News in Kingston

A KINGSTON family of four were treated for smoke inhalation after a fire broke out in their flat yesterday evening (13 February).

The man, woman and two children left their third-floor apartment on London Road before fire brigades arrived. They were treated by London Ambulance crew at the scene.

KINGSTON financial planner Jason Lurie, from local firm Holland Hahn & Wills, gives his advice on what to consider when planning for school fees.

You can also watch the video above for a fireside chat on the topic by Holland Hahn & Wills financial advisers Simon Ainley and Amyr Rocha-Lima

PLANS for a new £40 million community leisure centre in Kingston have now been formally submitted to the Council for approval.

The leisure complex by Kingston's Fairfield recreation ground will have a variety of facilities including a toddler pool, clip and climb and improved outdoor play area.

A WOMAN from Surbiton has been jailed for Burglary with intent to steal.

Nadine Steer, of Donald Woods Gardens, was found with bags of stolen items at her victim's home in July 2021.

BUS and tube fares in London will undergo their biggest rise in a decade this March.

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan and Transport for London (TfL) announced the price increase yesterday (15 February) with fares across the network set to rise by an average of 4.8% from 1 March 2022.

FAMILIES and children supported by Shooting Star Children's Hospices in Hampton enjoyed a Royal visit from HRH the Countess of Wessex last week.

The hospice is one of two run by the charity and together they support around 700 families who have a child with a life-limiting condition or who have been bereaved across London and Surrey.

A TUDOR MANSION in Kingston upon Thames has gone on sale for £12.95 million.

The Grade II listed manor, called 'Cedar Court', is located on Coombe Hill Road.

THE well-known musical double act of Michael Ball and Alfie Boe are the latest to join the star-studded line up for this year's Hampton Court Palace Festival, it was announced today (14 February).

The pair, famous for their musical duo in the West End show Les Miserables and their own sell-out UK tours, will take to the stage on Friday 24 June.

TRAINS to London on the Shepperton branch line will return to pre-Omicron levels this month, South Western Railways (SWR) has announced.

A timetable 'almost identical' to that of December 2021 is set to be reintroduced by the company on 21 February.

A FULLY-GROWN seal was spotted earlier today on a stretch of the River Thames near the Lensbury Club on the Kingston side of Teddington Lock.

Nub News contributor Stuart Higgins reports: "I stumbled across the seal while cycling on the Ham side of the towpath and only stopped when a crowd of walkers lined the riverside and were staring into the river.