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Man stole money from Surrey church donation tins and safes

A man has been jailed for a string of church burglaries across the southeast including four in Surrey[1]. Christopher Coulthard, 61, was found to have stolen money from church donation tins as well as nabbing £150 from a teacher’s purse.
Coulthard, fro…

M25: Lorry fire near Heathrow hits traffic on motorway

The incident happened on the clockwise carriageway on the M25 between J15 (M4) and J16 (M40) at about 12noon today (August 29).
National Highways warned of long queues of seven miles on approach as one lane remains closed.  
Firefighters from the Royal…

Berkshire and South West London closures from Saturday as …

Network Rail[1] is reminding passengers of closures starting this Saturday to enable signalling work on South Western Railway routes in South West London and Berkshire[2].
From Saturday 19 August to Friday 1 September, buses will replace trains as the …

Surrey train strikes announced ahead of kids returning to school

Strikes have been announced once again on the South Western Railway, as RMT announce further industrial action for the last weekend of August, and first weekend of September. Surrey has seen reduced services recently, with some stations being crossed o…

August closures for work on Surrey and Berkshire railway lines

Starting on Saturday 19 August, Network Rail[1] will be working on digital signalling[2], which will mean that three parts of the railway in Berkshire[3] and London[4] will close for a total of fourteen days.
The following sections of the railway will …

Whether the M25 and A3 in Surrey are closed at all this week

Motorists need to keep an eye out for some of Surrey’s major routes which may be closed overnight for repairs and maintenance this week. It is likely that some of these closures will impact journeys for those travelling late at night or early in the mo…

Full list of Kent train stations to become pay as you go

The full list of Kent stations that are to become pay as you go has been announced. The Department for Transport announced a rollout of tap-in tap-out to 53 stations
The scheme is part of a £20 million Government roll out to extend pay as you go to fur…