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  • Lib Dem leader backs tram extension

    Proposals to extend a tram network to Sutton could become a reality under a Liberal Democrat Government, party leader Charles Kennedy has said. During a whistle stop tour of the borough last Friday, which took in St Helier Hospital, St Nicholas Shopping

  • Budget cuts show council’s colours

    Kingston Council has been accused of jumping the gun and pushing ahead with its preferred option for bringing thousands of homes up to scratch before finding out what tenants want. The council wants to continue to own and manage the homes, and made

  • Major £12m NHS shake-up closer

    A radical £12million shake-up of health services in Surrey, which will affect thousands of patients in Walton, Weybridge and Hersham, moved a step closer to becoming a reality last week. Hospital bosses have now revealed the extent of the project to

  • ‘Keep drugs for Alzheimer’s on NHS free list’

    An Alzheimer's charity has slammed new health guidelines that could deny dementia sufferers effective treatment. The mid-Surrey branch of the Alzheimer's Society is calling on people affected by the degenerating illness to back its demands for the drugs

  • Buses have priority say transport watchdog

    BUS priority measures on the 123 route are working, according to the London Transport Users' Committee (LTUC), the transport watchdog organisation. The measures on the route through Wood Green, Walthamstow and Ilford include Transport for London (TfL

  • Please return our memories

    Callous thieves left a Carshalton mother heartbroken when they ransacked her home as she kept vigil at the bedside of her seriously ill three-month- old baby in hospital. The burglars struck while the family house was empty, stealing irreplaceable home