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Women shop 'til the weight drops off
Women burn more calories than men when shopping, according to research carried out by Kingston's Bentall Centre, which is claiming that shopping is officially good for your health. Shopping centre bosses recruited six volunteers, fitted them with pulse
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Curtain up on the new theatre
Kingston's new theatre will open in September next year if a council plan to loan it around £3million is approved next week. The money, combined with an extra £500,000 from Kingston University, will allow building works to start within weeks to transform
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Victory for Trident in shooting conviction
Operation Trident scored a success as two cousins were convicted of carrying out a carjacking in Kingston, in which a man was shot. Nico Codner, 19 and Duraney Kavanaugh, 21, were found guilty by a jury at Kingston Crown Court last Wednesday, following
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A new camera – complete with mystery photos
A Thames Ditton couple are trying solve a riddle which emerged after they bought a digital camera in Kingston. Nick and Julie Hudson bought an Olympus Digital 500 camera from Jessop's, in Fife Road, on April 29. But when they downloaded its software
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Free: the man who left a PC with brain damage
The wife of a police officer left with severe brain damage after being knocked off his motorbike has spoken of her anger after the Cobham man who caused the crash walked free from court. Rickey Lee Parker, 25, was banned from driving for one year and
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Operations coming to Surbiton
A new surgery centre, which it is hoped will slash operation waiting times, could be coming to Surbiton. The centre, known as a Healthport, would be in The Crescent. And it would mean far fewer trips to Kingston for surgery because day patients will
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Young artists debut their work at empty business unit
Six first year students from Kingston University exhibited their work last week. A group of artists, led by Laura Anne Harling, set up their exhibition called Two Hundred and Something Thoughts at Kingsmill Business Park in Kingston. They chose the
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Mixed reaction to happy hour ban in Kingston
A voluntary ban on happy hours and cut-price pub and bar drinks promotions was given a cautious welcome in Kingston, amid fears it will have little effect. All 32,000 pubs which make up the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA), have signed up to the
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Controversial vote
Despite a last minute legal challenge, Elmbridge Borough Council is set to push ahead with controversial tree felling on Esher Commons, voting through the project by a slim margin. The proposals had been put on hold while the council considered a document
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First place for space design
While Spirit and Opportunity battled sandbanks and craters on the surface of Mars, a group of Kingston Grammar School pupils proved they could be the ones designing spacecraft of the future. Philip Boyd, Josh Abernethy, Oliver Woodings and Joseph Hoskin
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Pupils step out to school
National Walk to School Week went by in a flurry of footsteps and fun last week. Pupils and parents from schools all over Kingston, Richmond and Elmbridge were involved. Kingston Council, ably aided by road safety mascot Debra the Zebra, distributed
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Green day
Now in its 19th year, Kingston's annual Green Fair is a colourful mix of environmental campaigners, musicians, poets and charities. RACHEL CLIFFORD reports on some of the highlights of the festival. Kingston's Green Fair bustled with more charities than
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Travellers fight for NHS land
A group of travellers occupying a slice of land in Surbiton have challenged the land-owner's right to evict them. St George's NHS Mental Health Trust took action at Kingston County Court to seek possession of land at 21 Upper Brighton Road soon after
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Voluntary network helps carers work, rest and play
Voluntary sector charity Kingston Carers' Network has been in operation for more than 12 years and provides independent information, support and advice to people who care for someone in the borough. Carers of whom there are 14,500 in Kingston are defined
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Top service
Tracey Drinkwater's 20 years of loyal service to catering company ARAMARK has been marked by an award. Tracey, from Mitcham, works as a unit manager for ARAMARK, serving customers at Exxonmobil, Leatherhead. She was presented with a certificate and
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Briefing...
Globe Independent Financial Advisors Ltd, of Chertsey Road, Twickenham has set up a series of seminars to prepare people for new pension legislation, being drafted in on April 6 next year. Visit www.icaew.co.uk/cpd for full details of the seminars.
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A new president for the chamber
"Kingston has the potential to become the best place in the UK for Entrepreneurism," believes Christopher Fogg, who has been elected as the new president of the town's chamber of commerce. He runs the Kingston Innovation Centre, based at the same location
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Sporting chance for remote working
Allowing people to work from home could be the best way for Wimbledon businesses to survive the disruption of the tennis championships, writes Jo Bowring. More than 30,000 people travelling to the All England Club in Wimbledon Village every day means
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Shh – How Edwina got the best out of Tiffin wizzkids
Watching Liverpool win the European Champions League trophy was as good a buzz as winning the Young Enterprise Best Business Adviser title, as far as Edwina Hughes was concerned. Edwina is due to be presented with an award in July, for her role helping
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Police must act on these trail biker youths
Name and address supplied. SIR. I am a Norbiton resident who lives near the Dickerage Road Recreation Ground. Over the past couple of months a handful of local teenagers have taken to tearing round this park on their trail bikes. Apart from the noise
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Author Wilson made Laureate
The plaudits continue to flood in for Kingston-born best-selling children's author Jacqueline Wilson, who has just been made Children's Laureate. The author will hold the post for two years and received a £10,000 bursary from the chairman of the Arts
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Legionnaire’s disease discovery
From May 24, 1980 An investigation at Kingston Hospital uncovered what was thought to be behind the outbreak of a rare disease there. Three cases of Legionnaire's diseases had been diagnosed at the hospital since March 1980. One of the patients was
