A PILLAR of the community who used to live in Ashford celebrated a century of birthdays with friends at a nursing home in Addlestone.

Peggy Healy commemorated the landmark day surrounded by friends from the home, at a party where more than 30 guests enjoyed birthday cake and music.

The Rotary Club of Ashford was pleased to welcome its new president, Tony Harman, at a special handover evening on Friday (July 1).

Mr Harman takes the reins from Pauline Ealey who was thanked and congratulated on her year as president and for the money she raised for her chosen charities, Home Start and Help for Heroes.

If you are interested in joining Ashford Rotary Club, please contact John Oliver on 01784 252096 or visit at www.ashfordrotary.org.

SPELTHORNE council leader John Packman has been ousted from his seat by a woman he deselected.

Popular former mayor Caroline Spencer ran as an independent after she was deselected as a conservative candidate in September for reasons that remain a mystery to her and the public.

After almost four hours since the count started at Spelthorne Leisure Centre the first election news has been announced.

The electoral turnout for Spelthorne was 41.98 per cent this year while the turnout for the referendum was slightly higher at 42.07 percent.

The break down for the different wards are as follows.

A cupcake workshop is being held on Saturday, April 1 in St Matthew's Church from 1pm to 4pm.

Learn how to how decorate six cupcakes using a variety of simple but effective techniques on the theme of Easter.

Adults £12, children £5, family ticket £20 (one adult, two children).

All proceeds go to church funds.

For details and bookings please ring: 01932 783343 or Janet 01784 251937.

St Matthew's Church are collecting items for their May Fayre, to be held on May 7 from 11am to 1pm.

To donate raffle prizes, toiletries, tombola prizes, cakes or bottles call 01784 252459 or 01932 761976.

THE world's largest bronze model of a motorcycle is for sale, for £250,000.

Built by Byfleet man Clive Morris, the 1116 tonne sculpture cost a quarter of a million to make back in 2002, when he started the project with friend Steve Wood.

The pair were cycling in Vietnam at the time of the Iraq war when they came up with the idea of a building a life affirming piece of artwork.

REWARDS are being offered by an ATM company for information about cash machine crime.

Following last week's story "Thieves swipe cash machine from Ashford Londis" in The Staines and Ashford News, LINK has offered a monetary incentive in exchange for more details about the offence.

Trespasser Kelvin Gilbert, 41, pleaded guilty to burglary and theft at Staines Magistrates' Court on Tuesday, February 8.

Mr Gilbert broke into coffee shop S&S at Sunbury railway station on November, 1 last year.
He stole cash and merchandise to the value of £190 and £40 respectively.

Sentencing has been adjourned to March 3.

A NEW mother was distraught after she discovered she had lost an entire collection of baby photos after a silly mistake.

Felicity Brown, her husband Joe and week old baby boy Alex went for a walk on Tuesday, February 8.

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