Surrey weekly round-up: 1 June - 7 June 2024
The Wanted star Tom Parker died from a brain tumour in 2022
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The story about a Surrey football club hosting a Father's Day charity match to celebrate the life of the Wanted's Tom Parker proved a popular read this week.
A variety of local issues featured on the BBC News website, BBC Radio Surrey and BBC South East Today.
We have picked five stories from the past week in case you missed them.
Boy guilty of murdering teen on party dance floor
Charlie Cosser died two days after being stabbed three times at a party in July 2023
A teenager who stabbed a 17-year-old boy to death on a crowded dancefloor has been found guilty of murder.
Charlie Cosser, from Milford, Surrey, was stabbed three times in the chest at the outdoor party in Warnham, West Sussex, on 23 July 2023.
The teenage defendant, who was 16 at the time of the attack and cannot be named for legal reasons, faces life imprisonment following a trial at Brighton Crown Court.
A jury unanimously convicted him on 4 June of murder and having a bladed article.
Charlie’s Dad Martin Cosser spoke to BBC Radio Surrey after the verdict.
Surrey hospitals to pilot rollout of Martha's Rule
Martha Mills, 13, died of sepsis after her symptoms were missed
Two hospitals in Surrey will be among the first in England to introduce Martha’s Rule, which allows seriously ill patients and their families easy access to a second opinion if their condition worsens.
Merope Mills campaigned for Martha's Rule after her daughter died from sepsis in 2021. An inquest, external found 13-year-old Martha could have survived with better care.
When the initiative is introduced at East Surrey and Frimley Park hospitals later this year, people who feel their concerns are not being listened to can request a second opinion.
The two hospitals are among 143 chosen to pilot the first phase of Martha’s Rule – which will be complete in March 2025.
Water alert village demands fuel leak action plan
Station Road in Bramley is closed and residents are dealing with traffic disruption
People in a village where a petrol leak led to a drinking water alert have demanded an action plan to clean up the fuel that has "migrated" to the High Street.
More than 600 properties in Bramley, Surrey, were given do-not-drink notices after elevated levels of hydrocarbons were found.
It followed a fuel leak from a petrol filling station owned by Asda, which said it had inherited the problem when it bought the site.
Thames Water is replacing pipes and delivering bottled water and Asda said it recognised the impact and was working to resolve the situation.
The soldier and para-dog buried together after D-Day
Emile Cortiel died on D-Day, aged 19
A man who was killed during the D-Day landings is thought to be the only soldier from World War Two to have been buried with his "para-dog".
Private Emile Cortiel, who was from Essex, joined the paratroopers aged 18 in 1943, and was reported to be “a lively and high-spirited young man”.
He was given Parachute Regiment Canine Glen to look after while on base and the pair parachuted into northern Normandy on D-Day, but were both killed. They were still linked by Glen’s lead when discovered.
Pte Corteil's great nephew, Trevor Corteil, who is from Addlestone in Surrey, said he was proud of his uncle.
Trevor Cortiel told his great uncle’s story to BBC Radio Surrey.
Council pays over £500,000 for failures
The council paid £540,611.59 to families who raised complaints through the children and social care watchdog
Fines paid out by Surrey County Council for repeatedly failing children and young people topped £500,000 over the last year.
The amount is more than double that paid out for the previous year.
The figures, reported by the Local Democracy Reporting Service, have been released ahead of the meeting of the authority's audit and governance committee on Wednesday.
The council said it was working hard to improve services.
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