On Friday 23rd March, Croydon High School’s Parent Teacher Association (PTA) held their annual Quiz Night. With delicious fish and chips for dinner and a wide variety of challenging yet humorous questions, it was a chance for parents, teachers and pupils
Warm nights. Longer Days. The Olympics and Paralympics. The Diamond Jubilee. The European Championships. There are so many amazing things happening in London, England, Britain and Europe this summer, that at times it’s going to be hard deciding what to
On Saturday 21st April, thousands gathered at the famous Surrey Street Market to experience a day of performances to promote the stereotyped town of Croydon. The event lasted the best part of the day and consisted of dance acts, singers and even historical
A woman who was knocked down by a 87-year-old man in a car park has called for all elderly people to have to resit their driving test. Helen Harrington was hurled through the air by a silver Ford Fusion car being driven by Richard Bradley,
Esher rugby chairman John Inverdale hoped a guilty conscience over Esher’s Championship demise would persuade players to out things right in National Division One next term. Director of rugby Mike Schmid’s men were a point from their survival target
A report of a bird apparently attacking a car wing mirror may spark disturbing visions for fans of Alfred Hitchcock's film The Birds. But in fact the behaviour, witnessed by a nature-mad photographer, is entirely natural according to nature
A man died after being found unconscious in his car on Saturday morning. Police desperately tried to save the man, in his early 50s, after he was found unconscious inside a vehicle in Alcorn Close, near the junction of the A217 and Sutton Common
The full lineup for the NME/Radio 1 Stage at Reading and Leeds has been unveiled. Among those confirmed for the 'second stage' at the festivals, which run across the August bank Holiday weekend, are former Blur man Graham Coxon, metal warriors
A fitness themed family fun day took place on Saturday to raise money for charity Prostate Action. Visitors joined in classes during the action packed day in the Wandle Recreation Centre, Wandsworth. Fitness fanatics danced their way
Eastern European migrants are arriving in London in "unprecedented" numbers, flooding the capital with beggars, pickpockets and prostitutes before the Olympics, officials have warned. Organised crime gangs are believed to be transporting coach
Foodies are being urged to veg out next month and try something different to tickle their taste buds. National Vegetarian Week 2012 runs between May 21 and 27 and the Vegetarian Society is encouraging food lovers everywhere to join the celebration
A festival which hoped to promote the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community during the London Olympics has been cancelled. Pride House will no longer take place in Clapham Common after organisers failed to secure sponsorship
Arts and craft capturing familiar scenes were on display at Oxshott Art Society’s 60th exhibition. The exhibition at the Oxshott Village Centre on April 21 and 22 showcased a wide range of art such as watercolours, charcoals, collages, photography and
A school boy is preparing for a fierce chess battle in Romania. Thames Ditton Junior School pupil Max Elliott is one of 24 pupils representing England at the World Schools Individual Chess Championships in Romania from April 28 to May 6. The 10-year-old
Battersea MP Jane Ellison has written to the Met Commissioner raising concerns in the wake of a shooting last month. On March 29 a 20-year-old man was repeatedly shot in the chest in York Gardens, Battersea, just a few hundred metres from where
Celebrity dancer Kirsty Swain joined youngsters participating in a dancing competition on Friday. The So You Think You Can Dance finalist watched dancers from Wandsworth schools compete for the chance to perform at the Southbank Centre in July
The Chairman of Streatham Conservatives, Ben Everitt, invites comedian Jo Brand to see what he thinks is the real Streatham... Streatham unfairly cops a bit of flack now and then from media types that should really know better. The recent comments
These pictures show the moment a motorist had a lucky escape after his car crashed head on into a lamppost. One ambulance crew was called to the smash on Greyhound Lane, Streatham, at 9.40am where they found a 26-year-old man suffering from
A woman was taken to hospital this morning after her car tipped onto its side when it hit at least one parked car. Kingston police said they were called at 8.05am this morning to Garrison Lane, Chessington, after reports three cars had crashed
Carshalton Athletic ended their home league fixtures with a 0-0 draw against relegated Aveley at Colston Avenue on Saturday, writes James Barrett. Despite dominating possession and having some good first half chances The Robins could not convert their
Sutton will receive more than £15m to support the provision of school places. The government allocated £600m to the Department of Education in November 2011. It was decided last week that Sutton would be one of the highest recipients
An athletic Lambeth Councillor is on track to raise nearly £2,000 for rough sleepers after clocking up an impressive time in the London Marathon. Knight’s Hill councillor Mike Smith ran 26 miles in just under four hours from Blackheath to St
