Cut-price supermarket chain Lidl has agreed a £10m deal with Kingston Council to move its UK headquarters to Tolworth and its chief executive has promised "new jobs for local people".

A Tolworth primary school may soon have its special educational needs provision taken over by another school.

Pet owners who do not clean up after their pets will face hefty on-the-spot fines from today as Kingston Council cracks down on dog fouling.

A 15-year-old boy has been taken to hospital with leg, back and neck injuries after ploughing his moped into a metal pole outside a playground.

An appeal to trace a waiter who allegedly assaulted a woman in a Surbiton Indian restaurant has been reissued by police.

A 10-year-old was plucked from children at 40 schools to sing on stage.

Paramedics were called to Berrylands after a car crashed into a lamppost.

Parents at a Tolworth primary school fear their children's education is being compromised after plans to merge two year groups were announced.

After long weeks of waiting, and possibly thousands of campaigning tweets, a Surbiton community project has won up to £10,000 to revitalise Claremont Gardens.

Surbiton High and Croydon High scoop top prizes in Young Reporter Awards Last night saw the fourth Newsquest Young Reporter Awards at Quadrant House in Sutton. Almost 80 people attended the event, made up of winning students, parents and teachers.