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Staines' firefighters were called to two bonfire fires in two nights.

On Sunday June 21 at 8.36pm in Long Lane, Stanwell, crews were called to a bonfire which went out of control.

The following night at 10pm, crews from Staines and Sunbury were called to Chertsey Road, Staines, where they took an hour to put out another out of control bonfire.

A small kitchen fire started in a Stanwell home in the early hours of Sunday June 21.

Fire crews from Staines and Sunbury attended Whitelea Close at 1.20am and took around 20 minutes putting out the blaze.

It is not being treated as suspicious, and although no one was injured, firemen gave out advice on fire alarms.

Firefighters from Staines were called to a suspicious fire in the early hours of Friday June 5.

The firemen visited Clyde Road, in Stanwell, on reports of an undergrowth fire at 2.50am.

They spent around 25 minutes putting out the blaze.

A 40-year-old man was taken to hospital on Monday June 1 with leg injuries.

Ambulance crews were called to a road traffic collision in Cambria Gardens at 7pm after a motorbike collided with a car.

The man was taken to St Peter's Hospital, in Chertsey.

Crackdown details released

Posted by Mark Goode on Jun 1, 09 02:42 PM in Crime

Four people were arrested during a police scheme to crack down on motoring crime and anti-social driving.

Operation Quake took place on Monday 18 and Tuesday 19 May in Ashford and Stanwell and stopped 108 vehicles, with two arrested for disqualified driving and two arrested for theft of cars.

Fixed penalty notices were issued to 25 drivers and 12 vehicles were seized.

Spelthorne neighbourhood inspector Sarah Greenhalgh said: "I hope these positive results demonstrate how seriously North Surrey Police is taking the issue of anti-social driving. "

A large bag of meat which which residents believe could be organs and body parts was found by police at around 3.00pm on Wednesday May 20.

Detectives were called to just outside Stanwell Burial Grounds, in Town Lane, Stanwell where they investigated a large blue bag containing the red and white flesh and spent a few hours taking pictures and carrying out forensics.

Police launched a two-day initiative to cut back on anti-social driving on Monday 19 May and Tuesday 19 May.

The idea was to cut back on dangerous driving in Ashford and Stanwell, which saw police officers from Spelthorne check random vehicles to cut down on cold callers and rogue traders.


The destruction of 13 homes began on Monday May 11 as the tip of the spear for a gargantuan re-generation project in Stanwell.

Stanwell New Start got under way as bulldozers started to flatten 13 homes in Victory Close, Stanwell, as part of A2Dominion and Spelthorne Council's £50 million scheme.

Firefighters were kept busy over the bank holiday weekend after they were called to
six incidents.

In the early hours of Monday April 4, firemen from Staines and Egham were called to an arson attack in Falcoln Drive, Stanwell, when a garage was set alight.

Staines have a new fireman in the form of a local lad who lives in Laleham.

Dave Page, 27, joined the crew at Staines fire station, in Town Lane, Stanwell, on March 27.

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