Surrey’s quietest train station has been revealed in the latest data. Betchworth train station is used by just 33 people a day on average.
There were a total of only 12,368 entries and exits at Betchworth station through the turnstiles in the year up t…
A grandmother from Farnham[1], Surrey suffered a “heartbreaking” fatal fall from a coach while on holiday in Norway, dying abroad at Stavanger University Hospital after her life support was withdrawn. Catherine Betty Fitzgerald, known as Betty, was 79 …
Strike action on Wednesday (December 6) means 38 train stations in Surrey will be left without SWR services, including Leatherhead[1], Dorking[2], and Staines[3]. It comes in the middle of a nine-day period of “extremely limited service” due to industr…
Surrey is set to experience a chilling cold snap as temperatures plummet from 7C to -2C in the space of a couple of days. With overnight frosts, black ice and even the potential for snow, winter is finally here and in full force, according to the BBC[1…
A man who lives in ‘the ugliest town in the UK’ has defended the town and argued for its often missed beauty.
In 1937 the great British poet Sir John Betjeman famously called for “friendly bombs” to fall on Slough, arguing it was “not fit for humans”, …
Those heading southbound on the A3 might be diverted 22 miles after a section of road shut at the Hindhead Tunnel.[1] Drivers will be sent towards Farnham[2] on the A31 instead.
The closure was announced in the early hours of Thursday morning (November…
Pedestrians will not be able to Guildford[1] station via its footbridge between Monday 4 December and Friday 1 March, in an attempt to reduce anti-social behaviour towards station staff.
South Western Railway[2] (SWR) and Network Rail[3] will collect d…
A major change is being made at Guildford train station after station staff reported abuse from members of the public. From next month, pedestrians are going to banned from entering parts of Guildford station, South Western Railway has announced.
From …
Wycombe area:
23/07080/TPO – 11 Rectory Avenue High Wycombe Buckinghamshire HP13 6HN – tree works
23/07096/CONBT – Wycombe District Bucks – Notification of proposed removal of public payphone at 6 different locations across Wycombe District
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A woman has been arrested after crashing into a giant coffee cup outside a Surrey petrol station. Members of the public went to check on the woman following the crash in Farnham and called police because they believed she was drunk.
She wandered off do…
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…
A woman was taken to hospital after being seriously injured and trapped when a recovery vehicle crashed into the shop window of Cook in Bishop’s Stortford town centre on Saturday morning.
The woman, a young member of staff, was taken to Addenbrooke’s H…
A man who spoke almost no English when he arrived in the UK has revealed how he learned the language by studying Domino’s pizza menus[1] – pronouncing words like ‘chicken’ and ‘anchovies’. Now, he’s opening up his own pizza franchise.
Thirty-six-year-o…
A commuter car park in Guildford will be closed for nearly two months as part building work to redevelop the area. Starting on Monday May 1 there will be no parking spaces available at Guildford[1] Station car park with the closure planned until June 2…