The 2009 electoral register - which will be used for European Parliamentary elections and Surrey County Council elections on June 4 - has been published.

The register contains 72,328 electors representing 96.2% of the electorate and is available for inspection at the Spelthorne Council offices in Knowle Green, Staines.

Street-savvy youths from Spelthorne signed a petition pledging not to carry knives and presented it to Spelthorne MP, David Wilshire, at the House of Commons last week.

More than 5,000 young people signed the petition, 'Knives Wreck Lives' - organised by the Spelthorne Youth Council - which launched on October 27 and presented their pledges to their local MP on Tuesday, December 9.

A Laleham woman has been honoured for 20 years dedication to the development and promotion of disability tennis.

Lynn Parker - who is head of national disability tennis at The Tennsi Foundation - received the prestigious Service to Wheelchair Sport Award at last weekend's 2008 WheelPower British Wheelchair Sports Awards.

Spelthorne Council is set to spend £100,000 on valuation and condition surveys of all the land and buildings it owns.

Approximately £70,000-80,000 has been earmarked by council officers for the condition survey to help decide what work needs doing and between £20,000-30,000 has been set aside to ascertain the rental value of council properties.

Punters turning the air blue have been swelling the charity coffers of a Laleham pub that has been running a swear box.

The Turks Head pub raised more than £450 for the Shooting Star children's hospice in Hampton after the joke gift turned into a lucrative earner.

A teenager from Laleham won first prize in a national canine photography competition organised by the Kennel Club.

Daniel Combes, 14, who lives with his parents, David and Christine, in Abbey Drive, Laleham, took a photo of a collie cross dog they were looking after for Stanwell-based dog carer, Barking Mad, and entered it into the contest.

Mary Trojak, who runs Barking Mad, which organises for families to take care of people's dogs while they are on holiday, said: "Daniel was so excited about winning. He was presented with a framed photo of Jake plus a day out with an animal photographer."
Daniel was presented with his prize earlier this month.

A lottery terminal was installed at The Best One in Shepperton Road, Laleham, on Thursday November 13.
The food and wine shop installed the terminal after requests from customers.

A lottery terminal was installed at The Best One in Shepperton Road, Laleham, on Thursday November 13

The food and wine shop installed the terminal after requests from customers.

Sleigh bells rang as Santa pulls into Notcutts Garden Centre in Staines Road, Laleham at 11am on Saturday November 8.

He arrived on a seasonal sleigh, courtesy of the Rotary Clubs of Shepperton, and children will be able to visit his festive farm and meet his farmyard animals and his reindeer.

The garden centre, in Staines Road, Laleham, has seven Christmas themed areas, including Midnight Rouge and Winter Garden.

Santa's Farm will be open until December 21.

For more information call the garden centre on 01784 460832.

Children at Buckland Primary School in Laleham did their bit for the Help for Heroes (H4H) charity with their mufti day on Friday November 7 and raised about £240.

The pupils at the Berryscroft Road School - aged between four and 11 - all wore an item of red clothing to school to correspond with the colour of poppies, the emblem for Remembrance Sunday, and donated £1 each to the charity, which supports service men and women who are wounded during their tour of duty.