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  • Be part of a virtual Christmas Tree Festival and win a rosette!

    Be part of a virtual Christmas Tree Festival and win a rosette!0

    Take a photo of your decorated Christmas tree – big or small, real or artificial – send it to Maple Village WI and be part of its Virtual Christmas Tree Festival. You could even win a virtual rosette! “We’re sooooo excited to be hosting our first Christmas Tree Festival!” said the president of the WI’s

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  • Bring joy – and presents – to care homes this Christmas

    Bring joy – and presents – to care homes this Christmas0

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    • 23rd November 2020

    Poppy, 3, and Sophia, 5, can’t wait to give these Christmas presents to staff and residents of Langley Court Rest Home in Surbiton. The sisters helped to launch a campaign by newly-formed voluntary group RBKares which aims to give all 2,000 staff in the borough’s 44 care homes a gift to thank them for all

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  • Brighten your street with a star

    Brighten your street with a star0

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    • 22nd November 2020

    Spread a little joy this Christmas by making a star and displaying it in your window for Advent. St Mary’s Church in Long Ditton is inviting everyone to join in to remind others that they are not alone. Rev Kuhan Satkunanayagam of the church in Church Road, said: “For many people, Christmas will look a

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  • Hearty home-cooked takeaways

    Hearty home-cooked takeaways0

    His portions are generous and his meals are tasty and nutritious. What else would you expect from a marathon coach who takes groups on training camps in Portugal and France and then chefs for them in the evening? Neil Aitken, who runs Berrylands HomeChef, started the takeaway service from his house in Surbiton Hill Park

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  • Awards for local heroes

    Awards for local heroes0

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    • 17th November 2020

    Community heroes Tariq Shabbeer and Des Kay who run The Circulatory upcycling centre in Chiltern Drive, Berrylands, are Frances Moseley award-winners. The pair, through their Save the World Deliveries group,have been working tirelessly on a voluntary basis throughout the pandemic collecting supermarket food that is still edible but due to be thrown away, and delivering it

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  • Return of the water vole!

    Return of the water vole!0

    Berrylands-based Citizen Zoo has raised £18,250 to bring water voles back to the Hogsmill River. The rewilding group’s fundraiser smashed its original £12,000 target. The extra money will now help recruit a dedicated water vole officer to manage the scheme and scale the project beyond the Hogsmill River to the Thames. The next two years will

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