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Format: 2024-11-26

Garage fighting eviction after 50 years of service

Surbiton.com: February 24, 2013 - 8:00am

A doctor’s surgery could be part of a development built on a Surbiton garage that has served residents for almost 50 years.

Gang faces jail for stalking security vans to swipe cash

Surbiton.com: February 22, 2013 - 1:40pm

Three men who stalked security vans in a stolen car waiting for the perfect moment to grab cash boxes did not plan to use force, a jury has ruled.

Surbiton woman missing since Valentine's Day

Surbiton.com: February 18, 2013 - 2:40pm

A vulnerable woman has been missing since Valentine’s Day.

The Good Life actor Richard Briers dies

Surbiton.com: February 18, 2013 - 1:13pm

Actor Richard Briers, known to millions for his role in 1970s TV sitcom The Good Life, has died.

Mask-making mayhem in run-up to festival

Surbiton.com: February 18, 2013 - 12:10pm

Children enjoyed a messy mask-making workshop on Saturday, in the run-up to the Seething Festival.

Unsung hero: YMCA worker who fights the corner of clients

Surbiton.com: February 17, 2013 - 5:30am

A YMCA worker from Surbiton has been nominated as an unsung hero.

Motorist cut from car following crash in Surbiton

Surbiton.com: February 16, 2013 - 3:13pm

A man has been injured following a crash involving three cars in Surbiton this afternoon.

Newly appointed chief inspector bags arrest on first day

Surbiton.com: February 16, 2013 - 7:00am

Everyone likes to make a good impression on their first day in the new job – and Kingston police’s newly-appointed Chief Inspector Gary Taylor made sure his was a day to remember when he nabbed a suspect while out on routine driving practice.

Farmers’ Market of the Year 2013

Surbiton.com: February 15, 2013 - 10:05am

Maple Road Surbiton Farmers' Market has been voted Farmers’ Market of the Year 2013.

Can retail technology save the British pub?

Surbiton.com: February 14, 2013 - 11:33am

How do you save the British pub? Relaxing the smoking ban is an option. Maybe breweries could support their landlords, instead of treating them like the squatters who stand between them and a big property deal. A less punitive tax system which encouraged social drinking and punished binge boozers might work.