Woking

Lewis Hamilton celebrates McLaren homecoming

Nov 6, 2008
FORMULA One hero Lewis Hamilton arrived back at the McLaren garage in Woking to rapturous applause and chanting and cheering on Wednesday morning.The atmosphere at the Chertsey Road site was electric as Hamilton, who was crowned the 2008 world champi...

Councils have almost £40m invested with failed banks

Oct 11, 2008
By Stuart Richards THREE local authorities in Surrey have a total of £39.5m invested in two failed Icelandic banks, getsurrey.co.uk has learned. The money was deposited with the Landsbanki and Glitnir financial institutions by Surrey County Council, ...

Prince’s Trust scheme folds as funding is pulled

Oct 10, 2008
A PROGRAMME designed to help young people is being forced to close after changes to its funding. Surrey Care Trust has had to stop running its Prince’s Trust Team programmes in Woking after the government agency funding the scheme changed the w...

Woking's answer to question of grid reliance

Oct 8, 2008
By Dr Michael ShallisThere was a headline in one of the newspapers this week warning of power cuts in the coming winter.It reminded my wife and I to check the state of our camping gas, because we normally cook with electricity. Most years there are m...

Woking Drama Festival is under way

Oct 8, 2008
THE 50th annual Woking Drama Festival has kicked off to rapturous applause.The 12-day festival sees theatre groups and directors from the area perform and compete against one another.It started on Tuesday with a special gala evening, Woking's Rhoda M...

Busy time for new noodle bar

Oct 8, 2008
IF a taste of the Orient tickles your tastebuds then you should head to a new restaurant, Noodle Nation.The restaurant has opened in Commercial Way, close to Bhs, in Woking.It is already proving popular for lunchtime business meetings and evening di...

A masterclass with passion from Gordon

Oct 8, 2008
By Beth Woodger ONE of the top personalities of the cookery world has been in Woking giving students an insight into the way he works.TV chef Gordon Ramsay, who has restaurants across the globe and has written numerous best-selling books, devoted hi...