Surrey Mirror
LONG-SERVING GRITTER DRIVER IS THE SALT OF THE EARTH
AS Surrey is in the midst of another cold snap, with snow falling across the county, there is one man who is at the forefront of ensuring the county’s roads are still safe for drivers. and this is far from his first rodeo; as he first began gritting...
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2026 – the defining year for councils
REIGATE and Banstead Borough Council leader Cllr Richard Biggs said: “As we reflect on a challenging year for local government in Surrey and the tight deadlines imposed on us by central government to define the future under new unitary authorities, my...
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Contactless ‘pricing out passengers’
TRAIN ticketing changes caused by the expansion of contactless payments mean the price of travelling on some services has soared. Rebecca Paul, Conservative MP for Reigate, told the Press Association that the new rules risk “pricing passengers out of...
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County leader insists Surrey will have a mayor
SURREY will get a mayor despite months of uncertainty and a lack of solid confirmation from the government, the county council leader has insisted. Tim Oliver said he is “confident” a mayor of Surrey would go ahead, even though the central government...
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CONVICTED OF MURDER
A MAN has been found guilty of murdering his wife years after being acquitted on the grounds of selfdefence. After an eight-week retrial at London’s Inner Crown Court, Robert Rhodes, from Withleigh, Devon, was convicted of the murder of Dawn Rhodes in...
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‘Stop the scanning’: Police face fight over surveillance cameras
FORMAL protests have been lodged against Surrey Police’s use of facial recognition technology, which scans the faces of every adult and child in a bid to identify known suspects. Surrey Police was provided with two live facial recognition vans from...
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