News

Work has been taking place on the new Starbucks at 74-76 High Street, Reigate, where Carluccio’s used to be, but no opening date has yet been announced. … read more

A Government-appointed commissioner drafted in to oversee changes in Surrey County Council’s (SCC) failing children’s services department has made final recommendations. … read more

The post office at Martin’s in Reigate High Street will now close in March, rather than September as previously expected. … read more

The Reigate & Banstead Business Awards are back for a second year, with nominations now open. … read more

Surrey Police are warning about the danger of “courier fraud” – in which victims are tricked into handing over cash or bank cards – after 409 reports of the crime in the county in 2019. … read more

The premises of La Barbe in Reigate’s Bell Street should have a new occupant before the spring – Cullenders Parkside. … read more

Two men who armed themselves with bottles before threatening staff and stealing a thousand pounds’ worth of alcohol at the Morrisons supermarket in Reigate are behind bars after pleading guilty to robbery when they appeared at Guildford Crown Court on Monday 9 December. … read more

Hartsfield Manor hotel, in Betchworth, added to the funds it has raised for George and the Giant Pledge with a series of Christmas wreath making events in November and December. … read more

Dunottar School in Reigate once again opened its doors to elderly members of the community for its “Caring at Christmas” lunch … read more

The Christmas Fayre at the start of the festive season was the best yet, organisers Reigate Business Guild said in December. … read more

Political parties and candidates assembled at Donyngs Leisure Centre in the early hours of Friday 13 December to learn the … read more

Conservative Crispin Blunt has been re-elected as MP for Reigate in the 2019 General Election, receiving slightly more than half … read more

The trial is looking at whether the system is more convenient for patients – and they can still attend in person if they wish. … read more

Police officers are being trained to help victims of forced marriage, female genital mutilation and honour-based abuse crimes, a meeting heard. … read more

Post Office branch will close from September 2020 … read more

Reigate Business Guild’s annual golf day at Betchworth Park Golf Club in September raised over £8,000 towards the Christmas lights and the Lucy Rayner Foundation. … read more

Reigate & Banstead Borough Council has agreed to write to Highways England about noise on the local stretch of the M25, after a petition was signed by more than 600 people … read more

Surrey County Council has announced that its headquarters will be moving to Woking, and away from Kingston-upon-Thames which for more than 50 years has been a London borough. … read more

An outpouring of feeling defeated as she battled the system to get the support her six-year-old son with special needs requires has led one mum to call for change for other families in her situation. … read more