Kingston Guardian, January 14, 2016

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Fears probation service
will move to Hounslow
as free school takes on
neighbouring building
REPORTER Surbiton Primary Academy in Thesourceadded:“Myguessis James Berry said: “I have been ‘Absolutelemonofaschoolsite’:
RACHAELBURFORD September. we’llendupinHounslowbecause lookingwiththeEFAforaschool SwanHousehasbeenboughtwitha
TheKingston,HounslowandRich- it’sprobablycheaper. siteactuallyinSurbiton.Thereis viewtoopeningitasafreeschool
rachael.burford@ mondofficesarealreadyaffiliated “Weareinthedark.Itlookslike betterandIdefinitelywouldnot
london.newsquest.co.uk KT91008
withacentralhubinHounslow. costswillbemoreimportantthan have bought what I think is an
Probationworkerswillbekicked Aprobationservicesource,who focusingonrehabilitation.” absolutelemonofaschoolsite.”
outof theirKingstontowncentre askednottobenamed,said:“We A central probation service KingstonLiberalDemocratlead-
officestomakewayforSurbiton’s weretoldweweremovingawhile spokesmansaidhedidnotknow er Liz Green said: “You couldn’t
controversialnewfreeschool,fu- ago, but then told we weren’t aboutaplantomovetheKingston makeitup.Itisacompletelyinap-
ellingrumourstheservicecould becausetheofficespacewastoo workers. propriatesiteforaschoolanyway
soonbebasedtwoboroughsaway. expensive. HeclaimedtheMinistryof Jus- and now it is either going to be
Anonymoussourcesraisedfears “[The Government] obviously tice (MoJ) was still negotiating basednexttoaprobationofficeor
the key justice service could be havetosaytheyaremovingusnow withthecurrentlandlordaboutits forcingthemintoanotherlocation
movedtoHounslow,forcingsome aschoolisgoingnextdoor. lease,whichendsinSeptember. thatmightnotbeacceptable.”
Kingston offenders into a three- “Theydon’twantthebadpublici- Plansfortheschoolhavealready ADfEspokeswomanconfirmed
hourroundtripforappointments. tyofthat.” comeunderfirefrompoliticians the MoJ had been told its lease
Kingston’s probation service is More than half of Kingston- andparentswhosaythefactithas wouldnotberenewedinSeptem-
basedat45HighStreet–nextdoor basedprobationofficerswenton noplayingfields,isonamainroad ber,andthatitknewtheprobation
totheSwanHouseschoolsite–and strike in 2013 over cost-cutting andisnotinSurbitonshouldmake servicewouldhavetomove.The
is one of the buildings the measuresthatsawprivatecompa- the Department for Education spokeswomandeclinedtosayhow
EducationFundingAgency(EFA) niesbidforcontractstosupervise (DfE)thinkagain. muchthebuildingwasboughtfor.
boughtwithaviewtoopeningthe offenders. Kingston and Surbiton MP TheMoJdeclinedtocomment.
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Government cuts lead to
Arm-less:
TheShrubsole
Memorial
cash warning for council
REPORTER councilswhohavealsobeen bridgethisgapthecouncil Government support is
ELLIECAMBRIDGE adverselyaffected,tolobby musteithermakecutsand rapidlycuttozerowhileat
Government for a fairer orraisecounciltax. thesametimethefinancial
[email protected] deal. Councillor Liz Green, pressuresonthecouncilin
“We were expecting to leader of the opposition, many areas, such as adult
Kingston could become have to deliver savings of said: “I agree with Kevin socialcare,areincreasing.
“one of London’s lowest £28.9m over the next four butwhyishesurprised? “Duringthecourseofthis
funded boroughs” the years to 2019-20, but these “Theywerealwaysgoing yearthecouncilhasintro-
council has warned after changes mean that we to make massive cuts to duced a new, community
the grant announcement wouldneedtofindanaddi- localgovernment.” outcome-based budgeting
fromtheGovernment. tional£3.4mtobalancethe Untilthebudgetissigned processthathaschallenged
The grant the borough budgetin2016-17,risingto off howthesecutswillim- allareasofcouncilexpendi-
receives from central anadditional£5.4mby2019- pact specific council ser- ture,withaviewtoachiev-
Governmentistobecutby 20. vicesisunknown. ingmorefromless.
