A first time author from Balham is celebrating winning top prize at the Du Maurier Festival. Juliet Sellars, a graphic designers, joined a Chalk the Sun creative writing course for beginners in January. Four months later her very first
The breast cancer service team at St George's Hospital have won an NHS Improvement award. The team were given the national award for reducting the amount of time patients spent in hosptial following surgery. In January 2011, the team introduced
With just over a week to go until the third annual Motorsport at Crystal Palace event, the attractions have been revealed. The event being held on May 26 and 27, will be packed with exciting on-track racing, as a host of classic and modern cars battle
A noisy neighbour from Putney has been fined after holding a series of boisterous late-night parties. Natalie Taylor of Hayward Gardens, Ashburton Estate, has been warned if she carried on disturbing her neighbours late at night she could lose her
Hersham Residents’ Association has issued a plea for new members. The association held its annual general meeting on May 10, where David Lock was elected as chairman and Andrew Sturgis voted in as president. The incoming chairman said he was pleased
An 80-year-old former athlete from Mitcham believes he is the oldest person to have climbed 17,000ft through a Himalayan pass alone. Clifford Taylor, of Manor Road, Mitcham, celebrated his 80th birthday during his descent from Thorong La pass
A desperate gang of men targeted the elderly in a series of attempted burglaries. Surrey Police issued an appeal for witnesses after three men tried to gain entry to a number of addresses in Cobham and Hersham. The first incident took place in Winstanley
A record breaking female high jumper has been written into the history books. Phyllis Green from Ewell, died in 1999 aged 91. In 1925, in two women’s athletic competitions at Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge stadium she broke world records for the
Animal rescuers risked life and limb to rescue a little fox cub that got its head stuck in a tin. The rescue team from the Leatherhead’s Wildlife Aid Foundation, Simon Cowell and the charity’s veterinary nurse Lucy Kells, responded to an emergency
A teenager who shoved and bottled a good Samaritan getting off a train has been given a youth rehabilitation order. The 17-year-old, from Kingston, was caught after British Transport Police released CCTV images of her and another teenager.
Chief executives of four south-west London hospital trusts have announced plans to develop a single pathology service located at St George's Hospital. In a joint statement, the chief executives of Croydon Health Services, Kingston Hospital,
A construction company that continually flouted health and safety advice has been forced to pay more than £20,000 in fines. Anza Ltd, formerly of Croydon, but now in liquidation, was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive after inspectors
An award-winning artist has been working with community groups to create a fire-inspired textile installation for a popular summer festival. Kathy Schicker, known for her work with the British Museum, joined members of the Somali Women’s Sewing
A distressed mother is calling for effective action to be taken over her damp flat which has slugs in the kitchen and ants in the bathroom. Samantha Carr, and her two and-a-half-year-old son moved into the flat in Morden Close, Tadworth, last
A proud expatriate has called on town planners to have a street renamed to further honour a war hero. Albert Williams, originally from New Malden and who immigrated to Australia in 1958, wants Victoria Cross added to the name Bazalgette Gardens
A hospice has nearly doubled its money this year through its Sunflower Memories Appeal. St Raphael's Hospice in Cheam raised £61,000, compared to last year's £38,000, during its Sunflower Memories Appeal Service. Indoors due to the wet
Surrey has saved millions of pounds on its landfill tax bill by more than halving the amount of waste it buries in the ground. In the three year period from 2007-08, the county council reduced the amount of waste it sent to landfill from 64 per cent
A singer songwriter from Streatham who was heralded as ‘one to watch for 2012’ has said she would never enter a television talent show because she is too focussed on penning her own tunes. BBC Sound of 2012 nominee Lianne La Havas told the
South West London and St George's Mental Health (SWLSTG) trust is launching a public consultation to become an NHS foundation trust. NHS chiefs are hoping the SWLSTG will become locally managed and directly accountable to its members if it
Students from a Balham school have added a dash of steel to a special concert at the Royal Festival Hall. Eight pupils from Chestnut Grove School, performed on steel pans at the Jubilation Concert on May 13, which marked the opening of the
Practical outdoor learning and a family focus is the key to success at one Kingston school. Park Hill School and Nursery is set in a large Victorian house nestled in one third of an acre of grounds, a stone’s throw from Richmond Park, all of
Citizens can now get advice online through a new service. As part of the new Citizens Advice consumer service, residents can get top tips on energy bills, used cars and how to deal with dodgy builders via www.adviceguide.org.uk. Tom
A former EastEnders actress is calling on animal lovers to support neglected and homeless pets. Anita Dobson lent her support to the Blue Cross animal charity campaign to raise money by asking people to host a tea party. She said: “I
