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  • Talented Mr Ripley joins Esher's Trophy challenge

    Unbeaten Esher are expected to hand a first team debut to Marcus Ripley in their EDF Energy National Trophy clash with Redruth. Marcus, the son of former England number eight Andy Ripley, has impressed at lock for Esher's second team and in the Guinness

  • Dulwich Hamlet 1 Kingstonian 0

    Twas Dickson with the twinkling toes Did lead the Kingston men astray And with a surge of power and grace Did deftly tuck the ball away A solitary goal from the league's leading scorer, a defence locked tight against a late onslaught from struggling

  • Calendar girls make it a year to remember

    What's the point of all that dieting and exercise if you can't show off the fruits of your labour once in a while? Members of the Rosemary Conley diet and fitness clubs from Esher and Thames Ditton took their cue from the film Calendar Girls and stripped

  • Regulations hamper business

    Independent traders in Weybridge and Walton are hoping for a bumper Christmas this year after complaining that business has been hampered by over-zealous traffic wardens and draconian parking regulations. Peter Myson, managing director of Pen and Cob

  • Man jailed after brutal axe attack

    A father-of-three who attacked a Walton man with an axe after his wife confessed to an affair has been jailed for 21 months. Joao Nunes, 32, was sentenced at Guildford Crown Court on November 24 where he pleaded guilty to one count of common assault

  • Missing woman found

    A woman missing from her residential care home has been found safe and well. Police had been appealing for information to help find 41-year-old Jane Weir who had disappeared from her Birdhurst Rise home on Saturday. But officers said today that she

  • Teenage motorcyclist dies after road accident

    A 17-year-old motorcyclist has died after being in a road accident. Police are appealing for witnesses to the accident which took place on Sunday at around 8.20pm on the A23 Brighton Road near the junction with Milestone Drive. The motorcyclist, who

  • No to Sally Anne plaque

    It was with relief we read in the Croydon Guardian that Croydon Council had listened to the residents of Blenheim Crescent and refused Linda Bowman the right to have a permanent plaque at the place where her daughter was killed. Our daughter lives in

  • Fewer booze-bruised

    The number of booze-related injuries in Croydon town centre has fallen since the introduction of new drinking laws, new figures show. Ambulance crews were called out more than 100 times less - the largest reduction in calls to the emergency service in