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  • Pink Power Walk 2012

    The Pink Power Walk is a massive charity event which hundreds of women join and are all sponsored for every single year. Raising money for two worthy breast cancer charities, ‘Breakthrough’ and ‘The Caron Keating Foundation’, it is an excellent event

  • Energy giant fined £1.25m over door sale practises

    An energy giant was fined £1.25m on Friday for misleading door sale practises in a landmark case. Scottish and Southern Energy was ordered to pay the fine at Guildford Crown Court after they were found guilty of using doorstep sellers to trick

  • Formula One champion Damon Hill joins charity bike ride

    Formula One World Champion Damon Hill OBE set off for France on two wheels, not four, at the start of a gruelling charity bike ride on Friday. The 40 cyclists set off from Putney after being treated to a send-off breakfast from Wandsworth-based pub group

  • Speed networking event taking place this month

    A speed networking event is taking place this month for businesses in the borough. The event organised by White Label Consultants is inviting businesses in the area to tuck into bacon sandwiches, coffee and croissants while swapping contacts

  • Swimathon raises money for Marie Curie and Sport Relief

    Charitable souls made a splash at a charity swimathon on Saturday, April 28. The event at Xcel leisure centre saw people of all ages hitting the water between noon and 8pm. Their efforts raised money for both Marie Curie and Sport Relief

  • Croydon woman charged following terrorism arrest

    A Croydon woman arrested last week on suspicion of funding terrorism has been charged with conspiracy. Lelah Ali of Pitt Road, Thornton Heath, was one of seven people arrested by detectives from the Counter Terrorism Command on May 1.

  • Charity looking for black mentors

    A children’s charity is appealing for more black men to become role models to vulnerable young people. Kids Company, which helps 17,000 disadvantaged youngsters across the capital, is looking for men from black and ethnic minority backgrounds to give

  • Magistrates' Court to become retirement home

    Wallington Magistrates' Court is set to be turned into a retirement home. The court, which closed in June last year, will be demolished and 55 new homes will be put in its place. Plans for the 55 one- and two-bedroom apartments are still

  • Guides reap benefit of Council Community Fund.

    On Saturday 5th May the first ever participatory budgeting event in Sutton took place at St Bede’s Centre, North Cheam. The Council had £50,000 from its Public Realm Budget to allocate to local community projects from the local area – Worcester Park,

  • Housing development shortlisted for national design award

    A development which will see a former school site transformed into a landscaped park with more than 200 new homes has been shortlisted for a national design award. Merton’s Rowan Park development at the former Rowan school site in Rowan Road will provide

  • Man jailed for sex act in playground

    A man has been sent to prison for a week after masturbating in front of a 13-year-old girl in a children's playground. Tomazs Lis was charged for sexual offences after he exposed himself to the teenager in King George's Park, Wandsworth, on

  • Metal thieves' haul is worthless

    Metal thieves who have stolen the central plate of one of Croydon's boundary signs will be disappointed to learn it is worthless. The signs were specifically ordered to be made from a hard-wearing material, but they have no scrap value.

  • Claremont design is a ringing success

    Entrepreneurial students have won a Surrey-wide competition with their innovative phone holder idea. Claremont Fan Court School’s Young Enterprise company beat 70 others representing 39 of Surrey’s top independent and maintained schools. The Esher school

  • Pride House loss brings more cancellations

    More festivals have been left homeless following the cancellation of Pride House in Clapham Common. Eastern Electrics Festival, which was due to take place on August 4, will no longer be able to use the common as its venue. The dance

  • Baby-saving firm scoops business of the year prize

    A company which helps save babies' lives has been crowned Business of the Year at the Croydon Business Awards 2012. SLE Ltd, manufacturers of life-saving neonatal ventilators, were honoured at the awards ceremony held in Fairfield Hall, Park

  • Wife of a former St Raphael's patient speaks out

    As the Give Your Quid campaign raises vital funds for St Raphael’s, the wife of a former patient has spoken out about the important work of the hospice. Aileen Harvie, 82, has been a member of the craft group at St Raphael’s Hospice since last

  • Dog safety cheap as chips at Sutton roadshow

    Free microchipping was given to dogs at a canine roadshow. Dozens of dog owners and their families turned up at Sutton’s Dog Roadshow, at Rosehill Recreation Ground, on Saturday, April 28, organised by Police officers with the support of Sutton

  • Council refuses to deny Surbiton library sell-off

    Kingston Council has been accused of “selling off the family silver” after it refused to confirm whether it planned to flog Surbiton library. Deputy leader Liz Green, who spoke in favour of the move at a Kingston Council assets strategy meeting

  • Secrecy surrounds hosepipe ban complaints

    Thames Water have refused to disclose how many warnings have been given to Merton residents for using hosepipes during the ongoing ban. A spokesman for the company said they believed releasing the figures would encourage people to act against