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Parents express worry after primary school announces plans to merge year groups

Surbiton.com: July 2, 2015 - 3:17pm

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

Surbiton Wildlife group wins up tp £10k funding for Claremont Gardens

Surbiton.com: June 30, 2015 - 10:10am

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.

Winners of our Young Reporter scheme for 2015 celebrated at awards

Surbiton.com: June 26, 2015 - 3:58pm

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.

Beauty in strange places: Surbiton station snapped bathed in early morning sunlight

Surbiton.com: June 18, 2015 - 6:00am

If you have seen Surbiton - or any London station - like this you must be getting up early.

Is the Seething Sardine festival London's most bizarre community fun day?

Surbiton.com: June 17, 2015 - 12:20pm

If you haven't heard about the Seething Sardine Festival or associated events, where have you been? Seriously?

Thousands of people from across London trek to suburban Surbiton to take part in the crazy community events which have included giant games of mousetrap and pop-up pirates, and steam punks and children in cycle races on Penny Farthings. It's kind of unusual but it works - devotees get their community fix, and the creativity and imagination of the arts crowd gets an outlay.

Parents left in the lurch as nursery booted out of Hillcroft College building

Surbiton.com: June 17, 2015 - 6:00am

Parents say they have been left in the lurch after a Surbiton nursery was ordered to pack up and move out.

Surbiton group given grant to clear up gardens

Surbiton.com: June 16, 2015 - 4:00am

Previous efforts have turned up a mattress, old Christmas trees and a road barrier, but community activists are now planning a root-and-branch clean up of Surbiton's Claremont Gardens.

No fun to stay at the YMCA: Police called out to YMCA 300 times

Surbiton.com: June 15, 2015 - 4:00am

Recovering alcoholics and drug addicts “don’t stand a chance” if they move into Surbiton YMCA due to rampant and unchecked substance misuse among residents, it has been claimed.

Artist's work shortlisted for prestigious wildlife painting award

Surbiton.com: June 13, 2015 - 7:00am

A Surbiton artist has been shortlisted for a wildlife artist of the year award.

Fashion pioneer receives MBE in Queen’s Birthday Honours list

Surbiton.com: June 13, 2015 - 5:30am

A Surbiton woman who started her own fashion technology company while still at university has been awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list.