Holiday help for lone parent families

Calling all lone parents and single access parents.

Land ahoy for meeting

The south-west London division of the HMS Ganges Association meets monthly on the third Tuesday of the month at the Royal British Club, 65 Upper Richmond Road, Putney, SW15 at 8pm.

Tenant text failure means ‘sitting at home watching the walls collapse’

Thank you Kerry Grove for featuring the disquiet among residents about the recent questionnaire sent by QA Research to council tenants.

No place for my daughter

As Kingston residents all our lives we were shocked to find out that our daughter has been turned down for a place at three chosen schools in our area.

Pupil places raise planning questions

I understand that more than 100 children have not been offered a reception place in a school within the Royal borough for the new school year in September.

See sense over car parking charges

I read your article on parking charges with interest and wanted to add my voice to the many residents who have been unfairly hit by the hiked-up parking charges.

Hospital criticism ‘is not right for the front page’

I can sympathise with Eileen Price, the Surbiton patient whose breast cancer operation was postponed at the last minute.

Headlines won’t help

As a Walton North resident I was shocked to learn that David Whisson is abandoning that ward for Walton Central.

Sheltered residents can expect a better standard after house closure

The recommendation to dispose of Yew Tree House was made by a cross-party working group on the future of sheltered housing in the borough, which I led. We spent over a year looking at all the sheltered housing schemes, some of which are excellent, but some of which offer a poor standard for tenants.

Injury advice

A young man named Dan spoke to me, he plays for Chelsea and is 16 years old. He told me he had injured his left leg four times and said he wants to get back to his football.

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