By Community Correspondent Sarah Husselmann Battersea Park is arguably one of London’s most beautiful and safest parks, it’s rare to hear of unpleasant incidents. However, where there are a large number of people relaxing at the weekend,
The majority of the borough’s GP practices are now offering extended hours following a drive by NHS Wandsworth to improve accessibility. Now 38 out of 47 surgeries will extend their hours, beyond the standard 8am to 6.30pm, in response to the
A Putney cake company will be holding chocolate cake design demonstrations at the end of the month In attendance at Cakes 4 Fun, will be Tracey Mann, a successful cake designer, who will be passing on her culinary secrets to locals cake lovers.
Next Friday night's special performance of The Pirates of Penzance (September 18), featuring cameo appearances from some familiar Richmond Theatre faces, will mark the historic building's 110th anniversary, writes Will Gore. One person who is particularly
Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay made a surprise visit to a Surbiton restaurant last week, for a TV show about Britain’s best local restaurants. The fiery chef’s presence at the French Table sparked rumours he was there to critique the cooking for his
A sandwich fan who used to chomp through an entire loaf every day has lost almost eight stone after ditching the dough. Bob Reynolds, 49, from Chessington, was warned he was morbidly obese and was fitted with a pace maker after having a heart attack
An activity centre which was infested with bed bugs earlier this year has been given a seal of approval by a Sutton school. In May, children from Coombe Junior School were forced to camp outside at Hindleap Warren in Sussex while their dormitories
Rides on a Penny Farthing, free cycling lessons and bike maintenance classes will be available to residents of the Battersea Fields Estate as part of a bike fest and fun day between 3pm and 6pm on September 17. The events are to celebrate the opening
Impact, the organisation formerly known as the Elmbridge Youth Forum, has been scouring the borough for local talent that have the X factor. A line up of 15 acts, ranging from singers, dancers, actors and musicians, has now been chosen to play at the
Two pupils at Reed’s School in Cobham have been praised by Esher and Walton MP Ian Taylor, after they won a place in the National Science and Engineering Competition. George Green and James Spencer entered a device called a calorimeter into the competition
Vintage bicycles will be put through their paces at Brooklands Museum on Sunday, September 20, as part of the Veteran Cycle Festival. The bicycles will compete in a series of one mile championship races on the famous Brooklands track at the museum in
Have you been working to protect the environment over the past year? What about your family, neighbours, workmates, school, business, scout group? Would you like to get some recognition and help others go green? If the answer
The Mayor of London has named Sutton a low carbon neighbourhood and awarded the borough with funds to work on its winning green project. A sustainable community project in Hackbridge led Sutton to win the title along with nine other boroughs
When war was declared, Epsom was not unprepared. Since the early 1930’s, the authorities had been required by the Government to organise air raid precautions. Air raid wardens were recruited and trained, by 1939 Epsom had 140 full-time
Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust has had hundreds of new mattresses delivered to reduce serious infections. The trust has ordered 580 new mattresses at a cost of £100,000. While all mattresses are cleaned between patients, over time the covers
Shopkeepers in Putney should be on their guard this week when Putney Arts Theatre puts on Dario Fo's Can't Pay Won't Pay. When the famous Italian playwright first put on the farce in his home country in 1974 it sparked a consumer phenomenon that saw
Members of the newly formed 1st Old Malden Explorer Scout began their weekly meetings at the Old Malden Scout Centre earlier this month - but hope to spend more time out of the hut than inside it. The new group, aimed at 14 to 18-year-olds, plan to
Britain’s hottest director will call action on a new cinema in Wimbledon next month. The 265-seat Hmvcurzon will open with a special VIP screening of Shane Meadows’ latest film, Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee, attended by the director himself. The three-screen
The man who lived there once sent shivers down the spines of millions of readers, but now Dennis Wheatley’s former home is in dire peril of coming to a sticky end itself. The Victorian mansion called Clinton House in Streatham Hill was the abode of
A Congolese student had outstanding GCSE results after a year of hard work. Modestin Bokete, 16, of Paisley Road, Carshalton, a pupil from Nonsuch High School for Girls, found out last Thursday she achieved nine A* and three A grades on her
