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  • Man dies in New Malden house fire

    A man has died following a fire at a house in New Malden on Friday night which destroyed 90 per cent of the property. A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said a man was taken to Kingston Hospital from a fire at a house in Van Dyck Avenue but died

  • Antisocial behaviour sees youth club closed

    A youth club in Walton, which was closed after causing a rise in antisocial behaviour, has successfully reopened after a three-week cooling-off period. The Walton Baptist Church in Winchester Road was running an under-17 night every Friday, but regularly

  • John Major in bid to save hospital where he was born

    Former prime minister John Major has backed a campaign to save the place of his birth, St Helier Hospital. In a letter to Tom Brake MP, Mr Major's chief of staff said the ex-PM had "great personal affection" for the hospital and would write to Secretary

  • Pay-up if you pollute

    After several months of consultation and discussion Richmond Council has introduced its groundbreaking CO2 related parking charges. The new scheme came into effect from April 2. In a wide ranging public consultation, 47 per cent of those questioned were

  • Stabbed girl critically ill in hospital

    A 15-year-old girl is in a serious condition in hospital after being stabbed in Streatham on Thursday. Police were called to the stabbing - which is believed to have happened outside Heron Court, Rossendale Road - at about 1.45pm by the London Ambulance

  • Police release CCTV of robbery suspects

    These three men are suspected of robbing a man on a bus in Tooting after accusing him of being in a local street gang and threatening to stab him. The robbery took place on a 155 bus travelling along Upper Tooting Road at about 1pm on Sunday, January

  • Man dies in New Malden house fire

    A man has died following a fire at a house in New Malden on Friday night which destroyed 90 per cent of the property. A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said a man was taken to Kingston Hospital from a fire at a house in Van Dyck Avenue but died

  • Man dies in New Malden house fire

    A man has died following a fire at a house in New Malden on Friday night which destroyed 90 per cent of the property. A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said a man was taken to Kingston Hospital from a fire at a house in Van Dyck Avenue but died

  • Parking blitz targets law-abiding citizens

    Further to your article Road's tight squeeze' (11 April). I find it quite sickening that the newly-elected council have decided to attack decent residents and raise taxes by stealth, attacking people who park partly on the pavement out of sheer common

  • More are paying for TV

    More residents in Croydon are paying for their television licences according to new figures. The borough has moved down the licence dodgers' league of shame, which shows where the highest number of evaders were caught over the past year. Croydon now

  • Man's train suicide

    A man was killed on Tuesday morning after throwing himself in front of a train at Purley station. Witnesses said they saw the man jump in front of the train, around 10.30am. Both lines into the station were closed for about an hour before being reopened