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On a hiding to £3,000: Citizen Zoo’s bold project 0
- Environment
- 4th December 2019
Citizen Zoo has been given a £3,000 Surbiton neighbourhood community grant to construct a nature watching hide at Tolworth Court Farm’s Moated Manor site. Thirty Kingston University architecture masters students, supervised by architects Takeshi Hayatsu and Jim Reed, will work on the project. They have already completed a site visit and are working on drawings.
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Why more flats when rehab is needed?0
- News
- 4th December 2019
Plans to demolish an NHS building in Surbiton to replace it with nearly 60 homes could harm residents’ long-term health. That was one response to a consultation on the future of 187 Ewell Road – the red-brick former primary care trust office and stores. Bob Phillips argues the site is ideal for rehab beds, which
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Season’s greetings: ’tis germy time 0
- Opinion
- 1st December 2019
Take cover and batten down the hatches, for ’tis the season to be germy. We’re nostril deep in the perilous certainty that ‘there’s definitely something nasty going round’, and if you haven’t yet spent a week snotting into your sleeve and binge-eating Strepsils, you’re either dead or bionic. If it’s the latter, keep it quiet
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Freeze lets Arsenal go top 0
- Chelsea FC Women
- 1st December 2019
Arsenal have gone top of the table after an extraordinarily one-sided WSL game following the late cancellation of Chelsea’s match against Everton Women. With just half an hour to go before kick-off at Haig Avenue, Southport, the referee decided it was unsafe for the Blues’ match to go ahead. Arsenal instantly leapfrogged Chelsea at the
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If you want ‘wow’, embrace the bishop 0
- Gardening
- 1st December 2019
Take a look at your garden on this late autumn day, and be honest. Is it a place of floral beauty and delight? Does it make your heart soar with its vibrant colour and interest? Or could it be that a few well-chosen flowers would make all the difference? November is not the best time
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Stephen’s VIP day 0
- Sport
- 1st December 2019
Fulham fan Stephen Vause, who suffered serious head injuries in a bomb attack as a serving soldier in Iraq, enjoyed VIP treatment at his beloved football club. Stephen, of Surbiton’s Royal Star & Garter home, was invited to Craven Cottage by players Kevin McDonald and Cyrus Christie when they paid a surprise visit. The match
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