THE Weybridge Male Voice Choir is giving a concert at St Mary's Parish Church, in Church Street, Walton, on Saturday February 13 at 7.30pm in aid of the church bell restoration project.

This week Walton's very own Naked Grocer talks about why he thinks it is important to support independent shops.

A family fun event is being held at Elmbridge Museum on Saturday, February 13 where children can be an architect for a day.

Children are being invited down to the museum, in Church Street, in Weybridge to make scale models of buildings.

Two free sessions will be held, from 11am to 1pm and from 2pm to 4pm.
Children under 10 must be accompanied by an adult.

For more information, contact the museum on 01932 843573.

A Photographic exhibition called Feel the Land will be at the Riverhouse Barn from Wednesday, February 24.

Walton based photographer Astrid McGechan will be displaying her photos of emotive landscapes at the gallery in Manor Road until Sunday, March 14.

The gallery opening times are 11am to 4pm Wednesdays to Saturday and 2.30pm to 4.30pm on Sunday.

Entry is free.

Ahead of the Surrey Youth Games this summer, Elmbridge council is offering free training sessions for any child who lives or goes to school in the borough.

From March, children will be able to take part in a wide variety of sports including badminton, basketball, boccia, girls cricket, football, hockey, judo, netball, squash, swimming, tag rugby and tennis all for free.

These are called 'Give it a Go!' sessions.

A former councillor has been selected as the Liberal Democrat prospective parliamentary candidate to stand for Esher and Walton in the forthcoming general election.

Lionel Blackman who represented the Woodcote ward on Epsom and Ewell borough council will be going up against Dominic Raab, the prospective Tory candidate after long standing MP Ian Taylor decided to stand down after 23 years.

The father of two believes that many members of parliament have abused their positions and has promised if elected to not claim for a second home and that no MP for Esher and Walton should have ever done so.

A 21-year-old Walton man was arrested on suspicion of possession to supply class B drugs on Wednesday January 20.

In the wake of the snow, hundreds of potholes have sprung up all over Surrey leading the county council to promise £500,000 to be spent on repairing them.

Currently the repair teams are trying to fix at least 200 potholes a day to avoid any vehicle damage to residents.

Due to the extreme weather, potholes have been springing up across Elmbridge, with Oatlands Chase and Seven Hills Road, both in Weybridge and Station Avenue, in Walton being hit particularly badly.

Chris Bavin, the face behind the counter at The Naked Grocer in Bridge Street, Walton, is baring all about healthy eating and surviving the recession in a new blog on this website.

I decided to start The Naked Grocer as I saw a gap in the market for fresh fruit and veg that was flavoursome, fresh, reasonably priced, ethically sourced, in minimal packaging and with a little bit of friendly customer service and knowledge thrown in for free!

Jazz artists the John Law Trio will be performing at the Riverhouse, in Manor Road, on Sunday, January 31.

The concert starts at 12.45pm but anyone wishing to watch them rehearse can do for free from 11am.

Tickets cost £10 including lunch, or £7 without and are available by phoning the box office on 01932 253354.