Health

A LALEHAM doctor is being dispatched to Afghanistan with her Territorial Army squadron.

Major Sue Snaith, who has been with the TA for 18 years, will travel to the heart of the Helmand Province with her C Squadron 256 (City of London) Field Hospital.

A year after undergoing surgery to remove 80% of his stomach, Stephen Bishop can now exercise at a normal rate.

Sixty-five-year-old Mr Bishop, who lives in Laleham, had the operation in July last year as well as having part of his colon removed due to cancer.

Staines firefighter Nigel Wade gave a talk to a group of elderly people on fire safety on Thursday July 9

The red watch manager at Staines fire station visited Staines and Laleham Cricket Club at 3.00pm in Worple Road where he talked about the free fire alarm fitting and home fire risk services they provide.

Tennis courts in Spelthorne are to be refurbished after the borough council allocated 110,000 over the next three years.

The money will be spent resurfacing the courts in Cedars Park in Lower Sunbury, Clockhouse Lane in Ashford, the Lammas in Staines, Stanwell Recreation Ground, Fordbridge Park in Ashford, Staines Park and Bishop Duppas Park in Shepperton.

A woman was taken to St Peter's Hospital with back and abdomen injuries after she was involved in a three car collision in Shepperton Road, Laleham, on Tuesday September 16.

She was driving a blue Vauxhall Corsa, which was in collision with a black Peugeot 206 and a silver Ford Focus C-Max at about 8.20pm.

The road was closed until 1.20am on Wednesday September 17 while the cars were cleared from the road. The other drivers suffered only minor injuries