The continued cold weather on Thursday night and during Friday has led to continued problems with local services, with refuse and recycling collections being suspended for another day. It is not yet clear whether the snow will thaw over the weekend; the current intention is for refuse and recycling collections to return to normal from Monday, [...]

Heat seeking vehicles will once again be hitting the streets of Reigate & Banstead again to help identify homes that could benefit from improved insulation. Reigate & Banstead Borough Council is working in partnership with insulation company Energy Saving Partnership to help householders in the borough to save energy and money. The revolutionary HeatSeekers vehicles, [...]

A short ceremony of blessing of a memorial to Lance Corporal James Hill will take place at the War Memorial at Shaw’s Corner Redhill on Thursday 4 November at 11am.
Lance Corporal James Hill, of 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards was killed in action in Afghanistan on 8th October 2009. James was the only son of Brian and Claire Hill of Redhill and fiancée of Anastasia Newman.

Ambitious plans by Reigate & Banstead Borough Council to cut its energy costs and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by a massive 30 per cent over five years were given the go-ahead by the Executive last Thursday (25 March 2010). The ‘Carbon Management Plan’, developed in partnership with the Carbon Trust, is a detailed action plan [...]

Radio Redhill, the radio station which broadcasts to the patients and staff of the East Surrey Hospital, is to celebrate its 35th birthday with a special two weeks of broadcasts across the area. The station has received a temporary FM broadcasting licence, and will be broadcasting on 87.9 FM to Redhill, Reigate and the surrounding [...]

Surrey Country Council Leader Dr Andrew Povey has described the country wide budget announcement of an extra £100 million funding for road repairs nationally will only allow councils to “paper over the cracks”.
He welcomed the emergency funds, Dr Povey stressed that at least £200 million is needed in Surrey alone to get its roads into a good enough condition.

The Surrey Mirror reports that a car club scheme is being planned for Redhill and Reigate, jointly supported by Surrey County Council and Reigate & Banstead Borough Council (link to article here). The scheme is in its early stages and would involve sharable cars being parked at locations in the two town centres, available for use by residents who register and have a special swipe card.

The Council is urging Earlswood residents not to wait until the date of the general election is announced before registering to vote. Registering to vote only takes a few minutes. You can either print off a Register of Electors form (pdf) from the Register of Electors page Council’s website or telephone the Council’s Help Line on 01737 276000.

Surrey County Council has been given the lowest increase in county council funding in England for 2010/11. The government’s latest finance settlement confirmed Surrey will receive £1.8 million more than in 2009/10, a 1.5% increase.

The average rise for county councils was just under 4%. The average increase for all types of local authority was 2.6%.