Firefighters called to care home to cut ring from woman's finger
FIREFIGHTERS attended a Merstham care home today (Saturday) after a ring got stuck on a resident's finger.The crew from Reigate fire station were called to Coppice Lea in Bletchingley Road at about...
View ArticleUPDATE: Missing Epsom woman found safe and well
Missing woman Rosie (Rosalind) Evans has been found safe and well.Rosie, 21, left the Epsom area around 5-30pm on September 17 but was found on Friday.Officers thanked the public for their help in the...
View ArticleThree taken to hospital after car flips on M25
A CAR rolled over on the M25 last night (Saturday) at Junction 7 after swerving across the motorway's central reservation. The driver and two passengers were taken to hospital in an ambulance following...
View ArticleWoman rescued by firefighters after burnt cooking fills flat with...
A WOMAN was rescued from her flat yesterday evening (Tuesday) after she left her cooking on the hob.Firefighters from Reigate and Horley stations forced their way into the property through the balcony...
View ArticleSuspicious fire at Bletchingley stables
FIRE crews were called to a blaze at stables in Bletchingley last night (Wednesday).Firefighters from Godstone and Reigate were called to Big Common Lane at 11.15pm where animal stables and a wood...
View ArticleToday is the anniversary of the Great Storm of 1987
TWENTY-SEVEN years ago today (Thursday, October 16) the greatest storm to have hit Surrey for nearly 300 years left a trail of devastation that will forever be remembered. The hurricane of Thursday...
View ArticleConsultant in East Surrey Hospital cancer treatment row, Paul...
THE CONSULTANT fired by East Surrey Hospital has spoken out against the decision to dismiss him.Yesterday the Mirror reported how consultant urologist Paul Miller had been dismissed by Surrey and...
View ArticleProtest camp set up outside drill site near Horley
AN ANTI-FRACKING protest camp has been set up at the Horse Hill drilling site near Horley.Protesters have been staying in tents outside the site, where oil was recently discovered, since last Monday,...
View ArticleAllegations of assault following incident at Horse Hill drilling...
POLICE are investigating allegations of assault following an incident outside the Horse Hill drilling site, near Horley, yesterday.Officers were called to the site, where oil was recently discovered,...
View Article"Massive" sinkhole closes Redhill road
A "MASSIVE" sinkhole has appeared in Maple Road, Redhill.Police have set up a cordon around the large pothole, which appeared at around 2pm and was described by one firefighter from as 30 feet deep.The...
View ArticleUPDATE: Redhill sinkhole cause
A REDHILL road was closed yesterday, after a collapsed manhole created a large sinkholePolice set up a cordon around the hole, which appeared in Maple Road at around 2pm and was described by one...
View ArticleMan airlifted to hospital after collision in Reigate
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a collision involving one vehicle left a man with serious injuries.Officers and paramedics were called to outside The Black Horse pub, in West Street, at around...
View ArticleMan handed 12 year prison sentence for serious assaults in Horley
A MAN has been jailed for 12 years after he seriously assaulted two people in Horley last year.Police were called to the Court Lodge Estate at around 9.45am on December 19 after 26-year-old Anthony...
View ArticleRare puppy worth £16k stolen from Tadworth home
A RARE puppy worth £16,000 has been stolen from a home in Tadworth.Police are trying to trace an eight-week-old, lilac-coloured British Bulldog after it was taken at 8pm on Saturday by a man who was at...
View ArticleSix people rescued from lift in Redhill's town centre
SIX PEOPLE were rescued from a lift in Redhill's town centre earlier today.Firefighters were called to the lift, which takes people to and from the Harlequin Theatre and Redhill Library, after it broke...
View ArticleProtesters stage 'lock-on' outside Horse Hill oil site
TWO anti-fracking protesters have stepped up their protest outside the Horse Hill drill site by binding themselves together.A 'lock-on' is a peaceful form of protest which involves using a modified...
View ArticleFirefighters respond to calls of a chimney fire
Firefighters from Reigate responded to reports of a chimney fire at a house in Reigate Hill yesterday (THUR).A crew was called to the property in Merrywood Park at about 6.30pm and were on the scene...
View ArticleFirefighters rescue driver who 'flipped car twice' on the A217 at...
FIRE crews from Reigate and Leatherhead were called to rescue a driver who has "rolled [their] car twice" on the A217.The incident on the stretch of road north of the Banstead crossroads with Winkworth...
View ArticleFirefighters in Surrey on strike over bonfire night weekend
FIREFIGHTERS in Surrey have left their posts for four days as they join national strike action.The walkouts are the longest prolonged industrial action in a long-running dispute between firefighters...
View ArticleMan requires first aid after house fire in Reigate
A man required first aid after a kitchen fire earlier this morning.The blaze broke out in the home in Doods Road, Reigate at about 2.44am.Crews from Reigate and Horley were called to the scene and...
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