almost£20moverthenext “The council now has a As part of the Kingston “Weareabouttoembark
fouryears,thecouncilpre- veryshortperiodinwhich Conversations series, the inthenewyearonadiscus-
dicts,whileitscostscould todiscussthesechallenges councilisholdingthreeup- sion with residents about
risebyabout£15m,aswing with residents across the comingsessionsinthetown ways forward, emerging
of£35m. borough and attempt to centre to talk over the from our outcome-based
Council leader Kevin come up with some very budgetfor2016-17. budgeting approach that
Davis said: “We were ex- difficultdecisions.” Councillor David tacklethesechallenges.
pectingatoughsettlement, KingstonCouncilpredicts Glasspool,cabinetmember “Therewillbesomevery
but this is worse than the grant will dip from withresponsibilityfortrea- difficult decisions to take
we could have possibly about £135m this year to sury, said: “The recently now,especiallyinthelight A monumental concern
expected. justover£115mby2019-20, announced settlement for oftherecentsettlement.”
“Kingston Council is not while expenditure could Kingston creates a very Register at kingston.
aloneandIwillbespeaking risefromunder£135mthis challenging situation for gov.uk to find out
tootherleadersof London year to about £150m. To thecouncil,asourcentral detailsofhowtoattend. The Shrubsole Memorial in ourVictorianheritage.Ithas
Kingston’s Market Place is stoodthroughtwoworldwars
stillmissingitsarm,afterit andalotoftrouble.”
‘Pitiful’ access was removed over safety Itisnotknownwhatcaused
concerns and to prevent thedamagetothememorial,
furtherdamagelastyear. butthecouncilinsiststhatit
Previouslyusedtocarrya wasnotcausedbycontractors
KingstonandSurbitonMPJamesBerry pailofwater,thearmneeded during the Market Place’s
has pledged to improve the borough’s to be recast by experts and refurbishment.
“pitiful”disabledaccessintrainstations. was expected to cost about Acouncilspokesmansaid:
TheGetonBoardreport–launchedby £6,000. “Allwecansayatthisstageis
disabledcharityWhizz-Kidz–found70per Thearmwasremovedafter thatabudgethasbeenidenti-
centofwheelchairusersintheUKcannot cracksappearedinthemar- fied and we’re putting the
travelindependentlyandtwothirdsdonot ble,ataboutthesametimeas work out to tender shortly
feelconfidentusingpublictransport. theMarketPlacewasunder- withaviewtoitbeingcom-
TheConservativeMPsaid:“It’spitiful goinga£3mrefurbishmentin pletedbythesummeratthe
that in Kingston only Worcester Park, March2014. latest.
KingstonandSurbitonstationshavestep- The revamp has been “It’s a complex piece of
freeaccess.Wecan’twaituntil2030tosee completeforsometime,yet workandthestatuewillneed
theseimprovements–itaffectstoomany the memorial still remains tobethoroughlycleanedin
peoples’lives.” arm-less. theprocesstoensureitlooks
AspartoftheCrossrail2plans,allsta- KingstontourguideJulian great.”
tionsintheboroughwillbeupgradedto McCarthy said: “I fear that The Shrubsole Memorial
becomeaccessiblefordisabledpeopleby there is a cost implication. waserectedin1882byQueen
2030. The Market Place has now Victoria’sfavouritesculptor,
Therearecurrentlynoconcretepropos- beenrefurbished.If thearm Francis John Williamson,
als to improve accessibility at stations wasremovedforsafetyrea- to commemorate former
such as New Malden and Chessington sonsthenwhyhasn’titbeen three-time Kingston mayor,
NorthorSouth–theformerofwhichhas replaced? Henry Shrubsole, who died
nostep-freeaccess. “The memorial is part of inoffice.
Aldermen
Kingston longest-
servingcouncillors
have been hon-
ouredforservices
to the borough by
being made hon-
oraryaldermen.
Thirteen former
councillors – in-
cluding Patrick
Codd,DennisDoe,
Ian Reid, Mary
Reid and Douglas
Reynold – were
awarded the title
ataspecialcouncil
meeting on Mon-
day,December21.
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January14,2016 facebook.com/kingstonguardian kingstonguardian.co.uk @kingstonnews KG NEWS 5
‘Ziggy gig blew me away’
REPORTER
ELLIECAMBRIDGE
ellie.cambridge@
london.newsquest.co.uk
Almost 44 years since Ziggy Stardust
landedattheTobyJugpubinTolworth,
hislegendarycreatorDavidBowiehas
died.
Blogger Stephen King, who was just
shyofhis18thbirthdayatthetime,was
amongsome60peopleintheaudienceon
February10,1972.
Hepostedhismemoriesonlinein2000.
