The River Thames Scheme (RTS) is being delivered in partnership between the Environ-ment Agency and Surrey County Council. The Scheme is designed to unlock economic, health and environmental benefits for com-munities between Egham and Teddington. The River Thames between Egham and Ted-dington runs through one of the largest area of populated but undefended flood plain […]
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By Barry Sutton In May 2022 the Government published a Review of Children’s Care which iden-tified a shortage of 9,000 Foster Homes to house children in need. That is a lot of children who are missing out on a caring home environment. So why is there such a shortage? Well, if my experience is anything
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By John Taylor Photo Spelthorne Museum With more than 200 bridges crossing the total length of the river Thames today, the town of Staines-Upon-Thames with a population of approximately 18,500 (2022) has both a road and a separate railway bridge. In Roman times the Thames was second only to the London Road (then known as
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Boutique Care Homes are proud to announce that The Burlington, Shepper-ton, has been awarded the prestigious ‘Care Home of the Year Award’ at the 2022, Surrey Care Awards. It was a glittering evening at the Surrey Care Awards 2022, attended by the great and the good across Surrey’s social care sector. Organised by the Surrey
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By Rory Edwards Rory Edwards is a local parent, teacher of 29 years and a school governor. He offers us an insight into certain dilemmas parents might face throughout the school year. About 6 weeks ago, I was asked a question that teachers have been asked by students for a very long time. As I
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Halliford School has recently announced that they have launched a Sixth Form STEM Scholarship. It is open to all students taking two or more STEM subjects at A Level with current plans to complete higher education in a STEM-related discipline and with aspira-tions to pursue a career in STEM. A Level STEM subjects include Biology,
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The Eco Park – State of play, residents’ concerns and discarded batteries The recent meeting of the Suez Eco Park Community Liaison Group, on which LoSRA is represented, started with a brief tour of the Gasifier installation. The Gasifier had been running since its commissioning in August, but had unfortunately had to be shut down
Long-term residents of Sunbury will be saddened to hear of the death of Mrs Barbara Rosa Adams, aged 95. She died in St. Peter’s Hospital, Chertsey on 8th December after a short illness. Mrs Adams was possibly the last surviving original resident of the Berg estate in Sunbury. She moved into a newly built house
By Spelthorne Choral Society Monday nights are special for Gill Henry, because Monday nights are choir nights! No matter how bad her day at work, or how dark or cold, singing as part of the Spelthorne Choral Society (SCS) each week is a must for her. And she’s not alone. “I know I’ll come out
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The pandemic has had an effect on many aspects of our lives. One local organisation which has run into problems is the Sunbury Neighbours charity. Run by volunteers, they drive people without access to transport and who can’t use the local transport system, for journeys such as local doctor’s and hospital appointments, shopping and hairdressers.
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By Bill Cunningham New Year Resolutions Let’s say we’re allowed more than one NY resolution. So we can include being even more vigi-lant this year, to protect our ever decreasing savings from scammers. It’s a credible assumption that we will have a challenging year ahead with our finances. We should assume too that scam-mers will
Students from ACS International School Cob-ham in Surrey served a straight set perfor-mance and were crowned champions at the ISAA Girls Volleyball Tournament 2022, which took place in Eindhoven, the Nether-lands. The girls also made history in the pro-cess, being the first ever team to not drop a set during the tournament. The ACS Cobham
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I don’t need to tell you that money is tight for many of us these days. Charitable donations may be just one step too far in your monthly budgeting.But what if you could make donations without it costing you a penny? Easyfundraising is an app which will enable you to do just that! Once you
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By Monica Jones We reported some months ago about increas-ing concern and frustration regarding speed-ing vehicles along Thames Street. Over 300 signatures were added to the original petition to get better speed management in place along the road. Surrey County Councillor Buddhi Weerasinghe is very supportive. He told us “Over the last few months, I
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Rory Edwards is a local parent, teacher of 29 years and a school governor. He offers us an insight into certain dilemmas parents might face throughout the school year. A recent report* I saw said that 1 in 6 children in 2021 had mental health issues. This is a 50% increase from the 1 in
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By Bill Cunningham In life we have to trust something and someone. But who and how and when and what is the challenge, with so much scamming around our ears.We all welcome genuine help with our scarce resources to pay for the cost of just staying safe and well and fed and warm, in the
By Monica Jones More than ever, we are talking about the men-opause. For too long, it was one of those TABOO subjects, skirted around, referred to as “the change” in whispered voices. October 18th is World Menopause Day. I bet most of us didn’t know that. I certainly didn’t, until I started researching this piece.We
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Springfield Primary School has achieved the Sainsbury Platinum Award, following on from the success of achieving the Gold Mark for the previous five years. The school also retained 3 Star Active Surrey status for sports provision for pupils in Key Stage 1. These achievements recognise how the school has progressed as a centre of excellence
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