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HACAN, the Heathrow Association for Control of Aircraft Noise, published its July Newsletter.

HACAN reports on the Aviation Scoping document published in March 2011 in which the government confirms the decision to rule out expansion at Heathrow and new runways at Gatwick and Stansted.

Surrey County Council Trading Standards scheme "Buy with Confidence" has reported the story of a local Bagshot resident - Rogue trader warning after Surrey man is conned out of thousands of pounds - a warning to all that in these tough times there are many people who would rather steel for money than do an honest days work.

Contact the Elderly, the charity solely dedicated to tackling loneliness and isolation among older people, is appealing for volunteers in Chertsey & Addlestone to come forward to help it launch a much-needed friendship group in the area.   

What is fostering?

Fostering is looking after a child or young person when they can’t live with their own families; this can be for a number of reasons. PACT provides long term/permanent placements so the expectation is that the child will stay with you until they choose to leave home as a young adult.

When you’re buying new furniture and products for your home, have you ever thought about visiting a reuse organisation?

Buying reusable furniture and kitchen appliances is great value, good for the environment and you might just find a hidden treasure.  

It has just been announced that Surrey will play host to Olympic cycling hopefuls from around the world during the Olympic Cycling Road Race event beginning in Westminster.

From the 31 January 2011 Runnymede Borough Council is making changes to the way it collects recycling and waste.

Mary is the proprietor of a bar in Dublin . She realizes that virtually all of her customers are unemployed alcoholics and, as such, can no longer afford to patronize her bar. To solve this problem, she comes up with new marketing plan that allows her customers to drink now, but pay later. She keeps track of the drinks consumed on a ledger (thereby granting the customers loans).

You are all aware of thefts of tools from vans parked overnight, but we would like to alert you to an increase of theft from tradesman's vans during the day.
 

Please find attached the latest edition of our Surrey County Council  newsletter in Runnymede. 

Think before you drink on the slopes- as insurers warn drunken skiers they will not pay out if the worst comes to the worst.

Three months into 2009 it seemed another annus horribilis was upon us; March saw the FTSE100 hit 3,500 (a 6 year low). Nine months on, however, the risk of financial Armageddon feels small, stock markets have bounced back and the UK has taken its first steps on the long road to recovery.

Imagine the scenario...

It's the 4th January and you're still smiling recalling the wonderful eleven days holiday you've just had. But as you turn on your computer and realise something is wrong, something is very wrong. The millions of twinkly lights going on across the South of England have caused a brief power cut which has corrupted your servers disc…and you've no back up.

Aaarrrggghhh!

Well, another year is drawing to a close.  And quite a roller coaster it has been.  I attended an alumni event at Cranfield in October that helped me grasp the global economic issues and opened my eyes about the severity of the UK's situation.   I almost wrote a newsletter to share it at the time, but was concerned about how to do so ethically and sensibly.

Egham Residents’ Group FLAME is holding a meeting on 11th December 2009.

Egham’s MP Philip Hammond has agreed to speak about AIRTRACK.

Slow down for three minutes to read this.  It is  so  worth it. Touching words from the mouth of children.  A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, "What does love mean?"  

The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined See what you think:

The Council is consulting residents, businesses and statutory consultees on its "Policy Approaches" Core Strategy document.

The consultation period runs from 19^th June for six weeks until Friday 31^st July.

No 10 has responded to the petition "We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to ensure that the AirTrack scheme has minimal negative impact on Egham."

Fed up of paying twice for your phone calls!  You got a special deal for free landline calls - and then all the important calls to your suppleirs use non-georgaphical numbers.  The site lists many well known companies, and their equivalent geographical numbers for 0800, 0808, 0844, 0845, 0870 and 0871.

Christmas time is a time when many relationships are stretched to breaking.  This article might be a good reminder to consider what is important in your personal relationship.