News in Kingston

Morning Kingston and welcome to our breakfast briefing for Wednesday 10 November.

Read on for the weather today, traffic news plus our trivia answer!

A unique antique carved wooden falcon, which was the symbol of Anne Boleyn during her ill-fated marriage to King Henry VIII, is to be displayed back at its original home at Hampton Court Palace almost 500 years later.

The white falcon badge, symbolising steadfastness and purity, was Anne's principal emblem when she was Queen and during her brief reign it adorned the walls of the Palace

A man from New Malden has been sent to jail for 22 years after sexually abusing two girls aged under 13, while presenting himself as a "respectable family man."

Mark Bolton, 55, was sentenced to the prison term on Friday, November 5 at Kingston Crown Court and placed on the Sex Offenders Register for life.

MANY people who want to support the Poppy Appeal are struggling again this year because of the increasing number of outlets which are now cashless since the pandemic.

Shops, supermarkets and pubs still have their traditional boxes and pins on the bar or at the check-out but few people carry any loose change to purchase a poppy.

Morning Kingston and welcome to our breakfast briefing for Tuesday 9 November.

Read on for the weather today, traffic news plus our Tuesday trivia quiz!

Molesey sports club Imber Court has cancelled its annual fireworks for 2022 after a display on Friday that left some attendees fearing for their lives due to crushes and bottlenecks caused by dangerous overcrowding.

It is the first time in 52 years that the club has cancelled the fireworks event which is popular with Kingston residents and billed as 'Surrey's largest display.'

A SPACE-THEMED light trail will be illuminating Hampton Court Palace this December as part of a tantalising menu of Christmas events at the palace - with the popular ice skating and Christmas Festive Fayre also set to return.

Visitors to the royal site near Bushy Park will be swept up in a "whimsical world of planets and stars" in a new installation inspired by the palace's astronomical clock.

Kingston and Surbiton MP Ed Davey has called for a sewage tax that could raise £70 million to protect London rivers from sewage spills.

The Lib-Dem leader said the money would be raised from taxing the profits of Thames Water, which made £433 million pre-tax profit in 2020.

Morning Kingston and welcome to our breakfast briefing for Monday 8 November.

Read on for the weather this week, traffic news plus what's on in our town today.

GOOD morning Kingston, and welcome to our Sunday morning recap of local news over the past week.

Here's our selection for Sunday 7 November including rare birds, historic cottages and two poignant displays of remembrance around the borough.