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'Stop the invasion of betting shops and estate agents in Kingston': Conservative councillors calls for greater planning powers to control high streets

Surbiton.com: October 8, 2013 - 4:00pm

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”.

SurreyComet.co.uk

8 October

Pizza chain hopes to open new takeaway in Surbiton

Surbiton.com: October 7, 2013 - 1:00pm

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

SurreyComet.co.uk

7 October

The Hound of the Baskervilles

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Suspense, terror and a dash of humour come together in a production of The Hound of the Baskervilles at the cornerHOUSE in November.

Upstage Theatre Company brings Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic thriller to the Surbiton arts centre from Thursday, November 14 to Saturday, November 16 at 8pm.

Gala Night - A Solo Exhibition by Sue Monteath

Jan '70

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Come and view the exhibition and meet the Surbiton-based artist.
Still life, coastal scenes from around England and Scotland, birds and portraits all feature in an exhibition coming to the cornerHOUSE from Sunday, September 29 until Friday, November 1.

A Solo Exhibition by Sue Monteath is the second show Monteath has staged at the arts centre in Douglas Road, Surbiton.
Monteath, who won the Molesey Art Society’s 2010 Robert A Lindsay award for the most accomplished painting, works mainly in oils but occasionally acrylics and has recently undertaken a number of commissions.