Surrey weekly round-up: 27 July - 2 August 2024
RSPCAThe story about a fox cub being rescued after getting stuck in a wooden garden chair proved a popular read this week.
A variety of local issues featured on the BBC News website, BBC Radio Surrey and BBC South East Today.
We have picked five stories from the past week in case you missed them.
Uri Geller 'elated' after buying Lennon's glasses
Uri GellerSpoon-bending performer and self-proclaimed mystic Uri Geller told the BBC he was the buyer of a pair of glasses given by John Lennon to a man from Surrey.
The iconic blue-tinted round glasses sold for £40,000 in an auction held at Farleigh Golf Club, in Surrey.
Mr Geller, who plans to display the glasses prominently in his museum in Tel Aviv, Israel, said he was "elated" with his purchase.
He said: "John Lennon and I were very good friends while we were living in New York in the 1970s."
Team GB star hails 'fantastic' Olympic-themed knitting
BBC SurreyAs the world's athletes compete in France, a rather different sporting contest appeared on a lawn in Surrey - to the delight of Great Britain's most successful trampolinist.
A group of nine neighbours in Oxted, who have a combined age of over 600, have recreated the Paris 2024 Olympics in wool - athletes and all.
Their masterpiece will be on display until the closing ceremony on 11 August, when it will be auctioned in aid of the Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex.
Bryony Page, a Team GB athlete and two-time Olympic trampoline medallist, said: “This is just fantastic - I absolutely love it!"
Therapy garden opens to help with mental health
NHS Surrey and Borders PartnershipA therapy garden which will support the mental health of young adults and people with learning difficulties has been opened.
The garden is located in a former cricket ground and pavilion in Epsom, Surrey.
It has been provided by a partnership between Surrey County Council and Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
It was built using local businesses, charities and volunteers, and Natural England and Surrey Wildlife Trust helped design it.
'I've put off starting a family due to cost of living'
Jade WatsonA secondary school teacher in Surrey told how her plans to start a family are on hold as she cannot afford to buy her own home.
Jade Watson spends £1,320 a month – more than a third of her monthly income – on renting a two-bedroom cottage with her partner just outside the centre of Godalming.
“Us putting down roots is being delayed because the cost of living is so expensive,” she said.
The Rentstart charity said the rental market was also becoming “increasingly unaffordable” across Surrey.
Man, 80, in planning dispute over cars for Ukraine
Christine GodfreyA man from Surrey who is storing cars destined to provide aid to Ukraine claims his local council is being "unsympathetic" in a planning dispute over the vehicles.
William Lewis, 80, from Coldharbour, said the dozens of cars on his property will have a purpose, whether taking soldiers to the front line, bringing injured soldiers back, or transporting medical professionals between hospitals.
But because his land is designated for agricultural use, he is accused of breaching planning permission guidelines and faces a £1,000 fine.
Mole Valley District Council said there had been "several complaints from local residents" about cars being stored in the field near Dorking.
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