Surrey Police said the police presence in Cottage Grove was connected to a search for a missing person. But a witness said they saw a person put into a police van in Cottage Grove at about 10.30pm after it pulled up with a number of cars.

A pub in Surbiton will close next week for an extensive refurbishment, reopening with an all-new look – and an old name.

The family of missing Tolworth pensioner John Harding have been told by police a body pulled out of the River Thames is believed to be him.

A hospital nurse has described the moment a patient shouted and swore at her hours before he was found unconscious on a train with a fatal brain injury.