Fire rages at garden centre
- Environment, Gardening, News
- 17th July 2020
Plans to add two more high-rise blocks to Tolworth Broadway and build 499 new homes in a scheme which also involved turning the existing Tolworth Tower into flats have hit the buffers as Kingston council threw out the proposal, pictured, by developers Meadow Partners. Ten reasons were cited by planners as to why the application
READ MOREBerrylands ward councillor Sushila Abraham has been made the new mayor of Kingston. Sushila, who was deputy mayor last year, took over from Cllr Margaret Thompson at the annual council meeting on Tuesday. The borough’s 186th mayor is looking forward to her new role especially at a time when people are coming together again after
READ MORELearn various scything techniques to help manage the meadow at Surbiton’s Fishponds Park. Kingston’s biodiversity officer Elliot Newton will be leading an introduction to scything at the park off Hollyfield Road from 10am on Saturday (22nd). This traditional way of cutting grass and managing hay meadows, minimises the impact on wildlife. Volunteers can also help
READ MOREPoet Hilary Walker will read her poem We Are One at an international book launch tomorrow (Thursday). Hilary, who is representing the UK, was one of only six poets to be chosen to read their poems at this prestigious online Montreal Poetry Prize Anthology 2020 event. We Are One is about being connected together as
READ MOREDramatic stormclouds over Victoria recreation ground in Surbiton suggest that after a dry April we’re about to get a drenching in May. There’s the ghost of a rainbow detectable in the distance… its end seemingly landing near St Mark’s church! It’s rare to see clouds quite so dark and threatening – Surbiton usually seems to
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