March 2009 Archives

This year's St Johns Summer Fete will have an all-American theme when it opens at St Johns Lye on July 4 - American Independence Day.

The 1st St Johns Scout Group is organising the event as it has done for more than 25 years, and it is hoped to make it a 'real community event' involving the Church, Guides & Brownies, the Memorial Hall and local businesses.

Organisers want to hear from any organisations in the St John's or wider area who wish to take part and would like "some American influence if possible, e.g. lots of stars & stripes".

Can anyone help?

Wolsey Place Shopping Centre and the Woking Informer have launced a competition to honour the most 'Marvellous Mum'.

If your mum is always there when you need her, gives great advice, never lets you down, and deserves recognition, then contact Wolsey Place and tell them about her.

The winning mum will be rewarded with over £100 worth of prizes, including a free designer haircut from Rush worth £48.95, and a number of pamper goodies from Body Shop.

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Trust has issued an apology to the family of a serial killer, his victims and their families following the publication of a report into his care at the Abraham Cowley Unit at St Peter's Hospital in Chertsey.

Fiona Edwards, chief executive of the Trust said, that it accepted that more should have been done to engage Gonzales when he was treated for schizophrenia at the unit between September 1998 and April 2000.

The terrified owners of a post office raided by armed robbers say they are too frightened to continue trading in Woking.

St Johns post office in St John's Road, Woking, was targeted at about 7.30am on Saturday by a balaclavawearing man who had a knife in one hand and a gun in the other.

Thefts of satellite navigation systems from cars in Woking have more than doubled in a year, prompting police to issue a warning to motorists.

Figures released on Monday show 144 sat-navs were stolen from vehicles across the borough in 2008. They were stolen during 377 thefts, in which 76 bank and credit cards, 76 number plates, 45 mobile phones, and 36 drills were taken.

Woking Cycle User's Group have launched a new season of cycle rides starting on Sunday March 15 to give confidence to inexperience cyclists.

The group will be hosting monthly rides through quiet roads and parks on the third Sunday of every month.

Explorer Scouts visited Woking district's own campsite for their second camp of the year on February 28. The scouts, aged between 14 and 18, played games and trained for expeditions in the summer.

Explorer commissioner for Woking, Brian Pinto, said: "On arrival at the site on Saturday the explorers were divided into teams, and they set about planning the evening's entertainment. This included designing and constructing a four metre stage and covered seated areas around a campfire using traditional pioneering poles and lashing."

Phase three of an extensive programme intended to "significantly improve" the Shoppers' Car Parks in Woking Town Centre gets underway from Monday March 9.

The programme, which is being carried out in phases over a period of four years, will bring the three town centre parking facilities up to the same high standard as Victoria Way Car Park.