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‘Astley Uncovered: The Unofficial Biography’
It was with great interest I absorbed the article featuring David Astley in last week's edition. I do not generally like fiction, but this was a masterclass in spin and misinformation bettered only by the best-selling "How to owe over £30 million but
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Down with Dr Tinker
Re the letter printed on November 28, "Foxy Fantasy", while I understand that Dr Kenneth Tinker's letter was written in jest (I hope) do you not think that it is irresponsible of you and him to promote teenagers hunting with guns when gun crime is at
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Dialling up the past
One hundred years of phone book history has been put online to help curious Kingstonians trace their family history. BT has worked with ancestry.co.uk to make the archive, which includes 1,780 different British phone books published between from 1880
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It’s personal
Re: David Astley and the Cult of Personality As a member of staff, I felt compelled to comment on the piece about David Astley, chief executive of St George's Hospital, in Wandsworth Borough News, November 21. The article implies that David is a family
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Teens acquitted of rape charge
A teenage boy has been acquitted of rape, a month after being cleared of another rape elsewhere. The 16-year-old boy was on trial alongside a 13-year-old boy at Kingston Crown Court for the rape of a 13-year-old girl in New Malden. After hearing
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German market
What a nasty letter from Raymond Flogger last week, re the German Market in Kingston, referring to events in the Second World War. This ended over 60 years ago - I doubt if any of the stall-holders were involved. Another point to be considered:
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Hospital chief: Privatisation is best way forward
Kingston Hospital's £1.6million plan for a private company to run its elective care is the only way to combat falling numbers of patients, according to the hospital's chief executive Carole Heatly. Talking at a public roadshow about the change, she
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Very board
I'm getting sick of seeing forests of estate agents' boards advertising the Christmas bazaar of one school and the Christmas market of another. These ugly signs are up for weeks on end and advertise an event that will last a couple of hours. Since
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PCT points
Re last week's report of the inquest into the death of Emma Appleby (Woman died waiting for PCT to give drug trial response), we are not aware that the PCT was contacted by your reporter for a comment on this case. The PCT has arrangements in place
