October 2008 Archives

Stanwell Age Concern will be holding its annual meeting on Wednesday October 22 at Stanwell Village Hall in Stanwell High Street at 2pm.

Twenty-five years after residents begged for a lorry ban - and got one - in Stanwell Village they say the problem is worse than ever.

The disruption was highlighted in the Staines & Ashford News in October 1983 and campaigners thought they had their wish when a 7.5 tonne weight restriction was imposed.

Stanwell Hall Hotel in Town Lane has applied for planning permission to build a three-story side extension, demolish and rebuild its rear two-storey extension and build another two-storey extension to hotel outbuildings.

Bosses at the hotel also hope to extend its car park and vehicle circulation area on the 0.35 hectare site.
Officers have reccommended that councillors approve the plans, which will go before Spelthorne planning committee on Wednesday October 15.

Five men have been charged with conspiracy to burgle following a series of dawn raids.

Ben Cheeseman, 21, of Elizabethan Close, Stanwell, Robert Green, 28, of Copperfield Rise, Addlestone, Scott Anderson, 23, of Adelaide Road, Ashford, Mark Beagley, 21, of Stanwell Close, Stanwell, and William Patterson, 25, of St Mary's Crescent, Stanwell, all appeared before Staines magistrates on Wednesday October 8.

The were all remanded in custody and are due to appear before Kingston Crown Court on Monday October 20.
The charges follow police raids on Tuesday October 7 at addresses in Addlestone, Ashford, Egham, Shepperton, Stanwell, Sunbury, Wraysbury, Hounslow, Crawley and Chichester.

Spelthorne and Runnymede Drama Festival will be held at the Riverside Arts Centre in Thames Street, Sunbury, between October 14 and 18.

The event takes the form of a competition, which will consist of a programme of one-act plays performed each evening and judged by adjudicator Mike Caiser.

Tickets to the festival are £5. To buy tickets call 01784 452675, or buy on the door.