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December 2007

28 December 2007
Park and Ride your way to the January sales

19 December 2007
Mind, Exercise Nutrition, Do it (MEND) – Tackling Childhood Obesity

19 December 2007
Removing A-boards from the public highway

17 December 2007
New look for Kingston Library

10 December 2007
Christmas refuse and recycling arrangements

7 December 2007
Road improvements at (A3) Malden Junction

7 December 2007
Consumer Direct London Shopping Advice for Christmas

6 December 2007
Local Employment Partnership supports disability equality

6 December 2007
Primary Schools Welcome French Cultural Links

6 December 2007
Bogus Caller Protection for vulnerable residents

3 December 2007
Make Merrie this Christmas at Eden Walk Shopping Centre

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November 2007

29 November 2007
Join the State of the Borough debate

29 November 2007
Star at the Oldenburg International Food Festival

27 November 2007
Annual Performance Assessment of Services for Children and Young People

26 November 2007
Trees and Allotments – Planning for the Future

26 November 2007
White Ribbon Campaign / 16 days of activism

26 November 2007
Kingston secures £4.8m for transport improvements

22 November 2007
Fake Blue Badges seized in joint operation

13 November 2007
Lights on for Christmas

12 November 2007
National award for Kingston Treasury Manager

12 November 2007
Cementing cooperation links with Korea

8 November 2007
More pupils in Kingston attend school every day

5 November 2007
Information evening lifts the lid on fostering

5 November 2007
Heart of the Community

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October 2007

30 October 2007
Residents only at Refuse and Recycling Centre

26 October 2007
Park and Ride Service and Competition Launch

26 October 2007
European Ruling Alters Council's Plans

25 October 2007
Composting is coming up roses in Kingston

19 October 2007
Wildlife and Nature Photography Competition 2007

19 October 2007
Talking rubbish… thousands of residents involved in refuse and recycling consultation

19 October 2007
School travel planning success

19 October 2007
Junior Road Safety Officers Recognised

19 October 2007
Used car dealer guilty of false description

18 October 2007
Kingston lights up the sky on bonfire night

17 October 2007
Ship Ahoy!  Kingston teenagers float their views on drugs to Ministers

15 October 2007
Mayor's fundraising Golf Day

11 October 2007
Always follow the firework safety code

9 October 2007
Food hygiene 'Scores on the Doors' scheme

8 October 2007
Refuse and Recycling Consultation.... last chance to have your say

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September 2007

28 September 2007
Kingston wins silver 'London in Bloom' award

27 September 2007
Residents only at Villiers Road

24 September 2007
Mayor presents ‘Big Wild Read’ prizes

21 September 2007
Cloth Girl

20 September 2007
Wiping Out Graffiti from our Community Shops

19 September 2007
Surbiton Clock Tower Chimes Success

19 September 2007
Apply for Project, Development and Strategic Grants to Boost Local Groups

19 September 2007
Have Your Say on Green Spaces and Trees in the Borough

19 September 2007
Reducing Crime Together

18 September 2007
Refuse and Recycling… have your say

14 September 2007
Foot and mouth

13 September 2007
Mobile parking enforcement outside schools

11 September 2007
Kingston Mobility Week - and beyond

11 September 2007
Have your say about childcare in Kingston

11 September 2007
£20,000 funding boost for Young Kingston

10 September 2007
Early Years Conference to boost learning

10 September 2007
Festival of the Voice

7 September 2007
Too Many Unsafe Electric Blankets in Use

7 September 2007
Recycling improvements at Villiers Road

3 September 2007
Kingston Best Bar None Launch

3 September 2007
New frontiers for Foster Care

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August 2007

31 August 2007
Record results

31 August 2007
Record results

31 August 2007
Kingston Week of Peace

28 August 2007
Kingston Care Job Fair

24 August 2007
Free advanced training for motorcyclists  

24 August 2007
Kingston Council signs up to the ‘Nottingham Declaration’ on Climate Change

17 August 2007
Street Recycling Success

16 August 2007
Putting a stop to Blue Badge cheats

15 August 2007
Test purchases result in fall in underage alcohol sales

15 August 2007
Foot and Mouth update

14 August 2007
Kingston Carnival

13 August 2007
Kingston Council offers free electric blanket tests to older people

7 August 2007
Road shows accelerate awareness of services

7 August 2007
Mayor of Kingston meets charity cyclist

2 August 2007
Trading Standards' Annual Report

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July 2007

31 July 2007
Road Safety Award for Kingston Council

26 July 2007
Referral system gets a health check of its own

25 July 2007
Message of goodwill to Mongolia

23 July 2007
Flood information

23 July 2007
Changing Kingston - Libraries for the Future

20 July 2007
Final push for theatre fit-out

20 July 2007
Surbiton Children’s Centre Nursery is ‘Outstanding’ says Ofsted

17 July 2007
Bridge replacement at London Road, Kingston

17 July 2007
Wear the Right Gear

17 July 2007
Commitment of Junior Road Safety Officers recognised

16 July 2007
Rogue roofer sentenced to six months

16 July 2007
Join the road show

16 July 2007
From yellow to white

16 July 2007
