Local businesses in Kingston stepped up over half term to offer free meals to vulnerable children. Twenty-seven per cent of children in Kingston live in poverty according to statistics provided by Trust for London, seven per cent higher than the national average.
A petition asking for golf clubs to be removed from a list of venues to shut due to Covid-19 has been rejected by the Government despite gaining over 250,000 signatures.
A man believed to be homeless died outside a supermarket in Kingston town centre on the morning of November 11.
Universities will give out allocated dates to students travelling back home safely for Christmas.
The UK Health Secretary announced plans to roll out the new coronavirus vaccine, made by Pfizer and BioNTech, from as early as December 1, after preliminary trials showed 90 per cent effectiveness in patients.
Voluntary group #WeMakeEvents staged a week of Covid-compliant demonstrations in Parliament Square to campaign for government support of the live events industry, which has been brought to its knees by Covid-19.
Christian organisations and local clergy in Kingston are concerned that that the new lockdown ban on communal worship could damage mental health and well-being, especially of the most vulnerable.
Kingston Council and local Royal British Legion branches have cancelled the commemoration events that usually mark Remembrance Sunday across the borough.
A Kingston resident has been announced as a finalist in the national Founders Cup photography competition.
On the track, Lewis Hamilton has overtaken Michael Schumacher as the most successful driver in the sport’s history, meanwhile off it he has spearheaded calls for more diversity in the sport. These calls led to F1 announcing its We Race As One campaign before the season opener in June.