Hewrote:“Ihadneverseenorheard
Gonebutnotforgotten:TheToby
anythinglikeitbefore.Iwascompletely
blownaway.Iwasjustentrancedbythe Jugsite Picture:JulianShea
entireperformance. Stardust’s 1st performance at the
“Itwasaheadycombinationofthebest TobyJug.”
music I have ever heard, tremendous ThesouthLondon-bornsingercelebrat-
sound,verybasicbutsoeffectivelighting. edhis69thbirthdayjustbeforehedied.
“Nothing would ever be the same AstatementonMrBowie’swebsitecon-
again.” firmedtheformerCroydonSchoolofArt
BowiewassaidtohaveplayedSpace pupilhaddiedafteran18-monthbattle
Oddity, Hang On To Yourself and Suf- withcancer.
fragetteCityintheset,whichwasaccom- Itread:“DavidBowiediedpeacefully
paniedbyalightshow. todaysurroundedbyhisfamilyaftera
TheguitaristforthetrackSpaceOddity, courageous18-monthbattlewithcancer.
MickWayne,wasaSurbitonresident. “Whilemanyof youwillshareinthis
The iconic performer’s death has loss,weaskthatyourespectthefamily’s
prompted calls for his links to the privacyduringtheirtimeofgrief.”
boroughtobecommemorated. MrBowie,whowasborninBrixton,saw
KingstonandSurbitonMPJamesBerry manyofhisearlyperformancesinsouth
Legend:DavidBowieplayedhisfirst tweeted: “Can’t believe the genius London.
gigasZiggyStardustinTolworth @DavidBowieReal is dead. We need a  Do you remember the gig? Email
BR6378 blueplaquein#TolworthtomarkZiggy [email protected].
Festival will showcase the very best of youth arts
Thisyearwillseeanotherextravaganza areopenandorganisersarelookingfor mentor with the good fortune to be
oftheatre,film,musicanddanceasthe youngtheatre,music,dance,film,come- working with brilliant talented young
eighthInternationalYouthArtsFestival dy,circusactsandcabaretartistfrom peoplewhomakeIYAFanextraordinary
(IYAF)rollsintoKingston. acrosstheworldtotakepart. andvibrantforumforyoutharts.”
Applicationsforthesummerfestival Thefestivalshowcasestheverybestof ApplicationsareopenuntilJanuary31.
youthartsinJuly. Therearenovenuehirefees,butsuc-
IYAFisconsideredaprecursortothe cessfulapplicantswillberequiredtopay
EdinburghFringeandisregardedasone a£120registrationfeetoparticipatein
of the best platforms for emerging thefestivalandbelistedinthebrochure.
artistsagedfiveto26tosharetheirskills Detailsonhowtoentercanbefoundat
andartisticexpressionwithaudiences. iyafestival.org.uk.
In2016IYAFwillbejoiningforceswith
theElmbridgefestival.
Theprogrammeisrunbythecharity
CreativeYouth.
NewlyappointedCreativeYouthchief
executivePhilHetheringtonsaid:“We
aregratefultothelocalcommunity,our
patrons,supportersandvolunteerswho
makeIYAFauniqueshowcaseforyouth
Showcase:Aperformanceduring arts.
2014’sfestival “Iseemyselfasanelderstatesmanand
Towers
As the Kingston
Guardian went to
press, councillors
were preparing to
debate plans that
wouldseefournew
high-risetowersin
TolworthBroadway.
CNM Estates’
Tolworth Tower
scheme would see
367 homes, plus
shops, built along-
sidetheiconic1960s
skyscraper.
While Conserva-
tivepoliticianshave
campaignedagainst
the plans, more
peoplewrotetothe
council backing
the designs than
opposingthem.
Forafullreport
ofthemeetingvisit
kingstonguardian
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Tutu attacker jailed
REPORTER
ELLIECAMBRIDGE
ellie.cambridge@
london.newsquest.co.uk
A“tragicmisunderstanding”led
toamandressedasthesugarplum
fairyattackinganotheryoungman
andhisboyfriendastheywalked
homefromaHalloweenpartyin
Surbiton.
AlanBanks,27,wasjailedfor18
monthsonWednesday,January6.
TheattackbyBanks,whowas Halloweenhorror:RobbieKingsford,right,wasbeatenbypink
wearingapinktutu,blacktights tutuwearingAlanBanks
andballetpumpsatthetime,was beaponce,canIgetafag?’” WorcesterPark,changedhisplea
initiallysaidtobeahomophobic Thetwoyoungmenthoughtthis to guilty to one count of actual
attack,butthiswasheavilydisput- washomophobicabuseandreact- bodilyharmonTuesday,Decem-
edbyBanksandledtothehomo- edassuch. ber 1. One count of exposure
phobicelementofthechargebeing ItseemedBankswaspreparing againstBankswasdroppedbythe
droppedbytheCrownProsecution tothrowapunch,sooneofthevic- prosecutionteam.
