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All aboard for a coronavirus test!0
- News
- 8th April 2021
A coronavirus test is coming to a street near you! Kingston council has new two new Covid-19 testing buses which will be touring the borough. Tomorrow (Friday) one will be stopping outside Tolworth Infant and Nursery School in School Lane off Red Lion Road, while the other will be outside the Hook Centre off Elm
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Gardening club grows new shoots 1
- Gardening, News
- 7th April 2021
Keen to swap plants and seeds, share gardening tips, and go on outings to stunning gardens? Then why not join a Surbiton-based gardening group? Membership of the English Gardening Club is free and there’s an active WhatsApp group where suggestions for visits to National Garden Scheme, Open Gardens or RHS venues and garden centres are
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Brief, but glorious 0
- Environment, Gardening, News
- 6th April 2021
What a brief, glorious flourish! Surbiton’s magnolia trees bloomed in the last days of March, hit their peak on March 30… yet within days prompted shouts of: ‘Mind where you put your feet, Tarquin, those slimy petals make the pavements slippery.’ This stunning specimen is on the Long Ditton/Surbiton boundary, where Balaclava Road, St Mary’s
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This Easter-themed house will put a smile on your face 0
- Arts, News
- 5th April 2021
Where is that white rabbit disappearing off to? Looks like he is in a terrible hurry. He seems to have got stuck in a door-shaped rabbit hole which has appeared in Kings Road, Long Ditton, over the Easter holidays. Just below him, and standing sentinel either side of the bunny-themed door mat, are two March
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Blues display six appeal 0
- Chelsea FC Women, Sport
- 4th April 2021
Another all-conquering performance by Chelsea Women – and another Sam Kerr hat-trick – saw off Birmingham City at the weekend as the Blues recorded a 6-0 victory. In a match which again demonstrated the gulf between the top and bottom of the Women’s Super League, Chelsea eventually broke down a dogged five-at-the-back defensive line in
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Long Ditton is yarn bombed for schools’ Easter fundraiser 0
- Arts, News
- 4th April 2021
Happy Easter! The lychgate at St Mary’s Church, Long Ditton, and other sites around the area have been yarn bombed to raise money for two local schools. The Friends of Long Ditton Infant and Nursery and St Mary’s Junior Schools have organised the yarn bombing by various community groups including parishoners and the local guides
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