Vi Butler’s husband William – known to her and his friends as Ben, after Big Ben, due to his height – was killed during the landings in Normandy, though she did not find out for sure until a year later.

Surbiton’s extensive Georgian housing could have a new neighbour if a plan to build new flats is given the go-ahead.

Roadworks in Kingston which have caused misery for commuters over the last week will not be completed until Sunday, Kingston Council has said.

Temporary traffic lights at College Roundabout have caused tailbacks along Penrhyn Road and through the one-way system as water pipes are installed at the new 1 Penrhyn Road student flats development. The work was due to finish tomorrow. Kingston Council said today the work would continue until Sunday night, June 8, with new diversions in place to get rid of temporary lights at the roundabout.

A disability campaigner missed out on voting in the local elections after finding his polling station was not wheelchair accessible.

A Tolworth teenager who faints up to eight times a day is taking on three mountain peaks in just 24 hours as part of a charity challenge this weekend.

Kingston and Surbiton’s Lib Dem MP has said he fully supports party leader Nick Clegg, amid dissent in the ranks over the deputy prime minister’s leadership.

A man has appeared in court over the alleged rape of a teenager in Tolworth Broadway.

Missing Tolworth pensioner John Harding, 82, drowned, a postmortem examination has found.

Seven people have been arrested for suspected public order offences in Surbiton.

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.