A £500,000 pot of cash from The Community Improvements Fund has had more than 60 bids from people wanting to improve their local area.

The fund was launched by Council leader David Hodge with the aim of supporting residents efforts to enhance their neighbourhoods.
Among those requesting between £10,000 and £30,000 are a sports club, a community shop and a scout group.

Further information about the fund can be found on Surrey County Council’s website.

Buchan Country Park near crawley is officially one of the best in Britain.

The country park, owned and managed by West Sussex county council have won a Green Flag Award for a fifth consecutive year.

The award is given by environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy and recognises and rewards the best parks and green spaces across the country.

A green flag flying overhead is a sign to visitors that the space boasts the highest possible standards.

Two teenage Horley boys have been arrested in connection with a skip fire in the area.

At around one thirty this morning police were called to Albert Road where the contents of the skip we deliberately set alight.

Reigate and Banstead Neighbourhood Sergeant, Dan Gutierrez said that this is not believed to be connected to the recent spate of arson offences in the surrounding areas.

He hopes that these swift arrests go some way to reassuring people that these offences are taken very seriously.

The number of new businesses in Crawley is up by 183 in the first quarter of this year.

An annual economic report has also shown that the number of company closures has continued to fall in the area.

The number of business formations is a record high in the town and a 5 per cent rise on the same period last year.

MP Henry Smith thanks the government for various support offered to small businesses that have helped make the figure so high.