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'Happy go lucky' son took own life over benefit changes and job fears, inquest hears

Surbiton.com: October 3, 2014 - 3:30pm

A man described as "happy-go-lucky" took his own life on his 46th birthday after being overwhelmed by welfare worries.

Special needs school in line for £1m expansion

Surbiton.com: October 3, 2014 - 11:10am

An oversubscribed special needs school is set to put in a planning application to expand its site with an estimated £1m investment.

"I’m going to kill you and kill your children”: thief's death threats to neighbour over mum's eviction

Surbiton.com: October 3, 2014 - 10:50am

A church thief was so angry about his girlfriend’s mother being evicted from her flat he threatened to kill her neighbour’s children.

Former teacher convicted of indecently assaulting schoolboys

Surbiton.com: October 3, 2014 - 10:40am

A former teacher from Surbiton has been found guilty of historic sex crimes against boys.

Woman in her 60s hospitalised after van crash in Surbiton

Surbiton.com: October 2, 2014 - 12:34pm

A woman has been hospitalised after being hit by a van in Surbiton.

A new Tolworth Tower? 23-storey apartment block planned by Tesco

Surbiton.com: October 2, 2014 - 4:00am

An apartment block taller than Tolworth Tower could be built on the opposite side of Tolworth roundabout.

Sign up for this year's Surbiton Ski Sunday and raise cash for Shooting Star Chase

Surbiton.com: October 1, 2014 - 5:00am

Reckon you could throw yourself down a ski slope with blocks of ice strapped to your feet in under 10 seconds?

Rehab and anxiety treatment services could remain split

Surbiton.com: September 30, 2014 - 12:30pm

Drug rehabilitation and psychological therapy services may remain splintered after Kingston Council “botched” a public consultation into moving treatments to Surbiton.

Mental health services at risk of closure under plans

Surbiton.com: September 29, 2014 - 4:18pm

Mental health services across south west London are at risk of closure under plans by health bosses.

Friend pays tribute to Malcom McKinlay who police believe was found dead

Surbiton.com: September 27, 2014 - 3:04pm

A friend has paid tribute to Malcolm McKinlay, who police believe was found dead in Surbiton.

‘Gentle and kind’ Mr McKinlay was a member of the Surbiton Club and worked as a bar steward there, bringing many years of experience with him. Friend Bob Tyler paid tribute to Mr McKinlay, who had been missing from his home for two days last week.

Mr McKinlay, 61, from Surbiton, was last seen at his home at 9.45am on Wednesday, September 24. Police were called to reports of a man collapsed in Victoria Park in Balaclava Road, Surbiton, at 10.45am on Friday.