Fire rages at garden centre
- Environment, Gardening, News
- 17th July 2020
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
READ MOREOne of the least publicised local public inquiries got underway this morning – the examination of plans to build two more tower blocks in Tolworth Broadway to go alongside the original 1960s Tolworth Tower. It began at 10am on Tuesday, with no fanfare and only a complex notice in the local paper to alert residents,
READ MOREProfessor 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
READ MOREImprove your writing skills with playwright Susannah Finzi. Suzannah is leading a four-part workshop for budding and established playwrights at the cornerHOUSE in Surbiton on four consecutive Mondays from 7-9.30pm starting next week on October 11. “This is not a ‘how to write’ course,” said Susannah who writes for stage and screen. “My view is
READ MORECan 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
READ MORECongratulations to Tolworth’s Zoe Mendelson, 20, who has scooped the Best Editing accolade in the Kingston Film Festival’s 2021 awards event in the beer garden at the Spring Grove. Zoe’s skills creating her film Radar Man, about the life of her granddad Dennis who died from Covid-19 last year, impressed the judges. To see Radar
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