By Neil Huntingford Our update this month is about the prac-tice’s website. Patients may have noticed that there are occasions when we’ve had to pause the appointment request section of the website. Like everywhere else, the Covid pandemic has affected our staffing levels, often at short notice when staff test positive and have to isolate. […]
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By Nick Pollard The Queen Mary reservoir is a substantial landmark in this area, its embankment towering over the flat Middlesex countryside surrounding it. No doubt some of you will have walked round the top of it, sailed on it, or even flown over it when leaving Heathrow, and have seen what a huge expanse
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A New Year ‘Walk & Talk’ could mean new connections, new friendships, a new direction The great majority of us will have had a special time this Christmas and been able to share some happy times with family and friends, but for people who have been recently bereaved it might have been a further sad
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Spelthorne Borough Council are committed to supporting our most vulnerable households and, over the winter, we are providing finan-cial assistance via the government’s House-hold Support Fund (HSF) grant scheme. The Council will be providing funds via one-off payments ranging from £50 to £80, de-pending on the household’s situation, as de-tailed below: £50 per household for
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from Shepperton PPG It is unlikely that the advent of social media made human nature more horrible, but quite plausi-ble that the discovery of other people being as nasty as oneself encouraged the unpleasant be-haviour daily to be discovered there. Probably very few of the anti-vaccine, anti-face mask bri-gade have no access to social media;
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Barbara Unsworth – Secretary Big Tree Night As you walk or drive around our village you cannot help but notice the festive array of trees lit in all their glory in the High Street, 57 to be exact! And let’s not forget Big Tree itself! Unlike almost any other High Street locally, including Staines and
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By Rachael Leverton Plants as Air Purifiers A friend recently asked me whether there are any plants which might help with the humidity and mould problem in the bathroom and back bedroom of her Victorian house. It’s a problem that actually affects many British households. Many of our homes are old, and in our damp
By Mary Hammond, Chertsey Life We are all aware of climate change and the effect it is having on our environment with chang-ing temperatures effecting all kinds of life as we know it. There is no doubt, we are not going to be able to walk back the problems we are facing in a short
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by Bill Cunningham It’s Not a Panto and Not Really a Laugh Though we may no longer attend a pantomime as our standard seasonal entertainment we may still recall our participation in them. Let’s use our experience of then to respond to scam-mers who approach us. On the phoned approach to us they will firstly
By Monica Chard The Sunbury Christmas market this year was considered by many to be the best ever! Maybe it was because we all appreciated it so much more, having had to suspend it last year. There were 30 stalls selling crafts, gifts, hot food and cocktails. There was a fun ride, Santa’s grotto and
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By Inspector Maxine Cilia I hope that you all had a good Christmas or festive celebra-tion, and I would like to start this by wishing everyone a happy and safe new year. I always hope that your new year resolutions will include things such as “I must join my local neighbourhood watch group”, or “how
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Delivery of 611 New Dwellings per year in Spelthorne. Is this set to change? Ministers responsible for housing seem to enjoy the same security of tenure as Premier League football managers. Planning reform remains a hot topic and in addition to his “levelling up” portfolio, Michael Gove the newly appointed housing minister, will have to
By Darren Clarke, Capability Clarke Global Crisis The ink is still drying on the COP 26 statement, Nations have committed to improving the environ-ment by trying to limit global temperature rise. Soon we will be switching away from coal and gas and utilising renewable energy. We need to em-brace this change for the better. Sir
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Coffin Clubs are popping up all over the UK and it certainly provides a great way of getting people to talk about end of life and know the options. The founders of Coffin Club UK are passionate about funerals being a celebration of someone’s life and a personalised occasion. The Brigitte Trust has affiliated to
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Welcome to the first of our monthly updates on patient information, developments and services at Sunbury Health Centre. This month we are focusing on the Flu Vaccination Programme and Covid Vaccines. Although there has been excellent take up of both flu and covid booster vaccinations, this year’s Flu campaign has been subject to some confusion.
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At the start of January it is normal to wish everyone “A Happy New Year” in the hope that it will bring health, wealth and happiness. However, as I write this in December further Covid restrictions have just been announced. The need to wish good health for you and your family is there-fore doubly important.
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To most, it seems like the most obvious way to improve their home and solve frustrating space problems is just to add extra space. Most believe that they need a loft conversion or house extension. But before launching into major building works we advise clients to take a step back and ask an im-portant question.
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Spelthorne Council has opened another homeless facility in Ashford. Located on Fordbridge Road, Harper House will provide emergency accommodation for up to 20 homeless families. It will offer a local temporary home which is safe, secure and provides the best opportunity for families to move-on to settled accommodation. Previously the Council, like most authorities, had
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By Rory Edwards Rory Edwards is a local parent, teacher of 28 years and a school governor. He offers us an insight into certain dilemmas parents might face throughout the school year. The Christmas season may be over but for students in years 11 and 13, they now have to deal with the fact that
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Thanks to this months contributors who celebrate the beauty of Sunbury and Shepperton.
Shepperton Aurora Rotary Club held the sec-ond Youth Speaks competitions on November 23rd at the Jubilee Centre, Manygate Lane, Shepperton. This time the students taking part were from Years 10 and above. Once again, Covid 19 affected the number of teams taking part. There were four secondary schools repre-sented on the evening and all the
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