A gay barman who was brutally murdered will be remembered with a memorial on Clapham Common. Hundreds of bulbs and flowers will be planted on the spot where 6ft 4in Jody Dobrowski was beaten to death in a homophobic attack in October 2005. Unemployed
Richard Stannard representing Belgrave Harriers won for the 11th time, and for the fourth successive week in a time of 15:34 equalling his personal best. David Symons of Thames Hare & Hounds and Peter Edmondson of Tipton Harriers fought it out for second
Surrey's Jon Batty believes the England wicketkeeper slot is up for grabs this season, even though Paul Nixon has impressed at the World Cup. The 33-year-old Clapham-based star believes a rush of runs in the opening weeks of the season would catch the
A New Addington mum has appeared in court after police allegedly found more than 100 rounds of live ammunition in a Tesco bag on her mantelpiece. Melissa Morgan, 19, was arrested after armed officers raided her home in Lodge Lane, New Addington, Surrey
A bungling thief who was caught stealing a jet engine claimed he thought he was taking air conditioning units. Father-of-three Mark Cooper, 37, described by his lawyer Oliver Saxby as having limited intelligence, carried out the theft with Rodney Matthews
The earliest Selsdon High pupils will be able to return to the classroom following a Legionnaire's scare at a nearby sports hall is Monday. Traces of the legionella bacteria were discovered at the Monks Hill Sports Centre which gets its water services
Registrars in Croydon report an average of three suspected sham marriages a month to immigration officials, it has been revealed. However, it is thought that as many as two suspected shams were being reported every day in London boroughs before immigration
Tooting & Mitcham United secured the second part of a possible treble last night after defeating Ryman Premier high-fliers Bromley in the London Senior Cup final. Paul Vines' hat trick - which took his season's tally to 40 - and an Eben Allen free kick
Local artists have been showing their crafty side at a new exhibition at the Riverhouse in Walton. The Maker's Art showcases the wares of the north Surrey region of the Society of Designer Craftsmen. It features eight local designers from various disciplines
NEC Harlequins make two changes to the team that started against Saracens a fortnight ago (Sunday 15th April) for their final Guinness Premiership game of the season against Sale Sharks at the Twickenham Stoop tomorrow (Saturday 28th April), kick-off
St John Ambulance is to hold its annual Breath of Life event on April 28, offering free life-saving training to people of all ages in Weybridge. The half-hour first aid course covers topics such as assessing a casualty, putting them safely in the recovery
Kevin Davis, prospective parliamentary candidate for Kingston and Surbiton, has made an appeal to move Esher, Hersham, Hinchley Wood and Claygate stations into travel zone six to combat parking chaos in his area. Passengers in these areas, he said, have
Annie-Grace Smith, a 16-year-old singer and songwriter from East Molesey, has secured a place in the National Final of Live and Unsigned South Coast Idol. The final, to be held at the Portsmouth Guildhall on Saturday, May 26, expects an audience of over
A date has been set for the planning inquiry which will determine which development will be built on Croydon's Gateway site. Croydon Council has said it will maintain its staunch support of Arrowcroft's scheme to build an arena on the 12.4 acre site
Police are appealing for witnesses after a 28-year-old man died after his car was in collision with a bus. The green Volkswagon Golf was in collision with a T31 bus, which was travelling in the opposite direction, shortly after 9pm last night near the
AFC Wimbledon have received a massive boost ahead of tomorrow's crunch clash against East Thurrock United with Antony Howard returning to the first team squad. Howard has recovered well enough from a calf injury he sustained in the 1-0 victory over Folkestone
Croydon has an appalling record with regard to the provision of affordable public swimming pools. In the mid to late 70s the Scarbrook Road baths were demolished and we were promised a new pool within 18 months; we're still waiting. The very popular
A man from South Croydon says he has temporarily given up his dream of installing a solar-powered hot water system in his his home - because of diminishing Government grants to fund the eco-friendly project. Mike Farnell lives in the Gallop off Croham
Pupils and teachers in Croydon are being encouraged to recycle their old mobile phones to raise cash for their school. The Fones4Schools recycling campaign enables schools to receive unlimited donations of £300 for every 200 redundant mobile phones they
More than 200 young people descended on the borough earlier this month to take part in a Football for Fun day organised by Kick London Croydon. The successful event was held at the Croydon Sports Club and was part of a community scheme which provides
