Earlier this year a group of experienced teachers, school governors, parents and local business leaders put forward a proposal to the Department for Education to establish a new secondary school in Cobham under the government's Free Schools initiative. This followed a range of extremely positive public meetings in which the plan for the new school was outlined and feedback was sought, and a huge wave of local support with more than 300 families expressing very strong interest in the school and many more members of the local community offering their support for the project.

Volunteering opportunities in your local community - would you like to help make a difference?

Volunteering is something that everyone can do. Whatever your interests, wherever you live, whether you have a lot of time or a little – you will be giving your time to help charities and community groups improve lives.

Parking restrictions in Cobham have started to change!

Two hour parking bays have been introduced in Church Street and the High Street which is hoped will encourage more customers to the area.

The disabled parking bays have been relocated further up the High Street, now outside Boots and Carluccio's, also directly opposite on the other side of the road near M&Co. (Please respect these disabled spaces, they are needed by those that REALLY NEED them.)

Limiting parking to two hours will enable shoppers to park for short periods and browse the shops without making it a special shopping trip. This should help encourage locals to come to Cobham and support our local shops as well as giving them more opportunities to take advantage of the discounts and offers offered by the Village Card.

Some car parking spaces by the river have been replaced with a new footpath which now allows unimpeded pedestrian access at Riverhill between Cobham Mill and the High Street. Not only does it improve pedestrian access but it opens up the views across the river which will be further enhanced by the Riverhill project due to be completed later this year by the CCHT.

Congratulation's to Chelsea Footbal Club for winning the FA Cup with a 2-1 victory over Liverppol and the the European Cup in a penalty shootout with Bayern Munich.

Chelsea do most of their training at the local Chelsea Training ground in Stoke D'abernon and it was good to see that their hard work had paid off.

The Chelsea Foundation does a lot of good work in the local and wider community and they are strong supporters of the Cobham Chamber of Commerce and Cobham generally.