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Silver Service In a leafy location opposite Wimbledon Common in the heart of residential properties lies Parkside Hospital which is celebrating its 25th year serving the surrounding community. more

 

A Greener Mills Quite a crowd gathered to see inventor Trevor Baylis turn on the new Wind Turbine at Merton Abbey Mills. more

 

Tennis Photos On his first visit to the Centre Court, Michael photographed the epic encounter between Pancho Gonzales and Charlie Pasarell - at 112 games still the longest match in Wimbledon history. SUPERGIRLS contains reproductions of his photographs, classic action shots and revealing and intimate studies of over 30 leading female players... more

 

Wimbledon Bookfest achieved its place on the literary festival calendar, following the success of its first festival last October. Find out what's happening this year. more

Clapham, Battersea, Fulham
Trees for Cities has opened for its annual initiative in Battersea Park, taking place this year on Saturday 20 September. Click here for more
Epsom, Sutton, Cheam

Kempton Race Nights It was a blustery warm evening at the races as the media from all over London were welcomed by the staff at Kempton. More

Kingston

John Lewis staff took part in the wrong trousers day  wearing a variety of outfits from jeans to pyjamas and raised over £300 for their Charity. There were a few eyebrows raised by their customers but once they knew why the usually impeccable staff were dressed as they were they were happy to see money being raised for children.Check out the building on July 6th for another suprise

Kingston
Author: Local News Editor Created: 11/06/2007
News local to Kingston.

Unsigned bands first stop
By Local News Editor on 23/07/2007
Paul River Gibbs, a Kingston man with a passion for music has set up www.rivergibbsfm.co.uk to enable unsigned bands to be heard by the public.
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Rose set for January opening
By Local News Editor on 23/07/2007
The countdown is on. Come September The Rose will announce their opening programme of events. With fingers crossed that the builders will hand over when promised at the end of November, there will be various public events taking place in December with the ...
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£2,000 fine for meltdown toy
By Local News Editor on 23/07/2007
Spot checks by Kingston Council’ Trading Standards have revealed some dangerous children’s toys in our local shops. Kingston Council’s Chief Trading Standards Officer, Ted Forsyth says: “We purchased a £35 radio controlled car from a shop in Surbiton ...
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Real Business Women in Kingston
By Local News Editor on 23/07/2007
Launched on June 29th in the lovely setting of Warren House, the Kingston chapter is the newest addition to the Real Business Women’s Network. The RBWN works to actively cross-refer leads between businesswomen in a particular community, and helps them to ...
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Kingston university at forefront of research
By Local News Editor on 23/07/2007
Research being undertaken at Kingston University’s School of Social Work could have major implications for the future of child protection across Britain. The Safeguarding Children: Conflicts of Interest for GPs project aims to explore the difficulties fa ...
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Thames Youth Orchestra - players please
By Local News Editor on 23/07/2007
If you have reached grade 6 on your instrument, and are at school in the borough of Kingston, then you are eligible to become part of this fast-growing and very successful symphony orchestra. Rehearsals from September are on Mondays at 6.15pm at The Tiffi ...
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Quackers seek world record
By Local News Editor on 23/07/2007
Set your duck to race along the Thames from Hampton Court and you might win £10,000 as well as raining over £500,000 for charity. This year sees the ducks trying to break the Guinness World Record for the most number of sponsored ducks in a sing ...
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101 Things to do with a dead Market House
By Local News Editor on 28/06/2007
By Marilyn Mason FRSA, 26/6/07
Last year a Kingston Coffee House Challenge discussion identified the Market House as an under-used community asset right in the centre of Kingston upon Thames. Our vision, aimed at improving the town centre for eve ...
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