Service. timspushedhimwithashieldhe Banks has had eight previous
Achargeof actualbodilyharm wascarryingaspartofanoutfit. convictionsfor12offences,includ-
againstSamuelLight,27,ofWest- BanksthenpunchedMrKings- ingdrugpossession,andhasspent
ville Road, Thames Ditton, was fordinthefaceandafterhehad timeinprison.
also dropped because of a lack fallentothefloorkickedhim. MrLawlertoldthecourtBanks
ofevidence. ThecourtwasshownCCTVof hadsincebeentryingtoturnhis
The attack outside KFC in theattack. lifearoundandhadprovidedfor
Brighton Road, Surbiton, on Inavictimstatementreadoutto both his partner’s two-year-old
November1,2014,leftretailwork- thecourtbyprosecutorStephen andhiseight-year-oldchildfroma
er Robbie Kingsford with two Apted,MrKingsfordsaid:“While previousrelationship.
blackeyes,bruisestothefaceand thevisibleinjuriesonlylasteda HesaidBankswas“mortified”at
severecuts. few months, the emotional and whathehaddone.
The 21-year-old from Leather- physicalinjurieshavelastedalot Judge Nicholas Jones passed
headandhisboyfriendhadbeen longerandcausedmetolosethe sentence at Kingston Crown
walkingintheearlyhourswhen lifeIhadbeforetheattack.” Court.Hesaidhehadconsidered
defencecounselDonalLawlersaid He said he bore no ill will to- handing out a suspended sen-
Banks’friendhadaskedthepair wardsBanks,butwantedhimto tence,butdecidedimprisonment
foracigarette. understand the damage he had wascorrect.
MrLawlersaid:“MrLightsaid caused. Banksmustalsopaya£100vic-
somethingtotheeffectof‘Ihateto Banks, of Kinross Avenue, timsurcharge.
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Pollution on agenda as
Spoiling a good life
SurbitonWaitrosehasmade coriander, no ginger, no
legal limits are broken
two appearances on a list prawns in Waitrose #unac-
pokingfunattheupmarket ceptable.IliveinSurbiton.
supermarket’scustomers. NotBeirut.”
Buzzfeed’s “28 Waitrose AnotherSurbitonshopper,
problemsthatareway,way DavidMcCarthy,tooktothe
too real” published on socialmediasitetocomplain
Thursday,January7,collect- about mouldy artisan
ed complaints from people baguettesboughtinthestore REPORTER MP for Kingston and
whohavebeendisappointed ruininghismorning. RACHAELBURFORD SurbitonJamesBerrysaid:
by the shop and took to He tweeted: “Disastrous “The thing about Cromwell
Twitter to vent their Sundaymorning.Thisoffen- rachael.burford@ RoadisIcan’tseeanobvious
london.newsquest.co.uk
frustrations. siveWaitroseSurbitonpart solution.
MíchealForrestaltweeted: baked baguette almost ru- Airpollutioninthecapitalis “Wehavetofocusonwhat
“No lemongrass, no inedourhuevosrancheros.” killingpeopleaccordingtoa theMayorof Londonwants
London mayoral candidate todoandmakebusesmore
Dads’ plan withsomestreetsrecording environmentallyfriendly.
toxicfumesmorethanthree “Theareasofpollutionthat
timesoverthesafelimit–in- areparticularlyconcerning
cludingoneofKingstontown tomeareontheA3nearTol-
is brewing centre’sbusiest. worthatthatverycongested
Londonexceededitsairpol- roundabout.
lutionlimitfortheyearjust “Kingston Council cannot
eightdaysinto2016,causing control how much traffic
TwoKingstondadshavebuilt airqualitytobecomeamajor goesontheA3.Whatwecan
a craft beer brewery from campaigningpointformay- try and do is regulate the
scratch in a former World oral candidates Zac Gold- amountoftrafficaroundTol-
WarIIpropellerfactory. smithandSadiqKhan. Overthelimit:IllegallevelsatCromwellRoadbus worthroundabout.”
