Final preparations are underway for the return of the Surbiton Festival, with a bigger roster than ever of stalls and events – and tickets are running out fast.

The lease on Kingston island Ravens Ait has been sold to a Middle East-based businessman for a seven figure sum, the Surrey Comet understands.

This event is for everyone who rides or wants to get back on a bicycle.

http://www.seethingwells.org/The_Seething_Trycyclingathon.html

Two friends have built a homemade penny farthing inspired by a 19th century bicycle mechanic from Surbiton.

Talented playwriters are being urged to come forward with their written masterpieces to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the One Acts festival next year.

A treasure hunter has been warned he could be arrested for being a public nuisance after fishing a hand grenade from the depths of the River Thames in Kingston on Sunday.

A ‘floating’ riverside cycle path and a ‘super skyway’ alongside Kingston Bridge are on a final shortlist for a share of £100m from the Mayor of London, writes Joshua Brown.

The 700m style route from Anglers Green to Thameside was nominated with seven other outer London boroughs. Kingston Council also wants to offer ‘super hubs’ at Surbiton and Kingston stations with parking spaces for as many as 6,500 bikes in Kingston town centre.

An unexploded grenade was blown up in a controlled explosion by the Surbiton riverside this evening.

Kingston Council has reached an out-of-court settlement with a former employee who had claimed he was racially discriminated against.

Hundreds of people will be moving into new flats being developed “by the backdoor” as developers take advantage of a new loophole in planning laws that allow offices to be turned into homes without planning permission.