After the local election took place on the 3rd, here are the results: Meadvale and St. John’s Candidate’s surname Other names in full Description (if any) Votes Coombes Alanna Clare Louise Liberal Democrats 854 Shillinglaw Patsy The Conservative Party Candidate 867 – elected Walton Neil Seabrooke The Labour Party Candidate 284 Turnout: 35.39% Reigate Central [...]
Local Ward Councillors have welcomed the significant extension of local recycling which was announced last Thursday at the Council’s Executive meeting. The new service is due to start this summer, and up until now all that was known was that the kerbside collection would be extended from the current paper, card and cans, to cover [...]
Responding to the announcement that the administrators of failed Icelandic bank Glitnir have transferred £180 million to local authority bank accounts, Council Leader, Cllr Mrs Joan Spiers, said: “We are absolutely delighted that a further £5.4 million of our investment in Icelandic banks has just been returned to us. This is great news for our [...]
A concert by the Band of The Surrey Yeomanry, will raise vital funds for the Mayor’s chosen charity, the Surrey Air Ambulance. Entitled Music in the Air, the concert takes place at the Harlequin Theatre on Sunday 25 March at 3pm. Band of the Surrey Yeomanry The Band of the Surrey Yeomanry is a 45 [...]
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June 2012 marks the historic achievement of Her Majesty the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. We want to encourage local residents to come together and celebrate over the extended bank holiday weekend of 2 to 5 June. Organise your street party with our help We hope that the celebrations will bring out a real sense of local [...]
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After a Review on the 4th January, the Borough Council’s Customer Services team has retained the Customer Excellence award for a further 3 years. The team was congratulated on demonstrating on-going Customer Service Excellence. Specific highlights included: Staff are professional in their approach and have excellent people skills, they are smart and confident and it [...]
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David Hodge was today elected the new Leader of Surrey County Council and immediately announced a change to the authority’s parking charge policy. Speaking to a meeting of the Full Council following his election, Mr Hodge said the council’s countywide policy for on-street parking would “end today”. Instead, local committees* will now be given freedom [...]
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In addition to the AV referendum, local elections were held yesterday (Thursday) across the Borough. The results for the Reigate area wards were as follows: Reigate Hill – No local elections this year. Reigate Central Candidate’s surname Other names in full Description (if any) Votes Farrer Steve Conservative and Unionist Party 1,236 – [...]
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Harlequin Theatre and Cinema set to be refurbished The Harlequin Theatre and Cinema in Redhill is set to benefit from an additional £300,000 to help refurbish it. The Harlequin was built 25 years ago and is a key Council run community facility in the heart of the town centre. The building’s facilities are in need [...]
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There are currently just over 102,000 people registered to vote in Reigate and Banstead. But John Jory, Electoral Registration Officer is warning some residents that they need to act now if they are to have their say at the local Council election and UK referendum on the voting system to the UK Parliament taking place [...]
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