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  • Foxes chewing brake cables story is old chestnut

    Christmas is the time for chestnuts and there is no bigger chestnut than a letter about an eight-year old story blaming 'chewed brake cables' on foxes. Firstly no animal would risk its teeth on a cable unless trapped. Perhaps the correspondent

  • Ashley Centre Christmas decorations are a real success

    I must congratulate the Ashley Centre in Epsom for their wonderful Christmas decorations that went up last week, truly delightful. Quite a change from the large supermarket Tesco whose decorations for the festive period seem very poor considering

  • Bad behaviour in Kingston at night needs urgent attention

    Kingston upon Thames is a delightful historic town in which I have been privileged to live for nearly nine years. By day, it is busy but calm and elegant. At night it is rather different, and the police and other authorities seem unaware