A blind karate fan is only £138 away from helping to sponsor, name, and train a guide dog puppy.

Sarah Benton, 30, lost her sight when she was 25 and had her life turned around when she received her guide dog Wheat.

A funeral is being held tomorrow for a Weybridge pensioner whose life spanned three centuries.

Eleanor Bramsted was 109 when she passed away at Norwood Lodge residential home on York Road unexpectedly on Monday December 15.

The Friends of Weybridge Hospital Christmas raffle was drawn on December 22 and Dave Fisher was the worthy winner.

He is pictured here (right) receiving a luxury Christmas Hamper with (left) Dorothy Price, longstanding committee member, and chairman David Ryland.

Brooklands College held a Travel Exhibition on Tuesday 9th December.

Prizes were awarded to students for the best presentation of their work on the day. Prize winners were

1st prize - Rosangela Mendes for Prague
2nd prize - Pippa Davies for Singapore
3rd prize - Candice Phillips for Barbados
4th prize - Robert Henderson for Munich

Students from Brooklands College catering department won The Key Stage 5 Challenge Cup for Education and Business Partnerships and the Overall Winning Team Cup in a partnership project with the exclusive Queenwood Golf Club, Ottershaw.

Just in time for Christmas, Brooklands Museum has opened a new gift shop, free for visitors who do not want to pay the admission price.

The shop stocks motoring collectables and memorabilia, but also clothes, jewellery, wine and beer, and stocking fillers for children and adults.

Visitors will be able to blow away the seasonal cobwebs at Brooklands Museum's New Year's Day gathering of vintage cars.

The collection of veteran, vintage and classic cars will be filling the Paddock and Motoring Village at the museum with their proud owners ready to teach visitors about their history.

Parents of pupils at a Weybridge school and residents were out in force to highlight the importance of their campaign at a Surrey County Council Committee Meeting on December 8.

Members of CRISIS, which stands for Cross the Road in Safety, turned up with their children and placards to reinforce the message that a safe crossing outside Cleves School, in Oatlands Avenue, is needed, along with traffic calming measures.

A Jordan Formula One car from 2000 is one of three new race cars to join the historic ranks at Brooklands Museum.

The privately owned cars are on display in the Jackson Shed Prix Exhibition and date back to the 50s.

The first is a 1953 'Monoposto' Alvis Special which is based around a pre-war Alvis engine and front suspension, while the chassis, rear suspension, and body are all purpose built.

Police hunting three men who attacked and robbed a 17-year-old boy in Weybridge in broad daylight are appealing for witnesses.

Detectives investigating the robbery in Brooklands Lane at around 3pm on Wednesday November 19 want to anyone who was in the area at the time and saw or heard anything suspicious.