Archive

  • Young Reporter: A Vision for Vision

    On Monday 19th January, Sutton High School in Surrey had a charity fair to raise money for a company that the school supports called Lions Blind Girls School. The Lions Blind Girls School was established 24 years ago in Vadodara, India. Initially

  • Young Reporter: NCS: The Challenge- Summer Programme

    Two weeks ago speakers from NCS The Challenge came in to Sutton High School to speak to year eleven and twelve students about the opportunities they had to offer for the fifteen to seventeen-year-olds to experience in the summer. This programme aims

  • Young Reporter: Is Fame Good?

      Young Reporter: Is Fame Good? Who knows Alex from Target? Alex from target is a perfect example of someone had fame but did not necessarily enjoy it. It all started on an ordinary day in Target. Target is a supermarket chain in the

  • Young Reporter: GCSE Choices: Keeping Their Options Open?

    You need to know what you want to do in life so you can pick the right GCSE subjects, right? Well, yes... but no as well. A complicated formula of heart and head can be the only way to arriving at the famously stressful decision for Year 9 students

  • Young Reporter: Pre-public Exam Preperations

    It's almost that time of the year again. Pre public exams, every teenagers worst nightmare. With it being so close to sitting our GCSE's, time needed to improve our grades is something we no longer have. The fear of failing overtakes our lives and

  • Young Reporter- 54 year old dies after being hit by a train

    54 year old dies after being hit by a train. During the early hours of the 27th of January, a man died after being hit by a train in the South West of London. Paramedics were called to Hampton Wick station at 7:36am. However, they were not

  • Attempted armed robbery in Worcester Park

    A man hunt is underway following an attempted armed robbery in Worcester Park, today, January 29. The attempted heist took place at the Central Road branch of Halifax at about 4.20pm, Sutton police has said. According to officers the suspect

  • Young Reporter: Bus Strikes Strike Again!

    On 13th January, the bus strikes affected all operators in London, leading to severely reduced services. The strike lasted for 24 hours on Tuesday and ended at midnight. The strike did have affect on myself as I had no option but to be dropped

  • Young Reporter - Book The Boutique

    The Hair Boutique is the latest hair salon to open in Worcester Park.  The owner, Emma Anderson previously worked in the hair salon “Accacia”. Last April, when the owner was selling the space, Emma believed that there was a gap in the current market

  • Snowflakes fall in Sutton during afternoon showers

    Flurries of snowflakes were seen falling in the town centre this afternoon. The brief snowfall was seen by office workers based next to Sutton station and lasted just a couple of minutes. People across the borough took to social media to express

  • Surbiton man arrested in HMRC investigation of £50m fraud

    A Surbiton man has been arrested on suspicion of money laundering, as part of a multimillion-pound alcohol and VAT fraud. The 36-year-old is one of 11 men arrested yesterday after revenue officers searched homes and businesses in London, Surrey

  • Police appeal for missing teenager with links to Kingston

    Police are appealing for information to find missing teenager Katrena Welio. The 14-year-old from Shrewsbury, Shropshire who was last seen on December 17 is believed to have links to Kingston, Lewisham, Greenwich and Southwark. She was last

  • The nasty weather is sweeping in...

    The weather forecast is predicting sleet and even some snow for London tonight. The first traces of foul weather are sweeping in from the west... Who knows what the night may bring... Keep warm...

  • Stormzy solo show sells out in four minutes

    Stormzy fans are begging him to schedule more dates after tickets for his first headline show sold out in four minutes. The Thornton Heath rapper and grime artist has gained a massive following in recent weeks with his track Where Do You Know

  • Letter to the Editor: Whatever happened to those German lads?

    On Holocaust Anniversary Day my thoughts went back to 1938, the year before World War II. Sutton had opened its doors to young Jewish refugees whose parents had managed to send them out of Germany to safety. I was 16 and a girl guide with 3rd Sutton

  • Letter to the Editor: Street SOS

    I live on the Roundshaw housing estate in Wallington. I see that Saint Elphege’s School is to further expand, and if this does go ahead, the bus route through the estate will come to a complete standstill. As it is, for the past four years, the

  • Croydon schools' grades suffer in 'nonsense' league tables

    Far fewer Croydon students hit the top grades in last year's GCSE exams, official league tables showed today. But the results have been branded "nonsense" by private schools because of a controversial change in which qualifications are recognised

  • Thames Water issues apology over Tolworth river of poo

    A family were left to live with a river of human faeces in their back garden for a week before it was cleared up. A relatively simple job to clear a blocked sewage pipe turned into a seven day ordeal for Javed Rafiq and his family, who live in

  • Young Reporter: TTIP: What are they hiding?

    Have you heard about TTIP? If not, don't worry; they don't want you to. The Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership is a series of trade agreements primarily negotiated and decided in secrecy. TTIP is a bi-lateral trade agreement, therefore

  • Work begins on shopping centre renovation

    The redevelopment of Times Square shopping centre is under way, aiming to refurbish the 30-year old shopping centre. The new owner, Lumina Real Estate Capital, is planning a “major strip out” to transform the small commercial units within the centre

  • Free comedy night launches in the restaurant quarter

    South End has established itself as Croydon’s restaurant quarter, but Half and Half Lounge Bar is attempting to expand that reputation to making it the place to be on a Saturday night. The seven-year-old venue, half way between East and South Croydon

  • Suspected cannabis factory smashed in early morning raids

    A suspected cannabis factory was raided during one of two 6am drug raids on the Roundshaw Estate today, January 29. Officers from Sutton police forced their way into a home in Vickers Close, Wallington, and found the suspected drugs den in the

  • Picture them while you can...

    Gas holders are apparently vanishing from Britain's skylines. Although they were not designed to be things of beauty, their designs can be interesting to photograph and there are moments when they stand out in a cityscape. I don't know if these monster

  • Title fight: Boylan’s in the right place

    Carshalton boxer Ricky Boylan says he is much better mentally prepared for his second shot at the English super lightweight title. The 26-year-old, pictured, faces Tommy Martin on Saturday night at the O2 Arena for the vacant belt, after losing

  • Police appeal over South Croydon hit-and-run

    Police have appealed for witnesses to a hit-and-run collision in South Croydon that left a 49-year-old pedestrian with a broken pelvis. The woman was knocked down by a car in Brighton Road at 11.30pm on Saturday.  She was taken to a south London