A half-million pound consultants fee.

McKinseys brought in for feasibility study.

Leading coach, motivational speaker and NLP trainer Jonathan Bowder is teaming up with Cancer research and Claremont Natural Healing Centre in order to deliver a very special event that may change your life, entitled 'Empowering Surbiton'. Jonathan will be delivering a powerful, fast moving and fun blend of motivational teaching and workshops, designed to equip attendees with advanced communication skills as well as allowing them to challenge and eradicate any unhelpful limiting beliefs that are holding them back.

Emergency services accused of heavy handed treatment to casualty in Tolworth.

As well as the Parade and Street Market, there will be lots to do at the YMCA . Take a break from the festivities and pop in for a coffee, snack , fresh salad or hot lunch. Eat in or take away.

Throughout the day there will be activities for the whole family - face painting, a rowing challenge and free physio/massage taster sessions. Upstairs in the gym, we are offering free fitness testing, including body fat analysis.

As always, you are welcome to come in and have a look around the Health & Fitness facilities. If you decide to join on Festival Saturday, you will receive a free month!

Open Day raising awareness on Parkinson's disease with information on latest research on the Parkinson's condition, demonstrations of speech recognition software, information on local service provision and tester session on reflexology, reiki, hand and shoulder massage plus free refreshments.

We bring local people interested in natural, organic & healthy living together with a wide variety of exhibitors offering everything from organically certified fruit & veg box schemes to fair trade goods and yet others that cater for allergy sufferers.

Tolworth Recreation Centre
Fullers Way North (just off A3)
Tolworth
KT6 7LQ

Visit the centre and learn more about our work, find out what it's like to be a volunteer.

Kingston Samaritans
12 St Andrews Rd
Surbiton

Times: slots at 9am, 11am, 1pm and 3pm

Costs: free

Contact: Simon
Telephone: 020 8399 6676
Website: www.samaritans.org/~kingston

Performance at Glenmore House raises awareness of diabetes.

A joint initiative by the Kingston Primary Care Trust with the Kingston Voluntary Group of Diabetes UK and the Pyramid Theatre enabled Shaun McGowan and Philippa Easton to perform 'All Shook Up', a humorous play about an overweight Elvis impersonator.

Read more in the Kingston Guardian...

Double-glazing installed four years ago considered 'harmful' to conservation area.

Bourne House nursing home in Langley Avenue faces a £150,000 bill to replace the uPVC windows.

Jag Grewa, managing director of London Residential Healthcare failed to get planning permission when he installed the new windows in 2002. He has until May to replace them with timber-framed alternatives as the building is in a conservation area with strict planning rules.

"I simply don't have the money to change 70 windows and where would the residents go? This is their home."