Fire crews based in Dorking and Leatherhead have been undertaking training exercises on two of the tallest tower blocks in Mole Valley, in the wake of the blaze at Grenfell Tower in London.Firefighters were spotted using an aerial ladder platform to scale the outside of Wenlock Edge and Linden Lea, two 14-storey buildings in the Goodwyns Estate in Dorking. It follows the fire at Grenfell Tower on June 14 that has left at least 79 people either dead or missing and presumed dead.The crews were...

Two office blocks could be demolished to make way for a restaurant and up to 46 flats as part of the multi-million pound Transform Leatherhead project.Plans, which were discussed by Mole Valley District Council's (MVDC) Scrutiny Committee on June 12, would see the four-story Claire House and the three story James House on Emlyn Lane demolished and replaced. The final decision on the proposal will be made by MVDC's Executive on June 27 but it is recommended that £478,000 for professional...

All trains between Dorking and Horsham are currently cancelled due to a signalling problem.South West Trains services between London Waterloo are terminating at Leatherhead and starting at Effingham Junction. Southern services are not running between Dorking and Horsham and a replacement bus service is currently in operation. READ MORE: Two weeks of A25 night time closures near Newlands Corner start next week Horsham to Victoria services via Sutton will be diverted via Gatwick Airport making...

Firefighters from Leatherhead are at the scene of an enormous fire at a west London tower block where a number of people are understood to have died.About 200 firefighters are tackling the inferno at the 27-storey Grenfell Tower block in North Kensington.The blaze was reported to the London Fire Brigade (LFB) at 0.54am and has been raging since then, having completely engulfed the building.READ MORE: House fire in Trumpets Hill Road that killed a young Reigate family was started deliberately The...

An East Horsley father found dead in a hotel bathroom in Spain had travelled abroad to end his own life, an inquest has heard.Mark Collins, 44, was found by Spanish police at the B&B Hotel in the municipality of Salt, close to the major Catalan city of Girona, on September 15, 2016.An autopsy carried out in Spain showed Mr Collins, of Forest Road, East Horsley, died as a result of oxygen deprivation to the brain caused by compression of the neck, after hanging himself.READ MORE: Leatherhead...