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Format: 2024-11-27
Format: 2024-11-27

Hollyfield School star pupils get trophies for hard work

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

Award-winning Surbiton caterer and school governor dies aged 80

Sheila Mitchell, from Portsmouth Road, Surbiton, died on Monday, September 23, following a short illness.

Sci-fi author transports pupils to a world where children die age 19

Southborough boys were in for a treat when popular science-fiction writer Stewart Ross popped in for a chat.

Police apprehend corn snake roaming charity shop basement

A gas man got a shock on Friday when he went to check the meter in a Surbiton charity shop.

Council paid £10,000 for needle exchange risk report before councillors rejected its key finding

Kingston Council spent more than £10,000 commissioning a risk assessment for the needle exchange at Surbiton Health Centre, only for its councillors to go against one of its key recommendations.

Red Square is turning orange: application for another Sainsbury's in Tolworth

Sainsbury’s has begun consulting Tolworth residents on plans for a Local store on the controversial Red Square development.

Struggling women's college set August 2014 federation deadline

A women’s college in Surbiton has announced plans to form a partnership with another institution to improve educational standards.

Derelict New Malden theatre to be sold-off?

A former community theatre in New Malden looks set to be sold off after falling into disrepair.

Barton Green Theatre, in Elm Road, will go on the open market if Kingston Council agrees to dispose of the mock-Tudor building as a surplus asset. The proposal was due to be discussed at a meeting of the council’s policy and resources committee last night. The former cricket pavilion closed in March 2012 after its tenants, the Green Theatre Company, relocated to the Cornerhouse in Tolworth at the end of its lease.

Woman denies assaulting disabled man and damaging his wheelchair

An Old Malden woman has denied assaulting a disabled man and damaging his electric wheelchair near a river in Tolworth.

Blitz spirit at 1940's charity night in Chessington

The spirit of the Blitz will be alive in Chessington during a 1940’s-themed evening for charity.