• No rise in Kingston Council Tax this year

  By nsmith5266

  Agree with Suttles - the whole business rates (how it is calulated banding etc) need total reform. ...

            

   

  By RebWright at 17:07 on 24/01/12

  

  Kingston remains one of the lowest spending authorities in London with some of the most highly rated services. The current level of Council Tax might not reflect high levels of spend, but it does have a significant impact on residents and on their perception of the value for money they receive from the Council. So finally some good news, as Kingston Council announced last Friday that for a second successive year there will be no...

• New Malden station reopened following fatality

  By RebWright

  What tragic news, I do hope that none of the local community have been affected by this incident. I...

            

   

  By RebWright at 17:51 on 07/12/11

  

  New Malden station has reopened but services are running with severe delays following a fatality this afternoon.  Emergency services attended the incident which happened early afternoon, when a person was struck by the 1.11pm Waterloo to Shepperton train on platform 4.  According to the Kingston Guardian, there were about five police officers standing outside the station and it was cordoned off. Then streams of people...

• Remembrance Sunday 2011

  By RebWright

  Fantastic gallery and really great to see so many people turning out to pay their respects - just...

            

   

  By BeckyCreative at 18:34 on 13/11/11

  

  On an unseasonably mild November morning, New Malden High Street woke up to the sites and sounds of a marching band leading the procession of New Malden veterans, officials, girl guides, St John Ambulance, Scouts and many many more to the Old Town Hall for the Remembrance Service. Bathed in low blinding sunshine New Malden High Street stood still this morning as the service to remember those who've fallen and serving took place at...

• New Malden pick pocketing and shoplifting reduced

  By garysmith

  Great posting. The Beverley bell is the idea of the beverley team,but unfortunately the usual...

            

   

  By RebWright at 09:41 on 25/10/11

  

  Members of the Beverley Safer Neighbourhoods police team have altered work patterns and now ensure that while on duty there is at least one team member patrolling New Malden High Street. Since this was introduced there have been no distraction thefts at cash point machines, pick-pocketing has decreased and they have been on hand to warn people about vulnerable handbags and wallets.  The team are also carrying the local business...

• New Malden residents fight for controlled parking

  By RebWright

  I forgot to add that the meeting at Christ Church tonight is at 7.30pm.

            

   

  By RebWright at 10:53 on 23/09/11

  

  Residents of Dunbar Road and Beresford Road in New Malden have joined forces to petition the council to introduce controlled parking on both roads, following a marked decrease in parking spaces available to residents. The problem has been caused, they believe, by three main factors - people who work in the Kingspark Business centre using the streets to park in, occupants of Crown House on Kingston Road using the streets to park in, and...

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