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Surrey’s Local Resilience Forum are reminding residents to stay local and follow the lockdown rules, ahead of the weekend. Advertising message vans will be touring the county’s popular spots this weekend, focusing on areas that have been seeing high numbers of residents in recent days and weeks. The vans will be displaying reminders that people … Continue reading
Surrey’s Local Resilience Forum is putting additional measures in-place to support hospitals, social care, and other front-line services, as they battle to deal with very high and rising rates of Covid-19 infections across the county. Surrey now has one of the highest infection rates per 100,000 people in the UK. The infection rate across the … Continue reading
Several Surrey schools have been scammed by subscription traps locking them into costly repeat payments after appearing ‘free’. Buckinghamshire and Surrey Trading Standards are warning residents, business and other organisations not to fall victim to online subscription traps after the schools lost out on over several hundred pounds each. Subscription traps take place when you … Continue reading
Tim Oliver, Leader of Surrey County Council, said: “Last night the Prime Minister announced that a new national lockdown would come into effect today, Tuesday 5 January. “While this news is not wholly unexpected, it has a huge impact on all our lives and it is not the start to 2021 that we had hoped … Continue reading
A recently retired Surrey County Council officer who worked for 26 years to improve the lives of unpaid carers has been made an OBE in the Queen’s New Year Honours. John Bangs (pictured right), who left the council in September, was honoured for services to carers. John was senior commissioning manager for carers who worked … Continue reading
Update: Monday 4 January Surrey County Council continues to work closely with schools to ensure face-to-face education can be delivered safely. As ever, we will support head teachers in making decisions based on their specific circumstances, and using Public Health expertise. We understand the concern of parents, carers and schools about safety when primary schools … Continue reading
Surrey County Council (SCC) has increased its funding for a key bus route to and from Staines and Heathrow Airport so it can continue to serve residents in the Stanwell area. Due to the significant downturn in air travel and the impact on their finances, Heathrow Airport Ltd recently announced that they would need to … Continue reading
All of Surrey will become a Tier 4 COVID restriction following today’s announcement from the Secretary of State for Health. In order to minimise the spread of COVID-19 that is growing in the South East of England, the government has announced several new areas will be placed in Tier 4 from Boxing Day. Waverley will … Continue reading
Leaders from the Surrey Local Resilience Forum (SLRF) organisations thank volunteers and staff for their response to the Covid-19 pandemic and look forward to a more positive 2021. SLRF is a partnership that brings together local agencies to deal with a crisis or incident from councils and emergency services through to health colleagues and community … Continue reading
Surrey County Council has issued its latest data dashboard highlighting the latest figures for cases of COVID-19 in the county. The figures show both the number of new cases and the rate of infection in each borough and district in Surrey. The data dashboard will be updated and issued daily, and demonstrates our commitment to be … Continue reading
The majority of Surrey will face tighter Tier 4 COVID restrictions from midnight tonight, following today’s announcement from the Prime Minster. In order to stop the spread of COVID-19 that is growing in the South East of England, all areas of Surrey apart from Waverley, will be placed into Tier 4. The decision is reflective … Continue reading
Thursday 17th December 2020 It has been announced that from the 19th December, the majority of Surrey will be placed into tier 3, the Very High Covid Alert Level. Waverley is to remain in tier 2. Due to rapidly rising rates of Coronavirus across most of Surrey, the Government has taken the decision to implement tier 3 restrictions in all other … Continue reading
Doorstep scams increase during the winter periods, with over a third of all reported incidents occurring during the months of January to March. This is due to bogus callers and rogue traders taking advantage of our need for a safe, warm and dry home during the bad weather. When rain, sleet or snow sets in … Continue reading
Surrey County Council has issued its latest data dashboard highlighting the latest figures for cases of COVID-19 in the county. The figures show both the number of new cases and the rate of infection in each borough and district in Surrey. The data dashboard will be updated and issued daily, and demonstrates our commitment to be open … Continue reading
Children from infant and primary schools across the county have helped to name some of Surrey’s brand-new fleet of gritters which will help keep our roads safe over the winter. The new vehicles operate more efficiently, have state-of-the art technology on board and produce less carbon emissions. Over 200 schools were invited to take part … Continue reading
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