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Format: 2024-11-23
Format: 2024-11-23

Developer offers one affordable home in Surbiton petrol station redevelopment

A developer planning a 28-flat new build in Surbiton has offered just one of the homes as an affordable unit.

Fewer than 100 affordable or shared homes in 705-unit Tesco Tolworth plans

Fewer than 100 of the 705 new homes Tesco proposes to build in Tolworth will be earmarked for affordable rent or shared ownership.

Surbiton man who fell asleep at the wheel faces jail

A man who fell asleep at the wheel of his van is facing prison after pleading guilty to causing the death of a woman out jogging.

Cratus or Council: Kingston Council leader rubbishes blocked Lib Dem ultimatum

Kingston Council has blocked a Liberal Democrat motion calling for Councillor Kevin Davis to resign as council leader or quit his job at the communications company he co-founded.

Danny Alexander claims George Osborne DID know about Kingston and Surbiton rezoning proposals

Former chief secretary to the treasury, Danny Alexander, has claimed Conservative ministers in the previous Government ignored calls to rezone Kingston and Surbiton stations despite pressure from MP Edward Davey.

Police rescue baby from hot car after mum is locked out

Police rescued a baby from a hot car by smashing the front window after a distressed mum was locked out of her vehicle.

Relief for motorists as Hook Road re-opens after gas works

Hook Road has re-opened northbound after Southern Gas Networks finished gas main replacements a week early.

Premises for new Surbiton free school found - in Kingston

A free school for Surbiton will open in the borough next year – but it will not be in Surbiton.

'It just hit me': RAF veteran recalls meeting wife-to-be for the first time

“It just hit me” – that was the reaction of an RAF veteran when he first met his wife-to-be 55 years ago, and thought she was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen.

'I never thought I'd see him retire': Story of man who has lived with transplanted kidney for 42 years

Normally, a donated kidney will last for between 10 and 15 years inside its new owner. But for one Berrylands man, those numbers are long past.