Vulnerable children will not have their travel support withdrawn following a review of the council's home to school travel support policy. However, some pupils' travel support could be revised or even stopped from next September. More than 800 young
Six weeks ago 22-year-old James Vince could only dream of setting up his own business. Now he is living his dream after attending a Croydon Enterprise workshop tailored for people just like him. James graduated with a graphic design degree from Warwick
A member of Croydon's Green Party has labelled the provision of kerbside recycling in the borough "a postcard lottery", after an expansion of the service was announced this month. Shasha Khan said the system was being used as an electioneering tool in
Fifteen people were evacuated from the St Margaret's Tesco Express store as smoke billowed from its plant room about 12.30pm. Fortunately, the 30 children in the Gymboree nursery and toyshop next door had left half an hour before smoke started coming
Staff from the Royal Bank of Scotland in Croydon had cause for celebration recently, when their new modern branch was finally unveiled to them. The branch, formerly situated in Park Street, was relocated to North End following the approval of the Park
Spectators who watched British wrestling favourites Big Daddy and Giant Haystacks battle it out at Fairfield Halls during the 1970s and 1980s are being urged to come forward. Anyone who sat ringside during the golden era of British wrestling - filmed
A schoolgirl who was catapulted from her father's car as a result of a crash when she was a toddler won more than £1million damages at the High Court today. Charlotte Downing, of Woodcote Drive, Purley, Surrey, suffered brain damage and lost her left
Asking if a doctor with lots of letters after their name have washed their hands may not seem like the easiest thing to do. But staff at Mayday Hospital say that is the key to combating the infections and deadly hospital superbugs. "We rely on patients
A fundraising evening for the Down's Syndrome Association is due to take place in South Norwood this week. The event, to be held at Stanley Halls in South Norwood Hill on Friday, April 27, has been organised for women to "relax, be entertained, encouraged
A schoolgirl who was catapulted from her father's car as a result of a crash when she was a toddler won more than £1million damages at the High Court today. Charlotte Downing, of Woodcote Drive, Purley, Surrey, suffered brain damage and lost her left
Abbey Hill Millennium Wood, next to Abbey Hill Park, Hurst Road, Sidcup, will host a free woodland fun day on May 12. Learn how to willow weave, make homes for mini beasts and take part in many other fun activities. The event runs from 11am to 3pm.
The public inquiry into plans by logistics company ProLogis to build a giant rail freight depot on Green Belt land in Slade Green started on April 24. It is expected to last six weeks and will meet from Tuesday to Friday each week at 10am at the Marriott
Anyone interested in the new Three Rs - reducing, reusing and recycling - can find out more about what Bexley is doing by joining the council's waste minimisation and recycling focus group. The group meets four times a year at Crayford town hall, Crayford
Bexley Federation of Allotment and Leisure Gardeners is the umbrella group for the borough's gardeners. The group, which has been running for more than 60 years, represents gardeners' interests and acts as an advisor to Bexley Council. It promotes the
Thieves have made off with £72,000 worth of jewellery left in a parked car in Sunbury. The haul - which includes an antique white gold Rolex studded with diamonds, a gold and diamond bracelet worth £2,200, a £750 white gold and black diamond ring and
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Victoria and David Beckham are angry with fashion house Ralph Lauren for using pictures of their sons to promote its Wimbledon blazers. Brooklyn, 8, and Romeo, 4, were snapped wearing the designer jackets at the christening of Geri Halliwell's daughter
Croydon's civil servants quizzed local politicians last week as part of a union campaign to defend jobs and services. About 150 people attended the meeting at the Fairfield Hotel on April 18. Mark Serwotka said that in Croydon hundreds of staff were
I want to urge all your readers who do not currently hold an Oyster card to be the first to take advantage of the Mayor of London's free Oyster card giveaway. About 100,000 Oyster cards are available free on a first-come-first-served basis - with the
I'd like to assure your readers, particularly those in Lambeth, of continuing access to civil and family legal aid services. Despite the claims by some campaigning solicitors reported in a national newspaper, the high number of law firms and advice agencies
I want to see Lambeth Council take tough action to tackle the drugs trade in Streatham. Labour councillors are discussing a number of proposals but I'm interested in your readers' views. The trade in drugs sustains the gangs whose members carry guns
