News in Kingston

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To celebrate the return of the Kingston activities we've all missed, Nub News will feature our pick of the best thing to do in our town each week.

An 82-year-old railway worker in South West London is retiring after almost seven decades of service at London Waterloo station

Don Buckley is believed to be the UK's longest-serving railway employee and joined the team in 1953 aged just 14 years old.

Bushy Park's Upper Lodge car park was closed off yesterday as a Netflix crew settled in to prepare for filming at Hampton Court Palace.

Two huge marquees took up most of the car park, providing facilities for support artists and a make-up area as well as parking for various production members.

The London borough of Kingston upon Thames will soon be getting surge vaccinations and testing due to soaring cases of coronavirus and concern over the B1617.2 variant - commonly known as the Indian variant - MPs have announced.

Kingston MPs Ed Davey and Sarah Olney broke the news on social media yesterday (June 2) after it was reported that cases of the virus in Kingston were rising the fastest in London.

A Thames boat charity based in South-West London was awarded the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service yesterday (June 2) in recognition of its outstanding voluntary work in the community.

The River Thames Boat Project , which has a mooring in Kingston, runs therapeutic cruises for people of all ages with disabilities and older people via its two wheelchair accessible community boats, the Thames Venturer and Thames Discoverer.

Kingston residents have been out enjoying the sun this week as temperatures in London continue to soar.

Hot weather hit the UK over the bank holiday, with highs of 23°C recorded and a 'mini-heatwave' predicted for South London.

Dog walkers in Bushy and Richmond Parks have been warned to stick to the perimeter of the parks following a rise in reports of deer stalking incidents.

The Royal Parks is urging owners to keep their dog on a lead and avoid areas of vegetation, as its officers are currently being called out multiple times per day to help dog owners being tracked by deer protecting their young.

Kingston John Lewis will run a treasure hunt for families in its Wood Street store this week as part of a range of children's activities being put on across the town for half term.

The free treasure hunt will take place tomorrow Thursday 3 June from 11am to 4pm, with a prize of a free lunch at the store's The Place To Eat Cafe for the lucky winners!

A new transport hub including storage for 250 bikes and a cycle route linking the town centre with the river has opened at Kingston Station.

The hub had its grand opening on Tuesday 25 May last week with representatives of Kingston Council, Kingston Cycle Campaign, and the scheme's architects and consultants all attending .

The rate of Covid-19 cases in the London borough of Kingston is now almost double the UK average as cases of the virus continue to rise in the region.

New Government data shows that the rate of infection in Kingston was 42.3 in the week ending May 20, compared to a UK average of 23.7.