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Police catch train phone thief caught on camera

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:08:27 +0000

UPDATE: A man filmed stealing a mobile phone on a train and posing for pictures with his ill-gotten fare has been cautioned and fined by police.

Queen to visit Merton as part of Jubilee tour

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:42:21 +0000

The Queen is coming to Merton in May as part of her nationwide tour to celebrate her Diamond Jubilee.

Doctors clash with MP over hospital merger collapse

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:27:07 +0000

Sutton and Merton GPs have said Mitcham and Morden MP Siobhain McDonagh is wrong to accuse them of undermining a failed bid to merge St Helier and St George's Hospitals.

'Rink will not meet standards', skating bosses claim

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:43:19 +0000

A Streatham ice rink which was on track to becoming a centre of excellence for skaters across Europe will not be good enough to host top competitions, it has been claimed.

Fifty years apart fails to halt true love

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:53:36 +0000

A pensioner who married his long-lost childhood sweetheart after nearly half a century apart said it is never too late to find true love.

Smiley Culture helped recruit women to traffic drugs

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:44:57 +0000

Deceased reggae star Smiley Culture was instrumental in recruiting women from Croydon to traffic drugs for distribution in the UK, a court heard on Monday.

Reward offered on anniversary of Croydon murder

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:26:19 +0000

Police are offering a £20,000 reward for fresh information on the murder of Mark Corcoran, who was killed on Valentine’s Day two years ago.

Crystal Palace concert planned to repair riot damage

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:40:34 +0000

Communities from five London boroughs are being invited to a peace concert, which its organiser hope will repair some of the damage caused during the August riots.

Mitcham truants to be rounded up by school bus

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:56:24 +0000

A school bus from Mitcham's Harris Academy Merton will visit the homes of students who have not turned up for school and take them to lessons if needed.

Strictly star opens Croydon dance studio

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:30:00 +0000

Strictly Come Dancing star Matthew Cutler and top dancer and instructor Enrico Stey will teach classes personally at a newly-opened Croydon studio.