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Challenge to Sir Ed: hand your knighthood back, says councillor 1
- News
- 16th January 2024
Sir Ed Davey should hand his knighthood back over the Post Office Horizon scandal says Kingston councillor Yvonne Tracey who has started a petition to remove the Surbiton MP and Lib Dem leader’s gong. It has already gained more than 19,000 signatures. The former deputy postmistress at New Malden Post Office, who represents Green Lane
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The Rose’s Peter Pan doesn’t fly 0
- Arts
- 8th December 2023
Oddly dark, light on laughs and lacking razzmatazz and special effects, The Rose’s annual Christmas show, Peter Pan, is about as far from Disney’s classic animated version as it’s possible to travel. There are some very good performances, notably by the engaging Kaine Ruddach as Peter, Michelle Bishop cleverly doubling up as Mrs Darling and
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View waste as a resource says Kingston’s green business group 0
- Environment, News
- 30th November 2023
Where there’s muck there’s brass was the takeaway message from a discussion on the circular economy by members of the Kingston Green Business Community. Two panels of local entrepreneurs and innovators from the world of fashion, construction, food and the information and communications technology sectors were quizzed by David Symons of environmental consulting company WSP
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Help skier Jolie race to the top 1
- News, Sport
- 20th November 2023
It’s quite something, hurtling down a precipitous mountain at speeds upwards of 30mph. But that is what 11-year-old ski racer Jolie Welsh loves doing – and is hoping to do more of – if she can get sponsorship this winter. Jolie, of Pine Walk, Berrylands, started skiing when she was just two. Skip forward nine
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Ingenious show enthrals 0
- Arts
- 6th October 2023
Ingenious and riveting, the Rose’s latest show – Shooting Hedda Gabler – enthralled last night’s audience. It’s an innovative new drama that owes its existence to a lockdown, distanced conversation in a park between the Kingston theatre’s artistic director Christopher Haydon and playwright Nina Segal. The lights come up on a Norwegian film set, where
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Cultivating Passiflora is a passion 0
- News
- 30th September 2023
Myles Irvine is a bit of an alchemist. From his home in Lovelace Road, Surbiton, the passion flower expert and commercial breeder creates new hybrids with the aim of producing stunning, free-flowering plants. “Every now and again you get something spectacular – you are just hoping for that,” said Myles who has been growing passion
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