Kingston Council

Bring joy – and presents – to care homes this Christmas 0
- News
- 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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Awards for local heroes 0
- News
- 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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Surbiton councillors splash the cash for Christmas lights 0
- News
- 14th November 2020
The whole of Surbiton’s high street will sparkle with Christmas lights this festive period. Last year the lights and decorations only reached part of the way along Victoria Road, but this year councillors on the Surbiton Neighbourhood Committee decided to splash out and approve the most expensive option – £12,523 – at its recent meeting.
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Veterans mark Armistice Day with services at care home 0
- History, News
- 11th November 2020
Veterans at the Royal Star & Garter Home in Surbiton have marked Armistice Day today (Wednesday) with services on each of its three floors (to allow for social distancing), tea and cake, and nearby Shrewsbury House School laying a wreath outside the Upper Brighton Road building. On Remembrance Sunday (November 8), veterans watched the annual
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Beware Surbiton’s scary street!0
- News
- 1st November 2020
Wonder how many haunted houses there are in Spooky Street? Perhaps the residents of Cotterill Road – now dubbed the spookiest street in Surbiton – could let us know? Were there any strange and eerie noises emitting from the mix of Victorian, Edwardian and 1930s houses last night for Halloween? And any child-sized apparitions of
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Local creatives showcase their talent at Tolworth’s arts market 0
- Arts, Food, News
- 31st October 2020
Tolworth’s arts, crafts and food market will be in full swing tomorrow (Sunday) from 11am to 3pm. “Tolworth and Kingston as a borough are lucky to have a huge number of brilliant local traders and creatives,” said Charlotte Levy, project co-ordinator for the community-led regeneration project SHEDx which has organised the event. “We’re looking forward
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