Driver escapes injury after collision with lamppost in Tadworth
A DRIVER escaped injury after his car collided with a lamppost on the A217 during the morning rush hour.The vehicle struck the pole on the southbound side of the carriageway, just after the Tadworth...
View ArticleReigate and Banstead reveals how many refugee families it will...
REIGATE and Banstead has offered to house around ten Syrian refugee families.As previously reported in the Mirror, the leader of Reigate and Banstead Borough Council has written to David Cameron...
View ArticleUPDATE: Serious tailbacks on M25 and A217 after Reigate Hill...
TWO of the main arterial roads through Surrey are jammed this morning due to the closure of Reigate Hill. The hill was closed this morning after a car hit a tree between the junctions with Gatton...
View ArticleMotorcyclist hurt in crash on A23 in Redhill this morning
Police and ambulance are at the scene of a crash on the A23 in Redhill, close to East Surrey College.The crash happened at around 8.30am this morning.It is understood a motorcyclist has been...
View ArticleUPDATE: Motorcyclist taken to hospital after crash in Redhill
A MAN is his 20s was taken to hospital this morning after his motorbike crashed with a car at a junction on London Road in Redhill.Police and two ambulances were scrambled to the scene, at the corner...
View ArticleSurrey's commissioner backs plan to merge fire service with...
SURREY'S police and crime commissioner has backed a plan to merge the fire service and police force.Government ministers are currently consulting on proposals to allow the two emergency services to be...
View ArticleCaterham care home evacuated after burnt food triggers alarm
A CARE home in Caterham had to be evacuated on Tuesday night after the fire alarm was triggered.Robinsfield in Whyteleafe Road, which contains a care home as well as supported living flats, was...
View ArticleIllegal immigrants arrested after walking on M25 in Surrey
FIVE people including a child have been arrested after being found walking along the M25 this morning.Surrey Police tweeted that they detained the group, all from Kuwait, after finding them between...
View ArticleHorley man seriously injured in Crawley crash
AN elderly man from Horley was seriously injured in a car crash in Crawley last night (Wednesday).The 77-year-old suffered serious head injury and an upper arm injury after his black Chrysler Grand...
View Article17 arrested in Redhill on suspicion of entering UK illegally
17 PEOPLE have been arrested on suspicion of entering the UK illegally after an incident in Redhill.Surrey Police officers were called to the Holmethorpe Industrial Estate at 10.05am after receiving...
View ArticlePolice extend bail of man arrested in connection with death of...
POLICE have extended the bail of a man arrested in connection with the death of Ben Regan.Ben Regan, of Redhill, died after the collision when leaving a night out with friends close to Joules bar in...
View ArticleMan arrested after aggravated burglary in Kingswood
A MAN has been arrested following an aggravated burglary in Kingswood.Officers were called to a property near Kingswood Golf Course at around 5.45pm on November 12 last year after a man entered the...
View ArticleSurrey Police officer charged with assault
A SURREY Police officer has been charged with assault.Guildford-based Detective Sergeant Prabh Sohi was charged by the Metropolitan Police Service and will appear at Hendon Magistrates court on...
View ArticleElderly man in Reigate flipped car upside down
An elderly man was rescued by two fire crews when his car was flipped upside down in Chart Lane, Reigate an hour ago. Crews from Reigate and Horley were called to the scene to rescue the man from his...
View ArticleBanstead prisoners taught life-saving skills
PRISONERS have received first aid training from Surrey ambulance staff as part of their rehabilitation.Clinicians from South East Coast Ambulance Service visited HMP High Down to deliver a life-saving...
View ArticleAir ambulance called to Smallfield after pensioner kicked by a...
A PENSIONER was hospitalised after being kicked by a horse.An air ambulance and paramedics were called to farmland off Wilmot's Lane, near Smallfield, at around 12.40pm yesterday.The woman, in her 80s,...
View ArticleCamper van fire spreads to two Smallfield houses
A CAMPER van fire spread to two Smallfield houses in the early hours of this morning.Firefighters were called to Woodside Crescent at around 1.43am to find the motor home ablaze on a property's front...
View ArticleThieves smash their way into Woodhatch jewellers
THIEVES smashed their way into a family jewellers, before ransacking its sales counters and making off.Surrey Police are investigating the smash-and-grab raid, which happened just before 5am this...
View ArticleBody found in Banstead Woods
A MAN'S body has been found in Banstead Woods in the search for a missing man from Barnes. 7 police cars and lots of officers out and about at Banstead Woods #banstead pic.twitter.com/PYxXTL1ou1 — Lucy...
View ArticleBystander rescues passengers after Jaguar crash in Sidlow lane
A BYSTANDER managed to rescue passengers from a Jaguar which collided with a tree in a Sidlow lane.Firefighters from Reigate and Horley were both called to release two people trapped in the vehicle in...
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