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Show Photo ID for Postal or Proxy Vote, Woking Council ‘Requests’

By Julie Armstrong local democracy reporter Labour has accused Woking council of potentially hindering marginal groups from voting by asking those who want a postal or proxy vote to provide…

Schwesterlich News: Happy Covid Christmas!

In November we published the first of what we hope will be a regular exchange of news to and from our twin town of Freiburg in south-west Germany. They are…

Chief Constable Praises Surrey Residents For Low Level of Pandemic Breaches

By Julia Armstrong local democracy reporter Surrey Chief Constable Gavin Stephens has expressed gratitude for “bucketloads of empathy” in the community fight against coronavirus. Since the March 23 first lockdown,…

Romance May Be in The Air, But So Are The Swindlers After Your Money

Romance fraud is an extremely costly affair and smooth-talking fraudsters have swindled 69 Surrey victims a painful £2,414,914 between January and September, a shocking 45% rise on the similar period…

Life in Solitary: The Rear End of… What’s Her Name?

The Lockdown Diary of Tony Edwards My Lost Lockdown Day At precisely 11am last Saturday I realised it was Friday. The proof was there, in black and white, in the…

Beware of the Surge in Fake Amazon Prime Phone Calls

A warning has been issued after a sudden spike in scam calls pretending to be from Amazon Prime. This month, Surrey Police have had 20 reports of such calls. Thankfully,…

The Worplesdon Witness, July 2020

Jan Messinger with her latest round-up of news from the parish of Worplesdon Little Angels will not reopen, while the Farmhouse Café will on Monday, July 20 Rokers, at Fairlands,…

New Surrey Police Constable Tells of Her Lockdown Experience

Starting work as a police constable is a challenge at the best of times but what is it like to start beat work in the middle of the Coronavirus lockdown?…

County Warns, Beware of Scams Now on the Rise in the Wake of Coronavirus

Dangerous fraudsters have been buying fake NHS and care provider lanyards so they can try to trick their way into the homes of vulnerable people, Surrey Trading Standards has warned.…

Surrey Police Switch to Traffic Checks and Issue Nearly 90 Tickets Over Easter Weekend

In what seems a change in police policy, Surrey and Sussex officers made 49 traffic stop-checks over the Easter weekend advising the “vast majority” of stopped drivers on social distancing.…