The horned visage of Lefi Ganderson is a familiar sight to many in Surbiton, thanks in part to this Brighton Road shopkeeper.

Ann Bedford, who moved to Surbiton seven years ago, became involved in Seethingmania just in time for the first ever Ski Sunday. She helped freeze 100 blocks of ice, destined to be strapped to the feet of downhill daredevils.

A Surbiton college, which was told it could lose £1.5m in funding unless it improved rapidly, has been graded good following a re-inspection by Ofsted.

Tesco has officially thrown in the towel in its decade-long battle to build a supermarket on the old Toby Jug site in Tolworth.

Boris Johnson said today he was seldom away from Kingston and could not wait to see the contentious new Tolworth Greenway, paid for by Transport for London funds.

A sick dog was found alone in the street, and died after being taken to a vet.

Kingston Council has appealed for help finding the owner after the dog was found by itself in Tolworth. The young dog was found by a passer-by on Saturday.

Anyone with information on the dog or its owner can call council dog warden Stewart Toop on 020 8547 5406.

A Chessington mum has been fined £800 after two of her children failed to turn up to school for more than six months.

Five years ago, Jill Lawrence was a newcomer to Surbiton, with no friends and little to do with her time.

Plans to expand Maple Infants’ and St Andrew’s and St Mark’s Junior schools in Surbiton have been scrapped after Kingston Council bowed to pressure from campaigners.

He is the very model of a modern Gilbert and Sullivan aficionado.

Paramedics took a 71-year-old man to Kingston Hospital as a precaution.