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  • Towering infernal…

    Towering infernal…1

    The proposed second and third Tolworth towers, alongside the original 1960s skyscraper, would damage the area, be too high, ugly and ‘blocky’ and are just not right for the Broadway. That was the opinion of Ada Simpson, a resident giving evidence to the public inquiry into Kingston Council’s refusal of permission to triple the tower

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  • Call of the sea as pair set sail on big adventure around the world

    Call of the sea as pair set sail on big adventure around the world0

    Tatum Diamond always said she loved the ocean. And from now, and for the next few years if everything goes according to plan, the sustainable handbag and purse designer is going to be seeing a lot more of it… from the deck of a 40ft catamaran called Nautilus. Named after Captain Nemo’s submarine in Jules

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  • Watch ‘hush-hush’ Tower inquiry

    Watch ‘hush-hush’ Tower inquiry0

    The public inquiry that nobody seems to want the public to know about continues on Thursday morning (Oct 14) at 9.30am, with inspector Yvonne Wright taking evidence to decide if Tolworth Tower will be joined by two more tower blocks in the Broadway… and just how much ‘affordable’ housing should be included. The developer originally

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  • Prof Kayoss and chums fight climate change from a yurt

    Prof Kayoss and chums fight climate change from a yurt0

    Professor Kayoss will be entertaining children in a Mongolian Yurt on Sunday. The Tolworth-based professor (aka Des Kay) will be performing to crowds as part of Kingston Arts Festival’s Green Zone event. Other activities in the tent on the field in Wheatfield Way next to Kingston Museum include yoga with Joanna Blundell, readings from local

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  • Volunteer to help monitor cattle at Tolworth nature reserve

    Volunteer to help monitor cattle at Tolworth nature reserve0

    Can you help keep an eye on Moogan Freeman at Tolworth Court Farm Moated Manor? Moogan, from the Downlands Partnership, will be taking part in a two-week conservation grazing project at the 2.4 acre nature reserve off Kingston Road. The grazing by the Sussex cattle will help improve the biodiversity of the meadow and the

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  • College plan splits opinion

    College plan splits opinion0

    Opinions are divided about plans to turn one of Surbiton’s mansions into flats… then flog them off to pay for a new student residential block. Hillcroft women’s college wants to convert Grade ll listed mansion The Gables in South Bank into a dozen apartments to raise cash for a new block lower down the slope,

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