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Help skier Jolie race to the top 0
- News, Sport
- 20th November 2023
It’s quite something, hurtling down a precipitous mountain at speeds upwards of 30mph. But that is what 11-year-old ski racer Jolie Welsh loves doing – and is hoping to do more of – if she can get sponsorship this winter. Jolie, of Pine Walk, Berrylands, started skiing when she was just two. Skip forward nine
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Ingenious show enthrals 0
- Arts
- 6th October 2023
Ingenious and riveting, the Rose’s latest show – Shooting Hedda Gabler – enthralled last night’s audience. It’s an innovative new drama that owes its existence to a lockdown, distanced conversation in a park between the Kingston theatre’s artistic director Christopher Haydon and playwright Nina Segal. The lights come up on a Norwegian film set, where
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Cultivating Passiflora is a passion 0
- News
- 30th September 2023
Myles Irvine is a bit of an alchemist. From his home in Lovelace Road, Surbiton, the passion flower expert and commercial breeder creates new hybrids with the aim of producing stunning, free-flowering plants. “Every now and again you get something spectacular – you are just hoping for that,” said Myles who has been growing passion
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It’s cool for cats 0
- Chelsea FC Women, Sport
- 29th September 2023
They’re cool cats! That’s Chelsea Women’s manager Emma Hayes’ verdict on the new players drafted into her side this summer ahead of the first WSL match of the new season. From strikers Catarina Macario (from Lyon) and Mia Fishel (who Hayes has already dubbed ‘Big Fish’) to experienced defender Ash Lawrence and England reserve keeper
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50ft mast bid for Burney Triangle 0
- Environment, News
- 3rd September 2023
Funny how proposals to install new mobile phone masts are made during school holidays when many residents are away, isn’t it? The bid to build a 50ft (15m) 5G telecoms mast and additional cabinets in Ferguson Avenue by the Burney Triangle – an area of green space with a stunning new bug hotel and flower beds – was
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Blues face Roma in friendly 0
- Chelsea FC Women, Sport
- 31st August 2023
Chelsea Women start their build-up to the new Women’s Super League season this weekend with a friendly against Roma at Kingsmeadow, where (above) scarf sellers are further testament to growth in the women’s game. OK, schools are still on holiday, so it’s even possible for youngsters to come to an evening match… but who in
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