A nurse from Surrey successfully completed the London Marathon last Sunday. Rebecca Howells who works at East Surrey Hospital was one of 38,000 who took part. Rebecca was raising money for The National Osteoporosis Society. She spoke to Susy presenter Annie Whitmore about running in the Marathon and why this charity is close to her heart.

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(Please bear in mind the sound quality is a little compromised, particularly in the first 50 seconds of the interview)

If you want to donate to the National Osteoporosis Society go to:
Just Giving (www.just-giving.com/RebeccaHowells0906)

St Matthew’s Church in Redhill organise weekly lunchtime music concerts.
Taking place every Thursday throughout the year (except August) the concerts consist of varied programmes ranging from solo recitals to choral music by professional performers, students from the London Conservatoires and amateur musicians. Tess Lewsey spoke to the Rev. Andrew Cunnington and Margaret Crutchfield about the forthcoming programme.

Find out more on the Music at St Matthews website

This month Tess spoke to Meg Gibson – Senior Stock Officer for Surrey Libraries and Tina Campey, Network Assistant at Redhill Library.

They spoke about how books are selected and the specialist Performing Arts library in Dorking. Recommended reads this month are on gardening topics. 

Gardening Books recommended:

• Guy Barter – How do worms work
• Margaret Irskin Wilson – Wildflowers of Britain
• Noel Kingsbury – New Small Garden
• Madeline Harley – Wonderful Weeds

A Year Two teacher from Redhill and her class talk about their Great Fire of London project which involved burning down model houses that the children had built.

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