Surrey Choices Redhill Gets Festive!

Victoria Waite, Diego Acosta and the many customers at Surrey Choices share their Crimbo vibe and the inspiring community initiatives led by the dedicated customers with Clive Hilton on SUSY Sunday Brunch (21st Dec).

Listen below to hear more about The Magic Box initiative, Community Fridge and the many activities customers enjoy with the support of Surrey Choices.

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Queen Victoria Hospital: Strategic Partnership With 2 Surrey NHS Trusts

Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead will follow a recommendation by its Board of Directors to form a strategic partnership with two Surrey NHS Trusts. 

At a public meeting last week, the Board confirmed its intention to progress the partnership with both Royal Surrey, and Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trusts.  The proposal intends to ensure sustainability and resilience of its specialist services. 

A period of mutual planning between the Boards of all three Trusts will follow in the New Year.

Local Football Results

Crawley Town lost 1-0 away to second placed Swindon Town on Saturday.  The Reds slip to 21st place in the League Two table.

In the National League South, Dorking Wanderers won 2-1 away to Slough Town.  Horsham lost 2-1 at home to Chesham United.

Dorking will host Horsham at Meadowbank on Boxing Day; the match is already close to a sell out.  Kick off is at 3 o’clock.

New Surrey Police Eastern base for Salfords

Photo credit: Tracey Franklin.  Photo shows the former Reigate Police Station – its sale will fund the development of the new Surrey Police Eastern base in Salfords.

Surrey Police has purchased a new base in the East of the county; it’s located in Salfords at the Perrywood Business Park on Honeycrock Lane.

The Eastern Divisional Headquarters has been operating out of Wray Park in Reigate since the discovery of RAAC concrete at Reigate Police Station two years ago. Plans were announced last month to move the divisional HQ to a new site in Leatherhead. 

There had been concerns from local residents that the move of the headquarters from Reigate to Leatherhead would mean a lack of police presence in the East of Surrey.  However the Force says the secondary site in Salfords will provide a permanent police station and front counter for the public. 

It will be funded by the sale of the former Reigate Police Station.

Yellow weather warning issued for the South East

A yellow weather warning for the South East has been issued by the Met Office.

The warning predicts some disruption to travel and the possibility of flooding across East Sussex and West Sussex, as well as parts of Kent and Surrey.

A total of 15-25mm of rain is likely across the warning area, but 40-60mm may fall in some places, most likely over the Downs.

For those at risk of property flooding, the weather service recommends preparing a flood plan and an emergency flood kit.