Published work

These are some of my articles which appeared in the Surrey Advertiser:

Back to the future at retro games fest - published July 30, 2010



Is this the beginning of the end for alcohol - published October 29, 2010  

'Breaker of things' is on a quest - published March 19, 2010 

FSA set to give nod to credit co-operative - published July 22, 2011

Sensor company on the right track after gliding to success - published July 22, 2011


Here are some which appeared both online on http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/ and in print in the Surrey Advertiser:

Fight to save Chobham Common's red-barbed ant - October 6, 2011
ECOLOGISTS are battling to preserve the red-barbed ant, considered the rarest animal in mainland Britain, with its only remaining home in Surrey...


Royal Surrey Epilepsy review under fire - July 29, 2011
PARENTS of children treated by a doctor suspended over concerns about epilepsy treatment are angry at the Royal Surrey County Hospital for keeping them in the dark for almost five months...


Surrey criminals face new fingerprint adversary - July 22, 2011
CRIMINALS trying to evade capture in Surrey by lying about their identity to police will have to think again thanks to a new device...

 
Surrey coroner reflects on 'job well done' - June 20, 2011
AFTER a varied career that has included presiding over the inquests of Princess Diana and the young son of singer Eric Clapton, Surrey’s coroner is calling it a day...
 
 
Brian Cox gives talk to Surrey students - May 26, 2011
WHEN Professor Brian Cox stepped out onto the stage at the University of Surrey this week, the rapturous applause that erupted prompted the remark, "Wow, rockstar feedback"...
 
 
Parents' outrage at school toilet cameras - May 13, 2011
AN outraged father took three of his children out of a school in Ash after finding out that it had installed CCTV cameras inside the main toilets...


Police petrol perks top £2 million a year - March 25, 2011
SURREY Police pays out more than £2 million a year to its officers in fuel allowance for their own personal use, figures have revealed this week...


Woman's lucky escape from New Zealand quake - February 25, 2011
AN Esher woman’s daughter had to take refuge under a desk at her university in Christchurch, New Zealand, when last week's earthquake hit, calling it the “scariest moment of my life”...


Solar flares could "change nature" of satellite firm - February 24, 2011
A GUILDFORD satellite company has said that increased solar activity, and the threat of a huge radiation storm, could change the nature of their low-budget business...


Tributes to Bill Williamson after body found - October 15, 2010
FRIENDS and acquaintances have paid tribute to widower Bill Williamson, whose disappearance is being investigated as murder after a body was found in the garden of a property in Godalming...


Body found in search for missing Godalming man - October 8, 2010
POLICE looking for missing Godalming man Bill Williamson have discovered a body in the garden of a property at the centre of their search...


'State of road' insurance claims to cost £1.6m - October 1, 2010
SURREY County Council is expected to pay out £1.6m in insurance claims over the state of its highways this financial year, money which could otherwise have been spent on maintaining roads this winter...


Police respond to rape probe criticism - September 24, 2010
NEIGHBOURS living in the area of Guildford where a 14-year-old girl was raped have criticised police for leaving them in the dark...


Naked Bob the Builder not arrested at lay-by - August 27, 2010
POLICE decided not to arrest a man seen wandering around the Hog’s Back lay-by at Puttenham early on Tuesday morning (August 24), despite the fact he was wearing nothing but a yellow hard hat and had been reported for indecent exposure...


'My years in Arizona's notorious Maricopa jail' - August 9, 2010
COCKROACHES crawling into his ears, sweltering heat and murderers knocking heads against the toilet bowl – all were part of daily life for a Briton who made a million and then ended up in one of America’s deadliest prisons...


Dismay as council defers dogging spot decision - July 23, 2010
TIME is running out for Puttenham campaigners trying to close the Hog’s Back dogging hotspot, after Surrey County councillors failed to come to a decision on Tuesday...


Calls for closure of 'dogging' lay-by - June 18, 2010
A NEW effort has been made to get a lay-by at a notorious 'dogging' hotspot by the Hog’s Back closed...


Pub landlord celebrates becoming a dad at 70 - March 31, 2010
A 70-YEAR-OLD man from Ash has defied his age to become a new dad again, 49 years after fathering his first child...


BA strike critic Gove slammed for past union action - March 29, 2010
SURREY Heath MP and senior Tory Michael Gove, who recently railed against union strike action, has been labelled a "hypocrite" after his own picketing past was unearthed...