DuncanHamilton,43,and Cromwell Road, which AKingstonCouncilconsul-
Mark Shelley, 44, came up housesKingston’smainbus station.Inset:MPsJamesBerryandSadiqKhan KT95007 tationonairpollutionclosed
withtheplanfortheirmicro- stationaswellasTiffinBoy’s breaking the law. It is in electric vehicles that won’t this month and the report
brewerywhilewatchingtheir School and Monkey Puzzle breach of the legal limits, killus.” into how the borough will
sonsplayforKingstonTown nursery,isoneof themost morethanthreetimeswhatit Mayoral opponent Zac tackletheproblemisdueout
FCatTiffinGirls’School. pollutedareasinsouthLon- shouldbeandthatiskilling Goldsmith said: “I am very inMarch.
Ten months later, Decent donwithsomeofthehighest people and making people concernedthatlevelsof air Kingston Liberal Demo-
Brewerylaunchedfourbot- nitrogendioxidelevelsinthe sick. pollutionaresohigharound crats leader Councillor Liz
tled beers with plans for capital. “What we need to do is CromwellRoadinKingston. Greensaid:“Idon’tthinkthe
cask ales from the site in Inthedrink:Duncan Tooting Labour MP Mr makesureourbusesarenot AcrossLondonpoorairqual- councilarebeingambitious
ParkRoad. HamiltonandMarkShelley Khansaidamonitoringsta- churning out poisonous ity is killing an estimated enough with air quality
Mr Hamilton, a former builttheirownbrewery tion in Putney High Street diesel,arehybridandpartly 9,500Londonerseveryyear. targets.
journalist,said:“Wewantto also recorded nitrogen electrical. Thisissimplyunacceptable “TheConservativesaresay-
brewbeersthatcombinethe want to bring the best of dioxide levels three times “Itbegreatif theGovern- andwemusttakeaction.The ingthepopulationofthebor-
best of British and foreign thosetodrinkers.” overtherecommendedsafe ment had a new car scrap- Mayorof Londonalonecan- oughisgoingupandwehave
styles.MarkandIhavebeen The beers are on sale in limit. page scheme get rid of notimproveLondon’sairand tokeepairqualitythesame
luckyenoughtodrinkbeers shops from Twickenham to Hesaid:“TheairinPutney dangerous,pollutingvehicles willneedtobeabletowork whenweshouldbeworking
around the world and we KingstontoWeybridge. High Street is basically and replacing them with withGovernment.” onreducingpollution.”
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Davey’s a knight
REPORTER childhealthindeveloping
ELLIECAMBRIDGE countries.
One of the founders of
ellie.cambridge@ contemporaryoperacom-
london.newsquest.co.uk
pany Music Theatre
FormerMPEdDavey,who Wales, hails from Tol-
losthisseattoConserva- worthandwillbemadea
tiveJamesBerryinMay Member of the British
after18yearsrepresenting Empire.
the constituency, will be Michael McCarthy was
knightedinrecognitionof borninBeresfordAvenue
his political and public andeducatedatOurLady
service. Immaculate and Richard
MrDaveysaid:“Iamde- Challonerschools.
lighted.Ihavebeenover- SueBlack,wholivesin
whelmedbytheamountof Surbiton,willbemadean
messages and support I OBEforservicestotech-
havereceived.” nology. She is an hon-
SharonBlackburn,from ourary senior research
Surbiton,willbemadean associateincomputersci-
Officerof theBritishEm- Honoured:EdDavey enceatUniversityCollege
pire(OBE)forherservices London,andiswellknown
tonursingandthenot-for- of Kingston, worked in forcreatingthecampaign
profitcaresector. neonatalintensivecareat to save Bletchley Park –
MrsBlackburnisapolicy St George’s Hospital for where Alan Turing
and communications di- morethan25years. workedduringWorldWar
rector at Residential He is a fellow of the II–andauthoringabook
Forum,whichwasfounded Royal College of Paedi- onthesubject.
in 1994 to promote the atrics and Child Health Dr Black said: “When I
achievementof highstan- andoftheRoyalCollegeof foundoutabouttheOBEI
dardsof careforchildren Physicians,andhasadvi- burst into tears. I never
andadultsinnursingand sory roles with imagined with my back-
residential homes and governmental and non- groundthatanythinglike
schools. governmental organisa- thiswouldeverhappento
Anthony Ffoulkes Will- tions, specifically in the me.
iams,aretiredconsultant fieldof childnutrition,as “Leaving school at 16
paediatrician, will be wellasactingasatrustee and ending up a single
madeanOBEforservices of Woman and Children parentbringingupthree
tonutritionininfantsand First, an organisation kids in poverty isn’t the
children. withamissiontoimprove mosttraditionalrouteinto
Dr Ffoulkes Williams, maternal, newborn and acareerintechnology.”