PLANS to turn a fishing supply business in Heathfield into two flats have been welcomed. The transformation of Sussex Angling Supplies in Streatfield Road into a pair of one-bedroom flats were supported by the parish council at a meeting on Monday. Members said the conversion was a “good idea”. Planning documents say the business is [...]
EAST Surrey patients will have to travel to Crawley to be examined by a new, hi-tech mammography machine. Health bosses have officially announced they are purchasing the new machine which will be based at Crawley Hospital but also used by patients sent from East Surrey Hospital. The machine, which checks for lumps to help early [...]
AN eleventh-hour bid has been launched to help preserve Caterham’s most iconic building for community-wide use. The 100-year-old former town hall in Harestone Valley Road lies underused, in need of a facelift and with a “condemned” kitchen. Two groups are vying to take over the running of Soper Hall from the council – Caterham Baptist [...]
MEDICAL science is helping to sustain long life by tackling potentially deadly illnesses, a Merstham GP has said. Dr Alistair Wells, from the Moat House Surgery, in Worsted Green, Merstham, said: “Drugs we prescribe are a lot more effective for long-term conditions like heart disease and diabetes, enabling people to live longer.” And Caterham’s Douglas [...]
RESIDENTS “terrorised” by boozed-up yobs say they are delighted the owner of a popular pub is looking to sell. Steve Kirk, owner of the revamped Village Inn on Coulsdon Road, Caterham, for the last five-and-a-half years, told the Mirror he is looking to move on, and invited anyone interested in taking the pub on to [...]
