10 October 2026

• New lease for football club which is 'pride' of town
  Farnham Town's 25-year lease is set to be approved by the newly-formed West Surrey Shadow Authority.
• App for blind bus users expands to 13 hospitals
  Aira is available at major bus stations and interchanges in Guildford, Redhill, Staines and Woking.
• Man in 70s dies in light aircraft crash
  The man - who was piloting the aircraft - died on the scene, say emergency services.
• Metal detector find sparks bomb disposal call
  Emergency services respond after AI flags possible shell fuze.
• Drivers face M25 diversion for second weekend
  Traffic is being diverted at the M25 junction 11 near Chertsey as part of wider improvement works.
• 'Excitement and fear' before Star Wars game release
  Star Wars: Galactic Racer is the debut of Guildford-based Fuse Games.
• 'Our village's green fields have become grey belt'
  A National Federation of Builders spokesperson says a land-use strategy means better places to live.
• Man arrested after motorcyclist dies in A245 crash
  The A245 is closed from the Parvis Road and Brooklands Road roundabout to Seven Hills Road junction.
• Hollywood poster collection fetches over £60k
  The movie posters beat their estimated price of £35,000 in the Woking auction.
• Council to buy 48 affordable homes for £14.5m
  The local authority says it wants to use the properties to ease housing waiting lists.
• Hygiene poverty at tipping point, charity warns
  The BBC hears people "you would not expect" can no longer afford items to be clean and healthy.
• 'I was at the pub - then my wife's handbag exploded'
  A man warns about the dangers of "unbranded" batteries after spares for a vape blew up at a pub.