Photos credit:  South East Water

South East Water has apologised to its customers in East Grinstead and the surrounding area for the loss of water supply over the weekend. 

The company says it’s delivering supplies to those on its priority register. 

Bottle stations were set up at Queensway Car Park in Queen’s Road, and at East Grinstead sports club on Saint Hill Road, although yesterday morning many residents had a wasted journey to the Sports Club when bottled water was not available as advertised.  On Saturday the town was gridlocked due to queues for the original bottle station in the Sainsbury’s car park.  The congestion was made worse by a rail replacement bus service in operation over the weekend. 

South East Water said Storm Goretti and the cold weather were to blame for the supply issues in East Grinstead. 

Mims Davies, the Conservative MP for East Grinstead and Uckfield has assured residents that the Queen Victoria Hospital has its own tanker and is managing to run as normal.

St Catherine’s Hospice in Pease Pottage is raising funds through a  Christmas tree collection and recycling service in return for a donation. 

The hospice has partnered with the JustHelping charity for the Big Christmas Treecycle Appeal.  Nick Stammers is the CEO of JustHelping: 

A team of volunteers from St Catherine’s Hospice will collect the Christmas trees on Thursday, Friday or Saturday provided they are left outside the registered home address by 8 am on Thursday. 

Trees will be chipped and reused in parks, gardens and nature reserves.

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.