A new Epsom supermarket celebrated its launch with a donation to a local charity.

Tesco Express, next to Livingston Park on Chantilly Way, opened on December 27.

Friends of Epsom Hospital were the guests of honour and Dr Geoffrey Robb cut the ribbon to declare the new store officially open.

Store manager Pradeep Balasundaram and his staff presented Dr Robb with a cheque for £500.

Dr Robb said: “We are currently funding a new treatment room for the maternity department, and the donation from the store will be used to buy important equipment to monitor mothers to be before they have their babies, so will be immediately put to good use.”