Kingston Council

Fundraiser for film on grief 0
- Arts, News
- 8th November 2024
Actress Rea Mole is raising funds for a film about grief which is to be shot and screened at the cornerHOUSE arts centre in Surbiton where she performed as a child. Rea, who grew up in Ellerton Road and who went to Tolworth Girls’ School, has written Starlight, a short film which explores grief through finding
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Poster girl champions plastic solution 0
- Environment, News
- 30th October 2024
She’s the poster girl for Surbiton’s waste-not, want-not community. And now she is literally that – a poster girl! Sage Parmar, the driving force behind Sage’s health store – the organic, sustainable grocery shop in Brighton Road which champions zero waste – is the face of a What’s Your Plastic Solution? campaign. You can see
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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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50ft mast bid for Burney Triangle 0
- Environment, News
- 3rd September 2023
Funny how proposals to install new mobile phone masts are made during school holidays when many residents are away, isn’t it? The bid to build a 50ft (15m) 5G telecoms mast and additional cabinets in Ferguson Avenue by the Burney Triangle – an area of green space with a stunning new bug hotel and flower beds – was
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Bugs at home at the Burney 0
- Environment, Gardening, News
- 11th July 2023
Biodiversity officer Elliot Newton outlines the planet’s need for bug homes and insect and bird-friendly planting to counter the Earth’s mass extinction ecological crisis. He was speaking after the mayor, Cllr Diane White, officially opened the Burney Bug Hotel in Surbiton, at the Burney Triangle – the green space at the junction of Burney Avenue
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How to save energy at home 0
- Environment, News
- 23rd May 2023
Visitors to Kingston’s first Efficient Homes Show were given a wealth of information on how to reduce their energy bills and impact on the planet. The show at Hollyfield School in Surbiton Hill Road, Surbiton, on Saturday attracted hundreds of visitors who were fascinated by the wealth of information on offer. They also got to
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