Epsom Guardian, January 18, 2018

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Thursday,January18,2018
Cancer survivor set
INSIDE
Panto was
‘best ever’
for her wedding day
Reporter ancé,NickIllingworth,31,in howmelanomacouldspread-
SophieJones HampshireinOctober. Ithoughtskincancerwasjust
sophie.jones@london. Natashahadnofamilyhis- intheskin.Whentherewasa
newsquest.co.uk tory of cancer and wasn’t a mentionof alymphnodebi-
sun-worshipper. But in May opsytoseeif it’dspreadfur-
2015, she noticed a change ther,Ifeltnumb.”
A cancer survivor from inamole. Amoleonmyleft IttookNatashaawhileto
Chessington is planning the shoulder, which I believe recover from the operation,
Page9
wedding she thought she I’dhadallmylife,suddenly butsheisnowbackatwork.
mightnotlivetosee. appeared darker and much Shehasthree-monthlycheck-
Natasha,23,wasdiagnosed moreraised. ups and regular CT scans,
withstagetwoskincanceral- Afterareferraltoaderma- whichhaveallbeenclear. Toy appeal
mostayearagoinFebruary tologist Natasha was told it She believes she was sim-
2017. wasnormal,althoughitwas plyunluckytohavebeendi-
Everything she took for likelytogrow–whichitdid. agnosedwithmelanomaand
a success
granted, especially her own However,themolealsocon- now is raising awareness
life, was thrown into ques- tinuedtodarkenandstarted andhelpingCancerResearch
tion. to itch so Natasha got it UK’s ‘Right Now’ campaign
Natasha said: “I was checkedagain. whichshowshowrealcancer
shocked and very confused. Duringhersecondreferral patients are getting on with
Ididn’tfeellikemyself any inFebruary,Natasha’sworst theirlivesposttreatment.
more.Ijustcouldn’tbelieveI fears were confirmed. She Natasha said: “Melanoma
hadcancer. wastoldthemoleshouldtobe taughtmewhatabaddayre-
“It was particularly scary removedimmediately. allyisandhowthethingsI
that I’d had no other signs Natashawastoldthemela- usedtoworryaboutwereso
and I felt well, but inside, I nomawasstagetwo,meaning insignificantandtrivial.
wasfightingformylife. shehadtoundergoafurther “The‘RightNow’campaign
“I found myself wonder- procedure and a biopsy on capturestheexperienceofso
ing what the future held. I lymph nodes in her back, manyfamilieslikemine.Can-
wonderedif Iwouldactually armpitandneck. ceraffectsusall-notjustthe
makegettingmarriedandbe The biopsy revealed the person diagnosed, but also
able to have children, some- cancer had spread, increas- theirlovedones.”
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Thursday,January18,2018 News 2
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Thursday,January18,2018 News 3
Project to build sensory
Commuter
hot spot
places to live
garden for SEN children
Swanleyhasbeennamedthe
nation’shousepricehotspot
among commuter towns in
England, according to new
figures.
Property website Zoopla
identified it as the best per-
former in the study, with
an average house price of
£375,066 and annual growth
rateofnearly11percent.
The research looked at
townswithinanhour’scom-
muteof tencities,searching
Birmingham, Bristol, Edin-
burgh, Leeds, London Man-
chester, Newcastle, Sheffield
andNottingham.
Itisbelievedthat,because
of this,thevalueof aSwan-
ley home could offset the
costof a£2,500annualLon-
donrailfareinjustundera
month. Meanwhile Walton
Weybridge rank among the
bottom ten with the second
and fourth worst annual
growth rates respectively.
The former has an average
house price of £630,468 and
thelatterat£914,740,withan-
nual growth rates of minus
five percent and minus 4.79
percentrespectively.
Swanley was the only
commuter town nearest to
Londononalistof thebest-
performinglocationsforboth
annual house price growth,
Fromleft:AndrewStevenson,designer,ChessingtonGardenCentre;MrAli,HeadmasterofChessingtonCommunityCollege;JolyonMartin,managing theaveragehousepriceand
directorofChessingtonGardenCentre;TonyMills,chairofgovernors,ChessingtonCommunityCentreandSimonBurge,strategicdevelopmentdirectorof annualpercentageincrease.
ChessingtonWorldofAdventures Picture:TracyDale Zoopla spokesman Law-
rence Hall said: “An easy
Three schools working together with leisure and garden centres commute into the office is
oftenverynearthetopofthe
propertywishlist.”
