Kingston University students have been urged to attend emergency immunisation clinics this week, after 20 suspected cases of mumps were reported in the last month. Five students have already been diagnosed with the highly contagious virus, which causes
Severe delays were caused in Croydon's town centre after a car collided with a lamppost. A man, believed to be aged in his 40s, has been rushed to hospital by air ambulance after the smash at around 6pm in Barclay Road. Emergency services closed part
London's kids have just a couple of day to apply for their new oyster photocard or face paying for public transport. From June 1, kids aged 11 and up will need the card to get free travel on buses and trams and cheaper tickets on the Tube and trains.
Thames lock keepers and their families face losing their homes after the Environment Agency announced plans to sell off or rent out the buildings. The agency plans to sell 10 of its Thames lock houses, including those at Bell Weir and Penton Hook in
Male cheerleaders will join Paula Radcliffe, Gloria Hunniford, David Cameron and more than 5,600 women for tomorrow's Race for Life event at Battersea Park. The colourful 5k charity run is used by thousands of women as a way of keeping fit, while remembering
Sutton-based Eboni Beckford-Chambers is gaining momentum in her campaign to get netball into the 2012 Olympics, writes Chris Willmer. The 20-year-old law student, who made her England debut in a 61-36 victory over African champions Malawi last month,
Surrey's Chris Jordan may be rated as the next big thing in English cricket after bursting on to the county scene last season, but he is in no rush to pin his colours to the international mast. The 19-year-old former Dulwich College student has dreamed
Surrey, under new president Frank Dodd, have made a winning start to the season, writes Mike Haigh. Surrey beat Cambridgeshire 130-97 on Croydon MO's excellent green last week. Both counties won three rinks, but Surrey's were more emphatic with Dave
Old Bury Hill's Temple Lake is gaining a reputation as one of the top specimen carp water in the country, writes Ray Robson. Regular visitor Craig Hess has banked four fish over the magical 30lb mark in just over a week - topped by a 31lb 4oz mirror
Emergency services were called to reports of a suspect package at Croydon's Valley Park yesterday. Police, firefighters and the London Ambulance Service (LAS) were called to Volta Way at around 5.30pm after a package was discovered at a shop at the
Surrey schoolgirl Emelia Gorecka clocked the second fastest 1,500m time by a British U15 runner in the British Milers Club Academy Classic event at Millfield on Monday. Gorecka, who goes to Howard of Effingham School, was fourth in her race in 4:24.95
Hercules Wimbledon won their Southern Men's League opener on Saturday, haning on after a tantalising five-hour contest at Kingsmeadow. A week before he defends his Surrey title on the same track, Austin Ferns enjoyed a superb 400m hurdles win (53.8 seconds
Hercules Wimbledon's Mike Halman led from start to finish to win the Barry Jones five-mile road race in Wimbledon Park onm Bank Holiday Monday. Halman won by 21 seconds in 26:37 from Nicolas Vanlerberghe of Victoria Park and Tower Hamlets and Hercules
Australian Craig Mottram, who lives in Teddington when he is in Europe, won the 10,000m at the Payton Jordan Cardinal Inviational at Stanford University, near San Francisco, on Sunday night. Mottram clocked a lifetime best 27:34.48 seconds and dragged
Sutton sailor Dicken Maclean and crew Nicola Groves won the Glyn Charles Memorial Pursuit race on Saturday. The 18-year-old, in his Retail Answers-sponsored boat, beat 173 competitors to win the race held in Chichester Harbour. Maclean and Surbiton
Surbiton Hockey Club's six England internationals face an anxious summer to see if they will still be among the 16 players that make the trip to Beijing this August. Richard Alexander, Matt Daly, Ben Hawes, Ben Marsden, Rob Moore and James Tindall formed
New Malden's Tom Onslow-Cole put his best weekend in the British Touring Car Championships down to a blistering qualifying lap that landed him pole position for the opening race. The 20-year-old VX Racing star, in only his second season in the championship
Kingsmeadow-based Velocity Wheelchair star Tushar Patel is hoping to make it third time lucky as the countdown to the Beijing Paralympics ticks ever closer, writes Ryan Bangs. The 29-year-old, who compete in his fourth Paralympic World Cup this weekend
You know when you go to a restaurant, and there are so many great options that you find it hard to decide on just one? Well, this election was nothing like that. Choosing a candidate this year was like being dragged to a filthy old cafe – regardless
Jason Pinnock in action during Tooting & Mitcham's 1-0 play-off final victory over Cray Wanderers
Boris Johnson has officially taken over as London Mayor. Get the full story Posted by: SV, Croydon on 9:35am today Its all very well shouting Red and Blue slogans at each other, but three key tests for Boris will be 1) traffic congestion 2) crime
The bravery of a New Malden sailor has finally been recognised, 92 years after he won a posthumous Victoria Cross. As bright sunshine burst through the morning's rain more than 100 people watched Chaplain of the Fleet John Green dedicate a new plaque
A Thornton Heath mum is pleading for help to save her three-year-old daughter who is dying from a rare form of cancer. Serena Souiffi has been suffering from neuroplastoma - a tumour in the adrenal glands - for the past 18 months. She has spent
The mother of Mikey Brown, who was stabbed to death in a Kingston nightclub, has spoken about her enduring grief for the son she said had "never given her any trouble". Claudette Brown, of New Addington, also called for the governments to introduce tougher
New rules come into force next month for young people travelling on London's buses and trams for free. May 10 is the deadline for all new applications for an Oyster Zip photocard and without one of these or a regular Oyster photocard then young people
Dangerous drivers in Croydon are being targeted as part of a four-week police operation. Met Police launched Operation Radar today which will see traffic officers target drivers who use hand-held mobiles, motorists not wearing their seat belts and
Merton Council's multi-million pound publicity, pension and management bills could easily be cut to reduce council tax, according to analysts from the TaxPayers' Alliance. Its document, Council Spending Uncovered, shows that a 10 per cent cut in these