The Big Wild Read Summer Reading Challenge

6 July 2007
Cycling goes up a gear for Bike Week

6 July 2007
Warning on bogus information demands

6 July 2007
Planning consultation deadline approaches

5 July 2007
Around the world in (about) 30 days

4 July 2007
Royal recognition for community ‘stars’

4 July 2007
Kingston planners top national league

2 July 2007
Kingston is the Sustainable Transport Borough of the Year

2 July 2007
Kingston Council continuing to improve

2 July 2007
Diverting electrical waste from landfill

2 July 2007
Environmental resources for businesses and schools

2 July 2007
Free smoke detectors and free Home Fire Service visits

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June 2007

29 June 2007
Telecare launch for Royal Borough

28 June 2007
First Joint Public Health Annual Report published

26 June 2007
Parking penalty charges are going up and coming down

26 June 2007
Police and Council resolve to keep Kingston safe

21 June 2007
Prepping the business leaders of tomorrow

21 June 2007
Food recycling trial for 6,000 flats

20 June 2007
Mayor backs Shades Day for Guide Dogs

14 June 2007
Chessington Healthy Eating Week: 18 – 22 June

14 June 2007
Kingston in Bloom 2007

14 June 2007
Planning questionnaire to every household

14 June 2007
Importer fined £2,000 for unsafe toy

13 June 2007
K + 20 Town Centre Area Action Plan

8 June 2007
Sad death of a child from Kingston school

6 June 2007
Just the ticket for domestic violence

5 June 2007
Kingston in a Spin

5 June 2007
Developing day care for older people

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May 2007

23 May 2007
National Tackling Drugs Day - Wednesday 23 May

22 May 2007
Wiping out graffiti on the borough’s street cabinets

14 May 2007
Get ready to paint the town green!

11 May 2007
Winner announced of national design competition

10 May 2007
New Mayor for the Royal Borough

4 May 2007
Family entertainment makes May ‘merrie’

3 May 2007
Local Elections May 2007

3 May 2007
New charitable fund for young people

2 May 2007
Kingston Carers' Week 2007

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April 2007

24 April 2007
Berrylands’ residents rise to the recycling challenge

20 April 2007
Global Road Safety Week

16 April 2007
Polling stations under the spotlight

11 April 2007
Mount School signs up to healthier, safer and environmentally friendly travel

10 April 2007
South London boroughs unite to tackle the waste challenge

5 April 2007
Proposed Amalgamation of Buckland Infant and Moor Lane Junior Schools

4 April 2007
Out with the plastic sacks...…and in with the biodegradable bags

3 April 2007
Special Environmental Grants Programme

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March 2007

30 March 2007
Phone Masts - planning guidelines for residents

30 March 2007
Out with the plastic sacks...and in with the biodegradable bags

29 March 2007
Who's A Pretty Boy?

26 March 2007
Chessington Man guilty of Benefit Fraud

26 March 2007
Bikeability in Kingston

23 March 2007
A top place to live say residents

19 March 2007
A tale of two Kingstons

16 March 2007
Review of Polling Districts and Polling Places

16 March 2007
Planning for the top

8 March 2007
Parking on Hook Parade - we want your views

5 March 2007
Kingston Council investigation exposes eBay counterfeit goods

2 March 2007
Berrylands' residents rise to the recycling challenge

2 March 2007
Disruptive family evicted by the Court

2 March 2007
Don’t get ‘undressed’ ditching your old clothes

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February 2007

23 February 2007
Cash windfall for playgrounds

22 February 2007
Keeping the kids entertained this Easter

22 February 2007
Performing well, with ‘outstanding’ children’s services

19 February 2007
Doing the Whittington Walk

9 February 2007
Tyre fly-tips are costing tax payers thousands

9 February 2007
Environmental love is in the air

5 February 2007
Local income lost to central government

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January 2007

30 January 2007
Stop means Stop

30 January 2007
Changing Kingston Choosing our Future

29 January 2007
Working with the voluntary sector to deliver local services

26 January 2007
New service helps children say goodbye

26 January 2007
Berrylands residents prepare to raise the recycling bar

22 January 2007
Hook Centre open for business

19 January 2007
Women on wheels accelerates into 2007

19 January 2007
International football in south west London

18 January 2007
Driving advice courses for older drivers

18 January 2007
£3.6m for Kingston’s roads and pavements

18 January 2007
Hook Centre opens for business

18 January 2007
Praise and recommendations for Kingston’s Youth Offending Team

17 January 2007
Concert for the Mayor’s charity

17 January 2007
Another record-breaking year for Park & Ride

15 January 2007
Charity screening of Charlotte's Web

15 January 2007
New frontiers for foster care

12 January 2007
Warning about expensive birth certificate copies

12 January 2007
Enter the Breakfast Run for free

12 January 2007
Assess yourself online and help yourself stay independent and active

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Adult Social Care Services Consultation

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5 January 2007
Safer travel at night – partnership working in Kingston

5 January 2007
Park & Ride your way to those final bargains

2 January 2007
Sustainable Gardening Group launched