Reporter GardenCentre. cannot thank them enough forgeneralhelp,itemdona-
CalumRutter Groundworks are nearly for all they have done so tionsorevenpeopletomake
calum.rutter@london. finished, and the project far. cakesandcupsofteaforthe
newsquest.co.uk will be handed over to the “Wearebuildingalistof volunteers.
schools, which are now volunteersthatwouldliketo Councillor Andrea Craig
lookingforresidentstovol- take onprojects,or compa- said: “What a wonderful
Aprojecttocreateasenso- unteertohelpcompletethe niesthatwouldliketospend project.CreatedbyCCC,and
ry garden for Chessington workbeforethenextschool their‘charitydays’working nowcomingtolifewiththe
schoolchildrenwithspecial yearbeginsinSeptember. with us over the next six talentedhelpandsupportof
educationalneedsismoving Tracy Dale, chairwoman months. Projects will start ChessingtonGardenCentre,
forward at pace, and now of ChessingtonCollegePar- in March and run through CWOAandlocalvolunteers
organisers are looking for ent Teacher Association, tocompletioninSeptember, andbusinesses.
help. said:“Wewouldliketosend withagrandopeningatthe “If you have green fin-
Three schools – Chess- a huge thanks to Chessing- start of the next academic gers and are local, please
ington Community College, ton Garden Centre, which year.” get involved in this fab
St Philip’s School and El- is celebrating its 50th an- Specific skills needed in- project.”
lingham Primary School – niversary, and Chessing- clude carpentry, joining, Anyone interested in of-
are working together with ton World of Adventures, bricklaying and planting fering help of any kind is
Chessington World of Ad- whichiscelebratingits30th treesandvegetables. asked to contact Tracy on
ventures and Chessington anniversary this year. We The team is also looking [email protected].
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4 News Thursday,January18,2018
Man fined £1.9k
for fly-tipping
Reporter
SophieJones
sophie.jones@london.
newsquest.co.uk
A Mitcham man was fined
£1,980 and received a six-
month driving ban after
dumping waste on Epsom
Common.
Lee Nicholson, 35, of
McRae Lane in Mitcham,
pleaded guilty to fly-tipping
GuideDogsfortheBlindraisedmorethan£11,000intheAshleyCentre charges at Guildford Magis-
trates’CourtonJanuary8.
Donations help pay for two puppies Bags of rubble, plaster-
board,insulation,amattress,
abed,fluorescentlighttubes, Thefly-tippedmaterialwasdumpedonEpsomCommonin
officeequipment(includinga March2017
Twopuppiesarebeingfundedthrough uptoChristmastoraisenearly£3,000. faxmachineandprintercar-
guidedogschoolthankstoGuideDogsfor CentremanagerDavidBeddowssaid:“We tridges) and various bagged thewaste. “Fly-tipping is a blight on
theBlindandTheAshleyCentre. aredelightedtohavebeenabletosupport and loose rubbish were The originator was neighbourhoodsandwewill
TheAshleyCentrepledgedtohelpraise thesetwoworthwhilecharitiesthisyear amongtheoddsandends. shocked that the material takeactionagainstperpetra-
enoughmoneytosponsoronepuppy,but– andwecongratulatethemontheamazing Thewastewasdiscovered had been disposed of ille- tors.
duetogenerousshoppers–thecollections, amountstheyhaveraised. in March 2017 and the fly gally, having paid for the “Individuals and busi-
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GuideDogsfortheBlind’sEpsom tothechildren’swardatEpsomGeneral Fortunatelytheofficerub- Aswellasthefine,Nichol- note.
branchwaschosenasoneoftheAshley Hospital.Ourshoppersareincredibly bishincludeditemswithan sonreceivedadrivingbanfor “Weurgeanyonewhowit-
Centre’scharitiesoftheyear2017.The kindheartedandsupportive.” address from which council sixmonthstopreventfurther nessesfly-tippingtohelpus
AshleyCentre’sotherchosencharity, Thepuppieswillsoonstarttheirjourney investigators were able to offending. catchthesecriminalsbygiv-
TheSunnybankTrust,usedtheirhugely tobecomealife-changingcompanionfor track back to the origin of AspokesmanforEpsom& ingusasmuchinformation
populargiftwrappingserviceintherun anadultorchildwithsightloss. EwellBoroughCouncilsaid: aspossibleviaourwebsite.”
Thursday,January18,2018 News 5
‘No excuse’ to
take bus away
TfL to consider stopping 166 service
Reporter
CalumRutter
calum.rutter@london.
newsquest.co.uk
THE166busisunderthreat
of being taken away, with
TransportforLondonsetto
MayorLizFrostreceivingchequefrom,MorrisMenRayWatsonandAlanGreenwood launchaconsultationonits
futureinthecomingweeks.