Knives, hot liquids, tempers and deadlines - throw teenagers into the mix and you might expect fireworks. Yet this recipe has been serving up delicious food at bargain prices for over 25 years, and so far the only things exploding are taste buds. It's
Are there any readers who can help me with any information regarding a house fire in 1956? After a day out visiting relatives, my mother, sister, brother and myself returned home to 11 Lyndon Avenue, Wallington, to find the house totally destroyed by
Just a letter to thank the Beverley Public House for raising £93. Donations were through an Easter raffle which they ran. Also other donations from other clubs, pubs and shops - we thank them as well. JENNY AND BARRY Radio Marsden Fundraisers and
May I just say a big thank you' not only to the editor for printing my letter about the launch of the Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association last year, but to the readers as well. The response has been nothing less than fantastic. We have had ex-RN
This cat has been living in my garden for about five weeks on and off. His ginger fur is hanging off his back, he does not seem in pain. He is not over-friendly but I don't think he is feral. I had the RSPCA officer down to see him. All he could say
At the risk of being labelled pedantic, the vintage 157 bus pictured in the April 19 issue is not a routemaster, but the RM's predecessor, an RT. COLIN BAKER Sutton Grove Sutton
I have just spent a few days in Vienna where the streets are spotless and the people proud in their appearance and environment and then there's stinking, litter-strewn Sutton High Street and surrounds which seem to be full of slobbish people with no pride
We are delighted that the strategy committee agreed on April 16 not to proceed with the proposal to rebuild Stanley Park High School on Stanley Road Allotments. However, many objectors to the proposal agree with us that the allotment site should have
Following your lead letter (Bad behaviour on public transport just gets worse) your correspondent, Colin Peacock, will be pleased to know that our MP for Sutton and Cheam, Paul Burstow, has (following the letter from this association regarding Oyster
Thirty years ago, April 24, 1977, was an important date for residents of Carshalton-on-the-Hill and parts of Carshalton Beeches, for on this date bus route 154 was permanently diverted from its Boundary Road, Park Lane and Ruskin Road route, to run the
I would like to say a thank you, through your columns, to everyone involved in putting on the Sutton Vintage Bus Running Day. I spent a remarkable and very happy day roaming the borough on, and snapping, many magnificently preserved vehicles while chatting
Croydon police launched its Safer Transport Team to reduce crime and antisocial behaviour on public transport last Friday. Led by Sergeant Steve Brennan, 18 new police community support officers (PCSOs), at least two sergeants and a police constable,
Sainsbury's will give seven million free re-usable shopping bags to customers on Friday, April 27. All disposable carrier bags will be removed from the checkouts during the day, and Bags for Life, made entirely from recycled materials, will be given
Squatters used a derelict bowling alley to host an illegal rave on Saturday night. They entered the boarded up Megabowl building in Streatham Hill through a side door and revellers were charged £5 each to go in. Some partygoers learned of the rave from
A Wimbledon club which gets youngsters face to face with nature has been honoured with an award. The Wimbledon Common Wildlife Watch Club has been highly commended in the Wildlife Watch Group of the Year 2007 competition. The club for eight to 14-year-olds
GreenSpace, the parks charity, has launched GreenSTAT, the first ever national online satisfaction survey of Britain's parks. This study is the nation's biggest ever research project devoted to the role that parks play within communities across the country
Merton is tackling its waste cutting targets by joining forces with three neighbouring London boroughs. Croydon, Merton and Sutton and Kingston have established the South London Waste Partnership (SLWP) to help each other to bring about a sustained reduction
Councillor Zenia Jamison's letter condemning the Tory council's policy of raising costs to the elderly is one of the most hypocritical comments I have ever read. In spite of pressure from the Merton Association of Pensioners, the previous New Labour
Grateful as I am that you published my letter asking the My Merton council magazine to recognise that the key improvements it highlighted in council services since 2003 should be credited to the Labour Councillors, who were in charge of the Council,
THE European Parliament has voted to establish a climate change committee to co-ordinate MEPs work on cutting greenhouse gas emissions and formulate new proposals for EU policy on the issue. Six Green Party MEPs from across the EU will serve on
Twelve hardy Weybridge mums will undertake the Sunwalk 2007 power-walking marathon in Iceland this June. The annual event takes place at Lake Myvatn in the Land of the Midnight Sun, which was created 2,300 years ago by a volcanic eruption. Four of the
