A group of travellers who set up camp on Tooting Common have been forced to move after Wandsworth Council warned them they faced prosecution if they stayed. The group of about 25 travellers left the common last night, leaving behind a significant amount
An epic blunder by Lambeth Council’s housing department will see them overspend their budget by more than £14m over two years. Bungling officers have already wasted millions of pounds by booking accommodation for the borough’s homeless which
A kiss and a cuddle in the back row of the cinema seems safe after Odeon cinemas denied spying on lovers via CCTV. The announcement that both the Streatham and Wimbledon Odeon cinemas have installed cameras in their theatres left many cinema-goers fearing
A third arrest has been made in connection with the robbery of the Woolworths store in Banstead yesterday morning. An 18-year-old man from London is currently in police custody at Reigate police station. A 46-year-old woman from Mitcham
Stab victim Eugene Attram was killed in a gang brawl that started as a reprisal from a fight the night before, a court heard today. The 16-year-old from Thornton Heath was fatally stabbed when about 60 members of two rival gangs clashed in Lavender
A GP who once practiced at Epsom General Hospital in Surrey appeared in court today accused of a number of sex offences. Dr Rajinder Aggarwal, 53 of Highwoods Gardens in Ilford, east London, appeared at Grays Magistrates’ Court charged with
A Kingston University dropout who stole £3,600 from his friend’s chauffeuring business faces prison for betraying his trust. Thomas Mustoe, 24, the son of a wealthy managing director, was offered a job at PR Cars in Chessington by his friend
A consultation on plans to close Kingston and Surbiton police stations has been branded “half-hearted” after only one person commented on the proposals. The controversial scheme which has seen huge opposition in other London boroughs would
While shopping at the weekend I came across two curious things which didn't quite sit right. The first was French chef Jean Christophe Novelli appearing in big pictures to promote a product. Nothing much strange there until you saw that he
Kingston Conservatives have come out fighting after the leader of Liberal Democrats accused them of misleading voters over changes to rubbish collections in the borough. The Conservatives presented a 5,500 strong petition to the council on July 15
British Transport Police (BTP) swooped on East Croydon station this afternoon to combat antisocial behaviour. As the summer holidays start, so too has BTP’s operation Summer Chicago to crack down on low-level crime on the train network. Officers
A Huntington’s disease sufferer barred from a restaurant for allegedly putting other customers off has defiantly taken to dining next door – in full view of the offending eatery’s staff. Catherine Blow was banned from eating at Galo D’Ouro, Queenstown
A Bahrain-based property company has bought a 4.5 acre riverfront site next door to Battersea Power Station - whose owners last month announced plans for a £4billion redevelopment of Sir Giles Gilbert Scott’s icon. Both moves, given the
The Kooks fans have descended on the Tram and Social in Tooting for a secret gig by the band. Word has finally slipped out that about the gig that drew indie rockers from all over London on July 10, enjoying a song list including hits “Always
New CCTV cameras in Elmbridge have already earned their spurs, with the first one picking up trouble within four hours of being installed. The borough got 15 new cameras to improve public safety and the Walton one led to the arrest of two men suspected
Police are hunting for a man who escaped from the scene of a car crash in Ashford this morning. Police were called at 9.24am to reports that a grey Toyota Hilux had left the road and crashed through a garden wall colliding with a red Toyota Corolla and
A teenager was beaten up and urinated on by two men in Addlestone on Monday night. The 17-year-old boy was walking along Holly Avenue at about 10.15pm when he was approached by two men who started verbally abusing him. As he walked away one of the
A well respected community policeman has died after plunging from Battersea Bridge. Concerns over PC John Johnson, 52, grew after he failed to report for work in Monday morning. PC Johnson, a serving officer who was a well known community
His passing marks the end of one of the most fertile periods of history in Carshalton and Wallington. Godfrey Machell, the last of the original lavender growers, has died aged 81. Relatives are now planning a fitting farewell by adorning his coffin
Two people have been arrested in connection with the robbery of the Woolworths store in Banstead yesterday morning. A 46-year-old woman from Mitcham and a 19-year-old man from Streatham are currently in police custody at Reigate police station. No
Two underwater swimmers will hold their breath tonight, fight off the fear of drowning, and attempt to break a UK record. Unlike most sports, where athletes try to get the adrenalin pumping, the free-divers will work themselves into a state
Former pupils and teachers have been invited to a service celebrating the life of their old headmaster. Colin Bound, who spent seven years as head of Pelham High School in Wimbledon, passed away last week. The memorial service will take place
