March 2009 Archives

An elderly woman was cut out of her car on Monday (30) afternoon, after a collision with two other vehicles.

The three vehicle crash took place on Church Street, in Esher at 12.41pm, after the woman's red Peugeot 206 collided with a green Toyota RAV 4 and a blue Vauxhall Zafira.

Firemen from Esher and Walton removed the side of the car using a pair of pneumatic cutters.

The woman sustained minor injuries and was taken to Kingston hospital.

Church Street and Lamas Lane were blocked and reopened at 2.30pm.

Students from Cobham took to the catwalk to raise money for Aids awareness on Monday (23).

Over 50 students from ACS Cobham, in Portsmouth Road, donned designer digs from the likes of Burberry, Selfridges and Bambu swimwear as part of their extra curricular activities at the school.

Police are appealing for information after £30,000 worth of gardening equipment was stolen from a business in Esher.

It is believed that the offenders gained access to the business in Hare Lane, at some point between 5.30 pm on Tuesday March 3 and 7.00am on Wednesday March 4.

Painshill Park is holding a free talk on the Surrey Gardens Trust on Thursday April 2.

The hour long talk will be held at 1.00pm at the park in Portsmouth Road, Cobham.

Speaker Brenda Lewis will be talking about the charity which helps to identify, preserve and recreate the county's gardens and landscapes.

The talk is included in the admission price of £6.60 to the park, for more information, phone 01932 868113.

Racegoers were given a surprise last Saturday (7), when instead of seeing horses race around Sandown, they saw spacehoppers come bouncing out of the stalls.

To raise money for comic relief, jockeys at the racecourse, in Portsmouth Road, Esher did a circuit of the track on the popular 80's toy.

Elmbridge council walked away winners at the Clean Britain awards last Tuesday (10) for its first class standards in street cleaning.

The borough was assessed by an unannounced representative from the British Cleaning council, on the amount of litter, fly tipping, dog fouling and the cleanliness of litter bins in the area.

St Andrews school, will be hosting a play called How to Build a Rocket, on Sunday May 3.

Being performed by members of the Farnham Maltings arts centre, the family themed play is being held at the school in Lockhart Road, Cobham.

Tickets costs £7.00, with a family ticket costing £15.00.

To buy tickets, email karl.newman@virgin.net or phone the St Andrews school office on 01932 863452.

The annual general meeting for the Elmbridge Business Network is to be held on Wednesday March 18.

The meeting will offer advice on how businesses can manage during the current economic downturn, as well as hearing plans for funding reinvestment by Elmbridge Borough Council.

The meeting is being held at 8.15am, in the Civic Centre, in Portsmouth Road, Esher and is free and open to all businesses in the borough.

To book a place, contact the community planning and engagement manager on 01372 474377.