Surrey’s Conservative leaders in Opposition
The Conservative opposition groups at the newly formed East and West Surrey Councils have announced their new leaders. The party will be playing an unaccustomed role on the new councils … Read More
Epsom’s NESCOT wins ‘Community Hero’ award
Nescot College in Epsom won the Community Hero award at last night’s Central South Business Awards 2026, after staff and students impressed the judges with a wide range of voluntary community work. Nescot … Read More
East Surrey Council in early formation
The Liberal Democrats have secured a commanding working majority on the new East Surrey Council after winning 40 of the authority’s 72 seats in the first-ever election to the unitary … Read More
Next phase in the journey of the Epsom and Ewell Local Plan announced
Epsom and Ewell Borough Council has opened a further public consultation on documents submitted during the examination of its draft Local Plan, as a Conservative councillor has questioned whether the … Read More
Ex-local LibDem leader explains part of her departure
Dear Editor It is indeed regrettable that our (otherwise rather good) MP, Helen Maguire, wished to control what each and every new Liberal Democrat councillor has to say, and presumably … Read More
500 patients buried in Epsom’s asylum cemetery no longer forgotten
A team of researchers volunteering for the local charity The Friends of Horton Cemetery have reached a milestone in their quest to write the histories of 9000 patients buried in … Read More
Redhill data hub plugs into AI boom
A major expansion of a Redhill data centre campus worth an estimated £500 million has been approved by Reigate and Banstead Borough Council. The development at Foxboro Business Park, Holmethorpe, … Read More
Epsom “Library of Things” Delayed by Council Stand-Off
A volunteer-led scheme to open a “Library of Things” in Ewell has been delayed for months amid a stand-off between Surrey County Council (SCC) and Epsom and Ewell Borough Council … Read More
Locators looking for Surrey home seekers
Channel 4’s long-running property programme Location, Location, Location is searching for Surrey house hunters to take part in its next series filming this June. Fronted by property experts Kirstie Allsopp … Read More
Dorking’s role as a refuge from Nazi oppression
Papers documenting how novelist E.M. Forster and composer Ralph Vaughan Williams helped refugees fleeing Nazi persecution find shelter in the Surrey town of Dorking are to be made fully accessible … Read More