Health

MP David Wilshire opened four refurbished wards at Ashford Hospital on Monday November 16.

The Spelthorne MP, who will stand down at the next general election following revelations he paid more than £100,000 in expenses to a fake company, officially re-opened wards Chaucer, Wordsworth, Dickens, and Fielding.

The victim of devastating fire in Stanwell earlier this month has died in hospital.

Maria Jones, 64, of Windermere Close, suffered burns to her arms and legs after she was dragged out alive from her house on Monday October 19 by two neighbours.

Mrs Jones passed away on Sunday October 25 in St Peter's Hospital, Chertsey, and post mortem examination carried out at the Royal Surrey County Hospital in Guildford concluded she died from injuries sustained in the fire.

The cause of the fire, which occurred at 4am on the day and completely gutted the house, is no longer being treated as suspicious by police.

A police spokesman said: "Following a joint Surrey Police and Surrey Fire and Rescue Service investigation the cause of the fire at a residential address in Windermere Close, is believed to have been the result of an electrical fault."

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A woman in her 30s had to be cut from her car after she collided with a bus on Tuesday July 21.

The incident happened at around 12.30 in Clare Road, Stanwell where firefighters from Staines had to remove her car door.

Two people were taken to hospital, including the woman who suffered from neck and back injuries.

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.

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.

Tennis courts in Spelthorne are to be refurbished after the borough council allocated 110,000 over the next three years.

The money will be spent resurfacing the courts in Cedars Park in Lower Sunbury, Clockhouse Lane in Ashford, the Lammas in Staines, Stanwell Recreation Ground, Fordbridge Park in Ashford, Staines Park and Bishop Duppas Park in Shepperton.