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Jazz artist displaying in Twickenham this month
Jazz man: Alban Low's work is inspired by his love of jazz Buzzing jazzy artworks that dance across the page will be on display in Twickenham this month. Jazz Art by Alban Low will be at The Bloomsbury at the end of May, where families can also enjoy a summer barbecue and jazz. Twickenham Jazz Club hosts the free event, which will feature the Lesley and Kelvin Christiane ...
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Rise from the ashes complete for burned-out business
A homeware and furniture shop destroyed by fire has completed its rise from the ashes with an award. The Loft in Broad Street, Teddington, was named this year's London independent gift retailer of the year after being nominated by loyal suppliers. Firefighters smashed their way into the shop after a blaze broke out in October 2011. The fire, believed to be caused by an ...
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Esher Church of England High School raises thousands for White Lodge Centre
Pleased: Julia Peacock was grateful for students' work Students from Esher raised more than 2,000 for charity supporting disabled people in Surrey. Esher Church of England High School students were encouraged to come up with activities to raise money for the White Lodge Centre. Events included football matches and cake sales. Julia Peacock, fundraiser for the charity, thanked ...
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New fundraising director for Childrens Trust
Claire Wood Hill The Children's Trust in Tadworth, which runs the country's largest rehabilitation centre for children with acquired brain injuries, has appointed a new director of fundraising. Claire Wood Hill worked previously at Sense, a charity supporting deafblind people, and Marie Curie Cancer Care. Ms Wood Hill said: "I'm so pleased and excited to be ...
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Public meeting on fire station closures to be held in Merton
Twelve fire stations are faced with the axe across London Residents will be able to have their say on the future of the fire and rescue service in Merton at a public meeting next week. A meeting will be held at 7pm on Tuesday, May 21, at the Civic Centre in Morden on the proposed changes but forward by The London Fire Brigade in their fifth draft London Safety Plan. The consultation ...
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NHS couple invited to Queens garden party
A couple from Ewell will be at the Queen's garden party next week A couple who have worked for the NHS for a combined 75 years have been invited to the Queen's garden party at Buckingham Palace. Adolf and Mary Commodore, of Ruxley Lane, West Ewell, received their exclusive invitation a fortnight ago from the Lord Chamberlain, one of the royal household's chief officers, on ...
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Victory for amateur rowing team in charity race across channel
The Real Boat Race 2013 saw two teams pitted against each other An extreme charity challenge has seen an amateur team row 500 miles across the channel in six days raising more than 100,000. The Real Boat Race 2013 saw two teams pitted against each other racing from the River Thames at the London Eye on Saturday, May 4, to the Eiffel Tower in Paris via the River Seine. The winning ...
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St Georges College choir features on Sunday Worship
Congregation: St George's College Choir The Chamber Choir of St George's College, Weybridge, has been broadcast across the nation, after hosting the BBC Radio 4 programme, Sunday Worship. The large congregation and listeners across the country were treated to a service which included performances by composers including Monteverdi, Mozart and Chilcott. The service, led by ...
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Homeless and vulnerable helped by Painshill walk
Transform: The group stepped out for homelessness A charity walk in Painshill raised 500 to support homeless and vulnerable people in Surrey. About 100 people participated in the "step out for homelessness" walk on May 12 in aid of Transform Housing and Support. The charity's chief executive Paul Mitchell said: "I would like to thank everyone who came along on ...
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Amateur actor writes horror novel about a carnivorous boar
Author Robert Bennett in India A boxing coach and amateur actor has written a horror novel. Robert Bennett, from Sutton, has a passion for horror - 13 of his books are in the genre - and now has 15 books available on ...
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London police urge Portugal to reopen Madeleine McCann case
Madeleine McCann . After reviewing investigative files on the case, detectives said they had a list of persons of interest, The Daily Telegraph reported. Detective Chief Superintendent Hamish Campbell, who heads the Homicide and Serious Crime Command, said the review found "investigative and forensic opportunities." Madeleine disappeared shortly before her 4th birthday in August ...
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Childrens centre shake-up on the cards
, Chief Reporter Changes to the way children's centres are run in Kingston are being sent out to the public for consideration. Kingston Council is proposing a new "hub and spoke" model for its 10 centres across the borough, in a bid to keep the facilities open in the face of funding cuts. It would see the centres divided into four localities - South of the Borough, ...
