Recently by Mark Goode

Thirteen members of a Spelthorne gymnastics club have gotten through to the next round of popular ITV show Britain's Got Talent.

Spelbound, made up of 13 members of Ashford's Spelthorne Gymnastics club, appeared on the show on Saturday (April 24) and were voted through by judges Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, and Piers Morgan.

Weekly story times will begin at Ashford Library on Tuesday May 4.

The event will then run every Tuesday from 3.45pm to 4.15pm at the Church Road library, which will be aimed at three to seven year olds.

The kids will also participate in games, as well as making things, and listening to stories.
The events are free.

Motorists are being warned to be on their guard after 10 thefts of catalytic converters in recent weeks in Runnymede Spelthorne and Elmbridge.

On Monday April 12, between 1.30-2.30pm, a thief targeted a blue Toyota parked in a car park in Stanwell Road, Ashford, stealing the catalytic converter while the owner was away.

An unknown criminal dropped a missile through the window of a couple's moving car over the weekend, causing a near fatal incident.

At around 1.30pm on Saturday (April 17), police officers were called to the A316 to reports that the windscreen of a car had been completely smashed because a large stone had been dropped off a pedestrian bridge over the road.

A charity social club for people with learning difficulties is looking for volunteer drivers to help get people to meetings.

The Penrose Club, based in Hengrove Hall, in Station Crescent, Ashford, has existed since 1966, but needs more minibus and private volunteer drivers because some people are not able to get to the weekly Tuesday night meetings.

Most people would assume they would be locking horns, but the Labour and Conservative party have taken time out of their busy schedules to compliment each other.

A post on the internet blog of Graeme Reid, chairman of the Spelthorne Conservative Association, has praised the prospective parliamentary Labour candidate for Spelthorne Adam Tyler-Moore.

Students from Spelthorne visited Woking Magistrates' Court this month as background research for their coursework.

Health and social care BTEC students at Brooklands College visited the court on Thursday April 1 and were shown around by magistrates Joan Lindsey and Gareth Jones.

Three people were taken to hospital with serious injuries after a two way crash in Ashford last night (Wednesday April 14).

At around 10.15pm, police, fire fighters, and ambulance crews were called to the B377 Ashford Road, near the junction with Kingston Road, after silver Ford Mondeo and an AA Vauxhall Vivaro panel van collided.

As the first buds of spring are starting to show, Spelthorne in Bloom was launched at Shepperton Studios last night (April 13).

With an eye to the summer judging, keen gardeners turned up for the launch party.

The highlight of the event was the announcement of the winner of the Spelthorne Schools poster competition.

Kieran Allinson, nine, from Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School in Staines will see his poster displayed across the borough.

For a full list of categories to enter see next week's Staines and Ashford News or Sunbury and Shepperton Herald.

Fire fighters from Staines and Sunbury were called to a suspicious fence fire on Sunday (11).

The crews were called to Woodthorpe Road, Ashford at 7.40pm, and took 25 minutes dosing the flames.

Anyone with information is asked to call Surrey Police on 0845 125 2222.