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  • Palace player ratings v Burnley

    Julian Speroni: Two good saves from Blake but not much else to do. 8 Danny Butterfield: A comfortable afternoon and covered a lot of ground. 7 Mark Hudson: Kept Blake relatively quiet and rarely troubled. 7 Jose Fonte: Calm and assured. Set

  • 'Fascists stole Sir Cliff's Eurovision victory'

    Sir Cliff Richard was robbed of victory in the 1968 Eurovision Song Contest due to vote rigging by General Franco's fascist regime, a documentary has claimed. The British singer's tune Congratulations was beaten to the top spot by Spanish entrant Massiel

  • Warnock praises players as Eagles soar into play-offs

    Crystal Palace boss Neil Warnock hailed his side as a 'manager's dream' after they demolished Burnley 5-0 at Selhurst Park on Sunday. Goals from Ben Watson, Victor Moses, Tom Soares, Scott Sinclair and Clinton Morrison saw the Eagles roar into the play-offs

  • Woman hit by train

    A woman has died after being hit by a train at Hounslow. The incident happened about 10.15am and the woman was pronounced dead at 10.48am. The Piccadilly Line between Acton Town station and Heathrow Terminal 5 was closed for an hour causing delays to

  • Car overturns in Kingston

    A man in his 50s has been taken to hospital after a car overturned in Kingston earlier today. A London Ambulance Service spokesman said medics were called to reports of a traffic accident about 6.50am in Galsworthy Road at the junction with Coombe Lane

  • What to do about MS

    There are about 300 people in Wandsworth who are living with Multiple Sclerosis. Yet medical experts are no closer to finding a cause or cure for this mysterious condition. JAMIE HENDERSON reports. If you get a headache you can take paracetamol. If

  • Child, 11, suspended for weapon in school

    An 11-year-old from Hounslow banned for carrying a weapon to class is among the thousands of primary school students suspended from school last year. Figures released under Freedom of Information laws show more than 1,000 four- and five-year-olds were

  • Clothes shop makes the step to go green

    A Kingston-based Korean retailer has proved that it doesn't take major changes for businesses to 'go green'. Women's fashion shop, Woona, has been trading for three years and its Korean owner Jin-Sung Suh became interested in the Greening Business

  • Holiday help for lone parent families

    Calling all lone parents and single access parents. The facts: There are an estimated 6.8million families in Britain today, of which 1.7million are lone parents. Lone parents care for about three million children. Ninety per cent of lone parents

  • Illegal worker prosecutions rise

    There has been a major increase in the number of employers prosecuted for hiring illegal immigrants. The BBC reports that in the two months since a change in the law came into effect at the end of February, 137 firms have been caught employing staff

  • Union denies Tube driver safety claims

    A rail union has hit back at claims one in five Tube drivers are sent on retraining courses each year because of unsafe driving. According to figures released under Freedom of Information legislation quoted by the BBC, about 700 drivers have been sent

  • Boris in charge

    Boris Johnson has officially taken over as London mayor. Mr Johnson was handed the seals of office by his predecessor Ken Livingstone and took over the role at midnight. Speaking yesterday at the Sikh New Year festival, Vaisakhi, in central London,

  • Olympian Natalie stars in Banstead Woods

    Olympian Natalie Harvey set a new women's record in the Banstead Woods 5km time trial to finish overall winner of Saturday morning's 49th running of the weekly race. Harvey, who originally competed for Australia but now runs for South London Harriers

  • On this day...

    5th May 1821 - The Manchester Guardian is launched. It later evolves into The Guardian. 1980 - The SAS storm the Iranian Embassy in London. 1981 - A parcel bomb addressed to Prince Charles is discovered. 1981 - Singer whose hits include 'Seven