The 45-year-old man almost collapsed at the junction of London Road and Fairfield Avenue in Staines at around 1.20pm.

Dean Higgins, sales negotiator at Townends estate agent, in London Road, said; "Two ladies came in and said a man was just about to collapse in the road opposite us. I brought him a chair and offered him a glass of water but he couldn't drink it.

"He was looking very white and found it difficult to walk."

Another eyewitness said: "I was driving through Staines and saw a man who looked disturbingly white sitting on a chair with about three to four worried people standing around him.

"He looked middle-aged and was completely bald, which made the whiteness stand out more."

The man was wearing workman's overalls.

Chertsey resident Steven Blockley was passing over Staines Bridge on Monday June 22 when he was stuck in a police controlled traffic jam while Surrey Air Ambulance attended to crash victims.

Mr Blockley, who stepped out of his car to take a picture while waiting in traffic, said: "The roundabout is covered in trees and it landed in the middle, so I was pretty impressed. The landing happened before I got there, but the police were managing traffic well."

The driver of the motorbike and vehicle only sustained minor injuries and were treated at the scene, but they didn't require hospital treatment.

The drama kicked off just after midday in Moor Lane when a member of the public called Surrey Police on reports of a suspicious looking vehicle in a nearby car park.

As the police approached, the youths ran off, with one 15-year-old boy jumping into the nearby river.

An eyewitness, who wished to remain anonymous, said: "The police were running everywhere trying to chase these guys, but one of them jumped into the river. One of the policemen got in and handcuffed him while in the river.

"There was actually a chase while they were both running in the water, but when the policeman got him the boy just stood there and put his hands out to be cuffed. He looked quite strong but didn't put up a fight."

The passer-by said the pair were in the water for about 15 minutes, and said a lot of people were watching the event.

He said: "Quite a lot of people were coming out of shops and pubs and a lot of people passing by stopped to look. I thought it was quite humorous, and I asked the police if they could fish out the shopping trolleys while they were in there, but it didn't go down well."

Although the police searched for the other two, they couldn't be found.

The other two suspects are described as being white males in their teens, of untidy appearance and wearing torn clothing.

The vehicle had been stolen from an address in Ruislip, and the Metropolitan Police are now leading the investigation.

On Sunday June 21 at 8.36pm in Long Lane, Stanwell, crews were called to a bonfire which went out of control.

The following night at 10pm, crews from Staines and Sunbury were called to Chertsey Road, Staines, where they took an hour to put out another out of control bonfire.

The firemen were called at 6.37pm to Douglas Lane, Wraysbury where they put out a fence and undergrowth fire with buckets of water.

Firefighters from Staines were called in the afternoon to The Sidings, in Staines, after the toddler fell through the the slats in the bed and got his leg stuck.

The firefighters released his leg and the boy suffered no further injury.

The unconscious bird was dragged from the water by a passing woman in the morning but died later that day.

The swan sanctuary, in Felix Lane, Shepperton, was notified, but as the bird was dead they didn't pick it up.

Dot Beeson, founder of the sanctuary, said: "We believe it hit a bridge but can't be sure. People were thinking it was vandalism but I'm glad it wasn't, but I know that a fox took its head off that night, because that is what foxes do."

Ms Beeson explained that a number of swans each year die by hitting bridges due to their eyesight.

A 1949 Leyland Tiger and an ABC Regal, which was built in 1953, were driven onto the high street along with a 1925 Dennis four and a half tonner, all from Cobham Bus Museum.

Kevin Hibbs, publicity officer at the museum, said: "The occasion was essentially a publicity drive for us but also it was nice for Staines have three large vehicles drive onto the high street.

"It made a nice diversion from the shopping."

The Tiger and Regal paraded as numbers 216 and 218 driving from Kingston to Staines and back.

The Tiger would have run from 1949 to 1953 until the Regal took over, but from 1953 to 1962 the Tiger would have occasionally been used to do Walton Bridge being weak not being able to ake the larger Regal.

Mr Hibbs said: "The shoppers were just having fun, climbing onto the seats and realising they were a lot more comfortable than modern buses. It brought back a lot of memories for the older people and the younger people learnt a bit."

At around 2.45pm police approached a parked Vauxhall Astra in High Street, Staines, and carried out a search of the vehicle under Section 23 of the Misuse of Drugs Act.

The officers, from Staines Town safer neighbourhood team, found a small amount of a class B substance and issed a street caution for possession.

At 4.30pm a serious road traffice collision occured on Staines Moor Road, in Staines, and a 54-year-old man with chest injuries was air lifted to Royal Surrey Hospital, in Guildford.

Then, at around 7pm on the same night, ambulance crews took a 50 year old man to St Peter's Hospital, Chertsey, after a car collided with a motorbike.

The man suffered from a fractured ankle.

Call police on 01483 639922 if you witnessed the first crash.

She refused to hand it over, and the so the suspect attempted to snatch it out of her hands.

The victim did not let go of the bag but fell to the floor as a result, and suffered minor injuries to her right hip and ribs but did not require hospital treatment.

The suspect got back into his vehicle and drove away without taking anything.

A 21-year-old male from Bedfont was arrested later that day by Metropolitan Police on suspicion of attempted robbery.

He was transferred to Staines Police Station, in Kingston Road, and has since been released on bail until Friday 10 July while enquiries continue.

Anyone who witnessed the incident or with any information should call detective constable Clive Muspratt at Staines CID on 0845 125 2222, quoting reference SL/09/4017 or call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.