Afternoon. Storm Austen brings heavy rain and gusts up to 48mph on Friday. Kingston Market has partly reopened, the council has refused two applications, and primary half-term starts on Monday. Then the roads and the week.

The Met Office has heavy rain in Kingston from midnight to about 1pm on Friday, easing by mid-afternoon, with gusts up to 48mph around 2pm. Its wind warnings cover the south coast and south west, not London or Surrey, but check again on Thursday. Saturday is wet from mid-morning; Sunday is dry but breezy, and half-term turns dry and bright from Tuesday. Tie down bins and garden furniture on Thursday night.

Kingston Market started reopening on Monday with the stalls that escaped the fire; the Evening Standard reported eight trading by Tuesday morning. Traders who lost their stalls are still waiting for temporary pitches, with no date, and pay no fees meanwhile. The uninsured fishmonger's fundraiser stands at £14,274.

Bargain World, expected in the old Poundland on Victoria Road on Monday 19th, still has no word from the company and no new date. The willow near the Co-op at the Ditton Road and Ewell Road junction has come down; The Good Life Surbiton says two or three saplings will replace it.

E-bikes: Anthony wrote in to say Forest's zone now reaches almost to Chessington World of Adventures. Check the app's map before ending a ride down there.

The council has refused the Fox and Hounds on Portsmouth Road permission to repaint the pub dark red-brown, saying it would harm the conservation area. The mural was refused for lack of detail on design and lighting, so the pub can apply again.

It also refused two houses behind 7 Graham Gardens, off Upper Brighton Road, on seven grounds including scale, privacy and the loss of a protected yew; 13 objections were lodged. The Sanctuary on Oak Hill Grove, back as 15 flats, has had no comments yet from the 104 neighbours notified; they have until next Wednesday, 28 October, to comment.

UKPN's signals on Hook Road at Vale Road North have been in place since Monday and run to 27 November. SGN's gas repair signals by the Maypole are due to finish on Friday. UKPN's lane closure on Hook Road south of the A3 starts tomorrow and runs to 19 November; the Elmcroft Drive closure in Sunday's issue looks to be the same job.

The Upper Brighton Road signals at Lovelace Gardens are listed until Thursday afternoon and may already be gone. Thames Water has road closures on Manor Crescent and Pine Gardens in Berrylands until Monday 26th, and SGN's closure of St Matthew's Avenue also runs to Monday. From Saturday to 7 November there are council signals on Maple Road and a closure of Cadogan Road.

Most primaries are off from Monday 26 October, back on 2 November. Chessington World of Adventures is open 10 to 7 all week.

Monday 26: seasonal crafts at Surbiton Library, 3.30 to 5, ages 5 to 10, drop in. Showery, 18.

Tuesday 27: a free treasure hunt at Surbiton Library, 11 to 4, drop in (it may finish early), and Lego club there from about 3.30, ages 4 to 11. Bach to Baby's concert for babies and toddlers at St Mark's at 11, £18 on the door if seats remain, at least £2 less online. Sunny intervals, 14.

Wednesday 28: creepy crafts at Hook Library, 3 to 4, ages 5 and up, free.

Friday 30: spooky crafts at Surbiton Library, 3.30 to 5, ages 4 to 11, and spooky storytime at Hook Library at 4, both free.

Saturday 31: Christ Church's Light Party, 4 to 6, Reception to Year 6, £8 a child, 100 places, book ahead.

Corinthian-Casuals' fireworks night is Sunday 1 November at King George's Field, gates 4.30, £10 adults, £7 children, £30 a family of four, plus fees; the club's site says fireworks at about 6.45, the ticket page 7.30. Berrylands Scouts have shows at 6 and 8 on Saturday 7 November, £12 adults and £7 under-14s, on sale in person at the Scout Hut on Stirling Walk, 5.30 to 7 on 2, 3 and 4 November; in past years they have sold out by the Monday or Tuesday.

Heavy rain until about 1pm, then showers, clearing from about 6; high of 11°C. The Mothers' Union at St Mark's, tea from 2, talk at 2.30. Imagination Station at Hook Library, 4 to 5, free. The Kingston Society's talk on Tolworth's lost mansions and its Apple Store is at 7.30 at Tiffin School in Kingston, £5 for non-members.

Thursday: Kingston Voluntary Action's pantry at Surbiton Library, 2 to 5. William Poyer at the Lamb at 7.30; Robin Bibi leads the free jam night at the Flyer from 8.30. Sunny by day, 15, rain from about 7pm, heavy after 10.

Friday: Oktoberfest at the Royal British Legion, Hollyfield Road, doors 7.30, cash on the door, £7 members, £10 others. Whole Lotta Comedy at the cornerHOUSE at 8. Storm Austen, 13.

Saturday: nature crafts at Surbiton Library, 10.30, ages 3 to 8, free, book ahead. Surbiton's men, top of their division, play Bowdon at Sugden Road at 3.30, £7.50, card only, under-18s free. Hampton Court's Halloween starts, in with admission. Rain from mid-morning, 16.

Sunday: clocks go back an hour at 2am. Surbiton's women play Wimbledon at 2. Back of a Length at the Lamb at 4.30, Elsie Franklin at 7. Dry and breezy, 14.

Stay dry.

Mike