A damning report into the chaotic nature of Tia Sharp’s family life has been revealed as part of a serious case review into the 12-year-old's murder. Tia Sharp, of Pollards Hill, Mitcham, was murdered in August 2012 at the hands of her grandmother
Over 90 litres of dodgy booze was seized in a series of raids. Trading Standards officers seized the alcohol thanks to tip-offs from the public and police. Seventy-five litres of wine and 15 litres of spirits were taken off shelves in three
A woman was taken to hospital after jumping into the Thames from Kingston bridge early on Saturday morning. Police, including a helicopter, were called to the bridge at 1.39am by the woman’s friend. Paramedics took the woman, believed to be
Met Police manager Jim Cooper says money is doing the talking in the Ryman League, after influential midfielder Ty Smith joined rivals Canvey Island last week. Cooper said Smith, who joined the Met in the summer of 2010, was lured to north Kent
After the success of last year’s event “Love Streatham” is once again putting on a fantastic, free, family fun day on Streatham Common on Saturday 20th July from 1pm until 5pm. Volunteers from nine Streatham churches are joining together under
The leader of Sutton Council said the future of the borough’s healthcare looks "bleak" if plans to axe services are pushed through. Leader Ruth Dombey made the comments at an emergency meeting, on Friday July 12, focused on the council’s plans
Putney High Street is the most polluted road in the borough. Information released by the Mayor of London, following a request from campaign group Clean Air in London (CAL) shows Putney High Street, which often breeches European air pollution laws
An accountant from Tooting Bec is embarking on a 1,500 mile bike ride from London to the Arctic Circle to raise money for a disabled cycling charity. Lynne Medlock, 24, will be setting off from her Tooting Bec home with friend Marie Faithfull,
The good times keep on coming for Crystal Palace after their futsal team were crowned regional champions last week. The Crystal Palace FC Foundation A and B futsal teams were announced as worthy winners of their group at the National Futsal Finals
Nearly a dozen bars and pubs in Epsom and Ewell have won awards for not having any alcohol-related incidents in the last year. In a ceremony at the town hall earlier this month 11 establishments in the borough were officially recognised with the
A proud red-head mum is taking a stand against the bullies tormenting her children for their ginger hair. Bobbie, 8, and Breeze, 7, from Carshalton, are just like any other children except when they visit the park they face a torrent of abuse just
A former Metropolitan Police employee has narrowly avoided jail despite stealing £18,000 from the service. Denise Taylor, 32, from Sporle Court, in Battersea's Winstanley Estate, pinched £18,969.14 from the Metropolitan Police Catering
A girl suffering form type 1 diabetes completed a fund raising walk to raise awareness about the illness. Olivia Williams, 13, from Carshalton Beeches, finished the two mile walk in less than 30 minutes along with her mother, brother and two sisters
Hundreds of people enjoyed a sun-filled village fair packed with entertainment on Saturday. The annual Ewell Village Fair, held in the grounds of Glyn House, in Church Street, Ewell, attracted 800 visitors and raised £12,000 which will go
Hundreds of people enjoyed the 23rd annual Folk and Blues Festival in the sunshine on Saturday. Live music was on offer throughout the day and into the evening and there were performances by Russian dancers and Scottish pipers. As well as a
I was a little surprised by Mr Khan's letter 'Politics should be left out of community events'. I think he gave his allegiances away when he concluded his missive by trying to pour praise upon the local Conservative Councillors; in my view they
A have-a-go-hero has been praised by police for rushing to the aid of a woman who was being robbed by two men on a moped. The 24-year-old woman was sitting at a bus stop on Christchurch Road near the Tandem Centre in Colliers Wood on Wednesday,
A 62-year-old cycling fanatic from Cobham will aim to roll back the years and raise money for charity as he takes part in Britain’s biggest bike race for a generation. Having completed the 160-mile Paris-Roubaix road race three times in his 30s
A recent article on your website about fly tipping in the Sutton area brought to mind a dilemma in my area of Wallington. Some time ago, some rubbish was dumped in a byway behind the back of my house. I e-mailed a local councillor about this
Controversial plans to expand a primary school into a public recreation ground have suffered another setback after objections were reinstated by Sport England. In January Sport England gave ‘conditional approval’ to a plan to expand Dundonald Primary
A spate of wheeled bin fires in Carshalton has prompted police to call for vigilance from residents. More than 12 incidents have been reported to police over the last three weeks, and have mostly been happening after 10pm. The most recent reports
A woman jumped for joy when her husband won a bracelet through the Epsom Guardian’s Vibe competition. Pawel Mojzuk, 35, from Pelman Way, Epsom, won the Pandora bracelet for his wife Ella after Vibe teamed up with the international jewellery brand
A New York newspaper has taken speculation about the mystery ‘hobby house’ in Epsom to a new level, by making the ridiculous suggestion that it might contain radioactive uranium. McCann’s estate agents, based in Epsom High Street, put up a listing
Police are looking for more information after a man performed an indecent act in front of woman on a train. British Transport Police detectives are appealing for more information after the man performed the act on a train between East Croydon and
The proposal to change the occupancy of one bedroom retirement flats to housing homeless families of mixed backgrounds in Gillett Road can not be right. To make matters worse, apart from these flats being only one bedroom, the garden is also shared
Esher’s chairman of rugby John Inverdale is hopeful that the club will have a new head coach in place by Monday. The Molesey Road outfit have been conducting interviews since former coach Ollie Smith stepped down suddenly last month citing concerns
Garsons Farm holds its annual good food weekend this Saturday and Sunday. The event, at the farm shop in Winterdown road, Esher, will host regional and speciality food producers. The fair is open 10am to 5pm on Saturday, July 20 and 11am to