I've been meaning to go to the Isabella Plantation in Richmond Park for two years. And while I know it sounds like an act of supreme laziness on my part, I'd heard that May/June was the best time to go, as all the flowers would be out, and it would
A hospital care worker was shot dead when she walked into a "Wild West" style shoot-out, the Old Bailey heard today. Polish national Magda Pniewska, 26, was an innocent victim who walked into the exchange of gunfire just yards from her home in New Cross
Ben Brown of Elmbridge Canoe Club moved a step closer to his Olympic dream at the weekend by securing his place once again in the GB Senior mens' Kayak sprint team. Ben will race at the European Canoe Championships in Milan from May 16-18 where he will
Crowds flocked to Kingston on Monday to bask in the glorious Bank Holiday sunshine and enjoy the annual May Merrie celebrations. The town centre was teeming with life as shoppers and sunseekers lapped up the host of free activities on offer including
Bright sparks from Kingston are being asked to come up with an invention to make the borough a greener place. To support the Paint the Town Green festival and celebrate National Museums and Galleries month, The Bentall Centre is asking primary schools
Croydon's top cop has said the borough is getting safer despite concerns over the number of teens carrying knives. According to borough commander Chief Superintendent Mark Gore youth stabbings are not out of control. Chief Supt Gore made the comments
West Molesey residents are being warned about disposing of rubbish with personal details on safely, after a man was spotted searching through wheelie bins. Last Thursday the man was seen in Fleetside looking through the bins at about 11.30am. He took
The recent elections, in which Surrey Council residents had no part to play, set me contemplating what has changed in our lives, particularly during the last decade or so. Just over a decade ago our Prime Minister could accuse a political opponent of
A drug house has been closed following police raids in Sunbury. A police sergeant and eight constables stormed two homes in Peregrine Road last Tuesday, arresting 10 people and seizing a substantial amount of what is believed to be Class A drugs.
Crystal Palace manager Neil Warnock has hailed the club's meteoric rise up the Championship table as the greatest achievement of his career. The Eagles were second from bottom in mid-November and looked to be heading for a relegation battle before Warnock
A teenager was stabbed in Thornton Heath yesterday after a row broke out between him and another player in a football game. The 17-year-old had been playing in the six-a-side game on a hard court in Thornton Heath Recreation Ground at about 5.15pm,
Barnes Flying Squad is hunting a man believed to be a leading member of a gang which carried out a series of violent robberies targeting cash-in-transit vehicles throughout London, Surrey, Hertfordshire, Sussex and Merseyside. Ian Dixon, 39, who lived
Victor Moses is expected to be fit for Crystal Palace's play-off semi-finals despite being substituted just 30 minutes into Sunday's thrashing of Burnley. The teenage winger was taken off as a precaution after feeling a twinge in his thigh during training
Back in 1997, I treated myself to a Nintendo 64 and I think its fair to say that I lost a fair amount of my summer playing Golden Eye. Now I would like to think that my priorities have matured over the past 11 years, but if this weekend is
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Meredith Kercher accused housemate Amanda Knox of stealing her money to buy drugs the night she was killed, it has been claimed. According to suspect Rudy Guede, the British student from Coulsdon argued with American suspect Knox, saying she had taken
Ben Watson has told his fellow Crystal Palace players to keep their feet on the ground after they thrashed Burnley on Sunday to reach the play-offs. The Eagles are widely tipped to make a return to the top flight through play-offs having only lost once
Jack Clarke, from Effingham, slipped from third to seventh in the 2008 Formula Palmer Audi Championship after the latest two races at Brands Hatch on Sunday. Clarke, aged 20, finished eighth in the opening 16-lap race but then crashed out of the second
Police have been given more time to question three men, including one from Mitcham, arrested last week in connection with the Sri Lankan Tamil Tigers terror group. Magistrates yesterday issued an order giving officers until next Tuesday to continue questioning
Boris Johnson probably should have known he was on his way to becoming Mayor London after being an undisputed at winner at Wimbledon Greyhound Stadium last Wednesday. The London Mayoral Stakes, a specially organised pre-election race, featured six
A man is in intensive care after being hit by a train at Leatherhead station yesterday. The middle-aged man was struck by the train, the Dorking to London Victoria service, at about 3.15pm. A British Transport Police (BTP) spokesman said the train
Army 22 Royal Navy 11 The Army secured the Babcock Trophy by defeating the Royal Navy for a record seventh successive year in front of the highest crowd for the fixture, 50,541, at Twickenham Stadium today. Two tries in each half made for
The body of a man found in woodland in Tadworth has been formally identified. Stephen Alchin, 43, of no fixed address, was found by a member of public in a wooded area close to a roundabout in the Brighton Road on April 15. His death is not being treated
The occupants of a boat were injured yesterday after the vessel caught fire while it was on the River Thames in Teddington. At 3.42pm there was a small explosion within the cabin area of the 22 ft motor vessel, which was moored at bankside in Trowlock
Headley Court, the armed forced rehabilitation centre near Leatherhead, is set to receive £24m in Government cash. Defence Secretary Des Browne is expected to confirm the funding today when he visits the site, which cares for injured servicemen and
A 22-year-old man from Southfields will appear in court today charged with rape. On Sunday Daniel Webb was charged with three counts of rape, two counts of sexual assault by penetration and one count of robbery, after a woman was assaulted at about
6th May 1840 - The first adhesive postage stamp, the Penny Black, is officially released. 1954 - Roger Bannister becomes the first man to run a mile in under 4 minutes. 1966 - Moors murderers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley are sentenced to life imprisonment
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