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Flames and thick smoke rise across Caldyne Business Park at night, with an electricity pylon silhouetted against the fire and two firefighters working in the foreground

Fire · Mon 24 August 2026 · Rowfant, West Sussex

Around 140 cars destroyed in fire at a Gatwick holiday parking site near Crawley

Travellers returning from holiday face finding their cars gone after a blaze tore through Caldyne Business Park on Saturday night. A man has been arrested on suspicion of arson.

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The brick exterior and courtyard of The Cage wine bar in Reigate High Street, with dark green doors, arched windows, wooden benches and a sign asking customers to consider the neighbours and leave quietly

Business · Sat 22 August 2026 · The Cage, High Street, Reigate

The Cage in Reigate cancels all live music after council noise abatement notice

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Surrey Extra graphic marking Ethel Caterham of Lightwater turning 117 on 21 August 2026

People · Sat 22 August 2026 · Lightwater

Ethel Caterham, the world’s oldest person, celebrates her 117th birthday in Lightwater

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Iceland staff in red and black uniforms cutting a red ribbon at the entrance of the refurbished Iceland store in Queensway, Redhill

Town centre · Sat 22 August 2026 · Iceland, Queensway, Redhill

Iceland Redhill reopens after a week-long refurbishment

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Surrey Police custody photograph of Clive Siddall, 81, formerly of Oxted, jailed for 12 years

Courts · Sat 22 August 2026 · Guildford Crown Court

Man, 81, formerly of Oxted jailed for 12 years for sexual offences against two girls in the 1980s

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Godstone High Street reopened, with an A25 road sign for Sevenoaks, London and the M25 beside resurfaced carriageway

Godstone · Wed 12 August 2026 · Godstone High Street

Godstone High Street reopens, 18 months after the sinkhole swallowed it

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A Surrey Extra title plate reading: Footage circulating online appears to show a preacher seen in Redhill being arrested in London

Redhill station · Mon 10 August 2026 · Redhill station

Preacher Jesse Samuel Ngoma, filmed at Redhill station, arrested in London

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A black sports car stopped at the roadside behind traffic cones on Esher High Street, with a marked police car in the foreground

Traffic · Mon 10 August 2026 · Esher High Street

Driver arrested for drug driving after being stopped on Esher High Street

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A busker in a flat cap, glasses and a patterned shirt singing into a microphone on the street in Reigate town centre

Out and about · Sun 9 August 2026 · Reigate town centre

Live music on the street in Reigate as a busker plays outside Kokoro

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A Union Jack flag attached to a lamppost in Redhill town centre, with a person on a ladder fixing it in place against a block of flats

Community · Sat 8 August 2026 · Redhill town centre

More flags go up on Redhill lampposts as residents split over the display

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Shop windows in Redhill town centre covered in yellow closing-down posters reading "Store closing down" and "Everything must go", with 50% off signs

Town centre · Fri 7 August 2026 · Redhill town centre

Lloyds Bank gone, Post Office going: how much of Redhill town centre has changed

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Two police officers helping lift a wheelchair up onto the pavement on a tree-lined street in Redhill town centre

Community · Thu 6 August 2026 · Redhill town centre

Police officers stop to help a wheelchair user in Redhill town centre

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