A NEW book detailing the life of an engineer-turned-racing driver whose name become synonymous with Brooklands has been released.

The 79-year-old took on the task of penning the book after the original researcher Mark Joseland died.

WEYBRIDGE pupils had a special visit from a Great Britain hockey player.

Richard 'Ratman' Alexander went to St Charles Borromeo Catholic Primary School in Portmore Way as part of the children's studies of the Olympics and Paralympics in preparation for the 2012 games.

PUPILS at St George's College Junior School in Weybridge put the finishing touches to their Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes last week.

The students had been filling the boxes will all manner of children's gifts for a number of weeks.

SHOPPERS donated food to homeless people at supermarkets across Elmbridge.

A TRIP to the supermarket was a markedly different affair in 1958.

In fact, just about everything about shopping for groceries has changed in the past half a century.

STAFF at a Hersham business dressed in blue to show support for a cancer charity.

The group from Elementa, a building services design consultancy in Queen's Road, joined in the Teenage Cancer Trust's Blue Day last Friday (October 14).

A BALACLAVA-wearing man with a shotgun stole jewellery and cash from a home in Weybridge.

Surrey Police said the aggravated burglary took place at an address in St George's Hill on Saturday September 17.

According to police one suspect, who was wearing a balaclava and armed with what is believed to be a shotgun, gained access to the property just before midnight.

A GRANDMOTHER celebrated her 100th birthday with friends and family and a meal at a London hotel.

Walton resident Cecily Douglas enjoyed celebrations at her home in Ashley Park Road on her birthday on Wednesday, September 14, as well as a lunch with 75 other people at the London Marriott Grosvenor Square at the weekend.

A BLIND woman got up close with dozens of sharks to raise money for charity.

Weybridge resident Sarah Benton did the dive at a aquarium in Ellesmere Port on September 6.

A WALTON fundraiser completed the Etape Du Tour act 1 of the Tour de France in eight hours four minutes for charity.