It’s back to the drawing board for the would-be developer of an estate of nine new homes in the Southborough Conservation Area. Councillors rejected Daniel Less’ bid to build four and five-bedroom properties on the site of a large house in Corkran Road, destroyed by fire more than four years ago. Surbiton’s neighbourhood committee turned
READ MORERepair, reuse, rehome. That’s the aim of a new recycling centre, a vast warehouse round the corner from Berrylands station. Opened by campaigner Des Kay, pictured, The Circulatory has a simple aim – to save the planet. “It’s a facility to reuse, upcycle, repair and rehome things that would otherwise end up in landfill,” said
READ MOREIf Chelsea Women are awarded a penalty in their Sunday lunchtime game against Everton – a team who are punching above their weight this season – expect an ice-cool Norwegian to step up and take the kick. Maren Mjelde scored from the spot against Manchester United (pictured below, as the packed Chemflow End held their
READ MORENursing a shiner (no, she wasn’t in a pub fight… a ball hit her in the left eye while on international duty), Sophie Ingle was head-and-shoulders the Player of the Match in Chelsea Women’s recent hard-fought WSL game against Man U at Kingsmeadow. Her performance, bossing the crucial space between defence and midfield, was one
READ MOREMillie Bright put in a player-of-the-match performance against Birmingham City in Solihull, and scored her first goal of the season, as Chelsea whitewashed the Brummies 6-0… but manager Emma Hayes was not satisfied with several aspects of the team’s display – particularly a long, lean spell in the first half which allowed the home side
READ MOREIt’s a measure of how far Chelsea have come in the past nine months that instead of losing 6-0 to a rampant Manchester City, they ran the hosts close at the Etihad, taking the lead and matching Pep’s men every step of the way. That February defeat, pictured, still haunts fans, but Saturday’s result –
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