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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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Sparring partners separated by 230 miles 0
- Sport
- 1st December 2019
Young fighters from Surbiton Boxing Club have built a strong bond with their counterparts from Hull after a cultural exchange between two Kingstons separated by 230 miles. Dubbed Project Athelstan, and co-ordinated by Martin Ellis of Waverley Avenue, Surbiton, the initiative involved 10 young boxers from Kingston upon Hull travelling down to the club behind
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Reel benefits 0
- Arts
- 1st December 2019
Mix a foot-tapping playlist of traditional Scottish tunes and a supply of homemade shortbread, and Surbiton & District Caledonian Society lives up to its motto, Joy Through Dancing. Surbiton Festival’s station forecourt display was a call to newcomers to experience the fun and sociability of Scottish country dancing. The club has also entertained veterans at
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