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Show some local love!

The Love Elmbridge Awards are back — and it’s your chance to shout out your favourite shop, café, restaurant, salon, or that hidden gem that always goes the extra mile! 💖 🎉 Whether it’s the barista who remembers your order, the hairdresser who makes you feel brand new, or the indie shop you just can’t live without — we want

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Have your say about the future of Local Government

The following Surrey districts and Borough Councils have launched a residents’ survey on local government reorganisation: Epsom & Ewell Borough Council, Guildford Borough Council, Reigate & Banstead Borough Council, Runnymede Borough Council, Spelthorne Borough Council, Surrey Heath Borough Council, Waverley Borough Council and Woking Borough Council. Now, it’s time for you to have your say. Please do put your opinions

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Meet Up Mondays

MeetUpMondays™ was started by Mick Dore of The Alexandra pub in Wimbledon in January 2018. Mick was fed up with reading about loneliness and decided to ‘do something’. His pub has consistently won awards for its commitment to the community – notably its free Christmas dinner for anyone who would usually be alone on Christmas Day. So what did he do? Well,

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Rosebriars – what’s in a name?

Local playwright, R C Sherriff is memorialised in Lower Green’s Sherriff Close, but what is Rosebriars? Sherriff Close and Rosebriars are both named for Sherriff, but for different reasons. “Sherriff Close” is an obvious naming but what is his connection to “Rosebriars”? “Rosebriars” was the name of Sherriff’s family home in Esher Park Avenue and, when he died in 1975,

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