News in Kingston

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FRIDAY: Orlando Weeks at St John's Church

CUTS in rail services that are due to come into effect next week are being driven by a shortage of trains, according to industry experts.

South Western Railways (SWR) recently issued a statement blaming reductions in services across its London Metro services from Monday 17 January on a lack of staff due to absences caused by Covid.

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2021 MAY have been a challenging year, especially for care homes, but at Signature at Coombe Hill Manor in Kingston upon Thames there are many reasons to be cheerful.

Below, the care home looks back on some of the more uplifting moments from the past year which show the vitality of its residents and determination of its staff.

THIS month, Teddington RNLI Lifeboat Station celebrated its 20th anniversary.

Set up to provide 24/7 cover on a stretch of the Thames including Kingston after a government inquiry into a tragedy on the river, the station is unique among the four on London's river as it is crewed and run entirely by volunteers.

SCHOOL is back for 2022 in Kingston and term dates have been released.

These show when state schools in the local area will be off for holidays.

EFFORTS to protect insects including the globally threatened Stag Beetle got a boost yesterday thanks to a team of dedicated volunteers at Bushy Park.

The conservation heroes gave up their time to built loggeries - structures made out of sunken logs - which provide minibeasts and bugs with a key food source.

A STUDENT at Kingston University who died when a passenger plane was shot down in Iran will be honoured with a new scholarship in her name.

The the Niloufar Ebrahim Scholarship in Memory of Flight PS752 Victims will support an outstanding international Masters student to study at the University.

TRAIN services linking Shepperton with London are set to be temporarily cut to just two trains per hour - one in each direction - on weekdays.

The reduced service, down 50% on pre-pandemic levels, is part of a wider cutback on trains across the South Western Railway (SWR) network and will be put in place on January 17.

South West London MPs have reacted to the most recent Number 10 Downing Street party scandal with one slamming Boris Johnson as a "disgrace."

It comes as the Prime Minister is facing calls to explain whether he attended a "bring your own booze" party in the Downing Street garden in 2020 during the first lockdown.