Gardening is a very popular pastime in the UK, with over 18.5 million Britons actively involved in it. When it came time to clean up my overgrown patch, which bears a closer resemblance to a nature reserve than the perfect green sheets that jump out
Staff and residents from Bupa Arbrook House nursing home in Esher are taking a walk on the wild side. The nature-themed walk at 10.30am on Wednesday, September 25, forms part of the Alzheimer’s Society Memory Walk initiative. It aims to help
For an exquisite mix of beautiful flowers, workshops and classes, and homegrown fruit and veg, don’t miss the Epsom Garden Society’s autumn show. The event is the 81-year-old society’s largest show of the year, with almost 90 classes for later
A flower club in full bloom has celebrated its 45th anniversary. The Epsom Garden Flower Club, which meets at Christ Church Hall, in Christchurch Road, Epsom, was created in 1968 as an offshoot of the Epsom Garden Society, to enable the subject
Award winning comedian Alex Horne is taking a different approach to his latest show by telling the truth about his lies, writes Andy Bloss. Fresh from performing at the Edinburgh Festival, Horne brings his brand new show Lies to Croydon later this
An event is being held next week designed to help young people find a place in education or training. The Road to Success event will offer support, information and advice which will help them understand pending changes to the law which will affect
Love Wimbledon has teamed up with arts organisations and creative people to bring arts into Wimbledon town centre this autumn. In partnership with Merton Arts Trail and Wimbledon Bookfest, a range of free artistic activities will be held in ArtShed
Welsh star of stage, screen and radio Clive Merrison is set to appear in Land of Our Fathers, playing at the Latchmere. Alexandra Rucki spoke to him ahead of the show. Alexandra Rucki: Who do you play in Land Of Our Fathers? Clive
The last few spaces are available for young people who want the chance to put public questions to Croydon’s key decision makers. The Arnhem Gallery is expected to be busy on Monday evening as young people take the opportunity to learn about issues
Teddy bears knitted by the Woolly Coven of Carshalton to mark the birth of the royal baby have made £260 for charity. The group, famed for their decorative ducks which adorned the railings along Carshalton Ponds during the Queens Jubilee,
A £23,000 ultrasound scanner has been donated to St Helier Hospital. The state-of-the-art ‘M Turbo scanner’ was donated by the hospital’s League of Friends and will be used for assessment of patients with a range of conditions including thyroid
Experience a real-life Tales from the Crypt is taking place as authors read horror stories from within a cemetery. Thrill seekers looking for something unique are invited to the spooky event in the Wandsworth Cemetery Chapel, in Magdalen Road,
A Fairy Liquid-loving woman who spent 15 years cleaning a church hall has finally hung up her mop and brush. Audrey Eldridge, 77, of Villiers Close in Surbiton, dedicated at least an hour a week dusting and scrubbing the St Andrew and St Mark parish
Another action-packed week for me. I went to a wonderful wedding without the family and felt like I’d lost a limb. I came to the conclusion my party days are well and truly over. I took my son to the barbers’ and he looks so cool with his sharp
Maternity staff at Kingston Hospital welcomed a new arrival. A birthing pool paid for out of a £200,000 Department of Health grant was installed on Wednesday and opened by Surrey Comet columnist Angellica Bell. It is one of a range of improvements
A 71-year-old man was among five cyclists who pedalled 54 miles from London to Brighton to raise money for Home-Start Elmbridge. The charity, which works with families with young children, appealed in August for three riders to come forward after
A former St George’s College student has been awarded a scholarship to support his engineering degree at Oxford University. James Russell was given £1,000 as part of the diamond jubilee scholarship from the Institution of Engineering and Technology
