Government planning chiefs dismissed out of hand a decades-old covenant that promised the people of Berrylands that a small patch of land in Raeburn Avenue would remain untouched as a public garden – in order to allow construction of a 13m phone mast.

Former Kingston and Surbiton MP Ed Davey has been given an honorary degree by Kingston University.

Motorists are a step closer to being forced to drive at 20mph on all of Surbiton’s residential streets – barring four main roads – after a consultation into the changes was extended by councillors.

A homeless man who burnt to death in a New Malden street visited Tolworth Hospital “desperate for social assistance” just two weeks before his death.