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Proportionate sentencing

Mon, 05 Sep 2011 08:29:46 +0100

I am writing in reply to a letter published in last week's Guardian, in which Mr Hughes of Sutton complained about the comments made by Tom Brake MP regarding the disproportionately harsh punishments handed out in some cases in connection with last month's riots.

Proportionate sentencing

Mon, 05 Sep 2011 07:41:08 +0100

Council's paper is self-applauding

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 08:33:44 +0000

They claim to have asked the residents for their views and trumpet the fact that they received 700 responses.

Wallington work is waste of money

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 08:23:53 +0000

How strange that come the end of the financial year the council instigate work repaving large sections of the pavement in Woodcote Road (Wallington High Street).

Good call to cut housing numbers

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 08:25:44 +0000

Developers hope to build nearly eight hundred homes on the old Felnex estate off London Road in a project which was once hailed as 'Sustainable Hackbridge'.

Thanks for generosity in Sutton

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 08:26:44 +0000

The six Rotary Clubs in Sutton thank the public who over the last two weekends have generously donated over £640 to Rotary’s international project “Thanks for Life”.

Car parking fees continue to rise

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 08:32:24 +0000

The cost of parking outside my house has gone up 83 per cent in three years.

Footpath near pond should be removed

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 08:21:28 +0000

The pond railing opposite the Greyhound pub have been awaiting repair for months and the temporary ones have been pushed over.

Police numbers in London...

Tue, 08 Mar 2011 13:44:04 +0000

There is confusion about the number of police officers in the capital...

Academy status will not help our schools

Mon, 07 Mar 2011 16:55:41 +0000

As has been well reported in the Sutton Guardian, all of the secondary schools within the Borough are considering converting to academy status. It was announced in last week’s edition that the schools are now beginning a consultation process (this public announcement took the form of a single paragraph in a sidebar). I believe that there is a great deal of concern over the potential conversion of our entire secondary education sector, and that these concerns are justified.