• Man wanted after reports of sexual assaults on local buses

  By Kingston People at 22:09 on 20/05/13

  

  Met Police are on the lookout for a man in connection with three alleged sexual assaults on buses in Kingston and Twickenham. CCTV images of the man have been released and members of the public are being urged to come forward with any information. The first reported incident happened at 2.20pm on Thursday, September 6, on board a K3 bus in Eden Street, Kingston. Another offence was reported to have occurred on the K3 in Kingston, on...

• Anger as Beddington Lane incinerator gets green light

  By Kingston People at 10:42 on 16/05/13

  

  Local residents were left feeling angry and betrayed last night after Sutton Council gave planning approval for building an incinerator in Beddington, South London. The decision will mean that an incinerator will replace the Beddington Lane landfill site and will be run by Viridor, the existing waste management company. A partnership of four boroughs - Sutton, Croydon, Kingston and Merton which together form the South London Waste...

• Richmond lady who fell to her death at May Merrie festival is named

  By Kingston People at 14:51 on 15/05/13

  

  Patricia Hanrahan has been named as the woman who died after falling from a Kingston car park during May Merrie celebrations. Patricia, 63-years-old, was from Sheen Road in Richmond. She was pronounced dead by paramedics when they arrived at the scene. She fell from Eden Walk car park in Clarence Street on Monday 6 May.

• Submit your ideas for making Kingston bike-friendly

  By Kingston People at 14:39 on 15/05/13

  

  Kingston Council is encouraging people to come forward with ideas on how the borough could become more bike-friendly. Ideas will be reviewed and submitted in a bid for a share of the Mayor of London's £100m Vision for Cycling fund. If successful, the borough could see new cycle routes, cycle hubs at stations, safer junctions and other improvements. Kingston already has one of the highest rates of cycling in London and some of...

• Could you be one of Kingston's new councillors?

  By Kingston People at 11:42 on 13/05/13

  

  Kingston Borough Council is holding an information day for aspiring councillors on Saturday 25 May from 10am-12pm. The event, to be held in the Council Chamber in Guildhall, will include talks by existing councillors who will explain more about what they do and what it is like. Speakers will include Councillor Derek Osbourne, Leader of the Council and Councillor Howard Jones, Leader of the Opposition. There will also be a chance to...

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