The water watchdog in England and Wales has found a 30 per cent rise in complaints against water companies in the past year. More than 240,000 complaints were made during the financial year of 2006-07 with incorrect bills top of the list. Among the
An illegal immigrant convicted of his part in a £1million fake bus ticket scam has escaped a jail term. Chinese national Ming Tang, a 43-year-old labourer from Epsom was convicted of being part of a gang which produced thousands of fake £1 saver bus
Flying in the new Airbus A380 plane might not be as fun as some frisky passengers had expected after a warning issued by operator Singapore Airlines. The company, which plans to start flying the planes in to Heathrow next year, has started publicly asking
One hundred and sixteen people have died from superbugs MRSA and C Difficile in St George's Hospital in the last three years. The deaths at the Tooting Hospital have all been caused by the bugs directly or indirectly, between November 2004 and September
An event is being held on November 8 to encourage the borough's black community to open their homes to homeless teenagers. The south London YMCA's Community Hosts scheme aims to give young people a better place to live, rather than hostels or bed and
Wandsworth schools are sitting on £9m of unspent cash, new figures show. This week the Government withdrew plans to charge a levy to those that underspent, but urged schools to reduce their surpluses. Wandsworth headteachers said it was normal for schools
Zac Goldsmith has been named among the best Britons by the Telegraph. Writers for the newspaper chose their favourite Britons of 2007 as the search begins for the Morgan Stanley Great Britons of 2007. The multi-millionaire former editor of The Ecologist
Lambeth Council's 24-hour careline service has been praised in a recent inspection. The service, which helps vulnerable and elderly people live independently in their own home, was scrutinised by the audit inspector for the Telecare Services Association
A man working on a construction site at Heathrow's Terminal 5 has died in an accident. Reports say 45-year-old Kevin Dawson, thought to be from Kenley, Croydon, died in a lift shaft when the counter weight fell on him. He was an employee of lift contractor
Surrey residents are not recycling enough saysSurrey County Council as it released its three Rs campaign. The campaign urges Surrey residents to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle in order to tackle the issue of waste management in the home and in the work place
A Kingston University student was wounded in the fatal shooting of fellow undergraduate Philip Poru a fortnight ago. Philip, 18, was shot dead as he sat in a car in Plumstead, east London, on Sunday, October 14. Police have confirmed the second
West Byfleet U13 girls 1 AFC Walcountians U13 Girls 7 AFC Walcountians travelled to West Byfleet with the intention of maintaining their unbeaten start to the league season and retaining their position at the top of the Surrey County Girls Division One
Sutton 5 Orpington 0 Sutton Schools Borough U11s took a little time to settle but eventually ran out as comfortable winners in this Southern Counties Cup tie on Saturday. After a scrappy opening ten minutes, Sutton's class began to tell and Dominic
Six Collingwood AC members took participated in the Founder Marathon, a 26-mile cross country event, last weekend. Members were split into two groups with Melanie Johnstone, Steve Cooney, Andrew Stalley and Ruth Cottam finishing in just over six hours
So, somewhere in a dusty and disorganised corner of my tiny mind, I decided it might be a jolly wheeze to have an 80s-themed costume party this Saturday, to celebrate my depressingly imminent birthday. I love planning parties. I love deciding on a theme
Christians are taught that God created the universe in six days before resting on the seventh. The process may have been more time-consuming if he also had to install public lavatories. Parishioners at All Saints Church in Carshalton are losing faith
Campaigners fighting expansion at Heathrow Airport are claiming a victory over the Government after ministers agreed to publish a report which will show aircraft noise affects more people than previously thought. Transport Minister Jim Fitzpatrick had
The search to find Croydon's hottest unsigned musical talent is underway. The annual Testing 1,2,3 battle of the bands-style competition is now accepting entries for next year's contest which will see the winners follow in the footsteps of previous
Staines Town goalkeeper Shaun Allaway has been short-listed for the Football Association's 'Player of the Round' award for his heroics in the Swans' 1-0 FA Cup fourth qualifying round triumph over Woking. The former Leeds United shot stopper was the
A 57-year-old has been left with a suspected fractured wrist after a mugging in Esher. The man was walking in an alleyway off More Lane about 5pm on Friday when two men approached him and demand his money and mobile phone. When the 57-year-old refused
Stuart Massey, having missed out on succeeding Ian Hazel as manager at Sutton United, has now followed Hazel to Leatherhead, but not in his previous role of assistant manager. Hazel says: "Stuart was my assistant manager at Sutton and became caretaker
Banstead boss Graeme Banyard was delighted with his team for bouncing back from a 7-1 defeat at Camberley Town with a 5-1 home win over Chertsey Town on Saturday, but he is pleading with his players to stop giving Jekyll and Hyde performances. He said
By Stuart Amos New Harlequins RL chairman Keith Hogg has questioned the ethics behind Henry Fa'afili's proposed switch to French rugby union side Biarritz. Former Warrington Wolves winger Fa'fili was unveiled as a new member of the Heineken Cup giants
Harlequins director of rugby Dean Richards has labelled speculation surrounding the future of England head coach Brian Ashton as amazing. Former internationals Lawrence Dallaglio and Mark Catt launched scathing attacks on their ex-boss at the weekend
Sutton United boss Ernie Howe has revealed he hopes to unveil some fresh faces at Gander Green Lane ahead of Saturday's trip to second-placed Lewes. The 54-year-old, who officially succeeded Ian Hazel this week, watched his side succumb 2-0 to a full-strength
Dulwich Hamlet 2 Burgess Hill Town 1 Up to 10th place for the Hamlet as the regenesis of recent weeks continued apace with a ballsy, belligerent defeat of a testing Burgess Hill Town, who have long proved a fly in the ointment for previous custodians
Sittingbourne 0 Dulwich Hamlet 2 A solid performance on the brickfields of Kent as the resurgence of Dulwich continued apace, another pretender to promotion seen off by late goals once their attacking threat had been snuffed out by the Hamlet's resilient
Whitstable Town 1 Molesey 1 Molesey players were on the floor following the game against Whitstable Town this past Saturday. Several players saying things like: "How did we not win that?" And neither the management nor the supporters could really claim
Surrey Three. Saturday, October 27, 2007. Merton came off second best at Thames Ditton last Saturday, having given their unbeaten opponents far too much time and space in the opening half and having to chase the game from the first few minutes.
