Friends of a man who lay dead in his sheltered housing flat for up to 10 days are calling for an investigation into why it took so long for staff to discover his body.

John Daughters, 63, who died of liver cirrhosis, was found at his Windsor Court Road flat in Chobham on January 13 and his funeral was held in the village on February 21.

Campaigners in Cobham who were hoping to see the speed limit reduced on an infamous road were disappointed to hear it was only reduced by 10mph at the Surrey Council Local Committee Meeting for Elmbridge held on December 8.
A majority vote by councillors saw the national speed limit be reduced to 50mph instead of the requested 30mph on Byfleet Road and the new speed limit will be imposed from the traffic lights at the junction with Seven Hills Road.

The Chobham Festival continues this weekend, with Chobham Morris Dancers giving a display of their age-old routines outside St Lawrence Church in the High Street at 12.30pm on Saturday. (October 4)

Two free sessions of musical entertainment with a jazz flavour will be held in the Festival Cafe in the church hall from 11.15am-12.15pm and 1.30-2.30pm the same day and at7.45pm that evening, the Festival Concert in the church will feature music from Spain.

An art exhibition will be held in the Festival Cafe from 11.30am-5.30pm on Sunday (5) and the festival will finish with Songs of Praise in the church at 6pm.

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The regulator OFCOM have granted the hard working volunteers of Hospital Radio Wey an FM channel to broadcast their superb variety of music & local information programmes.

With a strong commitment to the local community and a passion to broadcast information that is relevant to listeners across the area the Chertsey-based radio station will be pulling out all the stops from 16 October through to 12 November.

The future of West End Post Office is in the balance as the couple who have run it for more than 20 years are retiring.

The sub post office, in High Street, is to close from Saturday, September 20 due to the retirement of postmaster Michael O'Donovan and his wife Sue.

A man who jumped out a window during a police drugs raid in West End was treated for a broken foot.

More than 500 cannabis plants were found at a home in Ashley Way on Tuesday August 26, and 30-year-old Minh Van Nguyen, 30, was charged with production of a Class C drug.

He appeared at South West Magistrates Court and was remanded in custody.

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