The residents of Hillview, West Wimbledon, have been informed that on rubbish collection days we must put out our rubbish before 6am. As anybody who lives in this part of Wimbledon knows we do not have a realistic option of putting out rubbish the previous
The families from No 4-46 Thrale Road should be given the right to send their children to Penwortham Nursery/Primary School here in Furzedown. Wandsworth Borough Council Education Committee must help the parents affected. A petition signed by nearly
During an early morning bus ride recently I felt rather good. Which is unusual for me on buses. It was spring, not too packed, the bus came on time, the sky was a delicious light and sunny cerulean, the blossom on passing trees especially beautiful. It
With new research from Fitness First showing that only half the population admit that they do enough to keep fit and healthy and only a third say they drink enough water, the Government's concerns about the nation's health are well-founded. In my experience
I am writing to ask your readers to Help a Heart' in June. The British Heart Foundation urgently needs people in your area to help beat heart disease by distributing cash collection envelopes. I'm sure you all know someone affected by heart disease -
Your news items on the Food Up Front scheme, encouraging people to grow their own food in their own front gardens, seems bizarre. Wouldn't the back garden be more appropriate? One could just imagine what would happen to all those lovely tomatoes on display
There is so much conflicting information in the world today that the world populous does not know who to believe. Constant problems arise such as is global warming man-made or a natural phenomena? Who is telling the truth in the Middle East conflict?
I'd like to assure your readers, particularly those in Lambeth, of continuing access to civil and family legal aid services. Despite the claims by some campaigning solicitors reported in a national newspaper, the high number of law firms and advice agencies
The transportation and environment and economy select committees of Surrey County Council have set up a joint task group to investigate the main causes of flooding in Surrey, the main problem area or wet spots, and make recommendations to the executive
How tragic that you have to report the death of animals on Shortwood Common (Staines Guardian, April 12). This vandalism pervades our society in many ways. You have also reported on illegal vehicles on Staines Moor, but surely Inspector Greenhalgh is
To set the record straight, a meeting did take place in 2003 regarding the greenbelt land between the Running Horse and Kenyngton Manor park. Representing Scora, I arranged and attended a meeting with a representative of Ready Mixed Concrete (the then
What is changing the climate? We are told that it is CO2 emissions and we must all get on public transport or our bikes. Is this not more like the 1950s than the 21st century? The pollution caused in England will not have much effect on the world because
Sunbury Liberal Democrats have been accused by the local Conservatives of "scaremongering" over the potential re-development of the police college site. The Tories have put out election pamphlets which attack the Liberal Democrats when all we are seeking
"You couldn't make it up," as they say. For several weeks I and other local Stanwell residents have been compaining about the frequency and thoroughness of our dustbin collections. Today, at collection time, I looked out of my window and - behold -
Croydon department store Allders could make a comeback across the country, just two years after the high-profile collapse of its chain of outlets. The Allders name and its flagship Croydon store was saved from administration in 2005 by Jaegar boss Harold
Croydon police are set for a first next month when they hold three public question and answer sessions. Officers said no other London borough had held such an event before, which will offer people the chance to raise any concerns they have on crime to
Police have repeated their appeal for witnesses to the bus crash that left a grandmother dead and her two-year-old granddaughter in a critical condition. Elizabeth Panton, 65, died after she and her daughter Sarah Hope, 35, and Pollyanna Hope, 2, were
Two men and a woman are due to appear in court today charged with the murder of Croydon man Howard Uriah Pennant earlier this month. Lisa Janet Gillick, 30, of The Waldrons, South Croydon, Gary Phillipowsky, 35, of North Gardens and Christian Henry Curniffe
The team behind Croydon's new £500million shopping centre is targeting big spenders who like buying "aspirational brands". Minerva Plc revealed it is hoping to attract upmarket fashion retailers like Whistles and Reiss to the new Park Place shopping
Crystal Palace have revealed their new kits for next season - none of which are orange. There had been rumours the Eagles would introduce an orange away kit in tribute to perma-tan chairman Simon Jordan. But new kit manufactures Errea, who will design
