May 8, 2006. Woodland Trust. It's time to shake off the winter blues and put Spring in your step with a visit to a glorious bluebell wood, says the Woodland Trust, the UK's leading woodland conservation charity. Throughout May, more than one hundred
May 5, 2006. HACAN. British Airways has faced a barrage of criticism over its claim that air pollution levels around Heathrow will meet the standards set by the European Union. BA highlights the results of air quality measurements it has taken on
May 5, 2006. National Recycling Awards. Green businesses, organisations and individuals who have gone the extra mile to reduce waste and improve recycling rates in the past 18 months are being urged to enter the National Recycling Awards 2006.
May 4, 2006. Ecover. With ecological and ethical living so high on the news agenda, London Sustainability Week 2006, in association with Ecover, the UK's favourite ecological cleaning brand, (4th and 18th of June) promises to be one of the biggest and
A gang who sold drugs including crack cocaine and heroin on the streets of Croydon has been jailed at Croydon Crown Court. The men were caught by undercover police officers who posed as customers to buy narcotics. Kenneth Perkins, 43, of Brigstock Road
A Croydon company is bringing harmony to churches all over the world with its unique karaoke' machine that can play almost 3,000 hymns and songs. Hymn Technology's new invention means that churches struggling to find a talented organist can still conduct
Addiscombe The Alma Tavern Public House, 127-129 Lower Addiscombe Road, Croydon: use of pub garden as car park for 5 cars. 7 Oval Road, Croydon: use of first floor as one bedroom flat. 45 Bingham Road, Croydon: erection of dormer extension in rear
For the past 14 years, Parkside Cars has been offering value-for-money vehicles at sensible prices and has gained a considerable number of regular repeat customers over that time. It moved to its present location opposite Staines Antiques and the popular
On the first weekend in April, Twickenham Hyundai and Chiswick Suzuki went to Estoril, Portugal, to start their first race of the season in the Radical Challenge 2006 European Championship. The first morning saw the cars hit the track for the first
Tollbar Twickenham is inviting readers to attend an exclusive Volvo S40 event during the weekend of May 6 and May 7. When you arrive, you will be greeted by a fleet of stunning Volvo S40 cars for you to test drive. It will give you the chance to experience
Unless, like me, you’re an unreconstructed car nerd, the ‘Epsilon platform’ probably won’t mean much. It means a lot to the senior suits in General Motors though because this is the vehicle chassis that the Vauxhall Signum, the Saab 9-3 and now this model
Whereas an MPV-style car was once a grudge purchase for the cash-strapped, nowadays there are some very desirable offerings. Honda was probably the first to exploit this with the Stream, a seven-seater that was a genuinely fun pedal. Now SEAT is in on
First impressions were promising. A row of gleaming Lexus vehicles parked in the winter sun outside Rome’s Fiumicino airport all neat proportioning, grown-up detailing, and purposeful stance. Looking for all the world like a Lexus GS that had been to
Normally I’m dead set against lopping the roofs off cars that started out as saloons or coupés. The results are often bodies without adequate torsional stiffness, a problem exacerbated when a 520bhp engine is part of the mix. In the case of the Lamborghini
Few would deny that the Vauxhall Corsa has been sold on its pert good looks. Even the very first 1993 versions still look neat to this day and it must have acted as a genuine temptation for the General Motors designers to come up with a car that was as
It was a long time coming but the wait was worth it. While Volkswagen’s Golf was ruling the roost, engineers at Vauxhall were putting the finishing touches to a car equipped to wield a decisive horsepower advantage against Wolfsburg’s finest. With no
Crystal Palace's hopes of a return to the top flight of English football are hanging by a thread after a 3-0 play-off thrashing. The Eagles were undone by three second half goals at home to Watford on Saturday. Although they started the game brightly
