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A Christmas concert has raised over £600 for Age Concern Runnymede.
The concert was held on Sunday, December 20, at Christ the Prince of Peace Church in Portmore Way, Weybridge.
Money was being raised to help provide Age Concern Runnymede with a new mini bus, which are used to take the elderly of the borough on outings.
Santa Claus was in Addlestone this weekend, filling up ahead of his Christmas rush.
Popping into Wyevale garden centre, in New Haw road, Santa was having breakfast and tea with children that wanted to meet him.
Brooklands FM are holding their third Live Lounge event this weekend, which is boasting the most amount of acts yet.
Taking place at the studio above Cosmic Electrical, in Station Road, Addlestone, this weekend, December 13 and 14.
Customers using a cash machine in Addlestone may have fallen victim to a card cloning scam after police seized a suspicious device.
Shoppers at the Tesco store, in Station Road, spotted a device on the machines outside the shop at about 6.40am on Tuesday last week and security staff removed it.
The Mayor of Runnymede is getting ready to turn on Addlestone's Christmas lights.
Being held on Saturday, November 29, the Mayor, Cllr Jim Broadhead will be joined by choirs and the Salvation Army band, to light up Addlestone.
The focus of the lights will be on the Tesco roundabout, on Station Road, where four Christmas trees are placed and will be decked with seasonal colours.
Being turned on by between 3.45pm and 4.00pm, money for the event has come from local traders and the Addlestone Chamber of Commerce, who help provide time and effort each year.
Mayoress and Chairman of the the Chamber, Cllr Peggy Broadhead said: "The Chamber of Commerce thanks very much the local traders who have given time and money to enable us to have these Christmas lights again this year. "Thanks also go to Runnymede Borough Council, Tesco, and Powercor Electrical Services of Ottershaw who free of charge connected the LED lights to an energy saving timer."
As well as the Salvation Army band, Weybridge Male Voice Choir and the Addlestone singers will be performing carols and church choir songs.
The switching on of Addlestone Christmas lights, will be taking place on Saturday November 26.
Starting at 3.00pm, the ceremony is being put on by the Addlestone Chamber of Commerce, and is being held at the Tesco's roundabout, in Station Road.
Tesco are set to hold an exhibition at the store in Station Road, Addlestone, to outline their plans for a car park extension.
The controversial plans to add an extra layer onto the car park were met with strong opposition when they were first submitted in July last year.
The company withdrew the application two months later and is now set to resubmit it, and will show residents the plans from Wednesday October 15.
Ongoing issues with car park prices in the Runnymede area, have been settled and a new date proposed for the charges to come in.
There is to be a decline in the hourly rate of the borough's car parks, however there will be an increase in both season and all day tickets.
Currently an all day car parking ticket costs £3.50 and is to increase to £4.00, similarly the current price for a season ticket is to increased by £100, so the new price will be £500 per annum.
Mervyn Robins, parking services manager, said: "For car parks in Pooley Green, Egham, Gogmore Farm, Chertsey, Victoria Steet and St. Judes Road, Englefield Green, there is to be a reduced tariff introduced to reflect the lesser usage of these facilites together with their location."
The new prices will be 1 hour - 20p, 1-2 hours - 50p, 2-3 hours - £1.00, 3-4 hours - £1.50, 4-5 hours - £2.00.
The start date for the new prices is aimed to go into effect from January 11, 2009.
Surrey County Council is carrying out a major maintenance programme on one of its older and more worn out routes in Addlestone.
The A318 Chertsey Road is being given a completely new lease of life with improvements on the route between Dudley Close and the A318 roundabout.
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