Elmbridge news
 Candidates announced ahead of East Surrey Council elections
Names of candidates standing for election in the new East Surrey Council elections on 7 May have been published.
You will need to be registered by midnight on Monday 20 April to be able to vote in the elections.
If you are voting in person, your polling station may have changed. You can find your polling station on your poll card or use the elections polling station tool to search by postcode.
 The Mayor of Elmbridge’s Charity Ball
The Mayor, Councillor Steve Bax, hosted a very successful Charity Ball at Sandown Park on Friday 20 March raising both awareness and over £19,000 in funds for his chosen charities: the Community Fund for Elmbridge and the Mayor of Elmbridge Trust Fund.
 Call out for artists for new community art exhibition: Making Space 2026
This summer, Elmbridge Borough Council is supporting ‘Making Space 2026’, a community exhibition celebrating creativity, inclusion and visual arts in Elmbridge.
Curated by DAiSY (Disability Arts in Surrey) and co-presented by Riverhouse Barn Arts Centre, the exhibition will run from 29 July to 23 August 2026 at the Robert Phillips Gallery at Riverhouse Barn Arts Centre in Walton on Thames.
The submission deadline is Sunday 17 May 2026. Artwork must be ready to hang and delivered on Monday 27 July.
 Bin truck blaze in Cobham caused by batteries
Fires inside waste collection trucks are becoming a regular occurrence. On Friday 10 April a waste collection lorry caught fire in Cobham. Luckily the fire was put out successfully and nobody was injured.
The blaze was caused by batteries from a household rubbish bin. When tipped into the waste truck, the battery casings were crushed by the waste, causing the batteries to ignite and rapidly burn through the waste in the back of the truck.
Batteries must always be disposed of separately, and not placed inside household or communal bins.
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