July 2008 Archives

A fire crew were called out when a car engine caught fire on the M25 between junctions 11 and 10, Chertsey to Wisley, on Wednesday July 30 at 9.08pm.

The fire crew, from Chertsey fire station in Addlestonemoor, put out the blaze with foam.

Midnight walks are becoming synonymous with fundraising at Hospices and normally they are women only events.

The Princess Alice Hospice is always looking to do something different and that is why the first Princess Alice Hospice Midnight Walk will be open to men, women and children over 14 years of age.

The White Lodge Centre put Barclays bank staff throught their paces on July 24.

A team of 15 business managers from in and around Staines donned their wellies and got their hands dirty sprucing up a garden at the centre for disabled children and adults in Holloway Hill.

A fire appears to have taken place in Bourne Meadow Park off Free Prae Road, Chertsey, at the weekend.

It is not clear whether it was started deliberately but a large patch of scorched earth is now clearly visible close to the wooden bridge over the River Bourne.

A snake was seen swimming in the Thames at Penton Hook on Sunday July 27.

St John's ambulance volunteer Ray Pennock saw the reptile - about 75cm long - when he was in the service's safety boat on his way to the Staines regatta, and said it was following a rowing boat.

A report on mental health care by the Healthcare Commission released on Wednesday July 23 gave Surrey and Borders NHS Trust a rating of "fair".

The report, which assessed all mental health services in England as to whether patient admissions are appropriate, personalised, safe, and promote recovery, saw 12% of organisations rated "excellent", 29% rated "good", 43% rated "fair" and 16% rated "weak".

Children aged between six and 12 are invited to Chertsey Museum in Windsor Street tomorrow (Thursday) to make lion puppets from 11am.

The hour-and-a-half long activity, called Lazy Lions, is designed to give children who have broken up from school something to do.

Youngsters from 14 different schools spent a week at Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals sites as work experience at the end of term last week.

The 15 and 16-year-olds visited different areas of the hospital at work and heard first-hand experiences from staff.

Friends and family of a mum who died suddenly in November have bought a gadget for St Peter's Hospital, Chertsey, in her memory.

Mourners of Jean Mitchell, from Woking, were asked to donate money for charity rather than buy flowers for her funeral. Those donations will be handed to the hospital for a suction unit, used for clearing a person's airways in an emergency.

It will always be in standby in the physiotherapy gym at St Peter's Hospital.

More than 80 swim members and volunteers attended this year's Runnymede Dolphins Garden Party.

Social isolation can be a big problem for people with disabilities, but not for Runnymede Dolphins members, who meet at Woking pool each week for group physio and swimming sessions as well as attending the numerous social events the charity volunteers organise throughout the year.