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For Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, This Is More Than a Victory Lap

The Olympic medalist and world track champion has been the one to catch for nearly two decades. After withdrawing unexpectedly from the Paris Olympics in 2024 in what was supposed to be her last race, the star sprinter has emerged for one last season—and to explain what really happened.

Marie Claire

'Ever-rising' council tax in London: Angela Rayner challenged on funding shake-up set to hit boroughs

The Deputy Prime Minister was grilled over looming funding cuts to boroughs such as Richmond and Kingston

Evening Standard

Londoners face council tax rises of more than 5% in £2bn funding shift benefiting North and Midlands

Leading economists warn suburban boroughs such as Kingston, Richmond, Bromley and Barnet could be hit hard, as well as Westminster and Wandsworth

Evening Standard

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Where to get a free ride on a vintage double-decker bus in London this weekend

Vintage buses from the 1950s to 1970s will make stops at Kingston, Surbiton Hill, Epsom town centre, Ashtead and Leatherhead

Evening Standard

UK agrees to fly home wrongly deported Windrush generation man from Jamaica

Exclusive: Winston Knight’s deportation order revoked by Home Office after a decade living on streets in Kingston

The Guardian - UK

Met Police say opening of new wine shop will cause anti-social behaviour

Lloyds Local wants to open in an empty unit in Kingston

Evening Standard

London council spent £13,400 making public toilets gender neutral

Kingston Council paid thousands to make toilets at Latchmere Recreation Ground in Battersea gender neutral

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‘I didn’t trust the system’: lasting trauma of Windrush victim barred from UK for 10 years

Winston Jones, who for a decade was unable to return home from Jamaica, almost didn’t apply for compensation, fearing it was a trap

The Guardian - UK

Gabby Thomas headlines Grand Slam Track winners on day one of first-ever event

Dina Asher-Smith finished third in the 200m while there were wins for Sydney McLaughlin-Lavrone and Kenny Bednarek

The Independent UK

Michael Johnson’s New Grand Slam Track League Promises Speed, Star Power and a Big Payday

The inaugural season of the new professional track series is set to kick off in Kingston, Jamaica, with lofty goals of revolutionizing the sport.

Sports Illustrated

‘No gimmicks’: Michael Johnson details exactly what to expect from Grand Slam Track

Grand Slam Track is ‘what the sport needed’, says co-founder Michael Johnson ahead of opener in Kingston

The Independent UK

Athletics World Watching As 'Grand Slam Track' Prepares For Launch

What is being billed as a "revolution" for the sport of athletics gets under way in Kingston on Friday with the opening meeting of US sprinting legend Michael Johnson's ambitious Grand Slam Track series.

International Business Times

Welcome to Grand Slam Track, Michael Johnson’s brainchild with speed stars, prize money and live data

The new athletics league launches in Kingston, Jamaica this weekend with a radical format and an ambitious goal to capture ‘the youngest fanbase of any sports league in the world’ – but will it fly or flop?

The Independent UK

Kingston fire: 150 firefighters tackle blaze in south London town centre

Residents have been urged to keep windows closed as blaze breaks out in disused Kingston building

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Marlon James on why Kingston is Jamaica’s beating cultural heart

Whether it’s parties, patties or patois, this Caribbean capital is a non-stop celebration, says the Booker Prize-winning author

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Two QPR players bailed after being arrested on suspicion of voyeurism

The arrests are in relation to an incident at a nightclub in Kingston

The Guardian - UK

Sam Kerr tells court she was treated differently because of ‘the colour of my skin’

Matildas star accuses police over behaviour after she endured a cab journey that turned ‘very scary’ after she was sick out of the window

The Guardian - AU

Man charged with attempted murder after allegedly setting woman on fire at home south of Brisbane

Premier says alleged Kingston domestic violence incident has ‘rocked’ Queensland as woman, 34, remains in hospital

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Around 60 firefighters tackle house blaze in Kingston, west London

Eight fire engines rush to scene in south west London

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CPW reopens in newly renovated New York HQ with four exceptional photo exhibitions

Mary Ellen Mark's iconic 'Ward 81' project is among those to be showcased in the new CPW headquarters in Kingston, New York

AAP

Herbert eyes Australian Open crown after hanging tough

Unheralded American Ryggs Johnston has joined home hope and halfway frontrunner Lucas Herbert in the Australian Open lead after a wet and wild third round.

AAP

Tasmania's AFL club picks high performance centre site

The site for the Tasmanian AFL club's high performance centre has shifted because of cost and building timeline risks with the preferred option.

Evening Standard

Takeaway recipes by chefs including Nadiya Hussain to be cooked in London school kitchens

The takeaway service is in talks to open at schools in Oval and Kingston after launching its first restaurant in Chiswick

Evening Standard

Twenty years on London's BIDs are still helping the capital's neighbourhoods thrive

The original UK Business Improvement District was Kingston, quickly followed by Better Bankside pioneering the initiative for central London.

The Canberra Times

No garage for your EV? Then swap it out or plug into a street light

ACT's first EV 'plug-in' light pole is in Kingston.

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