Spelthorne council have launched enforcement action against travellers who moved onto land in New Road at the beginning of July.

Two caravans moved onto the Shepperton site over the weekend of Saturday, July 3, and erected a 1.2 metre high fence around the land and added a thin later of tarmac to the ground.

The council have now launched proceedings, following a planning meeting on Wednesday, July 21, to have the travellers removed for planning reasons, as the tarmac, fence and caravans represent inappropriate development on green belt land.

Residents have handed a 285 strong petition to Spelthorne council asking for the removal of charges in one Sunbury car park amid serious safety concerns for the area.

On Thursday, July 22, a petition was submitted to the council seeking the removal of charges from the Orchard Meadow Car Park, in The Avenue.

Since charges for the car park were introduced by the council, in December, residents have noticed an increase in the number of cars parking in The Avenue, which they believe make the road crowded and unsafe for pedestrians, cyclists and other drivers.

The group director of the Pinewood Studios group has spoken out following the government decision to axe the UK Film Council.

On Monday (26) it was announced by Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt that the Department for Culture, Media and Sport was dropping the body, which invests £15million a year into British films and employs 75 people.

Set up in 2000 by the Labour government, it has invested more than £160million into over 900 films including Bend it like Beckham and The Last King of Scotland.

Comedic shorts, a calligraphy workshop and a puppet who struggles to tell the truth helped round off the 2010 Sunbury and Shepperton Arts Festival at the weekend.

The 10 day festival finished at the Riverside Arts Centre, on Sunday (25) with an evening of poetry, music and readings with actress Carole Boyd and pianist Jennifer Partridge.

During the week, residents had the chance to try calligraphy and book binding with Viva Lloyd, enjoy a performance by the Ashford Baroque Ensemble or watch a series of comedy shorts, performed by the Manor Players.

The actress Carole Boyd, well known for playing Lynda Snell in the BBC's The Archers, is joined by pianist Jennifer Partridge for a sequence of poetry, readings and music that will delight the soul and refresh the spirits and reveal that there's more to travel than meets the eye.

Enjoy the thrills and spills of a memorable adventure in words and music.

Julian Black, musical director of Ardente Opera Company, will lead a group of young professional singers in a selection of operatic arias and scenes.

This company's recent production of Frank Martin's Le Vin Herbe at St George's, Bloomsbury won critical acclaim early this year from The Guardian's Martin Kettle.

Saturday, July 24, 10.30am. Tickets £6.

Pinocchio.

Follow the adventures of the likeable rascal Pinocchio, the puppet who, try as he might, cannot stay out of trouble.

This magical production captures the charm and drama of the original story and is performed with hand carved puppets and original music and songs.

For children aged 3plus. The show lasts an hour.

Friday, July 23, 8pm. Tickets £8.

Manor Players in Comedy Shorts.

An hilarious evening of comedy by Geoff Buckingham, whose work has been selected for three national finals during the past year, and who is now a published author with New Theatre Publications.

Includes his futuristic satire God Bless America, which won the Best New Play award in last year's Spelthorne & Runnymede Drama Festival, More Tea, Vicar, about how a bumbling church committee's desperate attempt to raise funds nearly backfires, with alarming consequences, and On the Couch, in which an eccentric man visits a psychiatrist for the first time, with a rather unusual outcome.

The owner of Maloney's Budgens was called away from a 24 hour charity event after finding out that his shop had been robbed.

Dennis Maloney, who owns the store, in Shepperton High Street, was taking part in the Ascot Relay for Life, which sees competitors raising money for Cancer Research UK, by taking part in a 24 hour relay round the famous race course.

Just before 3am, Mr Maloney had to abandon his fundraising attempts, as over £3,000 worth of cigarettes had been stolen from his store.

Over £3,000 worth of cigarettes were stolen from Maloney's Budgens during an early morning heist on Sunday (18).

Just after 2.30am, three thieves approached the front of the store, in the High Street, and gained entry by hot wiring the metal shutters open.

Once open, they crowbarred open the door and proceeded to steal a huge quantity of cigarettes, believed to be worth over £3,000.