By Monica Jones We know how much our readers love local history. We suspect one or two of you might enjoy the odd gin too! And as we like bringing you articles you enjoy, this is for you. There is a new gin on the scene. Hampton Court Gin was born out of lockdown inspiration. […]
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What should you look out for? By Rory Edwards Rory Edwards is a local parent, teacher of 29 years and a school governor. He offers us an insight into certain dilemmas parents might face throughout the school year. By the time you read this, the summer holi-days will soon be over and the new academic
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I am Tracy Tomkins Therapist, I am a certified EFTi Practitioner and a Reiki Master. I was recently runner up in the Spelthorne Business Plan Competition organised by Kwasi Kwarteng, Business Secretary. I help adults and children to fine tune their mental and emotional well-being offering one-to-one or small group sessions from a relaxing therapy
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A significantly underreported, rapidly deepening, nationwide humanitarian crisis, has hit the island nation of Sri Lanka, leaving 5.7 million people, approximately one quarter of the population, in ur-gent need of assistance, according to current UN reports. Referring to his recent work in Yemen, Somalia and South Sudan, UNICEF spokesperson, Bismarck Swagin, told ABC News that
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A new academic year doesn’t just have to be for schools and colleges! It can also be a time for you to take up a new hobby or renew interest in an old activity. This summer has been gor-geous, but it will not be long before those long, dreary winter days; not much to do;
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What the Inspector will consider Following last month’s Local Plan consultation announcement in this column, we now approach the next phase: the Examination in Public. At the Examination, an independent inspector will review the policies and proposed site allocations in the plan to consider whether they are ‘sound’, which means they have to meet the
As the summer draws to a close Sunbury Health Centre is preparing to deliver this year’s flu vaccinations for eligible patients. For the Health Centre this is a significant lo-gistical project, with an anticipated 5,000 pa-tients to be vaccinated. This is around a quar-ter of those patients currently registered with the practice. Seasonal flu continues
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For a taste of what the retirement living lifestyle is all about, why not attend one of Churchill Retirement Living’s Macmillan Coffee Morning events taking place this September at its devel-opments across Sunbury and Shepperton? The events, which are part of the charity’s World’s Biggest Coffee Morning campaign, take place from 10.30am to 12 noon
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By Inspector Maxine Cilia, Spelthorne Borough Commander I hope your summer has been enjoyable and you have coped with the very hot days and dry gardens. Spelthorne is seeing a rise in the theft of moped scooters, and with youths riding them with no headwear other than a balaclava. Not only is this dan-gerous for
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Strawberry Hill House and garden has been open to visitors for over 250 years. If you have not yet discovered it, I urge you to go. Created by renowned writer Horace Walpole (1717-1797), Straw-berry Hill is internationally famous as Britain’s finest example of domestic Georgian Gothic revival architecture. Strawberry Hill’s 18th-century garden is one of
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By Rachael Leverton Pruning Power Pruning is a word which can instil fear into the heart of a novice gardener. I often get asked when to do it; how to do it, and how extensive it should be? Rarely do I get asked WHY do we do it? While a shrub won’t die if it
By Nick Pollard As I write this the Bull pub, Shepperton Green, lies shuttered and forlorn. It seems that it had come to the end of its lease and this wasn’t renewed. I do hope this is not the end for yet another of Shepperton’s historic pubs, but at the moment it doesn’t look good.
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You may have noticed as you stroll down Thames Street towards Rivermead Island, that the little boat has had a complete makeover. As well as the painting, it has been replanted and a plaque has been fixed to the back of the boat. It was funded by the Lower Sunbury Business Community and Ally Dodds,
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Sunbury Group Practice (SGP) takes a positive step forward towards improving patients’ experi-ence by increasing the number of face-to-face appointments. The NHS has relaxed infection control and social distancing regulations within its working environments and this has enabled the Practice to increase the number of patients that can be accommodated on Sunbury Health Centre premises
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Local author Victoria Scott will be celebrating the publication of her second novel, Grace, with two local book signings in June and July. The writer, who lives in Lower Sunbury, had great success with her debut novel, Patience, which was named the Booksellers’ Association Book Of The Month last August. Like Patience, which explored gene
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By Monica Jones All year long , come rain, shine and snow, you will hear the sounds of happy swimmers taking the plunge at the Hampton Pool. I par-ticularly love walking down Dukes Passage on my way in to Bushy Park and seeing the steam rising off the pool on a winters morn-ing. It is
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Yes indeed it was May 4th, popularly referred to as World Star Wars Day (if you don’t know what I am talking about, don’t worry). James Graham was walking Obi his rescue English Setter on Rivermead Island. Obi has a strong interest in the wild fowl, which is of course abundant on the island. To
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Rory Edwards is a local parent, teacher of 28 years and a school governor. He offers us an insight into certain dilemmas parents might face throughout the school year. If your child is doing GCSE or A-levels this summer, by the time you read this article, they will have already done some of their exams.
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There is nothing like a live performance ! I was reminded of this last week when I saw a 3 year old child at the recent Riverside Youth Theatre production of “Into The Woods”. Her eyes were sparkling and she was so excited at what she had seen. It was a bit frightening, and the
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