A VETERAN musician and his granddaughter have recorded a song to raise money for charities that support health workers who are coping with the coronavirus pandemic. Paul Larkin, from Westfield, wrote the... Read more »
A NETWORK of community volunteers has completed more than 1,000 tasks for people isolated or shielding during the pandemic in its first year of work. The Knaphill, St John’s, Brookwood (KStJB) Volunteers... Read more »
THE number of people visiting a COVID testing centre in Goldsworth Park is gradually “picking up”, says its manager. Gary Murany, in charge of Goldwater Lodge, in Wishbone Way, has seen increasing... Read more »
CHOBHAM’S biggest community event, the village carnival, is planned to go ahead this year – but in early September instead of being held as usual on the May Day bank holiday. The... Read more »
A COVID testing centre has opened in Woking for adults who have to leave their homes for work and have no symptoms of the coronavirus. The centre, at Goldwater Lodge in Goldsworth... Read more »
SURREY registered 11,997 new businesses last year, an 8.7% increase on the 11,032 formed in 2019. The number of companies in the county is now 105,715, which shows 5% growth from the... Read more »
ANY positive results from last week’s door-to-door coronavirus testing in parts of Woking will need up to two weeks to determine if they are the SARS-CoV-2 variant, which originated in South Africa.... Read more »
THE Imam of the Shah Jahan Mosque has added his voice to a local statement supporting the three COVID-19 vaccines as being halal. “We understand the concerns around vaccinations in general and... Read more »
THE York Road Project has appealed to the government to treat people working with the homeless as a priority group for coronavirus vaccines after several of its workers tested positive. The Woking... Read more »
WOKING residents who have recovered from COVID-19 for at least 28 days are being urged to donate blood plasma to help save the lives of others who catch the virus. The antibody-rich... Read more »