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EGHAM Hythe and Thorpe county councillor, Yvonna Lay successfully retained her seat at last night's (June)(4) county council elections.

The Conservative councillor retained her seat comprehensively winning 1797 votes, her nearest rival, UKIP's Steve Gynn with 924.

THE Thorpe Players are breaking new ground with their next production.

Not only is it an European premiere, but it also features the first time the group has had a mother and daughter acting the roles of mother and daughter.

A wall of rampant ivy will be cleared by Egham and Staines Conservation Volunteers on Sunday (8) in Coldharbour Lane, Thorpe, from 10am.

The group will meet on the verge of Manor House Farm and any other volunteers are welcome.

For more details call 01784 254904.

Firefighters extinguished a blaze in a car engine on the clockwise M25 between junction 12 at Thorpe and 13 at Staines on Thursday (22) at about 2.45pm.

No-one was hurt in the incident.

A driver was injured when her vehicle was in collision with another car on Thursday (15) on the anticlockwise carriageway of the M25 between junction 13 at Staines and 12 at Thorpe, at about 6.35pm

The woman driver of of an orange Peugeot 206 sustained minor injuries after the crash with blue Mercedes C240 and was taken to St Peter's Hospital, Chertsey, for treatment. The other motorist was unhurt.

The carriageway was shut until 7.30pm while the vehicles were removed causing congestion in the area.

A car was written off after a smash with a lorry at junction 13 of the M25 at 6.40pm on Monday December 15.

Firefighters cleared the scene at the Thorpe junction and neither driver required hospital treatment.

Monks Walk footpath, which runs between Thorpe village and Staines Road, re-opened on Monday, November 10, after being closed by Surrey County Council for one month.

The path was closed to the public so Thorpe Park, which owns it, could undertake inspections to 11,000 volt electricity cables that lie underground along its length.

Amateur dramatic group, the Thorpe Players, will perform their production of Alan Ayckbourn's Comic Potential from December 3-6 at Thorpe Village Hall, Coldharbour Lane, at 8pm.

The play is a humerous and observant take on a future where androids could fall in love.
Tickets, which are £8, are available by calling 07923 583295, with unsold tickets on the door.

TASIS school is being accused of trying to take over Thorpe after it revealed multi-million pound expansion plans.

The American school in Coldharbour Lane is seeking planning permission to demolish 18 buildings and replace them with structures including a new two-storey upper school and a business office.