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This is the Planet Reigate Podcast.
And this is Peter Stewart. Welcome to Episode 66. This is your Planet Reigate Podcast. covering Reigate, Redhill and Merston, Buckland, Betchworth and Brockham, down to Hawley and over to Charleswood and outward as well. And our main feature this week, well, we're starting a mini-series on the intriguing and significant history of one of our local roads. Now, if you've ever driven in Reigate, you will know this road. It's part of the one-way system, so you can hardly avoid it. And back in the day... You could have said that this road was the home to the area's first, well, what would now be called, leisure park. I've got the details a little bit later on. Elsewhere in the news, possible changes to local school holiday dates.
Empty council buildings in Redhill could be taken over by charities. Our local ambulance service is going to start collaborating with one for Hampshire and Berkshire. I'll tell you why. We've got a lot of local news about some local charities this week. I'll tell you how you can get money to help with essentials if you're struggling to make ends meet at the moment. Two local charities have funds that you can apply for. Another local charity is inviting you to bid in a silent auction for a helicopter experience over London. Congratulations to another charity who've won a big local award. How a local church is helping you if you work from home and are struggling to meet your fuel bills. In other local news this week, the local school that's the best in the country, another one that's won another award. How you can have your say on play areas in Hawley. A local cafe is starting to sell hot food for the first time in months. There's a Christmas drinks gathering that you're invited to. A new community initiative at the Belfry, which is free.
Local Christmas services at a Reigate church. The local girl who's appearing in the new Richard Curtis movie. The local author who's ranking number two in Amazon's historical fiction charts. I bring you the sound of the talking bins which are popping up locally. And a very happy birthday of one of our most significant local buildings. Can you name it before I do? And here's a clue. Can you spell it? Also, we've got the good time guide of events across the area across the week ahead leading up to the big day. Planet Reigate stars this week from a local park. I've got recent weather stats from our very own Professor Weather and also going to be telling you about a big, significant local road closure that starts early 2025 and is going to be going on for weeks.
And our 60-second soundscape before we go at the end of the show. Natural sounds from a place you know this week. from the grounds of one of our local castles.
This is the Planet Reigate podcast with Peter Stewart. And speak to real people who can advise you. The Belfry Shopping Centre, Redhill.
OK, let's go to it. Hope you're well, by the way. Looking forward to the Christmas period, if you're celebrating and marking that. Got another week or so to go, of course. Surrey County Council looking at possible changes to school holidays. That may be affecting you, should it go forward. It would be a switch to a two-week half-term break in the autumn as well. So about one in ten state-funded schools have already made the switch, creating challenges when term times at different schools aren't aligned. You could have people going to different schools in different boroughs or across county borders, things like that. It could be very, very difficult, couldn't it? Now, should the change be made, the school year would still be 195 days, including the five inset staff training days. I reckon there could be really strong views on either side of this particular question. There's a survey which is being run by Surrey County Council, and that closes at 5pm on the 31st of December.
So if you have a spare, you know, 5, 10, 15, 20 minutes to look at that survey at the moment, over the next couple of weeks before the end of the 31st of December, you may want to go on and find out a little bit more about that. It seems a funny time to launch a survey, doesn't it? A Christmas New Year time, but maybe you'll have a bit of time off perhaps between the two big days.
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