A gang has been jailed after raiding department stores across the home counties and using stolen sports luxury cars to make their getaways. Brothers Daniel, George and Chris Ashman and their friend Dean Baldwin stole goods, cash and vouchers worth
Sutton United’s new striker Jamie Taylor will be out of action for up to two weeks after damaging ankle ligaments in Friday’s pre-season friendly against Arsenal. And there was further disappointment for United boss Paul Doswell when Marvin Williams
Firefighters were called to a New Malden house yesterday evening. Smoke was reported to be coming from the roof of the house, in Gooding Close, at about 5pm. Firefighters said it was caused by burned food. The incident was dealt with in
This cocktail is a delicious and beautiful drink to get the party started. The flavours of summer - strawberry, elderflower and mint - add sweetness and colour to fizzy, dry Prosecco and the slight bitterness of Campari. Serve this cocktail in
Youngsters were congratulated for their spelling efforts last week after reaching a national final. Kieran Rehal, Akash Gupta, and Karim Damji from Wilson's school in Wallington, just missed out on a place in the top four of the International foreign
School pupils raised hundreds of pounds for a guide dog charity by holding a 'mufti day'. Students at Royal Russell School in Shirley made £764 for the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association by paying for the privelege
Since I began writing my weekly Nature Notes column nineteen years ago, there have been many changes in the natural world, some subtle, some dramatic, a few welcome but many of major concern. Some of the problems involve invasive destructive species
Sutton United boss Paul Doswell said Harry Beautyman will not be playing at Gander Green Lane next season as the midfielder continues his search for football at a higher level. The 21-year-old played for Barnet at the weekend, and trained with
Three people were taken to hospital following a crash in South Croydon yesterday evening. Emergency services were called to Croham Road at 8.20pm on Sunday July 14 to reports of a head on collision between two cars. One man had to be cut out
By James Toney Croydon’s James Dasaolu did not leave Birmingham with a national title – but he left having firmly established himself among the world’s top sprinters. Dasaolu has been threatening to do something special for some time and he
The QPR elite development squad were at the Beveree on Friday night, and dish out a 4-0 beating to give an experimental Beavers team a glimpse of the standard of play that they need to aim for in the coming Ryman Premier season. QPR kicked off
The glorious summer weather is set to continue after forecasts predicted yet another week of almost unbroken sunshine and high temperatures. Saturday was the UK's hottest day of 2013 after the temperature recorded at Heathrow reached 30.8 degrees
The London Broncos U16s returned from a 12-day tour of Perpignan and the Catalan region with a double victory under their belt. A 20-4 and 34-25 win over the Ambition Dragons – a Catalan scholarship team – had head of youth performance Phil Jones
Heathrow should be bought by the Government, bulldozed, and turned into a new London borough for 250,000 people, Boris Johnson will argue today. As the debate over airport expansion intensifies this week, the Mayor of London will outline plans
The Mark Wrights, Lucy Watsons and Ollie Lockes of Surrey will be heading to Weybridge to audition for a new Surrey-based reality TV series. Producers of Surrey Hills will be holding a casting session at Red Bar, Queens Road, for reality TV hopefuls
A lot of cliché-peddlers out there enjoy the phrase "a week's a long time in football". But those tired phrase-repeaters are underselling it. They’re obviously not considering the long, vacant summer months. A week feels like eternity, and
Belgrave Harriers Dwain Chambers claimed his seventh national 100m title in the sweltering heat of Birmingham Alexander Stadium track on Saturday to book his place in the British team for next month’s IAAF world championships. The 35-year-old was
If you love listening to music in a park in summer, and have been quietly crying into your beer over the loss of three major local events recently, then here is something to put a smile back on your face. Now in its 16th year, Music in Nork Park
Work on a £10m project to build a new state-of-the-art care centre on the site of the former Nelson Hospital has begun. The three storey Local Care Centre (LCC) will finally see the former Nelson Hospital in Kingston Road redeveloped into a modern
The grieving family of a heroic policeman who risked his life to save children from a joyrider, but later died from an overdose of painkillers could still qualify for compensation. Keith Gray, 40, died an accidental death from pain-killers and
A Surbiton headteacher said he was not “kept in the loop” about a needle exchange for drug addicts which was put next door to his new primary school. Liberal Democrat councillors faced an onslaught of angry parents and teachers, who claimed the
Dog attacks have left the borough's posties with injuries 14 times in the last four years, it can be revealed. Injuries Sutton's postmen and women have sustained due to dog attacks include bites to hands, shins and even their torsos. The Royal
A Weybridge company has had to pay out more than £17,000 after a length of scaffolding collapsed on a busy London street in the middle of the day. Alliance Building and Contracting ltd, which was based in Monument Hill, was the main contractor
Chessington councillor Margaret Thompson has been appointed Kingston Council's new lead member for children. She will replace coun Liz Green as lead member for the newly-named Children’s Health & Wellbeing portfolio. Coun Green was elected
A crossword lover who always dreamed of arriving at her funeral in a carriage drawn by black horses has been remembered by her family. Betty Florence King, known as Bett, died on June 22, aged 87. She was born in Teddington in 1926 and when
A budding cricketer has been praised for being an Outstanding Young Leader. Priya Wadher, 16, from Wallington, was recognised for her contributions and dedication to national inner-city cricket project, StreetChance. Priya Wadher was presented
Croydon will be officially appointed a 'Heart Town' this week as it signs up to fight Britain's biggest killer. The borough will become the ninth in London to link up with the British Heart Foundation (BHF) to launch a two-year campaign promoting
