The East Surrey Shadow Authority Executive has approved Reigate & Banstead Borough Council’s plans to create new parish councils.

This decision allows legal preparations for the new and amended parish arrangements to be in place for 1 April 2027, which is also the day that the new East Surrey Council will take over.

Following a consultation that was overseen by a cross-party working group of councillors, the whole of the Reigate & Banstead area will be represented by parish councils, which can also be named town or village councils.

Three new councils will be created – Redhill Town Council, Reigate Town Council, and Banstead and The Villages Council.

Minor changes will be made to Horley Town Council and no changes will be made to Salfords Parish Council.

A West Sussex County councillor has said that persistent antisocial driving on two A-roads in Horsham is “problematic and very unsettling for a lot of people”.

Antisocial driving on the A24, which has Southwater to the west, and the A264 between Horsham and Crawley has caused concern for residents.

Alex Jeffery, who represents Southwater and Nuthurst, believes the police “do not have the resources” to address the issue and that “racers have cottoned on to that”.

Ch Insp James Davidson, from Sussex Police, said the force is aware of the concerns raised and will “pursue prosecutions against drivers they can identify”.

The family of a Crawley woman who died from breast cancer at the age of 32 are calling for a life-extending treatment to be made available on the NHS in England.

Fionnuala Quinlan-Bennett, died in June after being told the disease had spread to her bones and liver.

A drug called Enhertu, available in Scotland and several other countries, could have given her more time.

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has said that discussions had resumed with the manufacturer and NHS England.

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Two businesses have been fined more than £1m over the “horrifying” death of a labourer who was buried alive.

33-year-old, Gheorghita Arsene, as fatally crushed when a deep trench collapsed and covered him in soil while working on a construction site in Banstead, in June 2020.

Appledorn Developments and T Vaughan Limited were found guilty of a charge under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 following a three-month trial at the Old Bailey.

In a statement, Arsene’s mother Ienuta said he was a “good man” who was trying to support his family.

Surrey County Council is announcing that over 800 public charging points for electric vehicles have been installed across the county.

In partnership with Connected Kerb, almost 700 on the charge points are on-street, with many installed in high street locations or on residential roads where there is little or no off-street parking

In addition, almost 150 lamp post column chargepoints have been installed, taking advantage of the existing electrical connections.

With these installation it is hoped that it wilful make charging electric vehicles easier and more accessible to everyone.