Challenge to 60,000 homes plan

12:20pm Tuesday 6th January 2009

An environmental campaigning group has challenged the government over its plans to build almost 60,000 new homes in Surrey over the next 20 years.

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Renewed hope for Crystal Palace tram

11:39am Tuesday 6th January 2009

Trams may yet come to Crystal Palace after the Mayor of London announced his support for the scheme he previously scrapped.

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Teens hold X Factor-style auditions for girl band

10:30am Tuesday 6th January 2009

Two ambitious teens are hoping to make their dreams of stardom a reality by forming a girl band.

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Croydon's 'Mr Market' dies

6:30am Tuesday 6th January 2009

Bill Lovett, the most well-known market stall holder on Surrey Street, has died aged 87.

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Hospital medics to star in TV documentary

7:50am Tuesday 6th January 2009

Aspiring local surgeons are set to be the stars of a new television documentary.

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Cherie Blair backs Merton knife crime campaign

7:10am Tuesday 6th January 2009

Cherie Blair has lent her support to a local knife crime campaign, praising the initiative as an ideal way to beat the problems of gang violence in a community.

Thieves in £15,000 Sutton hole-in-the-wall raid

10:45am Monday 5th January 2009

Daring thieves stole a safe with £15,000 from Superdrug in Sutton High Street by pulling bricks out of the store’s wall.

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ITV to drop University Boat Race

3:47pm Monday 5th January 2009

ITV has announced that it will not cover the annual Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race after this year’s event.

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