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Doctors struggle after 'sudden' transfer of care home patients

01.08.11
Doctors in Kingston say they are being put 'under strain' after nearly 50 care home patients are transferred to them at short notice... more

Famous residents win battle to close gates on public road

11.04.11
Chelsea footballer Florent Malouda and former tennis star Annabel Croft have won their battle to keep their private estate closed from the rest of the neighbourhood ... more

Hero police officer saves drowning man

17.02.11
A police officer is praised for his bravery after jumping into the Thames to save a man from drowning... more

Two million people to test healthcare revolution

08.12.10
Almost two million Londoners will be among the first to test one of the most radical changes to NHS healthcare in 60 years... more

Bus lane driver exposes flaw in penalty notices

02.07.10
The legality of thousands of bus lane fines is called into question after a motorist overturns one by claiming it used the wrong wording... more

Drink-awareness teacher over limit

10.05.10
An alcohol awareness teacher has been banned from driving for a year after pleading guilty to drink driving... more

The Dispossessed: Sink school that transformed itself with great expectations

02.03.10
Head tells how he raised hopes and standards for pupils in one of the poorest boroughs... more

Video: Gwen Stefani spends time with the kids

01.02.10
Gwen Stefani gets in some quality time with her super cute kiddies Kingston and Zuma.... more

Skiing the lino slopes of Surbiton

18.09.09
It rarely sees a flake of snow and is better known as the backdrop for TV sitcom The Good Life than Ski Sunday but Surbiton is set to become London's first ski resort ... more

Young athletes given £1,000 to help realise Olympic dream

22.04.09
Hundreds of young athletes have been awarded £1,000 grants to help realise their dream of competing in the London Olympics... more

Disabled patients 'dying of NHS abuse and lack of care'

24.03.09
Dozens of vulnerable patients may have died of neglect in NHS hospitals and care homes, it was revealed... more

How Kingston plans to hold a Grand Prix

26.02.09
Kingston residents are lobbying to host a Formula1 Grand Prix after a motoring expert designed a street circuit... more

Tiffin boys’ school in crisis as £800,000 reserves disappear

23.01.09
A top grammar school has been plunged into financial crisis after running £350,000 over budget in a year... more

Commuters hope for cheaper tickets from fare zone review

06.01.09
Thousands of commuters may get cheaper tickets from a new review of the capital's fare zones... more

Threatened theatre comes up Roses with £1.8m rescue plan

24.12.08
The Rose Theatre in Kingston is celebrating an 11th-hour escape from closure after a £1.8million rescue package was agreed... more

London's top theatres give free tickets to young people

17.12.08
Twenty-five London theatres are to take part in the Government's free tickets for young people scheme... more

1,000-pupil school to ease places crisis

04.12.08
A 1,000-pupil school is set to be built to tackle soaring demand for places at some of London's best state secondaries... more

School calls for end to 'depressing' homework

22.09.08
One of London's leading state schools has cut the amount of homework given to pupils with a view to scrapping it altogether... more

Just £53,000 debt? That's a reason to be cheerful

28.08.08
Often I feel as if I reside at the epicentre of credit crunch hell. A helpful survey this week seemed to confirm my worst suspicions... more

Hospitals admit errors over cancelled surgery

21.08.08
Two leading London hospitals admitted they had lost track of how many operations they had cancelled in the past year... more

Ready to pop: Heavily pregnant Gwen Stefani does some last minute shopping before baby

06.08.08
Just days before she is expected to give birth to her second child, heavily pregnant Gwen Stefani has been doing some last-minute shopping.... more

Top schools are forced to take in extra pupils

05.06.08
Leading primary schools are being ordered to expand under emergency moves to tackle a shortage of places - to the fury of parents... more

Mothers concerned at prospect of extra classroom

05.06.08
Mothers at Fern Hill Primary in Kingston were concerned to learn an extra class will be tacked on to the school in September... more

Different kind of crawl

16.05.08
Shoreditch followed in Camden's fashionable footprint by hosting its own mini festival, Stag and Dagger, around 15 trendy venues.... more

Two thousand four-year-olds have no primary school place

16.05.08
Thousands of four-year-old children are stranded without a school place... more

700 children miss out on school place

01.05.08
Hundreds of children have no primary school to go to this autumn as a new crisis engulfs the admissions system... more

Kingston to collect bins fortnightly

11.03.08
Residents of a London borough are to have rubbish collections cut to a single wheelie bin per home once every two weeks... more

Hall hands over his Rose

21.01.08
Sir Peter Hall is to hand the baton for running the new Rose Theatre to one of his most trusted protégés.... more


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