Sutton Council again provided free grit to its residents this winter, to be ready for what could be cold and snowy conditions.

The free grit was available at several locations on 5  and 12 December, at B and Q in Sutton and at the Kimpton Park Way reuse and recycle centre. There was again a massive takeup.

And Sutton’s car parks were crowded over the weekends before Christmas due to the Council repeating its policy of not charging for using its car parks over weekends in the run-up to Christmas.

The Gibson Road multi-story car park in Sutton town centre and several other car parks across the Borough, including Carshalton High Street, Kingsway Cheam, and Wallington Library, offered free parking.