Residents in Dorking should soon see less deposits of chewing gum on the streets after Mole Valley District Council received £7,000 from the National Chewing Gum Task Force to clean up the area.
Signs will also be put up to try and discourage gum littering in the future.
The task force, which is now in its fourth year, works with councils across the UK to deal with the national issue.
It was established by the government and is run by Keep Britain Tidy.
Crawley Town lost 2-1 at home to Barrow AFC on Saturday. The Reds slip to 21st place in the League 2 table.
Dorking Wanderers drew 1-1away to Salisbury in their FA Cup third round qualifying match. The replay will be tomorrow night at Meadowbank. Kick off is at 7.45 pm.
Three Bridges FC hosted their first Community Day at Jubilee Field at the weekend and won their Isthmian South East Division game 4-2 over Hastings United. A minute’s applause was held before the match to remember and celebrate the life of Billy Vigar, the 21 year old forward for Chichester City and former Hastings United player who sadly died last week.
In Surrey Division 1 in South East Counties Women’s Football League, South Park Reigate Women lost 4-2 at home to Meadow Sports. Horley Town drew 2-2 away to Fleet Town Reserve.
Dorking Wanderers Women won their London & South East Regional Women’s Premier Division match 1-0 over Sport London E Benfica, at Meadowbank.
A motion proposing a vote of no confidence in Reigate and Banstead Borough Council’s Conservative leader was debated at the Full Council meeting last Thursday.
The motion didn’t receive a majority vote, meaning the current Leader, Councillor Richard Biggs, remains in post. However it was a close call; 42 councillors attended the meeting with 20 voting in support of the motion, 21 voting against, and one abstention.
Councillor Biggs said that with local government reorganisation imminent, stability is needed to continue to work at pace to deliver key projects.
Crawley Borough Council has submitted its preferred option for Local Government Reorganisation.
Its preference is for two unitary authorities in West Sussex, one of which would cover the current Crawley, Horsham and Mid Sussex council areas. Both Crawley Borough and West Sussex County Council would cease to exist.
The recommendation was made at last week’s Full Council meeting following engagement work undertaken during the Summer.
Meanwhile the County Council has expressed a preference for a single unitary authority covering the whole of West Sussex.
The Government will assess the submissions before launching a consultation on the options that it decides to take forward to the next stage.
Reigate and Banstead Borough Council has launched an ambitious programme to keep its publicly owned assets in local control after the Council itself is abolished in 2027. The move was agreed at a meeting of the full Council last Thursday.
Local groups and organisations are being invited to express their interest in taking over some of the assets. The community asset transfer programme will allow the council to transfer buildings and land such as sports pavilions and community halls to voluntary groups to manage them in the interests of local residents.
The first stage is to submit expressions of interest in any asset held by the Council; interested parties will be invited to submit a full bid if the asset is deemed suitable for transfer. Full details will be announced soon.
If you would like to register to be notified when full scheme details are published, or have questions on the process, please send an email to [email protected].
The twelve existing councils in Surrey will be replaced by two or three unitary authorities by April 2027.
