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Meet Henrietta, the ladybird!0
- Arts, News
- 6th July 2020
A Surbiton author who writes in rhyming couplets has published a book for under fives about a ladybird’s garden adventures. Ayesha Benson’s vividly illustrated The Adventures of Henrietta: Hello Henrietta! marks her debut. “I’ve lived in Surbiton for nine years with my husband, and we now have a toddler who many will quite likely have
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Na-Na-Na-Na, Bye Ramona!0
- Chelsea FC Women, Sport
- 4th July 2020
The Chelsea Women’s player with the best fans’ song has transferred to Paris Saint-Germain. The Blues’ Swiss miss, Ramona Bachmann, has signed a two-year deal with PSG, and is already in training with her new club. The 29-year-old joined Chelsea from VfL Wolfsburg in January 2017, making 88 appearances and scoring 19 goals. Her ‘theme’
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Doorstep portraits raise money for Mind and chronicle history 0
- Arts, News
- 4th July 2020
We are living through history – there is no doubt about it – and photographer Amy Murrell has been capturing what has been keeping us safe in these unprecedented times – our homes. Amy, of Upper Brighton Road, Surbiton, has been taking pictures of local residents on their doorsteps – the place where we stood
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Waste not, want not, but wait ’til we’re open! say charity shops 0
- Environment, News
- 3rd July 2020
‘DO NOT fly-tip outside our shop!!’ reads the notice on the door of the Queen Elizabeth’s Foundation charity shop in Tolworth Broadway. The instruction has gone unheeded. Second-hand clothes are dumped in a huge pile which reaches right up to the letter box of the store which supports disabled people. They aren’t even in bags
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Hunger v smugness 0
- Chelsea First Team, Sport
- 2nd July 2020
West Ham, desperate for points and starved of success, overpowered rivals Chelsea who – to their shame – turned up at the London Stadium for this midweek league derby smugly expecting a simple win. On paper, the Blues should have beaten the Irons. Especially as the vast echoing bowl of a stadium lacked a baying
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Take part in Long Ditton’s fundraising scarecrow trail 0
- Arts, Environment, News
- 2nd July 2020
Scarecrows will be popping up all over Long Ditton in July as part of a fundraiser for two local schools. The Friends of Long Ditton Infants and Long Ditton St Mary’s Junior School is staging a scarecrow trail in and around the village with prizes to be won for the top three creations. It’s £5
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