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A man who stole from a Tolworth
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The victim’s daughter, Nicola Four Course Meal
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Friday, January 11, for stealing the
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She said she was “overjoyed” by the
sentence but said it could have been
avoided had Yussef been subject to a BThestoarewitbhmoreyforpBarentsatobern
Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) check.
Hewasnotbecausehetransferredfrom
elsewhereintheNHS.
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Yussef was transferred from Kingston employees, nor were there any plans to
andDistrictCommunityTrust,nowdis- introducethesafeguard. Prices on many
Pupils play with a
banded, to South West London and St Employees transferred from one NHS
baby essentials:
George’sMentalHealthNHSTrust. trust to another are not subject to CRB
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dying father in Sweden – in fact he was Sentencing at Kingston Crown Court, •TravelCotsfrom£40
on remand and in custody for a drink- Judge Bennett-Jenkins said: “These •Buggiesfrom£20
Nine-year-old Kelda DemonKingandthemon- drivingoffence. were atrocious offences. Ineed to make
watches as puppeteer key-godHanuman. South West London and St George’s twothingsclear,thepublicdisgustatthe •FREEChangingBagwithevery
Rani Singh brings to life The puppet show was Mental Health NHS Trust refused to offencesandtoensurethatthepublicun- pramover£300
Indian children’s stories part of the library’s comment on why the check was only derstandthosewhotakethesestepswill •FREEMattresswitheverycot
at Kingston library in Tasteof Indiaexhibition. done after it was discovered Yussef had bepunished.” over£150
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■Saturday thepanto.HeadtoSutton’s lowingthewaterstosubside. gardenrightuptothebaywin- Underwater:PineGardenshasfacedregularfloodingfor
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strationattheMaldenCen- ■Wednesday problem was thought to be wereadequateinthe1930sbut dents’campaigntohavereme- carry out further investiga-
tre,NewMalden. withtreerootsthathadgrown now, with additional develop- dialworkcarriedout. tionintoPineGardenstolook
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A bag containing sensitive HIV, byPETERTRUMAN Both Kingston Hospital and
cancerandpregnancytestsfound Wandsworth Primary Care Trust
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in Kingston Hill could have been have written to patients to apolo-
stolen,accordingtoKingstonHos- of results of tests taken by pa- giseandCaroleHeatly,chief exec-
pital. tients from Queen Mary’s Hospi- utiveof KingstonHospital,issued
The Kingston Guardian’s sister tal, Roehampton, and analysed at apersonalapologyinastatement.
paper the Surrey Comet reported KingstonHospital. Butthiswasonlyafterpressure
exclusivelylastweekhowamem- Kingston Hospital launched an from the Comet and national
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which contained 173 documents Kingston police to determine if line statement from the hospital
detailingpatients’names,datesof thebagwasstolen. withnoapologyorreassuranceto
birthandtestresults. The hospital plans to introduce patients.
The bag was found near Meri- tamperproof bagswithaddressla- Edward Davey, MP for Kingston
tyres in Kingston Hill at about bels after it was revealed the bag andSurbiton,spokedirectlytoMs
12.40pmonFriday,January4. inquestionwasunlockedandhad Heatlyandhascalledforaninde-
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6 News KG 02083309546 January 17, 2008
Rain delays
Council seeks financial views
Kingston Council wants residents to Once the draft proposals are online,
have their say on the borough’s finan- residentscanmaketheirviewsknown roadworks
cial future after a smaller-than-hoped- via the council’s online budget forum
for Government grant left the council before the executive committee meets
facingexpenditurecutsof upto£6mil- toassesstheresultsonFebruary12.
lionforthenextfinancialyear. The council faces the financial chal-
More than 30 residents met with lenge of cutting expenditure by about
council leader Councillor Derek Os- £22million over the next three years
bourne at the weekend for a cost-cut- and has already outlined a five-point
ting workshop looking over options to plan that includes delivering services Heavy rain could interrupt byPETERTRUMAN
reduce expenditure and re-shape ser- as close to the user as possible and planned roadworks to intro-
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vices,withfeedbackexpectedtobepub- workingmorecloselywithpartneror- duce a pedestrian crossing in
lishedonJanuary28. ganisations. TolworthBroadway. neering project that’s being
Work was due to begin on carried out alongside a very
Monday,January7,butalocal busyroad.
Making the most of the riverside
resident complained he had “The council erected ad-
seen no work taking place vanced warning signs in De-
comeWednesday. cember to tell residents and
KingstonCouncil’sproposalstomakethe viewsandaccesstotheriver. Chessington resident Joe road users the project began
town’sriversideatEagleBreweryWharf Anyoneinterestedincommentingonthe Fitzpatrick said: “With nu- on January 7 and to advise
moreattractiveareavailableonline. scheme can do so online at merous signs displaying the road users that, during the
Suggestedchangestothelandnexttothe kingston.gov.uk/browse/environment/ notice of roadworks com- works, it will be necessary at
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this route and have made al- the project have involved
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daily route because of it as most of which is likely to be
theyexpect‘trafficchaos’. underground within the sub-
“They need not have both- wayitself.”
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Making its debut
PM’s knife-crime plan
Police in the UK’s most vio- Londonboroughs.
lent areas will be told to In another incident,
prosecute anyone caught KingstonstudentEvrenAnil,
After decades in the making, the Rose byALITAHOWE with knives, Prime Minister 23,wasstabbedinJulyovera
Theatre finally opened its doors in GordonBrownsaid. chocolate bar. He died eight
[email protected]
Kingstonlastnight. In an interview with the dayslaterinhospital.
The900-seattheatrecost£11millionand “People tell us that they don’t want Sun,MrBrownsaidthemea- MrBrownsaid:“Itisunac-
heraldsaneweraforcultureandevening Kingstontobejustaboutshopping.People sure would apply to the 12 ceptabletocarryaknifeora
entertainmentinKingston. tellustheywantustodosomethingabout areas with high knife crime gun.Wherepolicepreviously
ThetheatrelaunchedwithRussianclas- night-timeinKingston,”hesaid. ratesinthecountry. cautioned people there now
sicUncleVanyalastnight,directedbySir “If people feel safer in the evening, if When 23-year-old Mikey has to be a presumption of
PeterHall. MarketPlacebecomesmorevibrantandif Brownwasfatallystabbedat prosecution.”
RobinHutchinson,vice-chairmanof the the theatre offers jobs, education and the Works nightclub, in He said a violent crime ac-
Rose and one of the original visionaries brings in families then it is extremely Kingston,lastyear,itproved tion plan would be unveiled
responsible for putting the idea of a goodvalueformoney.” the reach of knife crime in February by Home Secre-
Kingstontheatreonthecouncil’sagenda Chairmanof thetheatretrustDavidJa- extends to even the safest taryJacquiSmith.
inthe1980s,saidhewas“stillinasenseof cobs, another key player in the theatre’s
disbelief”attherealisationof thetheatre. history,said:“I’moverwhelmedwithdis-
Councillor Derek Osbourne, leader of belief,it’salltoowonderfulforwords. ‘THIS PROMISES TO BE THE
KingstonCouncil,saidthetheatrewould “It’sbeennearly20years.Ican’ttellyou
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positive way” and said it represented THE YEAR.’
IndependentonSunday
“great value for money”, despite contro- ❑ See this week’s Surrey Comet for a
versyoverthe£3millionof publicmoney fourpagesouvenirspecialontheRose
ploughedintogettingitupandrunning. Theatre.
UncleVanya
TheatretrusteeDianaRobertson
outsidetheRoseTheatre byAntonChekhov TranslatedbyStephenMulrine
directed by Peter Hall
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