News in Kingston

100 life-sized soldier silhouettes will be installed in the Hampton Court Palace gardens next month, to commemorate the fallen (Image: Standing with Giants)

A poignant new art installation commemorating fallen soldiers and victims of war will go on display at Hampton Court Palace next month.

The specially commissioned work, created in partnership with Oxford-based project Standing with Giants, will be unveiled on November 3 and run throughout the month including on Armistice Day, 11 November.

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Plans to develop Kingston's Hawks Road Clinic were revealed this month - here's what the flats could look like (Image: The Kingston Society)

Plans to turn a Kingston NHS vaccination clinic into private flats with no provision for health services have been labelled a "missed opportunity" by a group of residents living in neighbouring roads.

Hawks Road clinic in Norbiton, a GP service which closed down in 2020, re-opened in 2021 as Kingston borough's mass vaccination centre.

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Michael MacIntyre to visit Kingston Waterstones

By Ellie Brown - Local Democracy Reporter

26th Oct 2021 | Local News

Michael Macintyre will be signing copies of his new autobiography at the Kingston bookstore

Comedian and TV presenter Michael McIntyre will be visiting Kingston Waterstones next week to sign copies of his new autobiography, 'A Funny Life.'

The celebrity, who has his own show on the BBC and also presents gameshow The Wheel, will be appearing at the Waterstones Bentalls store on Thursday 4 November.

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Kingston: local MPs speak out against devastating planned rail cuts

By Ellie Brown - Local Democracy Reporter

26th Oct 2021 | Local News

Sarah Olney in the debate on Friday

Warnings of a disastrous spiral of reduced rail services and higher fares have been raised by the MPs for Richmond Park and Twickenham.

Sarah Olney and Munira Wilson spoke out in a House of Commons debate last Friday, where they challenged plans by South Western Railway (SWR) to make permanent drastic cuts to services including those in Kingston.

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