Surbiton library is open to visitors again after a two-week makeover, which included the installation of new self-service machines. Surbiton library has become the latest
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Kingston patients concerned about possible changes to IVF services
Kingston’s Patient Participation Group (PPG) has expressed its concerns over potential decommissioning of IVF and similar fertility services. Patient Participation Groups have become a contractual requirement for
New cycling lane to be opened in Surbiton
A new cycling lane aimed at providing better links throughout Kingston-upon-Thames is in the works near Surbiton station. The one-way lane at Saint Mark’s Hill
“Dirty tricks” claims come from sore losers, says new MP Olney
KINGSTON North’s new MP Sarah Olney has denounced claims that her election was assisted by party propaganda disguised as an independent local newspaper delivered to
Council clocks up £43,000 repair bill
Council chiefs spent over £43,000 last year on trying to tell the public what time it is. The clock on top of County Hall on Penrhyn
‘Room at the inn’ for homeless man as local angel intervenes
Tim Ward is better known to townspeople as ‘Tim the Tramp’ and usually dwells in the Cloisters, the covered walkway between Eden Walk and Church
Mystery surrounds removal of Kingston billionaire’s knighthood
One of Kingston’s most enigmatic residents has been stripped of a knighthood he received in Antigua in 2014 . In November 2014, billionaire businessman Nadhmi Auchi,
Child sex abuse ‘cover-up’ debunked by Courier investigation
Allegations that the Government tried to stop a local newspaper from reporting on a paedophilia scandal at Elm Guest House have been cast into doubt by
Kingston faces loss of four shops including BHS, Austin Reed and budget supermarket Lidl
KINGSTON Town centre may lose four key stores after major high street chains announced shop closures. Lidl supermarket in Fairfield West, just off Eden Street,
Kingston Samaritans launch £105,000 fund-raising campaign to help refurbish new building
THE KINGSTON Samaritans has launched a fundraising campaign to raise £105,000 to help them move into a new building. The local branch of the helpline,
