A county drugs line that was operating in Redhill, has been taken down following work from the Surrey and Sussex Centurion team.

In January this year officers were on patrol in Horley when they stopped a vehicle. Within the vehicle there were three people connected to the line.

All three were searched and the vehicle, a knife, £222.50 of cash A mobile phone, cannabis and a package of Class A wraps were found.

24-year-old, Adeen Gill was sentenced to four years and 6 months, 22-year-old, Ramdas Shaji was sentenced to two years and 37-year-old, Lawrence Pestell was sentenced to two years and six months.

The reopening date for the Harlequin Theatre in Redhill is yet to be confirmed according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

The theatre was closed in 2023 after reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete was found in the building.

The earliest hoped-for reopening has been 2028 but the leader of Reigate and Banstead Borough Council has said it depends on how long the operator’s fit-out work takes once the building has been made safe.

Work which is yet to begin – would last six to seven months, but this has now doubled to between 12 and 15 months.

Council leader Richard Biggs said he was confident the local authority could get an “indicative” reopening date in the next couple of months.

A drunk builder who drove into coned-off motorway roadworks killing a highways worker has been jailed for 10 years.

38-year-old, Vilius Domarkas crash into the coned off area killing Anthony Howe on the M23 at junction nine on July 8.

He had just flown into Stansted Airport from Lithuania, where he had been in rehab for his drinking.

As well as the prison sentence, Domarkas has also been banned from driving for 16 years and eight months.

An 89-year-old man from Horsham has been convicted of multiple sex crimes against four different children.

Alan Ashton, was found guilty of 17 charges of abuse at Lewes Crown Court last Friday.

His crimes dated back 50 years, from 1976 to 2010 and only came to light when one of his victims, now an adult, reported his abuse to police.

Ashton was remanded in custody for sentencing on November 26.

Reigate and Banstead Borough Council has granted four local cadet units Freedom of the Borough in recognition of their outstanding contribution to supporting young people and civic life.

At a meeting of full council held on 22 July 2026, members approved plans to confer the borough’s highest civic honour on local cadet units.

These include a sea cadet unit, two army cadet units and an air cadet unit.

The formal presentation of the award will take place on the 11 October at Priory Park in Reigate from 1pm to 2pm – coinciding with the first ever National Cadets Week.