Family pays tribute to ‘bubbly’ labourer who drowned during attempted arrest Liam Allan’s relatives left ‘broken’ by his death after he entered water in Kingston The Independent UK · Aug 30, 2022
Teacher fakes brother's death to skive work before probe finds she not even qualified The school set up an investigation after some of her claims about why she was away were revealed as untrue, as dialing codes when she sent messages showed she was in Kingston, Jamaica Daily Mirror · Aug 12, 2022
Bus driver receives suspended sentence after crash that killed father and daughter near Kingston A Tasmanian bus driver whose negligent driving killed a father and his two-year-old daughter will avoid jail, instead receiving a three-month suspended sentence. ABC News · Aug 12, 2022
Metropolitan Police PC denies nightclub sexual assault of a woman in Kingston A serving Metropolitan Police officer will stand trial next summer over a claim he groped a woman during a night out. Evening Standard · Aug 10, 2022
Revealed: London boroughs with the most car thefts and which models are targets Thefts recorded in Enfield were five times the amount recorded in Kingston upon Thames Evening Standard · Aug 4, 2022
Boy, 17, charged with raping woman in fifties in Kingston churchyard The Met Police said the alleged incident took place in Market Place, Kingston Evening Standard · Jul 28, 2022
‘Recession-proof’ homes: the London areas to buy in now amid ongoing economic uncertainty In ultra-resilient London property hotspots like Kingston, prices are likely to stay high whatever the economic weather Evening Standard · Jul 21, 2022
Burst water main floods London streets as temperatures soar Around 70 firefighters and 10 fire engines responded to the scene on Galsworthy Road in Kingston Upon Thames on Monday morning. The Independent UK · Jul 18, 2022
Drain water streams from burst water main down Kingston Hill into shoppers amid heatwave Water has been streaming down a south-west London hill, flooding a busy high street as the rest of the capital swelters under a 38C heatwave. Evening Standard · Jul 18, 2022
Urgent appeal to find man who has been missing from Kingston for a month Mr Moore hasn’t been seen or heard from since June 15 Evening Standard · Jul 13, 2022
Met Police officer denies Kingston nightclub grope on woman A serving Metropolitan Police officer has appeared in court to deny groping a woman in a London nightclub. Evening Standard · Jul 13, 2022
New Yorkers head to the polls to vote in first primary of 2022 Voters from Brooklyn to Buffalo and from Queens to Kingston came out to the polls in short supply Tuesday to decide who’ll run in this November’s general election — a contest that will ultimately determine who is New York State’s governor. Tribune News Service · Jun 29, 2022
Doctor warns 'man boobs' and fatigue could be sign of common condition in men Petr Holy, a urological specialist at Men's Health Clinic Kingston, has shared some of the common signs of low testosterone. Daily Record · Jun 20, 2022
Jamaica legislator calls for reggae legend Bob Marley to be named a national hero A Jamaican legislator is asking the country's parliament to name reggae legend Bob Marley a national hero, an effort that comes amid rising nationalism in English-speaking Caribbean countries that are distancing themselves from their colonial past. Reuters · Jun 1, 2022
The Guardian - UK · May 29, 2022 Sean Paul: ‘A new generation are making dancehall their own’ His 00s megahits took the sound of Kingston clubs global. He talks about the genre’s influence, its new female stars, and the debate over the monarchy in his native Jamaica
The Conversation · May 25, 2022 Canada needs to be as welcoming to Afghan refugees as it is to Ukrainians “When we talk about systemic racism, we’re not talking about what the government intended; we’re looking at outcomes — and the outcomes speak for themselves,” says Sharry Aiken, a law professor at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ont.
ABC News · May 21, 2022 'Bag ladies' upcycle donated fabric into nearly 19,000 bags in fight against plastic. Their charge? Nothing Determined to stop the use of plastic bags in their small seaside town, the "bag ladies" have devoted thousands of hours to making recyclable bags out of donated fabric. Old tea towels and curtains are made into beautiful bags for the community to take free of charge.
Benzinga · May 20, 2022 Firebird Delivery Launches Across Ontario, Including Rush Delivery Fire & Flower Holdings Corp. (OTCQX: FFLWF) (TSX:FAF) launched Firebird Delivery in Toronto, Kingston, London, Ottawa, Oshawa, Guelph, and North Bay, Ontario.
The Hindu · May 16, 2022 Kovind becomes first Indian President to visit Jamaica President Kovind accompanied by his wife Savita Kovind arrived at Kingston on the first leg of his two-nation tour that will also take him to St. Vincent and Grenadines.
ABC News · May 16, 2022 Homicide detectives investigate after man with significant head injuries found dead in Logan garage The body of a man is found in the garage of an Augustus Street home in Kingston, with significant head injuries.
The Canberra Times · May 13, 2022 Jenni Tarrant's triumph: popular Kingston hairdresser is now an author and has an OAM "If I can help other people who are vulnerable to have that determination and survival I had, that's very important to me," she said.
The Independent UK · May 6, 2022 Lib Dems will seize ‘Blue Wall’ constituencies from Tories, says Sir Ed Davey The Kingston and Surbiton MP said Conservatives were being dragged down by a ‘discredited’ Prime Minister.
The Conversation · May 5, 2022 Friday essay: writing poems across oceans, cultures and emails – John Kinsella on creative collaboration My maternal grandfather was an artist who was a sign-writer. On commission, and under the eye of the public, he painted the giant Queen Elizabeth for the 1954 ‘Royal Visit’ and the giant Captain Cook (with map of ‘New Holland’) for the 200th ‘celebrations’. These lines, read on their own,…
ABC News · Apr 30, 2022 Cape Jaffa Lighthouse tales continue to intrigue years after making the keeper's cottage home Alison Stillwell had no interest in lighthouses until she moved into a lighthouse keeper's cottage in 1986. Since then, her mission has been to learn everything she can about the Cape Jaffa Lighthouse and the people who ran it.
Reuters · Apr 29, 2022 Fatal incident at military college in Canada leaves four dead Canada's Department of National Defence said on Friday that a probe was under way into a fatal incident involving a vehicle on the Royal Military College campus in Kingston, Ontario, which left four cadets dead.