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A primary school is asking for votes to help it win a raised bed allotment.

The Hythe Primary School, Thorpe Road, has entered the Get Schools Growing competition which encourages schools to grow their own produce.

The school currenty lies in the second place. The competition runs for five weeks. To vote, visit:

Six schools from Spelthorne and Runnymede started a competition on Saturday (6) for the chance to win their very own allotment.

The competition, which is co sponsored by the Staines Informer was launched at The Elmsleigh Shopping Centre and will see pupils competing for a raised bed allotment and seeds, gardening equipment and expert advice on how to get started.

Pupils from Buckland Primary School, in Berrycroft Road, Staines, Kingscroft Junior School, in Park Avenue, Staines, Manorcroft Primary School, in Manorcrofts Road, Egham, Shortwood Infant School, in Stanwell New Road, Staines, Hythe Primary School, in Thorpe Road, Staines and Stanwell Fields School, in Clare Road, Stanwell, will be encouraging people to vote for their schools.

Volunteers from Egham and Staines are being called to help replant a hedge in Moor Lane.
The Egham and Staines Conservation Volunteers are working with Surrey County Council and the Spelthorne Tree Wardens to try and replant a hedge to control cattle and horses on Staines Moor.

The group are calling on people to meet on Sunday March 28 between 10am-1pm in the road.

For more information ring 01784 254904.

A special service for pre-school children will take place at St John's Church on Saturday, March 13 at 10.30am.

The short, fun service will cater for the youngsters and their carers with a service including a story, crafts, singing and refreshments.

Entry is free. For more details call the church office on 01784 430964.

Keen gardeners will learn all about orchids as part of a special talk at the Manor Farm Day Centre on Thursday, March 11 at 7.30pm.

The talk on orchids (pleiones) will be presented to the Egham Gardens & Allotments Association by expert Malcolm Brownsword.

Entry is free for members, £2 for guests.

A bike marking day will take place at Halfords, The Causeway Trading Estate tomorrow (Friday, March 5) from 4pm until 6pm.

Following a spate of high value bicycle thefts the session will give bike overs the chance to attach a sticker to their bike with their postcode and house name or number on it.

There is no need to book, just turn up on the day with your bike.

The next Egham police panel meeting takes place on Tuesday, March 9 at the Literary Institute in the High Street from 7pm until 8pm.

The meeting is an opportunity for members of the public to meet their local policing team face to face and raise any issues or concerns they have in the form of a general forum.

A key issue to target will also be identified during the meeting.

A book, CD and video stall will be open at the United Church of Egham on Friday, February 26 and Saturday, February 27.

The stall, which features more than 3,500 new and second hand books, will be open from 6.30pm until 9pm on Friday and from 8.30am until 12.30pm on Saturday.

Entry is free. For more details contact Graham Burrough on 01344 620518 or email graham.burrough@rbs.com

Angry residents packed a church hall to discuss controversial plans to barricade a road to stop speeding motorists.

More than 70 residents filled St Paul's Church Hall, Egham Hythe, to hear more about plans by Surrey County Council to put a barrier in St Paul's Road to prevent it being used as a 'rat run' by speeding motorists, getting from Chertsey Lane to Thorpe Road and vice versa.

The feisty meeting, chaired by borough ward councillor, Gill Warner, involved residents both in favour of the barrier, many from St Paul's Road and the Wapshott and Bowes Road estate. And also numerous residents vehemently opposed to the proposals.

Residents have expressed continuing concerns over anti-social behaviour in the area at a recent meeting with neighbourhood police officers.

The panel meeting was held at the Hythe Centre, Thorpe Lea Road, last month where residents raised concerns to their local policing team about anti-social behaviour of youths in the area.

A Section 30 dispersal order was brought into effect in August last year to counter such incidents.

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