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    Jane Grove

    Jane, assistant editor of The Good Life, has been a journalist for more than 35 years covering local and national news. Having lived and worked all her life in the Surbiton/Kingston/Long Ditton area, she set up The Good Life with like-minded souls who care about local newspapers and feel they are a vital part of the community.

    Jane is a woman on a mission - to raise the profile of local arts and champion environmental issues. Jane also covers Chelsea Women football games, and posts regular updates on events and the amusing side of living in Surbiton on The Good Life's Instagram site @thegoodlifesurbiton

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  • Mayor bashes balsam and opens boardwalk at Six Acre Meadow

    Mayor bashes balsam and opens boardwalk at Six Acre Meadow0

    Cllr Sushila Abraham gets stuck in with a spot of Himalayan Balsam bashing. The mayor of Kingston set to work tackling the invasive plant which has a stranglehold on Tolworth’s Six Acre Meadow which borders the Hogsmill River. She was joined by Kingston’s biodiversity officer Elliot Newton, also pictured, as well as Alexandra ward’s Cllr

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  • Bid to build art deco style flats opposite nature reserve

    Bid to build art deco style flats opposite nature reserve0

    Developers want to demolish a two-storey, detached family home and build a three storey block of flats inspired by Surbiton railway station. The art deco style development – two one-bed studio flats in a basement, and two one-bed and three three-bed apartments across a further three floors – would be built in Oak Hill Grove

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  • International Youth Arts festival plants seeds for creative growth

    International Youth Arts festival plants seeds for creative growth0

    Part Man. Part Tree. Meet Arbor. Follow the 18ft puppet as he strides around, vanishing behind branches in Canbury Gardens and emerging with a cartful of seeds. Arbor tells the story of a tree pushed from his home and his fight to preserve his future. Encouraging the audience to plant and nurture their own, each

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  • James stars in double bill of dark comedy at the cornerHOUSE

    James stars in double bill of dark comedy at the cornerHOUSE0

    Actor James Thomson plays contrasting roles in a dark comedy double bill at the cornerHOUSE from tomorrow (Thursday) for three nights, writes Wendy Tobitt. In Mastering Business by Dermot Murphy, James plays Bob, a small-time drugs dealer. The play explores Bob’s rollercoaster relationship between him and fellow dealer Al (Shonesé Mercier). Who is really in charge

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