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New play Make-up comes to the cornerHOUSE in Surbiton 0
- Arts, News
- 29th September 2020
Theatres may be decimated at the moment because of COVID-19 restrictions but the cornerHOUSE in Surbiton is determined that the show must go on. The arts centre in Douglas Road is staging a new play, Make-up, by Andy Moseley of NoLogoProductions on Thursday (October 1). Lady Christina (Moj Taylor) is finding her life performing as
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Close Maple Road to traffic and boost market, says councillor 0
- Food, News
- 26th September 2020
A Surbiton councillor wants Maple Road added to the list of experimental ‘low-traffic neighbourhoods’ to create safer pedestrian space, boost pubs and restaurants, and allow the farmers’ market (still in abeyance since lockdown) to thrive. Green councillor Sharron Sumner wants a vehicle barrier installed by Maple Infants’ and St Andrew’s & St Mark’s junior schools.
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Police appeal for witnesses to hit and run in Victoria Road 0
- News
- 19th September 2020
Police are appealing for witnesses to a hit-and-run in Surbiton on Monday. The victim, a 29-year-old, was in Victoria Road shortly after 3pm when a vehicle collided with him and then drove off. It was found abandoned further along the road. A man in his 20s was arrested, after he attended a south London police
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Waste not, want not – Abundance will harvest your unwanted fruit 0
- Food, News
- 16th September 2020
If you hate waste, call Abundance, a Surbiton project aimed at harvesting and redistributing gluts of fruit from gardens, allotments and street trees, saving it from being thrown away. Last year, 1.3 tons of fresh organic fruit was harvested in and around Surbiton, with this year’s target being to better that. Toni Izard needs volunteers able to
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Traffic barrier produces new rat runs around King Charles Road 3
- News
- 15th September 2020
Leafy Alexandra Drive and sleepy Beaconsfield Road have become rat runs overnight after a traffic barrier was put in across King Charles Road using council emergency powers. No residents were consulted about the blockade (consisting of giant planters and posts) before it was put in place on Monday as part of a council ‘low traffic neighbourhood’ initiative,
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Who needs strikers?0
- Chelsea FC Women, Chelsea First Team, Sport
- 15th September 2020
Who needs strikers? With Chelsea’s defenders on such potent scoring form at the start of the new season, the Blues can contemplate resting their forwards. Reece James and Kurt Zouma were among the scorers (along with a penalty by midfielder Jorginho) as Chelsea defeated Brighton 3-1 away on Monday night – the James goal an
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