August 2009 Archives

Dozens of outraged pensioners protested on Monday to try and save a popular day centre that faces closure after 22 years.

Staff and customers of the Marjorie Richardson Centre met in Woking town centre at 10am waving banners and signs with the message "save our centre" in an attempt to raise awareness for the cause.

A BOY who learned to play the piano before he had even touched one has been described as a "Mozart prodigy."

Shane Thomas, 9, from Woking used to claim from as young as three that he could play the piano.

When his grandmother finally bought him one on his seventh birthday he already knew how to play.

Brookwood residents were disappointed to learn that the village's new hair salon Cut and Blow will be closing after just one week.

But their dismay turned to delight when they discovered that the shop had been transformed into a set for the filming of a new tv comedy of the same name.

Brookwood actors Martin Dickinson and Nathan Lubbock-Smith, helped by local residents and students who acted as runners and crew, filmed the comedy this week at the salon in Connaught Road. Local colleges had also supplied equipment. I went along to the filming to see what all the fuss was about.

Distraction burglars who stole £100 from an elderly resident are being hunted by Surrey Police.

Officers in Woking investigating the incident, which took place in Horsell last week have issued e-fits of the two suspects. The burglary occured around 10pm on Friday, July 3 in the Ridgeway area.

An elderly resident answered the door to two men, who told him there was an emergency around the corner and asked if they could use his phone. The homeowner agreed to let one of them in, at which point both offenders forced their way into the house and threatened the victim, demanding money and valuables.

A 29-year-old man who had to be talked down from a roof in Woking has admitted throwing tiles and a kitchen knife into the street below.

Daniel Mason, who lives in Dartmouth Avenue, Sheerwater, was charged with possession of a bladed article, using threatening words or behaviour to cause harassment, alarm or distress, and causing criminal damage.

FIREFIGHTERS spent more than four hours tackling a blaze which ravaged a block of flats in Horsell on Monday.

Crews from Woking and Guildford were called just before 11am to Pares Close, where residents were already outside their homes, helplessly watching the flames.

A BRAVE mother is in a race against time to raise money for her critically ill son.

Amy Deller, who works as a medical buyer for St Peter's Hospital in Chertsey, is trying everything to raise the £200,000 that could save her son's life.

WEST Surrey police are keen to track possible witnesses after a 40-year-old man was violently attacked while walking with friends.

The incident happened on the Broadway, Woking around 3.20am on Sunday, August 2, when the man was approached by a gang of 10 men who dragged him into the road and assaulted him, leaving him with a serious injury to his left ear.

Police officers on patrol in the town responded to a 999 call within minutes and arrested two suspects in White Rose Lane. Both men have been released on police bail, due to return to Woking Police Station on October 4.