June 2008 Archives

Suzy Talbot: I am the Multimedia Content Manager for the Herald & News series. I have spent most of my career as a journalist working on newspapers in Buckinghamshire with a stint in Surrey. I hope to become increasingly involved all our communities because this is where the heart of our newspapers and websites lie. Feel free to contact me about any issue on 01932 561111.

Vicki Eltis: I am the chief reporter for the Herald & News series. A few of my contacts have called me the 'bulldog' as I like to get my teeth into a good story and never give up. I'm passionate about my job and covering the Walton, Weybridge, Hersham and surrounding areas. Please email me at vickieltis@trinitysouth.co.uk

Mark Goode: I am the reporter for the Staines, Laleham and Stanwell areas. I know the trees and rivers of Surrey very well, and have spent countless hours rambling through its woods. I am a poet, a nature lover, and a purveyor of fine old-time American music - including pre-war blues and Dixieland. Please email me at markgoode@trinitysouth.co.uk

Emma Heseltine: I'm the reporter dedicated to covering stories from Addlestone, Chertsey and Byfleet, and the surrounding villages. This is my first reporting job and I've been writing about the area since 2007. I grew up and still live in Addlestone, so I know the area well. Email me or call 01932 561111.

Adam Courtney: I am a senior reporter covering the Sunbury, Shepperton and Ashford areas. If you have a happy, funny, sad, tragic or positive story, any story, little or large, that you think people ought to know about, drop me an email or give me a call on 01932 561111.

Rupert Basham: I am the Walton/Weybridge & Hersham reporter. I studied American Studies at Portsmouth University, which was very interesting but left me with two options; to go into teaching or journalism. I figured with a name like Rupert, journalism was probably a safer bet (kids are cruel). Please call me on 01932 561111 or email me

Russell Butt: I am the dedicated reporter for Egham and I also cover Woking for our sister paper, the Informer. I joined the team in May 2008 after ditching a job in software sales. Initially I covered Staines & Ashford, but have since been getting know the great people of Runnymede and mixing with the communities in Englefield Green, Thorpe and Virginia Water. I can't be everywhere at once though, so if you have some news you think I would be interested in email me or call 01932 561111.

Tamara Hughes: I am the reporter for Addlestone, Chertsey and Byfleet. I'm new to the team and to journalism after recently finishing University where I studied History and Politics at Birmingham. I'm looking forward to hearing from as many of you as possible so don't hesitate to get in touch. Email me or call 01932 561111.

Other Useful contacts:

Steve Bax, websites contact
Paul Bishop, Sports Editor
Chris Berry, Photographic

Weight Watchers' Chertsey group leader Marie Jones is running a Help A London Child 10km race in London on July 20.

Police uncovered a stash of class C drugs at a house in Lyne following a dawn raid on Friday.

A summer exhibition will be on display at the Windsor Street Gallery, in Chertsey, between July 5-17.

The exhibition, showing work by Chertsey artists including paintings, ceramics, cards, jewellery and textiles, will be open from Tuesdays to Fridays, noon to 5pm, and Saturdays to Sundays, 10am to 5pm.

The owner of Honeycomb Chemist, in Guildford Street, Chertsey, is seeking advertising consent to install an illuminated sign at the front of his shop. Kamlesh Shah applied to Runnymede Council for planning permission for the sign on June 18.

A young girl was taken to casualty at St Peter's Hospital in Chertsey when she got her thumb stuck in a golf-putting machine on Sunday (June 22).

Traffic misery awaits motorists driving through Addlestone and Chertsey this week because of hold-ups caused by EDF Energy roadworks on the A317 Woburn Hill, in Weybridge.

Students from Sir William Perkins's School, in Chertsey, were among more than 1,000 children from schools and youth groups across the UK to choose the winning science book for the Royal Society Junior Prize for Science Books.