Category Archives: Kingston

Parents petition for new school

Posted on February 18, 2009 by

There’s a school place shortage in Surbiton. It’s causing considerable concern to parents with children approaching school age. I have had quite a bit of mail on the subject and visits to ward surgeries. Now there’s an e-petition from Helen … Continue reading →

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Surbiton Hospital site could become a ‘Community Hub’

Posted on February 17, 2009 by

Nick Kilby and I, together with other Surbiton Neighbourhood Councillors have met with representatives from the Police, Primary Care Trust (PCT), GP surgeries and the voluntary sector to explore the exciting possibility of delivering a range of community services from … Continue reading →

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Adult Ed gets good report

Posted on January 12, 2009 by

It’s rather pleasing that Kingston’s Adult Education service has had a good report from Ofsted. Those that run it are, justifiably, proud of their achievement. We ran a major scrutiny exercise on the service from the Residents Services Overview Panel … Continue reading →

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Last night at Scrutiny

Posted on December 17, 2008 by

It was a very heavily attended meeting with advocates of subsidy for the Rose theatre very much in evidence but not having the public gallery entirely to themselves. Interestingly two of the regular Lib Dem attenders were absent and substituted … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservatives, Kingston, Lib Dems, Politics | 2 Comments

Blooming Rose or black hole?

Posted on December 9, 2008 by

“That which we call a rose, by any other name Would smell as sweet…………..“ I am sure Shakespeare had it right, but he was talking horticulturally and poetically and his Rose wasn’t always coming cap in hand to the Council … Continue reading →

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The pleasant part of council work

Posted on December 2, 2008 by

Last night I was asked to present the awards at School Lane Estate’s gardening tournament for 2008. The residents set out to show what could be done in an estate of maisonettes and sheltered flats to make the environment more … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment, Health and Community, Housing, Kingston, Personal | 1 Comment