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Kingston in Bloom competition back on
Kingston in Bloom competition back on Kingston in Bloom is back, a year after the Surrey Comet and supporters kept it alive following council cuts. Tolworth resident Sarah Partridge-Finucane, who runs a publishing firm, will run the competition this year. The competition has six categories: best front garden, best blooming pub, best community space or street, best public building and ...
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Council launches new scheme to give extra help to troubled families
(From left to right) Sutton Council Chief Executive Niall Bolger, Leader of Sutton Council, Cllr Ruth Dombey, Senior Advisor at Troubled Families Team, Gill Strachan MBE , Robert McCulloch-Graham at the launch of Sutton's Families Matter ser Families who are involved with crime or do not send their children to school will get more support under a new scheme. Sutton Council is to ...
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Music hall tradition and celebration of British spirit at the Rose Theatre
Musical tradition and celebration of British spirit at the Rose Theatre Two special matinee shows celebrating Britain and its rich wartime heritage will be coming to the Rose Theatre at the end of this month. We'll Meet Again, which has been running for more than 15 years and still manages to grab an audience every time, will be bringing back to life themes of camaraderie, austerity ...
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UPI Sports Calendar for Saturday May 18
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Will Prince William be in the delivery room with Kate
This 4,800-sq.-ft.home is the grand prize in the lottery that benefits the VGH Burn Fund. Numerous fireplaces, sumptuous finishing and all the extras, such as a wine fridge and theatre room, complete ...
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Philip Hammond breaks ranks on gay marriage
Philip Hammond, the Defence Secretary, pictured, broke cabinet ranks to suggest that there was "real sense of anger" among voters over the legislation, currently going through Parliament, to allow gay weddings. He said there was no great demand in the country for change and criticised the amount of parliamentary time devoted to the issue. "I have just never felt that this is what ...
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Tory activists are mad swivel-eyed loons says Cameron ally
The publication of remarks made by a senior Tory about 'mad, swivel-eyed loons' is an embarassment for David Cameron. Photograph: Brendan ...
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Bedroom tax prompts surge in pleas for council aid
bedroom tax ".More than 25,000 people applied for discretionary housing payments (DHP) to help cover their rent in April, compared with 5,700 in the same month last year, according to an analysis of 51 councils by the Independent.The government has substantially increased DHP funding for local authorities to help those most affected by the withdrawal of what ministers call the "spare ...
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Anderson bowls England back into first Test
England James Anderson took his 300th Test wicket and then ended a bold counter-attack by New Zealand's Ross Taylor as England fought back in the first Test at Lord's.The two players lit up a Lord's bathed in artificial floodlight to counter the overhead gloom of Friday's second day, which ended with New Zealand 4 for 153 in reply to England's first innings 232 - a ...
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Notes from a small island Is Sealand an independent micronation or an illegal fortress
We embarked from the Thames Estuary in the dead of night. This, I was assured, was in order to catch the tide, but it gave our journey a whiff of mystery. Soon we were swathed in fog, as seagulls rose from the surface of the water, ghostly in the light cast by our 45ft fishing boat, the Charlotte Joan.Four-and-a-half hours after we left, looming out of the darkness, there it was: the Independent ...
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Alexander Litvinenko widow accuses William Hague of sabotaging inquest
David Cameron , accusing them of sabotaging the inquest into her husband's murder and hiding the Russian state's role in his death.Marina Litvinenko said she was "utterly dismayed" ...
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England given boost with Chelsea willing to release trio from US tour
Chelsea's Frank Lampard celebrates winning the Europa League in Amsterdam and could captain England against the Republic of Ireland at Wembley. Photograph: Imago / Barcroft ...
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Alex McCarthy I never thought Id end season being picked for England
'I'm looking forward to the summer even more now,' says Alex McCarthy after his call-up to the England squad for the summer friendlies. Photograph: Alan Walter/Action ...
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Britain losing interest in leading?
Britain was once the most powerful country in the world, it ran an empire that was the envy of every other colonial power, and gave the world a number of modern institutions that are still widely used today, most notable in the realm of political systems and democratic checks and balances. But Britain today is a shadow of what it once was, some might say it is just another country, nothing special.
Perhaps it’s a little harsh to say there’s nothing special about the UK. The United Kingdom remains an influential country in international politics, especially throughout the Commonwealth, and the capital city, London, is headquarters to some of the world’s biggest companies and home to one of the largest stock exchanges in the world. Read more
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