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Format: 2024-11-26
Format: 2024-11-26

Rowers oppose controversial filter bed plans

River sports clubs that helped train Olympians have said they were under threat from plans to develop Surbiton filter beds.

Ruffled feathers: blue plaque for Surbiton striptease artist?

A dancer known as the 'Queen of Striptease' is still setting pulses racing nearly 50 years after her death.

Traders welcome 'green' Tolworth Broadway plans

A revamped Tolworth Broadway with a green walkway down the middle of a busy road could begin within six months, if approved.

Groundbreaking ceremony for new school and hospital

Kingston and Surbiton MP Ed Davey joined school children, patient representatives and health practitioners as building got underway for a new school and polyclinic.

Transport history lost as bus shelter is removed

Tolworth has lost a piece of transport history after one of London’s last wooden bus shelters was removed over fears for pedestrians safety.

Campaign for cheaper train fares back on track

The campaign for cheaper train fares from Kingston and Surbiton stations is back on track, according to the area’s MP.

Married cleaner cleared of rape charges

A married cleaner from Surbiton has been cleared of raping a 17-year-old in a Kingston car park on New Year’s Eve.

John Terry fails to open snake shop

England captain John Terry disappointed hundreds of fans when he failed to show up to open a Surbiton snake shop.

Controversial Surbiton primary school given opening date

A controversial primary school being built on the old Surbiton Hospital site will open its gates for the school year in September 2012.

Skiers hit the slopes in downtown Surbiton

Suburban skiers risked life and limb at a whacky community ski morning to raise money for a children’s cancer charity.