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Letter to the Editor: Poor driving is greatest threat to safety in Kingston
I must confess that, when I read the letter in the Surrey Comet about a car getting slightly damaged in the Waitrose car park in New Malden, I was not overcome with a great deal of sympathy, as I felt there are bigger issues to worry about. I must
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'I’ve cried a lot since I got back': Kingston University graduate returns from Palestine
A former Kingston University student is getting ready to present a series of talks on the Isreal/Palestine conflict, following a three-month trip to the West Bank as a human rights worker. Human rights graduate Nikki Ray, from New Malden, was sent
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Applications for International Youth Arts Festival 2015 open - as director steps aside
The artistic director of the charity behind Kingston’s International Youth Arts Festival (IYAF) will be leaving the post after seven years. Aniela Zaba, Creative Youth director, will be stepping down at the end of this month. The IYAF Festival
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'It could be the start of something': Surbiton High School student's dream role in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
As possible big breaks go, it is not a bad one. Starring in your home town’s highly-anticipated Christmas show, alongside friends from your own theatre group – lots of aspiring young actors can only dream of such an opportunity. Certainly 17
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Walton win pan-Surrey walking football tournament
More than 70 players took part in a county-wide walking football tournament. Teams from nine areas of Surrey played matches that limit exertion to walking only, but does not curb competitive spirit. Walton, playing on home turf, were the eventual
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Bring some festive cheer to underprivileged children with Metropolitan Police's Christmas Tree campaign
Kingston police and Kingstonfirst have teamed up to provide kids in the borough with Christmas presents bought by the public. Hanging on a Christmas tree in the Rose Theatre will be tags allowing residents to volunteer to buy presents worth up
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Elmbridge Council to decide on reduction in councillors
The current number of borough councillors is under review, with many feeling it is “excessive”. There are 60 councillors representing 22 wards across the borough, each ward represented by either two or three councillors. Council leader Councillor
