Archive

  • Young Reporter: Generation Stress

    With mock exams for GCSE and post-16 students prevailing, it’s probably starting to hit home that exams are only a matter of months away. Similar to previous years, the stress levels are rising at this time of year for teenagers all over the UK.

  • Young Reporter: 1000's of Jobs Advertised at Westfield

    During Friday 6th and Saturday 7th of February, Westfield, White City, held an event sponsored by PWC (PricewaterhouseCoopers), a multinational professional services network, called the London Job show showcasing 1000’s of job opportunities. The event

  • Mood v.s Weather

                                                                                       Mina Lozano Buenrostro                                                                                    27-02-15                              Mood vs. Weather

  • Young Reporter: Petrified teenager pursued on public transport

    On the 21st February, a 16-year-old girl was confronted by a stranger on the 109 bus to Brixton Station, who then followed her as she made her way to “a friend’s house”. The teenager, who prefers not to be named, said that the experience “made [her

  • Young Reporter: Most Successful Vault London in History

    On Sunday 22nd February Allan Williams  (British Team Coach and England Athletics National Coach Mentor) held a very successful ‘Vault London’ pole vaulting competition at The David Weir Leisure Centre in Sutton. It was the final part of the Vault

  • Young Reporter: Limiting Word Limits

    I sit at my computer, staring at the screen in desperation. My English coursework is one hundred words over the word limit, and I’m going to have to make some serious cutbacks before I hand it in. It seems like a silly thing to worry about - completing

  • Young Reporter - Free Entertainment: Closer Than You Think

    Quality entertainment is well and truly closer than you think. Instead of staying at home or being inactive, two quick trains to Waterloo can provide you with fresh air as well as seeing what is happening at the Southbank. I made this quick and

  • Young Reporter: When in Wales

    On the 22nd of February, a selection of "Highly Achieving Highly Skilled" students from year 10 and year 11 at Raynes Park High School were taken on an incredible trio to the national park Snowdonia in Wales, for a three day trip. I was lucky enough

  • Young Reporter: Fear Climbing

    Trying new things is challenging, especially when you're someone like me who fears almost everything. I recently climbed Mount Snowdon, and I have to say it is one of the most incredible but at the same time terrifying experience of my life. Although

  • Young Reporter: Attempted Burglary in Sutton

    In the early hours of Saturday the 21st of February an attempted burglary occurred at my family’s house in Sutton. All doors were damaged; two broken beyond repair and the other repairable. Our small, incredibly protective dog whined and barked

  • Young Reporter- Former MI5 agent's secret weapons stash

    Former MI5 agent’s secret weapons stash Firearms and ammunition were found at a Twickenham house that belonged to Eileen Burgoyne. On Tuesday, February 17, Grimwood road was evacuated as the police claim to have found the previous day ‘a quantity

  • Young Reporter- Zoos, cadges or conservation efforts?

    27th April 1828. The world’s first scientific zoo is opened in London. 2014. 1,294,483 visitors pass though the same zoo’s gates. Why does this old-fashioned past time of viewing cadged animals still entertain so many? I decided to visit ZSL’s London

  • Young Reporter: CERN A Day to Remember

    As a sixth form student attending Ursuline High School, Wimbledon, I am given the opportunity to experience countless aspects of life, my most recent being the chance to visit the incredible scientific organisation known to the general public as CERN.

  • Young Reporter: Who actually votes?

    The date of Thursday 7 May 2015 is nearly upon us. People 18 and over can vote by going to a polling station or by posting it. It’s that simple! However, more and more people aren’t voting to elect the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom.  

  • Young Reporter: Why single sex schools are AWESOME!

    Since the age of nine, I have attended Croydon High School (an independent day school for girls aged 2-18). Having moved from a mixed school to a single school, it took some time to adapt! However, looking back, it was the best decision I ever made

  • Young Reporter: Gumley Confucius classroom hosts Chinese meeting

    Thursday the 27th of February seen Gumleys’ seven mandarin A level students meet with representatives from various local primary schools to discuss their chinese learning. The seven girls attended the meeting alongside the secondary schools’ head teacher

  • Afternoon moon

    The moon is usually associated with night but it was floating in the blue sky over Croydon this afternoon. Have a good weekend...

  • AFC Wimbledon: Dons legend relishing Kingsmeadow return

    When Dons legend Terry Brown walks out to the dugout on his return to Kingsmeadow tomorrow he will be forgiven if he takes a seat in the home dugout. Margate boss Brown brings his Ryman Premier League promotion-chasing big-spenders to the ground

  • Young Reporter: Killer Queen's

    After running in the West End for over 12 years, it’s no wonder that Wallington Girls chose ‘We Will Rock You’ as their preferred performance this February. With a unique twist on a utopian future, the musical effortlessly combined charisma with the

  • Letter to the Editor: Parking pain

    Yesterday morning I went to the Westcroft leisure centre to take part in an exercise class. I parked in what I thought was a space, but when I went back to my car I had a parking ticket. What looked like a space did not have a white line drawn out so,

  • Teenager jailed for robbing two schoolboys in underpass

    A teenager has been jailed for nearly three years for robbing two schoolboys in an underpass. Gerome Ijoyah, 18, of Miller Road, Waddon, punched one boy repeatedly in the face before stealing his friend's mountain bike in Croydon on October 15

  • Hockey, Title is gone for Epsom, says skipper

    Epsom hockey skipper James Midmer has thrown in the towel on any hopes of promotion, but he remains positive going forward. The side are third in the Hants/Surrey Regional Division One, 12 points behind leaders Winchester and seven behind second

  • Young Reporter: Lights, Camera, Action!

    Lights, Camera, ACTION! St Philomena’s phenomenal performance of ‘Annie’ was a complete success. The yearly school production was, as always, incredible as this year the heart-warming play ‘Annie’ was performed by the girls at St Philomena’s High

  • Esher: Es are committed to Championship return

    Esher’s board of directors will meet in the next few weeks to hammer out a long term plan to establish the club as a sustainable force in the Championship. The Molesey Road men were relegated from the second tier of English rugby in 2012 and are

  • Hampton & Richmond: Moone likes look of hotshot Calvin

    Hampton & Richmond Borough new boy Jamie Calvin marked his Beavers Ryman Premier League debut with a goal and left striker partner Charlie Moone drooling. Calvin, who impressed boss Alan Dowson on trial in a 1-1 draw with a Brentford development

  • Kingstonian: Rival boss Brown understands Tolfrey's meltdown

    Former AFC Wimbledon boss Terry Brown has some sympathy for Rob Tolfrey even though he stands to gain from the Ks keeper’s Monday meltdown. The Dons legend brings his Margate side to Kingsmeadow on Saturday looking to take advantage of a club in

  • Robins best Eagles in Surrey County Cup semi-final

    Some of the borough’s finest female footballers went toe-to-toe in the semi-final of the Surrey County Cup in a rain-soaked borough derby. Surrey Eagles FC, who train in Rose Hill, played Carshalton Athletic Ladies on Sunday, February 22, at the