Woking Weekly Round Up

A weekly round up of news from and about Woking ...

Knaphill man badgered

Knaphill man is mired in controversy after his badger picture is chosen for front of BBC Countryfile calendar.  Spotted this story on Woking People wokingpeople.co.uk  Well done to Dave Foker from Knaphill.  It’s a fantastic picture.

Bomb hoaxer admits guilt

Richard Pell of Knaphill whose bomb hoax led to a massive police response one July evening has pleaded guilty to charges of a hoax bomb call and having a gun with intent reported BBC News report  Mr Pell will be sentenced in November.

McLaren fine ruled tax deductible

Tribunal judges have ruled that McLaren’s fine for a spying ‘controversy’ with Ferrari can be considered tax deductible.  McLaren can now claim a corporate tax deduction on the £32Milion fine.  Autosport has the story.

 

Horsell councillor calls for more police resource

My call for extra police resource to tackle the spate of burglaries in Horsell was picked up by Woking People 

 

Community Matters help local groups

The annual P&G Community Matters awards (in association with the Surrey Advertiser) were handed out to their deserving recipients this week.  Get Surrey has the story of the 10 local groups which promote sport and recreation for children and young people and shared the £15,000 prize money. A wide range of sport and leisure activities benefitted including dance, gymnastics, boxing, and football.

Woking FC overcome Cambridge

Woking FC had a good win over Cambridge FC in mid-week.  Manager Garry Hill talks about it on BBCSport 

  

New stores for Woking

Good news this week about a new shoe shop for Woking – Jones the Bootmakers plus Pandora and Paperchase all set to open in time for Christmas shopping  

Major rail disruption and it was only Friday 12th

Passengers travelling to and from Woking were affected by major rail disruption at the end of the week.  Following a power failure at Clapham Junction there were signalling problems that delayed SW Trains services in and out of London Waterloo.  Delays of up to an hour affected passengers from early afternoon until 10pm.  Get Surrey summarised the disruption.