News in Kingston

Each here at Kingston Nub News we aim to bring you an exciting new job in the local area.

Here is the Kingston job we have picked out this week:

Children across England head back to school on Monday March 8th.

Kingston Council have issued advice to parents to keep their children safe.

Travellers who arrived on Riverside Drive in Ham this morning have been issued with a legal request for them to they leave the site within 24 hours.

The unauthorised camp arrived today (3th March) at around 10am. As soon as the Council received reports of their arrival, officers and the parks enforcement contractor, Park Guard, were sent to visit the travellers to carry out a welfare check. Following this, they were issued with a legal eviction notice.

The cross-party group London Councils has welcomed the Chancellor's decision to extend the £20-a-week uplift to Universal Credit for six months, but describes this as the "bare minimum" needed to stop homelessness rates increasing even further.

The umbrella body, which represents all 32 boroughs and the City of London Corporation, says the government should show far greater ambition in addressing homelessness through welfare policy changes and investment in social housing.

Thousands of people across Kingston who have to leave their homes for work or to volunteer are accessing regular, rapid coronavirus tests.

The testing programme is available to anyone who cannot work from home and does not have any coronavirus symptoms.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has today revealed his budget in the House of Commons.

The budget aims to provide support during what will hopefully be the final stage of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A lot has been written about how air quality has improved over lockdown, as people haven't been using their cars as much to get around.

But that doesn't mean the pandemic has been good for the environment across the board.

Wellbeing Week is coming to Kingston 8-14th March. Kingston First, the town centre's Business Improvement District, has combined the services of local business to create a programme of stress-busting activities.

Following the significant impact that Covid-19 has had on all of our lives, Kingston First hopes to help alleviate some of the strains Kingston residents have felt physically, mentally and financially over the past year.

Welcome to our hospitality heroes series - where we feature a different pub, restaurant or cafe every week.

This week we are featuring the Wych Elm - as requested by our readers.

A missing child was found in Ham today.

The child was reported missing earlier this morning in the riverside area.