July 2008 Archives

Those who saw the musical drama Jane Eyre at Magna Carta Arts Centre in February, will not be surprised to learn that it has won Laleham-based Hatton Operatic Society Accolade of Excellence award.

NODA is the National Operatic and Dramatic Association who champion professional and amateur theatre nationally and have Andrew Lloyd Webber as its President.

A Royal Holloway student has won an national award for setting up a pioneering volunteering scheme.

Robin Green, a psychology student from Royal Holloway has been named as a regional winner in the Nationwide community and heritage awards for his role in recruiting and training a team of eight student volunteers to tutor a group of refugees and asylum seekers in computer technology.

Law students at Strode's College practised their legal skills at a moot on Wednesday.

Four A-level students took part in the grand final of the mooting competition - which sees teenagers playing the part of lawyers pitted against each other in a mock court - after winning their way through the knock-out stages in June.

A home in Middlehill could be transformed into a dental practice.
Mr and Mrs Van Gelderen have applied for permission to build two surgeries in the garden annexe to Courtways, along with seven parking spaces.
To view the plan, visit www.runnymede.gov.uk.

The annual show by the Egham gardens and allotments association will take place on Saturday August 16 at 2pm, at the United Church in Egham High Street.
Entrance is free. For more information, call Bill Swinton on 01753 865947.

Botanical art by a group of amateur artists will be on show at the 1215 Gallery in Windsor Road, Egham, on Wednesday August 20 from 2pm - 5pm and from Thursday August 21 to Monday August 25, from 11am-5pm.
All the work will be for sale, along with prints and cards.
Entrance is free

Gardeners are invited to learn about Alpines at a talk hosted by the Egham Gardens and Allotments Association at Manor Farm Day Centre, Manor Farm Lane, on Thursday August 14 at 7.30pm.
Entrance is free of charge. For more information call Bill Swinton on 01753 865947.

A householder has won an appeal against Runnymede Council after it refused to give him planning permission for a conservatory.

Mr Craven lodged an appeal against Runnymede's decision last June, to ban his proposal to removal a gazebo and replace in with a single story conservatory at a house in Hurst Lane, Egham.

Planning Inspector Stephen Roscoe ruled that the plan would not affect the openness of the Green belt and feel below the threshold for inappropriate development.

PLANS to extract 2.3 million tonnes of gravel from land near Egham and Virginia Water over the next 10 years are being submitted to Surrey County Council.

Health and safety officers visited an Egham pub after a complaint about 'hazardous' hanging baskets and 'risky' open windows.