The popular village fete returns to Cabrera Green on Saturday, June 27 from 12noon until 5pm.

The Carnival Capers event, organised the Virginia Water Community Association, is now in its 25th year, will feature archery, dance groups, a steel band, morris dancers, classic cars, dog show, rides, stalls and lots of different refreshments.

TORY glory was enjoyed at Thursday (June)(4) night's elections held at Egham Leisure Centre.

Foxhills and Virginia Water county council candidate, Melville Few romped his way into a seat with nearly four times the votes of his nearest rival.

Fellow Conservative, Anthony Ridge-Newman also claimed his Virginia Water seat in the Runnymede Borough by-election.

Firefighters tackled the blaze after a van engine caught fire in Lyne Road, on Friday, May 29 at 11.35pm.

Officers in breathing apparatus brought the fire under control.

A large tree has fallen across the A30 near Wentworth Golf Club in Virginia Water.
The tree fell sometime shortly after 4.30pm today (Monday, May 18).

The road is temporarily closed in both directions while the tree is removed.

Firebugs set light to a paper recycling bin at Virginia Water railway station on Sunday, April 13 at around 8.15pm.

Firefighters from Egham spent 45-minutes putting out the blaze with a hose reel. No one was hurt and there was no other damage to property during the incident.

A new police officer will be covering Virginia Water while PC Elaine Bryant is on maternity leave.

PC Simon Dorney, who joined Surrey Police in 2005, knows the Runnymede area well having previously worked as a police community support officer, and response officer in the borough.

Firefighters dealt with a chimney fire on Sunday March 8 at a house in Oak Tree Close, Virginia Water, at about 10.40pm.

Care home residents enjoyed cream tea and a crooner during a Ritz-style afternoon party.

The taste of upper-class relaxation was part of regular entertainment provided for residents at Merlewood Nursing Home, Virginia Water, and involved a pleasant afternoon of cream cakes and scones and sipping tea in the theme of Tea at the Ritz.

A beauty and tanning salon is basking in the glory of receiving one of the top accolades in the beauty industry for the sixth time.

Helius Professional Tanning and Beauty, in Station Parade, Virginia Water, scooped the 2009 Crown Salon status at the 10th annual Guinot Crown Salon Awards, held in London last week.

French skincare manufacturer, Guinot, has 1,600 salons and spas across the UK and Ireland but only 52 met the stringent criteria of exceptionally high customer service and skincare treatment levels to qualify for the awards.

Virginia Water Art Society will meet on Wednesday February 4 at the community centre, Beechmont Avenue, Virginia Water, on at 7.15pm.

The demonstation by John Harris will be on the subject of landscapes in oils and acrylics and entry is free for members and £3 for guests, including refreshments and a frame sale.

For more information, call Jean McDonnell on 01784 741599.