Tandridge District Council will reconvene a planning appeal hearing for Land to the East of East Park Farm in Lingfield on the 8th September at 10am.

The hearing is open to the public and if you would like to give your views you must make the Inspector aware.

Once the session ends, the Inspector will decide whether the planning permission should be granted.

A 45-year-old man who fell asleep at the wheel, has been jailed for causing death by dangerous driving.

Kolawole Erunkulu, pleaded guilty to killing 59-year-old, Philip Dray on the A23 in Merstham last August.

The Taxi driver was sentenced to six years in prison, disqualified from driving for 8 years and must  carry out an extended retest if he reapplies for his licence.

Lollipop men and women at some crossings in West Sussex will be given bodycams.

The scheme follows reports of dangerous driving, drivers failing to stop, and incidents of verbal abuse towards school crossing patrol officers.

After a four week trial at selected schools in the county, incidents were halved where the cameras were used.

West Sussex County Council said that the cameras will be a preventative measure and that footage will be used to support police investigations where necessary.

Surrey police are appealing for witnesses after a suspected racially aggravated incident in Earlswood Common carpark on August 17.

Officers received a report of an incident that took place between 2pm and 2:15pm, during which the driver of a vehicle reportedly sounded their horn and shouted racial abuse at a parent and child.

They are keen to speak to a man and woman, both believed to be in their mid-30s, who were driving a White Mercedes A-Class hatchback and two men who were travelling in a van in the area at the time, who made have information about the incident.

Anyone with information are urged to contact Surrey Police.

A report on Brook House and Tinsley house has found “inhumane” conditions at the immigration removal centre.

Representatives of the Gatwick Immigration Removal Centre independent monitoring board said that, despite improvements, some people at the immigration centre, were having their dignity and rights undermined, including being locked up for 12 hours a day.

The report, also found a “disturbingly high” number of children are being detained there, which was subject to a public inquiry in 2017.

A Home Office spokesperson said it welcomed the IMB’s feedback, and is setting up an independent immigration appeals authority which it says will speed up claims.