Police are advising parents to be more considerate when it comes to parking their cars near schools in Ottershaw.

Residents in the roads around Ottershaw C of E Infants and Junior Schools, in Fletcher Road and Fletcher Close, cannot access their driveways and children are at risk of being hurt by inconsiderate drivers.

Officers are stepping up patrols in the area and are urging residents to report any incidents on 0845 125 2222, quoting reference D/08/2645.

A quiz evening is being held at Brook Memorial Hall in Brox Road, Ottershaw, on Saturday April 18.

The quiz will start at 7.30pm with all money raised going towards the refurbishment of the hall.

For more information, call 01932 872678.

A local census will be studied at the next lecture of the Ottershaw Society.

On Tuesday March 24 Geoff Bourne will take his audience through the census of Ottershaw residents from historic times.

All are welcome.

Doors open at 8pm at Brook Hall, in Brox Road and cost of entry is 50p.

Proposed council tax levels for the next financial year have been cut after a last minute decision by Runnymede Council's leader.

Cllr for Addlestone Bourneside John Furey made a speech at a special council meeting on Thursday February 12 where he proposed to cut the tax for a Band D property from £133.11 to £132.93.

Christ Church in Ottershaw are starting a five session programme on Wednesday February 25.

The church's Lent course will run on alternate Wednesdays and Thursdays from February 25, which will be based on 1 Corinthians 13, where they will hear its comparisons with modern times.

For more information ring 01932 705260.

A 1940s photograph which was dropped in an Ottershaw street has posed some interesting questions for the people that found it.

The black and white snap shows three children, one on a toy horse, in a garden in Devon 60 years ago.

Someone has written 'Croyde Bay' and the date 30/8/49 on the bottom left hand side, but there are no clues about who it belongs to or where it has come from.

A family had a lucky escape from a fire at their home in Ottershaw after children playing outside in the snow alerted them to the blaze.

The children knocked on the downstairs window of the house in Tringham Close at 11.30am on Monday February 2 after they spotted smoke coming from an upstairs window.

Weybridge resident and author Adrienne Dines gave a talk to the Ottershaw WI on January 15.

The authoress talked of her school life in Ireland when she scandalised a nun by telling her she wanted to be a travelling storyteller when she grew up.

She told the meeting she moved to Weybridge in the 80s where she married and found her love of writing.

The next WI meeting will take place on Sunday February 15 at Brook Hall on Brox Road, Ottershaw.

A developer's decision to retain an old farmhouse building has been met with praise by residents' associations.

Barratt Southern Counties held a public consultation in March for plans to knock down buildings on a vehicle service yard in Murray Road, Ottershaw, and build 15 homes, but The Ottershaw Society and West Addlestone Residents' Association (WARA) expressed concern over the decision to demolish the site's farmhouse.

Runnymede Council changed its car parking prices on Sunday January 11.

For motorists parking in Gogmore Farm in Chertsey, the hourly prices have been reduced from 50p and hour to 20p.

All stays under five hours have been reduced, but the all day charge throughout the borough rose 50p to £4.00.

The cost of a season ticket also rose from £200 to £250 for residents and £400 to £500 for non-residents.