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All welcome to The Hogs first competitive game of the season 0
- News, Sport
- 23rd July 2020
The Hogs are holding their first competitive cricket fixture of the season on Saturday (July 25) and you and your chums are invited. A bar will be open at the Long Ditton Cricket Club ground off Betts Way, and everyone is welcome to bring their own picnics and sit around the outfield and enjoy watching
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100 words to sum up Covid-19 0
- Arts, Poetry Cheese
- 21st July 2020
Surbitonians were invited to sum up their coronavirus thoughts and experiences in 100 words, with the resulting scrapbook of entries being turned into an online flipbook by the web team at the cornerHOUSE arts centre in Douglas Road, Tolworth. This submission was written by Simon Hancock, summing up the contradiction of between being able to
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You can borrow a book again!0
- Arts, News
- 20th July 2020
Surbiton library members who like reading a proper book rather than an e-version, will be able to enjoy thumbing through the pages of the latest blockbuster in the comfort of their own home from tomorrow (Tuesday, July 21). The library, which was been closed since March 20 because of the pandemic, will be starting its
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Blues cruise to FA Cup final 0
- Chelsea First Team, Sport
- 19th July 2020
Some have questioned his tactics recently, but Chelsea manager Frank Lampard got them spot-on at Wembley to cruise past Manchester United in Sunday’s FA Cup semi-final and set up an August 1 clash with Arsenal in an all-London final. That the Blues so completely dominated a match in which – on form – they were
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Fire rages at garden centre 1
- Environment, Gardening, News
- 17th July 2020
Fire swept through a Long Ditton garden centre overnight, destroying several buildings and leaving the main office as a charred ruin. Flames were spotted rising behind a line of tall conifers at one edge of Hill Park Roses & Plant Centre just before midnight by the intersection of the A3 slip road and Woodstock Lane
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Actor interviews dyslexic celebs for Words Fail Me podcast 0
- Arts, News, Sport
- 17th July 2020
Actor Jude Monk McGowan is interviewing celebrities who have been successful in their careers despite having dyslexia. Jude, who fans of Channel 4’s soap Hollyoaks will recognise as gangster Liam Donovan, is recording Words Fail Me, a series of podcasts for the Dyslexia Foundation. The actor, who has had a successful career in television, film
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