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  • A nice story to make a change

    Having read about the crime in this area, I would like you to print something nice that happened to me this week. One of my tyres burst on my way to the town hall car park. A young man at the top of scaffolding saw my predicament, immediately scrambled

  • Doherty escapes jail

    Babyshambles frontman Pete Doherty escaped jail yesterday amid cheers from the public gallery after pleading guilty to possessing drugs. The former beau of Croydon-born model, Kate Moss, was handed a four month custodial sentence suspended for two years

  • Doherty given suspended jail sentence

    Babyshambles frontman Pete Doherty escaped jail yesterday amid cheers from the public gallery after pleading guilty to possessing drugs. The former beau of Croydon-born model, Kate Moss, was handed a four month custodial sentence suspended for two years

  • Dragon's Den entrepreneur beaten at his own game

    A Chiswick school boy beat TV's Dragon at his own game. Peter Jones, star of the BBC2 television series 'Dragon's Den,' met his match in the fierce and cut-throat world of business. Young Charlie Crowther,12, took on the Dragon at new board game Big

  • Streatham 'still safe', police say

    The borough that saw a fatal shooting this week is still safe say police. Armed police are patrolling this weekend in Lambeth and in Southwark following a double shooting which left one man dead. Extra officers will also be drafted to allay community

  • Dodgy landlord fined over 'shabby' rooms

    A landlord who rented out "shabby" rooms in a shared house has been fined £2,250. Investigators from Hounslow Council found rat droppings, mould-covered walls, faulty equipment, and broken smoke alarms during a visit to the house in Francis Road, Hounslow

  • Six saved from fire

    Firefighters rescued six men from a fire that broke out in a Wimbledon flat during the early hours of this morning. Four men were rescued from the first floor bedroom of the Christchurch Road home by firefighters using a nine metre ladder. Two other

  • Tribute to piano woman

    A memorial is being held for a former Sunbury piano teacher who taught in the area for 25 years in between 1955 and 1980. The service for Gwen Thomas, formerly of Vereker Drive, Sunbury, is being held at 12noon on Thursday, November 1, at St Mary's Church

  • Chris claims angling title

    Cheam roofer Chris Mallows won the annual London Books Angling Vase last week with this fine 33Ib specimen. The mirror carp, nicknamed The Linear, was caught by the 52-year-old at Menards Carp Fishery near Pease Pottage on Wednesday. Mallows said: "

  • Fears for missing 81-year-old

    Police are concerned for the welfare of an elderly Addlestone man who went missing from his home yesterday. Offcers are keen to trace 81-year-old Carmelo Lobue who was last seen close to his Bournside Road home at 3.30pm on Friday. A Surrey Police spokesman

  • On this day...

    October 27th 1901 - A getaway car is used for the first time, after thieves rob a shop in Paris. 1939 - British actor and comedian, whose films include A Fish Called Wanda', The Life of Brian' and Fierce Creatures', John Cleese is born. He also wrote