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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.

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.

Careless smoking blamed as woman flees Mitcham flat

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:50:32 +0000

A serious fire at a Mitcham flat on Sunday is believed to have been caused by the careless disposal of a cigarette.

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.

Warehouse fire at industrial estate

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:53:07 +0000

An initial investigation into a serious fire at a Mitcham warehouse this morning has indicated the blaze was caused accidentally.

Lights back on for most after Wimbledon power cut

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:45:30 +0000

A power cut that left hundreds of homes in Wimbledon without electricity earlier today has largely been fixed.

Police appeal over missing Kingston girl

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:15:13 +0000

Police are growing increasingly concerned for a 15-year-old girl who disappeared from her Kingston home early this morning.

Workmen blamed for tube station closure

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:22:15 +0000

South Wimbledon tube station has been shut, apparently after a workman’s mistake.

Merton's parking ticket hotspots revealed

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +0000

In barely two months, the new bus lane in Hartfield Road, Wimbledon, has generated more fines than any other traffic enforcement camera or traffic warden in nearly a year.