Spelthorne has become the first of 11 Surrey boroughs to agree a biodiversity action plan. At a meeting on Tuesday the borough’s executive committee approved the nine-page action plan, which aims to enhance the variety of plants and animals. The
Spelthorne’s recycling team visited Europe’s biggest compost site earlier this month. Staff at the newly expanded West London Composting Facility in Harefield, west London, showed them the processes involved in turning grass cuttings, plants
James Dayton’s impressive performances in Crystal Palace’s pre-season look to have earnt him a promotion to the first-team squad. The 19-year-old scored twice in last night’s 4-1 win over Bodmin bringing his pre-season total to four including a strike
Elvis the Elmbridge Eagle will open a revamped children’s play area in Oxshott next week. The newly refurbished play area at Littleheath Recreation Ground on Kenilworth Avenue will officially be opened next Wednesday with the help of the Eagle
Crystal Palace are set to turn down fresh offers from Championship clubs for midfielder Ben Watson. Manager Neil Warnock admitted the new bids, rumoured to be from long term admirers Queens’ Park Rangers and Championship new boys Nottingham Forest, were
If the whole recycling process is a little daunting but you want to get involved and start changing the way you dispose of your rubbish then the Green Guardian is here to guide you along the way. So why recycle? Every year the average wandsworth
Croydon’s Got Talent organisers are still searching for acts for the biggest showbiz event in the town. CGT Founder William Lawmann, 33, a software engineer from Thornton Heath, has said that the show has become so popular he intends to spread it south
Clapham Junction could be on the Tube in time for the London Olympics and save taxpayers £10million in the process - if officials can agree funding for the project by September. Department of Transport (DfT) is expected to fund the majority
The Mayor of London has personally praised two borough schools for their eco-minded attitudes. Stanley Infant and Nursery School and Barnes Primary School scooped top prizes at the London School Environment Awards at City Hall on July 10.
Art can imitate life, and sometimes it’s the other way round. But residents living near Battersea Technology College were certainly fooled by the lifelike injuries sported by these students on a drama project. So much so that when they saw the pupils
Construction workers spent two days knee-deep in mud to improve the habitat for Morden’s water voles last week. Builders from construction company Carillon helped improve areas of the Wandle by cutting back footpaths, rebuilding wooden bridges and
Hopefuls aiming to be named as Merton’s Green Champion will have a long way to go if they are to match the winner of last year’s Green Guardian award – to the Arctic in fact. Wimbledon resident Rob Bell impressed the judges after his campaign against
The economic case for expanding Heathrow is flawed, a new report claims. Independent international research body the Stockholm Environment Institute was commissioned by Friends of the Earth to examine the UK Government’s economic justification for allowing
A woman shopping in a supermarket has been bitten by a spider hiding among the bananas. Katherine Cummings, 47, from Croydon, was picking a bunch of bananas at Sainsbury’s in Purley Way, when she felt a sharp pain in her hand. She had
Sutton Council have made a dramatic U-turn on the decision to evict almost 100 pensioners from their homes. Last week, the Sutton Guardian revealed plans by the council to throw out 85 OAPs so they could demolish their houses in Cheam Village
A former Metropolitan Police commissioner has blamed Croydon’s knife culture on soft sentencing in the courts. Croydon conservative councillor, David Osland, has created a scrutiny committee to decide on what action the council can take to
In a topsy-turvy rule children in the catchment area of Southfield Park Primary School who live furthest away from the oversubscribed school will have priority over those who live nearer. The extraordinary rule is to be introduced following a judgement
Irresponsible parents who gave their teenagers alcohol were indirectly responsible for a vandalism spree in Ashtead, claim Surrey police. A plea to parents to refuse alcohol to their teenage children has come from neighbourhood specialist officer
Police are bribing schoolchildren to be good with Big Macs, stuffed crust pizzas, computer games and new clothes. In the first scheme of its kind in the UK, Sutton police will hand out Positive Citizen cards to children which give discounts
South West Trains has changed its consultation poster over changes to ticket hours after pressure from the Elmbridge Guardian and its readers. The paper, acting on concerns voiced by the public that the posters could be misleading, has persuaded SWT
An almighty row has broken out over who is going to pay for Epsom’s Christmas lights. For five years, the market town has been left in darkness over the festive period with both local businesses and the council shirking any responsibility and refusing