Morris Men make charities money TransportforLondonhas
saiditwilllaunchaconsulta-
tionontheroute,whichruns
between West Croydon and
Agroupof MorrisDancershavehanded linesof infamy. EpsomHospital,inthenext
overmorethan£1,000tocharity. Thisyear,thetourcollected£1,167 coEupplseoomfwanedekEs.wellMPand TfLwillconsultonthefutureoftheroute
Forsome,BoxingDayisadayforsport whichwasdividedbetweencharitable Transport Secretary Chris
orgoingtothesalesbutinEwellVillage causesStMary’sChurchEwellandthe Grayling said: “There is ab- movetheservice.” beabletogotoschool.
itisthedaywhenhundredsturnout Mayor’scharities,whichincludeEpsom solutelynoexcusefortaking Surrey County Council “Wehaveaskedhowmuch
towatchthecolourfulEwellStMary’s andEwellCitizensAdvice,LowerMole itaway.Itsupportspeoplein- saiditisintalkswithTfLto money we could put in to
MorrisMen’straditionalBoxingDay CountrysideTrustandtheSunnybank sidetheLondonboundaryas trytosecurethefutureofthe keepitrunning.Wearehop-
dancetourof Ewell. Trust. wellasoutsideit. service,andhopestokeepit ingvery,verymuchthatonce
CommencingattheFamousGreenMan EwellStMarysMorrisMenstartedtheir “I’ve been making repre- runningasitisnow. the consultation is through,
thetourculminatesattheMill,opposite traditionalBoxingDayTourlastcentury sentations to the Mayor of CouncillorTinaMountain andTfLrealiseshowimpor-
theWheatsheaf,withatraditional anddonotwantthetraditiontodieout LondonandtoTfLaboutthis, said: “We’re fully aware of tantitistothearea,theywill
Mummersplay. soarelookingnowfornewfunloving makingitclearthatitmust how important it is to the let us contribute to keep it
AidingtheMorrismenwiththe recruitstojointhemtobereadyfornext remain. And I’ve been talk- residents – not just young going.”TfLdeclinedtocom-
MummersPlaythisBoxingDaywas year. Togetinvolvedorformoredetails ingtothecountycouncilto people but old people doing ment,butwillreleaseinfor-
Epsom&Ewell’sMayorLizFrostwho checktheirFacebookpageorsendan try to work together to put theirshoppinginEpsom.We mation about the consulta-
sportinglysteppedintodeliverextra [email protected] pressure on them not to re- have children who wouldn’t tionwhenitbegins.
Thursday,January18,2018 News 6
Toy appeal was
a big Xmas hit
Reporter
SophieJones
[email protected].
co.uk
ThefirstevertoyappealatEp-
somandStHelierwentdowna
treat with their young Christ-
maspatients.
Generous donations from lo-
cal people and organisations
weresaidtohavebrought“miles
of smiles” to every paediatric
patient stuck in hospital over
thefestiveperiod.
Santa Claus jingled all the
way to Queen Mary’s Hospital
forChildrenatStHeliertogive
outpresentstothechildrenits
care.
Amanda Laughton, play spe-
cialist, said: “We launched the
toyappealaswefeltitwasre-
ally important for every child,
whetherinpatientoroutpatient,
tohaveapositiveexperienceat Isthatthesecurityteamorsantaandanelf?
thistimeof year.Weknowthat
attending hospital can be ex- keepthemdistractedfromfeel- The security team were also
tremely daunting for children, ingpoorly.” thankedforraising£310forthe
anditisnotnicetobeinjuredor EpsomandStHelierthanked toyappeal-whichwasmatched
needhospitaltreatment–espe- Toys’R’Us, Sutton Salvation by the ICTS security consul-
ciallyatChristmas. Army,MertonMetropolitanPo- tancy firm - bringing the total
“Presents have been a good lice,CarshaltonHighSchoolfor amount of funds raised to a
wayofmakingtheirstayalittle girls,HalifaxinEpsomandEp- merry£620.
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Thursday,January18,2018 News 7
Fixing Ewell
by February
‘Make the area the best place to live’
Reporter
CalumRutter
calum.rutter@london.
newsquest.co.uk
AEWELLresidenthasstart-
eda“fixitbyFebruary”cam-
paign to improve the look
of thevillageandmakeita
nicerplacetolive.
