It might be too early to begin Christmas shopping, but Surbiton councillors might be delivering presents early this year.

Councillors want to put a stop to the rise in betting shops and estate agents.

Is Kingston being overrun with betting shops and estate agents? That is the view of Conservative leader Howard Jones, who will tonight put forward a motion calling for local councils to be given greater powers when it comes to choosing what shops go on the high street. Coun Jones wants the council to team up with other London boroughs and lobby MPs and ministers for “more control over planning in these important local areas”.

There is already a proliferation of pizza purveyors in Surbiton, but another chain thinks it has what it takes to survive in the area.

A budding chess star will play for England at the world championships this year.

A Surbiton Festival organiser and behind-the-scenes stalwart has been praised for saving the day for performers at this year’s event.

The search for a new home for a controversial needle exchange for recovering drug addicts at Surbiton Health Centre could cost as much as £80,000.

Sewer repairs in Surbiton will disrupt traffic for four weeks.

Firefighters were called to a burning skip in the small hours of this morning.

A drug-dealer and former addict wrote to a judge detailing the deterrent prison had been.

Students at Hollyfield School were given trophies and certificates for their hard work in an awards ceremony.