Indian Ocean. Present Day. Cool – a Top Gun game! I looove Top Gun. It was on TV only on Saturday night. I watched it for, like the 101st time, annoying my wife by quoting lines off by heart in stupid voices. I never get tired of watching
The Surrey Comet’s hunt for Kingston’s most wanted has gone international in a bid to help police track down people believed to have fled the country. The 11 suspects include alleged burglars, thieves, a taxi tout, a money launderer and a lettings
Twickenham rower Karl Hudspith has described the moment he thought Oxford University Boat Club team-mate Dr Alexander Woods had died as a living nightmare. The 24-year-old Oxford president finished on the losing side as Cambridge University
A New Jersey guitarist who has played with Jon Bon Jovi and Bruce Springsteen is coming to Sutton. Three years since making a guest appearance at the Boom Boom Club, Billy Walton returns to headline with his new album. He switched his
London Welsh are delighted to announce the signing of former Wales centre Sonny Parker for next season. The 34-year-old made 31 appearances for Wales, scoring six tries, and was part of the side which won the Grand Slam in 2008. He was also selected
A man found dead in woodland has been officially named as Mark Anthony Brown. The 36-year-old’s body was found by a horse rider in woodlands close to Glebelands in Claygate on Tuesday, April 10. It is still not known how Mr Brown, of
A man who stabbed his wife after she left him because he spent too much time on his Playstation 3 has been jailed for a year. Aymen Korbi, 21, stabbed his wife Aida, also 21, as she ran clutching her one-and-a-half-year-old son from their
A benefit fraudster treated herself to exotic holidays while conning her way to £37,000. Andrea Raftis, 24, told Sutton Council she was a single mother, living alone with her two children, aged three and four in St James Road, Sutton.
A “shoddy” deal to sell off a council-owned pub and turn it into flats could be reignited after a property developer launched an appeal to have its planning application reconsidered. Reef Estates has appealed to the Government to overturn a
A man was taken to hospital on last night after a fire ripped through a ground floor flat. Three crews from West Norwood and Norbury fire stations were called to the blaze on Bournevale Road, Streatham at 8.50pm. Four people were inside
Police are continuing a crackdown on teenage muggers, after the number of street robberies increased in the past year. Figures published by the Metropolitan Police show a 10 per cent increase in the number of people robbed on Sutton’s streets
Men in boiler suits and balaclavas have stormed a sports store, tied up terrified staff and taken cash from the till. Police are appealing for witnesses after two men targeted Sports Direct in Church Walk, Caterham between 6pm and 6.30pm on
Residents have urged police take swifter action after they were advised to hide at home or "behind a large fence" from a dangerous dog. Merton police launched an appeal for information about an incident in which an elderly man was taken to
The public reaction to Sutton Council's new fruit-themed bin collections has been a mixed bag. While it appears to have caught the attention of the national press, including a rant from Richard Littlejohn in the Daily Mail last week, the
TV star Destroyer from cult show Gladiators turned out to congratulate the winner of a gym challenge to change his physique. Steel Gym, established by John Steel last year in unused industrial space, New Addington, welcomed Destroyer, Damar
An empty can of a strawberry fizzy drink created to celebrate the Silver Jubilee in 1977 will go on display as part of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations. The strawberry flavoured "Jubilade" fizzy drink was produced by the Co-op in 1977 to commemorate
Sutton Central Library celebrated World Book Night with a late night opening and free events. In the evening of Saturday, April 21, local historian John Philips gave a talk on the history of John Lord Lumley, the owner of Nonsuch Palace.
A woman died with her babies at her side following a heart block, an inquest heard. Natalie Franklin died at her home in Station Approach, Coulsdon, on August 15 last year. The 33-year-old childminder had been diagnosed with a congenital
An Afghan asylum seeker spent months at a Croydon secondary school until he was deemed to be a "short of stature" adult acting younger than his years. The 5ft 4in migrant arrived in Britain last summer and claimed he was a 15-year-old "unaccompanied
A 17-year-old flautist performed in Trafalgar Square as part of St George's Day celebrations. Daniel Shao, from Sutton, who is studying at the Royal College of Music and Purcell School of Music, performed on stage as part of a free outdoor
Smoke billowed across the A3 affecting driving visibility as firefighters tackled a house fire. Around 20 firefighters and four fire engines rushed to the blaze, in a semi-detached property in Hook Rise North, Tolworth. A fire brigade
The A&E departments at Epsom and St Helier hospitals have been busier than ever in the past year, with one patient being seen every four minutes. A total of 137,000 patients were seen and treated in 2011-12, 4,000 more than in the previous
Drivers are facing delays this morning due to flooding on a main thoroughfare. The main carriageway of the northbound A3 Malden Way, the Kingston bypass, is closed at the Malden junction of the A2043, Malden Road and Bodley Road, due to flooding
