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  • Kingston police boss to step down after only five months

    Kingston police borough commander Ian Smith has announced he is retiring this summer. Detective Superintendent Smith, who only took over the role from Martin Greenslade in January, said his decision was to avoid “uncertainty” over his future while

  • Students flock to watch hatching chick eggs

    Students are flocking to watch a nest of hatching eggs at Surbiton High School. Ten eggs arrived at the school yesterday, as part of an Easter project organised by head of biology Kavita Patel. They should start hatching by Wednesday. Mrs

  • ‘Bedroom tax’ is having the desired effect

    It would seem that the Labour Party’s disingenuous use of the term bedroom tax when objecting to the changes in housing benefit affecting those in social housing bringing the criteria into line with housing benefit claimants in private rented accommodation