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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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  • Spring awakening for popular Surbiton boutique Shoes at Last

    Spring awakening for popular Surbiton boutique Shoes at Last0

    It’s been like Christmas for Sarah Taylor who runs Shoes at Last in Maple Road. Boxes have been arriving at the Surbiton boutique since lockdown eased with the new spring collections from various designer labels – think the likes of Marble Scotland, Foil Clothing, Soya Concept, One Season, Focus and Ilse Jacobsen – and Sarah

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  • Library’s giant willow crashes to ground after trunk splits

    Library’s giant willow crashes to ground after trunk splits0

    The century-old willow in Ewell Road, by Surbiton war memorial and library, split and keeled over at around 8am on Friday last week (April 16). No one was injured, and it appeared the library annexe and hall were not damaged by the tree although an assessment by Kingston Council contractors’ Engie will be done to

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  • Waitrose pays tribute to Prince Philip whose funeral is today

    Waitrose pays tribute to Prince Philip whose funeral is today0

    Surbiton Waitrose has replaced its customary A-board of shopping hours with a poster marking Prince Philip’s funeral today at St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle. The store staff will observe a minute’s silence at 3pm.    

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  • Enjoy a barbie on the river

    Enjoy a barbie on the river0

    The smell of burgers, sausages and juicy skewers will be wafting over the Thames today (Friday) and over the weekend. Ravens Ait is holding a barbecue weekend and everyone is invited! The Beer, Bar and BBQ event will run this Friday, Saturday and Sunday (April 16-18) and next weekend (April 23-25) and then on May

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