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Email Lord to protect filter beds 0
- Environment, News
- 13th September 2021
Want to protect the biodiversity of Seething Wells filter beds? Then email Environment minister Lord Zac Goldsmith and ask him to back amendment 94 to the Environment Bill which is being debated later today (Monday) in the House of Lords, says St Mark’s ward councillor Liz Green. Liz says the biodiversity at the filter beds
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Beeping drives staff ding-dong 0
- Environment, Food, News
- 13th September 2021
Staff at Waitrose’s Surbiton branch are being driven ding-dong by the incessant beeping sound made by hand-held Deliveroo order terminals. Now customers have joined the chorus of complaints about the Sunmi point-of-sale devices that emit the repetitive ear-piercing four-note ringtone every few seconds. As staff go round the aisles, filling baskets for home deliveries, the
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Blues bounce back in style 0
- Chelsea FC Women, Sport
- 12th September 2021
Chelsea Women bounced back from their defeat at Arsenal to gain the first three points of the season against Everton in a comprehensive win beamed to tens of thousands on telly. The 4-0 victory at Kingsmeadow on Sunday lunchtime saw Jess Carter shift to become the central defender in a three-strong back line, and professionally
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Need the loo? Stick to TV!0
- Chelsea FC Women, Sport
- 12th September 2021
Feel you might need a swift visit to the loo? Contemplating turning up to Kingsmeadow today to watch Chelsea Women play Everton? You might be better staying at home and watching the match live on BBC2 as the bogs at the stadium in Norbiton are – say fans – woefully inadequate. At the pre-season friendly
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Short, snappy, but determined 0
- Chelsea FC Women, Sport
- 10th September 2021
Chelsea Women’s manager Emma Hayes was prickly and short with questions ahead of the team’s first home match of the new season, against Everton on Sunday lunchtime. She batted off journalists’ queries without her customary warmth and bonhomie, perhaps feeling the pressure after last weekend’s defeat at the hands of Arsenal. Although she is keen
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Allegros: A welcome return 1
- Food
- 10th September 2021
Surbiton’s foodie army has welcomed the return of one of its most popular town-centre eateries, which has remained closed throughout the pandemic. The Allegro cafe has become Allegros, and now boasts a refitted kitchen, new loos, and upgraded menu, smart signage and more storage room. Sandwiched between the carpet shop and rival Caffe Nero at
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