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Surrey County Council will take a decision on its libraries plans again, following a judicial review. Earlier this month, Mr Justice Wilkie upheld a technical challenge over a decision to create 10 community-run libraries staffed by volunteers, although he did not criticise the policy itself. With that in mind, the council has decided to bring … Continue reading
Surrey County Council’s plans to support communities in running 10 libraries was featured on the BBC’s Sunday Politics. On the programme, Surrey’s Cabinet Member for Community Services and the 2012 Games Helyn Clack explained the aim of the plans was to “keep all 52 libraries open” while elsewhere in the country branches are closing. The story … Continue reading
Surrey County Council has set up an investment fund that will unlock savings of more than £37 million. The council estimates that its £9 million investment fund will generate more than four times as much in savings for local taxpayers by 2017. Under the ‘invest to save’ scheme, services bid for money to get projects … Continue reading
Surrey County Council’s Cabinet Member for Schools and Learning Tim Hall tells BBC Surrey presenter Nick Wallis that 95% of children got a place at one of the schools of their choice. Audio courtesy of BBC Surrey. The station apologised on air for the problems with sound quality caused by technical issues.
Surrey Fire and Rescue Service’s Gavin Watts was interviewed by BBC Surrey’s Sarah Gorrell about plans for a new fire station in Guildford. Courtesy of BBC Surrey.
Surrey County Council Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and Health Michael Gosling spoke at a Westminster event about improving health and wellbeing. Mr Gosling spoke about the progress made in establishing Surrey’s health and wellbeing board at a Westminster Briefing session yesterday (18 April). Talking alongside National Director for Health and Wellbeing Board Implementation … Continue reading
Team USA cycling star Janel Holcomb has urged motorists and cyclists to treat each other with “mutual respect” as part of Surrey County Council and Surrey Police’s new Cycle Smart campaign. The Olympic hopeful gave her support to the road safety initiative while training on Surrey’s stretch of the 2012 Olympic road race route last … Continue reading
US cyclist Janel Holcomb says Surrey’s Box Hill climb will prove the decisive point of the women’s Olympic road race as the 100 day countdown to the 2012 Games begins (18 April). The Olympic hopeful described the course as “challenging from start to finish” after checking out the course last week (April 10) with fellow … Continue reading
USA Olympic cycling road race hopefuls Kristin McGrath and Janel Holcomb talk about the course in Surrey. The pair checked out the Olympic road race route last week (10 April) with Surrey County Council’s Alan Flaherty, who helped event organisers design the course. Kristin McGrath What have the roads been like? The roads … Continue reading
Surrey students have been handed an Olympic challenge with a difference, going for gold in art and creative writing competitions. Students have until the end of April to enter their 2012 Games inspired illustrations, collages, poetry, short stories or song lyrics. Artwork can be in any form that is two-dimensional and creative writing entries can … Continue reading
Residents will be able to take a look at the latest plans for a new fire station in Guildford, during an open day this week. The event will give people the chance to learn more about the project to replace the current fire station in Ladymead with a state-of-the-art facility, which will include better training … Continue reading
More than 80 community groups have bid for a share of a £750,000 pot of cash for projects. Surrey County Council Leader David Hodge launched the fund to help residents improve local areas. Eighty-five applications for money from the Community Improvements Fund were received by this month’s deadline. Groups* have asked for between £10,000 and … Continue reading
Surrey County Council expects to save up to £300,000 after launching a new system to conduct CRB checks. Completing background checks online instead of on paper forms means waiting times for results have been cut to just a few days. Under the previous paper system, it could take up to six weeks for a check … Continue reading
A new day care centre has been launched as part of plans to help people with dementia live longer in their own homes. Surrey County Council, Runnymede Borough Council and the Alzheimer’s Society joined forces to open The Orchard to support up to 20 people with the illness a day. It comes after the council … Continue reading
The first year of Surrey County Council’s new highways contract saw almost 300 miles of road resurfaced or repaired, which is further than driving the distance from London to Land’s End. Last April, the county council drove a hard bargain when it signed a series of contracts with companies to improve and maintain Surrey’s roads. … Continue reading
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