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19/07/2025

Calling all would-be, budding and established playwrights.

The cornerHOUSE arts centre in Surbiton is holding a festival of oneACT plays in May 2026 and is seeking new material to stage in its week-long showcase of original playwriting.

Plays need to be between 15 to 30 minutes long - any genre accepted - and the deadline for submission is October 31. Email your entries to [email protected]

A number of plays will be selected by a panel of judges and even if your play isn’t chosen, you will still get feedback to help you with your future writing.

There is more information on how to enter on the cornerHOUSE website under the What We Do section. Just look at oneACTS - New Writing Festival here at https://www.thecornerhouse.org/what-we-do/oneacts-2

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09/07/2025

A 16-strong Dragon Boat team made up of staff at Humphrey and Brand estate agents and the F45 gym in Surbiton is raising money for cancer research at the Royal Marsden as part of this year’s Kingston Dragon Boat Festival, and is looking for sponsorship via justgiving.com/page/humphreyandbrandf45surbiton

09/07/2025

Surbiton MP Sir Ed Davey met Emmanuel Macron yesterday during the French president’s state visit.

The Lib Dem leader discussed the “once-in-a-generation threat” that Russian president Vladimir Putin poses to Europe’s collective security.

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08/07/2025

Sixty firefighters and eight fire engines tackled a blaze at King George’s Field, Tolworth, late this afternoon (Tuesday).

A single-storey sports pavilion, situated behind the indoor bowls club off Jubilee Way, was alight, sending plumes of black smoke high into the sky.

Local residents were advised to keep their windows and doors closed to avoid the fumes.

Fire crews from Surbiton, Kingston and Wimbledon attended after control officers were alerted to the incident at 4.54pm. They received 54 emergency calls about the incident.

The blaze was under control two hours later at 7.09pm.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

05/07/2025

Cocktail wars have broken out in Surbiton, with Bosco Lounge charging £7 a time.

Price applies Wed-Sat, 5-9pm, with bottled and draught beer at a fiver, and prosecco at £20 a bottle.

But it’s that cocktail price that’s eye-catching at the bar at the foot of St Mark’s Hill. The nearby Wetherspoons charges £9.45 a cocktail, with the Victoria pub coming in at £9.50...

02/07/2025

After days of scorchio, how apt that Long Ditton St Mary’s Juniors chose SUN as the Community Music Day song theme.

The school in Sugden Road is one of only six out of 600 nationally to be named as a Lead School for Music.

The music day is this Sunday, July 6. It’s open to the whole community (all ages regardless of ability), and it includes from-scratch song learning by a community choir from 10am-1pm (that’s the spring choir in the main picture), a percussion jam in the afternoon and a showcase concert at the Royal British Legion in nearby Betts Way from 4.30-5pm. Tickets: https://buytickets.at/ldcommunitymusic/1682142 or try the QR

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25/06/2025

Disaster strikes as FUSEBOX is flooded just days before the Creative Youth venue is due to host an international arts festival.

The cause of the flooding in the arts centre, located under John Lewis in Kingston, is being investigated, but it is thought a blocked pipe above the venue caused water to surge and toilets to overflow.

“This is quite literally an existential threat to the future of the charity and the important work it does helping young people find their voice both on and off the stage,” said Creative Youth’s Charlotte Levy, who thought the venue could be closed for the foreseeable future.

“While the festival will still go ahead at other venues, including the Rose Theatre and ACT Theatre [at Kingston College in Kingston Hall Road], the damage is a major blow.”

The good news is that 21 shows plus other events which include exhibitions, dance, music, cabaret and comedy, by performers and artists aged under 30 – a mixture of home-grown and global talent – will still go ahead in FUSE International, a nine-day festival running from this Saturday, June 28 to Sunday, July 6.

For the full programme visit creativeyouthcharity.org/whats-on

21/06/2025

Lovely jubbly! Fresh fruit and veg galore at Surbiton Farmers’ Market until 1pm today (Saturday).

Entertainment on the balcony of The French Table in Maple Road provided by talented singer and guitarist Todd Dachtler, who reached the finals of ITV’s The Voice Kids.

Barnfield Riding for the Disabled, based in Kingston, is this month’s featured charity.

It’s going to be a hot one! Wear a sun hat, keep hydrated, and cover yourself in sunscreen!

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19/06/2025

Part of Brighton Road and Victoria Road in Surbiton were cordoned off by police today (Thursday) after reports of a road traffic accident this morning at 8.05am involving a car and a child on a scooter in Victoria Road near the junction by the YMCA.

Paramedics treated the two-year-old boy at the scene before taking him to a London major trauma centre for treatment.

He currently remains in hospital but his injuries are not believed to be life-threatening or life-changing.

Ambulance crews, incident response officers and London's Air ambulance service attended as well as the police.

Traffic, including buses, were diverted for safety reasons.

The roads were reopened at 12.20pm.

No arrests have been made at this stage.

Enquiries continue and anyone with information is asked to call 101 quoting CAD 1631/19June25.

10/06/2025

There will be no more trains tonight (Tuesday) going into or out of Surbiton, said a police officer as an incident on the line closed the station around 10.30pm.

The forecourt was a mass of flashing lights as three fire engines, three police cars, two ambulances, three first response teams, a rail incident officer, and dog section unit attended the incident.

A Hampton Court train was held outside the station as a stretcher was taken up the station steps by ambulance crew.

UPDATE: A spokesman for British Transport Police said: “Officers were called to the line near Surbiton railway station at around 10.30pm last night (10 June) following reports of a casualty on the tracks.

"Paramedics also attended, however sadly a person was pronounced dead at the scene.

"The incident is not being treated as suspicious and a file will be prepared for the coroner.”

The casualty is reported to be a man in his 20s.

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04/06/2025

Developer Taylor Wimpey wants to build 150 homes on Green Belt land in Long Ditton – and it will be showcasing its plans at a pre-application consultation tomorrow (Thursday) at Surbiton Hockey Club.

The drop-in session between 3pm and 7.30pm at the club in Sugden Road, Long Ditton, is about its proposals for the 11-hectare site which includes Hill Park Roses nursery in Woodstock Lane North across to the very top of One Tree Hill – an area popular with dog walkers.

Taylor Wimpey says it’s a chance for the public to meet the project team, share their views and help shape the development before the company submits its planning application to Elmbridge Borough Council.

However many residents say the Green Belt should be protected from development.

Long Ditton Residents' Association vice chairman Mark Herbert said the group would continue to oppose ANY development on Green Belt land: “Our Green Belt provides a critical buffer between Greater London and the home counties. It does its job in preventing unchecked urban sprawl. We must protect and preserve it, once gone, it is gone forever.”

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