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  • Mayor bashes balsam and opens boardwalk at Six Acre Meadow

    Mayor bashes balsam and opens boardwalk at Six Acre Meadow0

    Cllr Sushila Abraham gets stuck in with a spot of Himalayan Balsam bashing. The mayor of Kingston set to work tackling the invasive plant which has a stranglehold on Tolworth’s Six Acre Meadow which borders the Hogsmill River. She was joined by Kingston’s biodiversity officer Elliot Newton, also pictured, as well as Alexandra ward’s Cllr

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  • History is made with blanket 20mph limit across Surbiton

    History is made with blanket 20mph limit across Surbiton3

    Surbiton has made history by introducing the first blanket 20mph speed limit after neighbouring Kingston fudged a decision. In a remarkable move, the area voted to go it alone and cut the speed limit on environmental and safety grounds… including on major thoroughfares such as Ewell Road, Hook Road, Brighton Road and even Portsmouth Road.

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  • Bid to build art deco style flats opposite nature reserve

    Bid to build art deco style flats opposite nature reserve0

    Developers want to demolish a two-storey, detached family home and build a three storey block of flats inspired by Surbiton railway station. The art deco style development – two one-bed studio flats in a basement, and two one-bed and three three-bed apartments across a further three floors – would be built in Oak Hill Grove

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  • International Youth Arts festival plants seeds for creative growth

    International Youth Arts festival plants seeds for creative growth0

    Part Man. Part Tree. Meet Arbor. Follow the 18ft puppet as he strides around, vanishing behind branches in Canbury Gardens and emerging with a cartful of seeds. Arbor tells the story of a tree pushed from his home and his fight to preserve his future. Encouraging the audience to plant and nurture their own, each

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  • James stars in double bill of dark comedy at the cornerHOUSE

    James stars in double bill of dark comedy at the cornerHOUSE0

    Actor James Thomson plays contrasting roles in a dark comedy double bill at the cornerHOUSE from tomorrow (Thursday) for three nights, writes Wendy Tobitt. In Mastering Business by Dermot Murphy, James plays Bob, a small-time drugs dealer. The play explores Bob’s rollercoaster relationship between him and fellow dealer Al (Shonesé Mercier). Who is really in charge

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  • Curtain up at the cornerHOUSE

    Curtain up at the cornerHOUSE0

    It’s been a long time coming. Raise your glasses, actors are finally treading the boards again at the cornerHOUSE. The arts centre in Douglas Road, which hasn’t seen a production for nine months due to lockdowns, is back with a flourish – a double bill of dark comedy starting tomorrow (Thursday) and running for three

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