A useful source of local news snippets - HERE

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

The next Students’ Union / Royal Holloway, University of London Community Liaison Forum will take place on Tuesday February 16^th between 7pm – 8pm in the Windsor building.  We would be grateful if the details could be passed onto any member of the community who may be interested in attending.

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.

Read Ellen Hall's facsinating account of life in the last century HERE

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.