London League 3 South-West, Saturday, October 27, 2007. Times are very hard for Wimbledonians' 1st team. This match was the seventh successive defeat of the year and the largest score since mighty Richmond were in the league five seasons ago. Ten tries
London League 2 South. October 27, 2007. This was a gutsy performance from Wimbledon. Facing such a weight and height deficit many sides would have gone down by 40 or 50 points. But despite living off scraps and no more than 20% of possession, they
WESTSIDE 1 BAWFC 4 British Airways Women's FC made it six games unbeaten and top the Greater London League Division Two South with maximum points after beating an impressive Westside side away from home this Sunday. Westside started the game brightly
Hercules Wimbledon Athletic Club's road runners continued their impressive series of autumn performances when they took the team honours in the Maidstone half-marathon in Kent. The prize-winning squad was led home by Jamie Helmer who finished fifth out
Billionaire Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone is selling off 50 of the rarest cars in the world from his private collection today. An auction in Battersea Park will include his Mercedes Roadster valued at £3.25 million and a £5,000 Ford Anglia that cost
Neil Warnock hopes to make Stoke City star Clint Hill his second Crystal Palace signing after confirming he is in talks with the no nonsense defender. But the Eagles chief has played down reports suggesting he is ready to move for West Ham midfielder
Staines 3 (Sajeed Ali, Richard Cardigan 2) Oxford University 3 Another disappointing result for the Blues on Saturday. Staines did not start the game strongly and Oxford university scored first to take an early advantage. Both sides then had a succession
A group of Battersea youngsters have won a national competition for a film they made to support a local community centre. Children from Thomas's School wrote, presented and edited a DVD about the Katherine Low Centre in Battersea High Street, which runs
An autistic boy from Putney is starring in a new photography exhibition that raises awareness of autism. Ayman Mirza, of Upper Richmond Road, had his portrait taken for the As I See It exhibition which features pictures of 10 people with the disability
Tony Craig's Crystal Palace future could be in jeopardy after he was axed for the Monday night defeat to Watford. The summer signing from Millwall was dropped in favour of 17-year-old debutant Lee Hills - and furthermore, Craig did not even make the
HENDON 2 STAINES TOWN 1 After the euphoria of Saturday's FA Cup heroics at Woking, Staines came down to earth with a bump when they narrowly and unfortunately lost away to high flying Hendon in the League. Steve Cordery fielded an unchanged side for
Carshalton Athletic 1 Boreham Wood 0 Manager Hayden Bird has made clear his intention to improve the strength of his playing squad to cope with the demands of a competitive league and to provide competition for places, and for this vital game the Robins
CORINTHIAN-CASUALS 1 WORTHING 2 Casuals put in a heroic effort against their high-flying opponents Worthing, only to be denied a deserved point in the dying moments of a hotly contested game. It was a cruel blow after some determined play, but still
A 29-year-old man has been charged with assaulting a lollipop man outside a South Croydon primary school. Nikki Walker, a fencer, is due to appear at Croydon Magistrate's Court this morning charged with grevious bodily harm with intent. Wiktor Molleskog
Dougie Freedman insists his struggling Crystal Palace side will not be dragged into an end of season relegation dogfight. The Eagles are currently in the relegation zone, sitting third bottom of the Coca-Cola Championship table after a disastrous start
A 40-year-old man has died at Wandsworth Prison after he was found hanged in his cell yesterday. Rabih Al-Ghaiwi, who was serving an indeterminate public protection sentence for firearms offence, was treated by paramedics at the scene but pronounced
Hundreds of Putney residents and businesses are still waiting for their mail to arrive - two weeks after the postal strike finished. They said postmen were not completing rounds because of a backlog of parcels and letters which built up during last month's
There's a new range of bespoke health food on sale at the Roehampton branch of Asda - frog salad. Julia Phillips got a fright as she prepared lunch for her family when she found a live frog in a sealed bag of the superstore's own brand "wild rocket"
October 31st 1940 - The Battle of Britain ends. 1961 - New Zealand-born director of the Lord of the Rings' trilogy and King Kong', Peter Jackson is born. 1982 - The Thames flood barrier is raised for the first time. 1987 - A couple in Coventry played