BrianAngus,chairmanof
ThehomebirthteamatEpsomandStHelier the Ewell Village Residents
Association,wentforawalk
Team helps mums give birth at home
and took 50 photographs of
thingsintheareahethought
couldlookbetter.
Some were broken, some TwosuccessesfromMrAngus’scampaign
MumsacrossSuttonandEpsomwill andtheirfamilieswhochooseahome
weredirty,buthewantsthem
nowhavebetterprovisiontogivebirth birth.
athime. “Wecanprovidecareinafamiliarand awlallktoalboengbetthtaetrrboyutehiisnnFeexbt- wwohronhoaustlsivigends.clMosreAtongtuhse, fIetesdhboauckldtoovetrhciosmienitthiaetidvee.-
EpsomandStHelierHospitalshave comfortingenvironment,whichcan ruary. areahiswholelife,saidsuc- clineinto‘whyshouldImend
announcedanewhomebirthteam, helptoallayfeelingsof apprehension He said: “People feel they cessessofarincludecommit- my bits when nobody else
drivenbyrecommendationsfromthe andanxiety. can’tmakeadifference,but ments from Surrey Police, is?’”
‘BetterBirths’NationalMaternity “Havingyourbabyathomemeans they could easily do some- South Western Railway, BT, The Ewell Village Resi-
Review. thereisnoneedtotraveltooneof our thinglikethis. SurreyFireandRescueand dents Association is asking
MariaMillsShaw,homebirthlead hospitalsitesduringlabour,savingon “I don’t just want these SurreyCountyCounciltoei- peopletolooknotjustatbig
andwinnerof theBirthplaceMatters theunnecessarystressof ajourneyin items fixed, although that thertakeactionorlookatthe things,butatsmallerthings
‘HomeBirthMidwifeof theYear’ traffic.” wouldbeagoodstart.Iwant problem. too.
award2017,said:“Wearefour Theinitiativeishopedtofreeup people to work to make the He said: “A lot of people Their suggestions include
experiencedandpassionatemidwives ambulancesforthosewithanurgent areathebestplacetolive.” havebeenbrilliant,andIam mending your front garden,
whoofferonetoonecaretowomen needforthem. The50itemsincludedirty, receiving a lot of positive pickinguprubbishfromthe
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Thursday,January18,2018 News 9
EpsomClocktowerduringtheday
How safe do you feel around town?
Howsafedoyoufeel Bansteadarehappywith enoughneighbourhood
walkingthestreetsof theirstandardof living. events.
Epsomatnight?Arethere ThePersonalAgentstarted Morethanathirdbelieve
enoughchildren’sactivities theprojectin2017tohelp thatthelocalgovernmentis
locally? peoplewhoareplanning notveryquicktorespondto
Theseareafewquestions tomoveorhaverecently requestforhelp.
hundredsof people movedintothearea. Doyouagreewiththe
answeredinalocalestate 58percentof youare results?
agent’sannualsurvey. veryhappywithyour Formoreinformationvisit
Itfoundthat,overall,the neighbourhood,butonly thepersonalagent.co.uk/
peopleof Epsom,Ewelland 35percentfeelthereare
Playhouse hails
‘most successful
pantomime yet’
Reporter
CalumRutter
[email protected].
co.uk
THIS year’s pantomime at the
EpsomPlayhousewasthethea-
tre’smostsuccessfultodate.
The 40 performances of Cin-
derellawereseenby15,511peo-
ple,andgrossticketsaleswere
up8.4percentonlastyear.
Aspokeswomanforthethea-
treputthesuccessdowntomany
factors,includingvalueformon-
ey,increasedadvertisingandthe
qualityofthecast.
FionaMaloneysaid:“Weare
absolutely delighted with how
wellCinderellawasreceivedby
ourpatrons.
“The team at The Epsom
Playhouse including our hard-
working volunteer stewards do Thecastofthisyear’srecord-breakingPlayhousepantomime
allwecanthroughouttheyear
toensurethesuccessof allour latest trends to keep our audi- uedsell-outperformances.”
showsand,of course,thePanto- encehappyandengaged.Cinder- Workhasalreadybegunonthe
mimeisnoexception.Wehave ellahadtheperfectmixofsongs, next pantomime - Snow White
been working in partnership danceandof coursetheall-im- and the Seven Dwarves, which
with Spillers Pantomimes for portantpantogagsperformedby opensinDecember.
years,duringthattimeourPan- awonderfullytalentedcastwho Toseeafullshowlisting,visit
tomimes have evolved with the were paramount to our contin- epsomplayhouse.co.uk.
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