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A first-aid booklet that was co-created by Surrey County Council has won a Red Cross award.
The booklet is designed to help disabled people communicate in emergencies and was designed with the help of those who struggle to communicate themselves.
The booklet won the award at the Red Cross charity annual conference.
A man has been charged at Crawley Magistrates Court yesterday after two men were hospitalised after being hit by a car near Pulborough in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Daniel Flay, 31, of Highfield, Wick has been charged with GBH with intent, ABH, dangerous driving and driving when over the alcohol limit.
Two men aged 18 and 24 were injured in the incident when they were hit by the car being driven north on the A29 London Road,
The 18-year old was taken to St George’s Hospital in South London with serious but non-life threatening head and body injuries. The 24-year old was treated at Worthing Hospital for a leg injury.
Air above a rubbish tip in Cormongers Lane, Redhill is to be monitored for pollution because of a sewage-like smell coming from the site.
Over the last 3 months, there have been over 500 complaints and The Environment Agency is now installing a monitoring station that will take samples to check for levels of gasses including nitrogen dioxide, sulphur dioxide and hydrogen sulphide.
According to the agency, a preliminary health risk assessment of the air quality found the levels of the gas were not high enough to be of concern to public health.
Surrey County Council has said to have repaired around 18,500 potholes across Surrey since the beginning of this year.
This is 4000 more than they repaired this time last year.
The council have set up a major operation to repair the roads affected by last winter’s floods, which left it with an estimated bill of £15m.
Nearly 30 repair squads – double the normal number – are working across the county in a four-week push.
The council plans to fix up to another 17,000 potholes over the coming weeks.
Three men have been injured following an assault outside a snooker club in Redhill.
The incident happened at 2am on Saturday when three Latvian men were attacked by two males outside Q’s Entertainment in Queensway.
The victims all received facial injuries including a suspected broken jaw, a swollen cheek and a large cut above the eye.