are expected to reduce the council’s energy bills by £66,000 each year and save around 190,000kg of carbon dioxide.

Following the severe flooding in the Winter of 2013/2014, Surrey County Council’s been awarded £4.5million to improve the resilience of the A22 from the Croydon boundary to the A25 Oxted roundabout.

The project started last Monday (8 June) and within the next two weeks, drainage investigation works will start at the Wapses Lodge roundabout, along with the cleaning out all of the road gullies at that location.

This work will be carried out before resurfacing can take place.

Surrey is currently planning to close the A22 overnight during the school summer holidays to carry out the resurfacing work.

Advance Warning Signs will be going up at Wapses Lodge roundabout in the next few days.

Further information will be available on the www.surreycc.gov.uk/roadworks,or please call Surrey County Council Contact Centre on 0300 200 1003.