Six local council by-elections are taking place today- the largest number of seats to go to a vote on a single day so far this year.

This includes borough and district councils seats in Meadvale and St John’s at Reigate, and Banstead and Whyteleafe at Tandridge.

There have been other by-elections in the last few months and more are due to happen in November, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

Polling stations open at 07:00 BST, and will close at 22:00.

A Surrey hospital emergency department is under significant pressure due to staffing levels and high demand, an NHS trust has said.

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust said East Surrey Hospital A&E in Redhill was dealing with an early increase in winter viruses.

It comes amid a rise in Covid cases with new variants Nimbus and Stratus circulating around the UK..

The trust urged people with non-urgent conditions to use other NHS services, such as 111, their local pharmacy or GP, or nearby treatment centres at Crawley, Caterham Dene, Horsham and East Grinstead.

Sussex Police has become the first force in the country to fit prolific shoplifters with location monitoring tags.

The tags will allow the police to monitor offenders’ movements in real time, helping to deter further offences and enabling swift action if breaches or tampering occur.

Under the Operation STOP pilot, repeatoffenders will be issued with discreet GPS ankle devices – as part of a CBO or with agreement from probation services.

Surrey County Council have said a target to install hundreds of on street electric vehicle charging points within the next three years is still achievable.

The current aim is to have 2000 points in place by 2028 despite there only being just 375 as of September this year.

The council admits progress has been slower than planned but is working with UK Power Networks and other outlets to get grid connections in place.

Sussex Police are investigating an incident where a pedestrian was injured in Three Bridges, Crawley, early on Sunday morning (26 October).

At 00.05am police responded to an incident between a dark blue Ford Toureno and another car in Haslett Avenue East, Three Bridges.

A passenger in the Toureno had got out of the car and suffered facial injuries after being reportedly struck by the other car.

As we continue to work to establish the circumstances, we are appealing for witnesses or dash cam footage prior or during the incident.

Please email [email protected], or call 101, quoting serial 7 of 26/10.