Kingston Council

A room could save a life 0
- News
- 11th September 2022
Have you a spare room for a Ukrainian refugee? Sue Pearce and Pia Hobart are asking Good Life readers if they could find room in their homes, as they have done, for those fleeing the war-torn country. The Ellerton Road neighbours feel that the UK government’s Homes for Ukraine scheme – which sponsors hosts to
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Bob Barter’s jazz gig for Ukraine 0
- Arts, News
- 7th April 2022
Don’t miss the legendary jazz musician Bob Barter who will be playing a gig at The Berrylands on Sunday (April 10) to raise money to support refugees who are fleeing Ukraine. The 94-year-old former Elgar Avenue resident will be tinkling the ivories at the pub in Chiltern Drive with fellow jazz musicians Jimmy Hastings (tenor
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Dino hunt in Triassic Tolworth 0
- Arts, News
- 1st April 2022
Join in the Tolworth Dino Hunt this weekend (Sat May 2 to Sun May 3). Twelve models of dinosaurs have been strategically placed between Tolworth railway station and the Esso petrol station in Tolworth Broadway. Can you spot them all? As well as this weekend’s hunt, Sunday’s First in Tolworth market, in the slip road
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Bob’s jazz fundraiser for Ukraine 0
- Arts, News
- 22nd March 2022
Ninety-four-year-old Second World War veteran Bob Barter is raising money to help refugees fleeing Ukraine by putting on a jazz gig at the Berrylands pub in Surbiton. The lunchtime gig on Sunday, April 10 by the Bob Barter quintet featuring singer Jenny Howe along with musicians Jimmy Hastings (tenor sax, flute and clarinet), Eric Ford
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Traffic barrier gets the heave-ho 0
- Environment, News
- 23rd February 2022
The new traffic barrier in Tolworth Road is to be axed if Surbiton councillors get their way. In a stunning move last night (Tues), after an impressive presentation by a group of local residents about the knock-on effect of the road closure on neighbouring streets – especially Thornhill Road which had borne the brunt of
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Surbiton to be made 20mph zone 0
- Environment, News
- 10th December 2021
Surbiton is to become a 20mph zone. Councillors voted unanimously at a Surbiton Neighbourhood Committee meeting this week to introduce the new speed limit across the area – even in main roads like Ewell Road, Upper Brighton Road and Portsmouth Road. The Traffic Management Order will come into effect in mid January, with work on
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