What's On

TWO Surrey brothers will be performing alongside half of the NME award winning electro band Orbital later this month.

Martin and Stewart Cuthew from Ottershaw also know as M1 Connect are looking forward to supporting their mentor Paul Hartnoll at The Jamm in Brixton.

Refuse and recycling collections across Runnymede are still suspended due to the snow and ice.

The services were suspended yesterday (Wednesday January 6) and Runnymede Council has decided that the conditions on the roads are still too bad for collections to resume.

Bosses will monitor the situation over the next few days, and when services do start up again, extra collections will help clear the backlog.

Emergency calls concerning household waste can be made to 0800 096 2028, or emails sent to refuse@runnymede.gov.uk.

There will also be a restricted service at Runnymede's Civic Centre in Addlestone today, and the library is closed all day.

The council has also postponed meetings of its planning committee and corporate management committee this week.

Day centres are open as normal, and a restricted meals on wheels service is also running, but museums and leisure centres have restricted opening hours.

Please contact these centres directly for more information.

Check back here for up-to-date information on services in Runnymede.

Spooky half-term adventures are being organised for half term week around Runnymede.

The Halloween themed activities, designed to be fun rather than scary, will be running from Monday October 26 to Friday 30, and has been organised by Runnymede Council.

The first activity is a skeleton scavenger hunt and games at St Ann's Hill, Chertsey on Monday, but there will also be Halloween costume making, arts and crafts and party games.

To round off the week, there will be two sessions of free choice play, where youngsters can choose what they do, and can even have the chance to explore Chertsey Museum.

Emma Parnell, the activity co-ordinator at Runnymede Council, said: "These play sessions are held throughout the year, and have been really popular so far.
"There is something for every age group, ability and interest. We want to encourage children to use their imagination, try something new, make friends, be challenged, and above all, have fun."

For more information visit www.runnymede.gov.uk or call Emma on 01932 425 677, or at emma.parnell@runnymede.gov.uk.

A young single mother who survived a life threatening heart attack has beaten the odds and set up her own karaoke business.

Priscilla Chandro, 38, who lives in Gray Place, Ottershaw, with her five-year-old daughter had a heart attack in April last year.

Runnymede's first ever Chinese film festival is starting on Monday October 12.

Chertsey Film Society will be helping bring Chinese films to a British audience with the first screening at Chertsey Hall, Heriot Road on Monday.

The first film to be shown will be One Foot off the Ground, a drama from mainland China.

Chris Hunt, head of leisure services at Runnymede Council, said: "Filming East Festival approached us to speculatively screen some of their films to a British audience.

"We felt this would appeal to more than just Chinese people in the borough. The film carries English subtitles."

Filming East Festival director Xiaoxiao Sun (corr) will be at the hall on Monday, and said: "I personally wanted the screening event to be held somewhere in Runnymede as I have been living in Egham as a student of Royal Holloway University."

Tickets are £4 on the door (£3 to members of Chertsey Film Society) and the film runs from 7.30pm to 9.45pm.

There will be another screening at Christ Church in Virginia Water.

Princess Alice Hospice and The Bentall Centre, Kingston are hosting a star-studded fashion exhibition, titled 'Fit for a Princess' with celebrity party attire being showcased in store windows. Head down to the centre and see which item catches your eye before bidding online at www.ebay.co.uk/charity from 8pm on Monday 19th October.

Over forty personalities and luminaries, including; Dame Helen Mirren, Strictly Come Dancing's Lynda Bellingham, West End stars Kerry Ellis and Leanne Jones, Samantha Cameron, Beth Ditto, Helena Bonham Carter, Geri Halliwell, Paloma Faith, Joanna Lumley, Trinny Woodhall, Fearne Cotton, Twiggy and The Saturdays have all kindly donated dresses in aid of this vital and important charity.

A quiz night including a raffle is being held at Brook Hall, Ottershaw on Saturday October 24.

The quiz, at the Brox Road venue, starts at 7.30pm but teams should arrive by 7pm.

Tickets cost £4 per head, and guests should bring their own refreshments.

For more information or to book, call 07704 835543.

Christ Church in Ottershaw is holding a harvest festival and parade service on Sunday October 4 at 10.30am.

Visitors to the church in Guildford Road are asked to take tins of food which will be given to the Salvation Army in Addlestone, for their Tin a Week collection.

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 playgroup to introduce toddler's to music will be coming to Ottershaw this month.

The organisation, which has been running classes in Woking for 15 months, will be holding sessions at Brook Hall, Ottershaw on Mondays.

It aims to introduce three-month-olds to four-year-olds to music as early as possible.

For more information call 01932 429240, or visit www.monkeymusic.co.uk