Croydon Athletic missed the chance to lift the London Senior Cup for the first time after they were beaten 3-1 on penalties by Hendon. The game finished 2-2 after 120 minutes before Sam Clayton, Shabazz Baidoo and Robbie Ryan all had efforts
By Community Correspondent, Philippa Hennessy After last year's fund raising success at The Wimbledon Village Fair, The Wimbledon Guild is aiming high once again at its popular annual event to be held on Saturday 20th June. And again, it promises
By Community Correspondant Lindsay Stewart A staggering 12 million of us will go to a festival this summer, but we will also leave a huge carbon footprint by doing this. Are you one of the millions who are excited for their festival, but have a sinking
By Jamie MacEwan A mysterious break-in at Beverly Park allotments, New Malden, occurred during the night of April 10th, with at least 8 sheds having their locks cut and the attempted raid of the barn which houses expensive equipment. The incident
Hamsters By community correspondent Lizzie Carter Hamsters are the perfect animals. They are easy to look after and very cheap. There are many different kinds of hamsters. Some have many different colours, while others may only have one
By Jamie MacEwan The ‘A Binge Too Far’ competition ran from December 2008 to March in the borough of Sutton and was open to all students from years 7-13. A wide variety of films have been produced, ranging from flash animations to graphic depictions
Swine flu has now killed over 150 people in Mexico and cases of it have been confirmed around the world. With medicine experts struggling for a cure, there is concern of a global pandemic that could affect millions of people around the world. Swine
More and more I find myself regarding a new piece of technology with a certain amount of disdain, the simple question “why?” rocketing around my head. This is not to say I simply dismiss all new technology as pointless, far from it – despite my love
An intensive care nurse from Guy’s and St Thomas’s hospitals has returned from a nine-week mission to treat the sick on the west coast of Africa. Lambeth resident Holly Fleming, 27, volunteered her services to charity Mercy Ship that treats
AFC Wimbledon have been promoted to the blue square premiership! The Dons secured promotion with a comfortable 3-0 victory over ST Albans at their home ground in front of record number of fans. AFC Wimbledon is a team made from a group of
A Surrey Police officer has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving after a pedestrian was fatally hit by a police car in Hersham last year. PC John Wright, 39, was driving a Ford Mondeo police responding to an emergency call
A voluntary group are hunting for the best snaps of South Norwood for a photography competition. People for Portland Road have relaunched the competition in the run up to the South Norwood Arts Festival in June. There are two categories
Lambeth residents can now praise the police via social networking website Facebook. The Commend a Copper group has been launched by London Assembly member Brian Coleman. Residents can join the group and leave messages of praise for police
Two teams of lightning quick pooches from Wimbledon dashed for glory last weekend. The sides competed in a national flyball competition in Cambridgeshire. The sport is a ball carrying hurdle relay race involving teams of four dogs.
A community of Gurkhas living in Morden has reacted with fury to new Government rules preventing thousands of soldiers who have risked their lives for Britain from settling in the country. Five of the 63 Gurkha families forming the South London
A new centre for young people with potentially life threatening eating disorders could be set up in the Epsom area. Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust will shortly be extending its service for children and young people with
A joyrider who was drunk and high on drugs when he ploughed into a parade of children at the New Addington Christmas Lights ceremony has been jailed. Louis Browning, 20, from King Henry's Drive, New Addington, was sentenced to a maximum 20 months
Surrey Police want to speak to a man seen on CCTV footage approaching another man who was found in Cobham High Street yesterday suffering from life threatening head injuries. The injured man, who is in his late fifties, was found lying in
Croydon residents could have their favourite sandwich named after them in a competition to find the best three fillings in the borough. Whether it’s cream cheese and spring onion or roast duck and marmalade, hungry residents are being invited
A patient at a Clapham surgery is being tested for swine flu - also known as the H1N1 virus - but is unlikely to have the illness. The patient went to the Clapham Family Practice (CFP) earlier this week with symptoms but had not been to the
The very best that local amateur dramatics have to offer will be battling it out for prizes when Leatherhead hosts its ever popular annual drama festival. Chaired by Sir Michael Caine and featuring acts from across the county, the two-week festival
TV naturalist David Attenborough was in Petersham this week to officially open a new wildlife garden. Sir Attenborough, who lives in Richmond, was at the Russell Primary School, in Petersham Road, to see the garden yesterday - which had been transformed
Historians can mark the 500th anniversary of King Henry VIII’s coronation with a Tudor river pageant along the Thames. On Saturday, June 20, King Henry’s loyal subjects are invited to line the banks of the river between central London through
Surrey begin the outdoor bowls season today with a visit to Cambridgeshire, followed by a home match against Warwickshire at Southey Bowls Club, Raynes Park, on Saturday. At the start of every season the bowlers of Surrey look forward to a successful
Brentford boss Andy Scott has taken time out of side's League Two title celebrations to tip Luton Town to bounce back from relegation at the first team. The Bees clinched promotion at Darlington on Saturday and will receive the league trophy
Teachers at Elliott School have voted “overwhelmingly” to strike on Thursday, May 7 over fears of compulsory redundancies and loss of pay. If it goes ahead, the school in Pullman Gardens will lose 39 staff for the day and classes are expected
This was the scene captured by a photography enthusiast when a blaze gutted a Battersea flat two weeks ago. Lali Parikh spotted the scene from her sixth floor flat in Eagle Heights, Falcon Road, and took a few snaps for the Wandsworth Guardian
Tutors will be on hand to provide course and career options to fit students’ aspirations and circumstances, and examples of activities and student work will also be on display. Tutors from adult focused courses across the College will be running
Police are investigating the daylight robbery of a Securicor van opposite Surbiton station which happened just over an hour ago, according to witnesses. One direction of Victoria Road is closed off while detectives interview witnesses to the
A war veteran who sued Ann Keen MP for £15,000 after claiming she had failed to fulfil her duty as an MP had his compensation judgement overturned today. John Taylor, 84, claimed the Brentford and Isleworth MP refused to acknowledge his pleas
Environmentalist and Conservative Zac Goldsmith has ruled himself out of the next London Mayoral race saying he would rather represent Richmond Park as MP. Current mayor Boris Johnson has been reported to have said he would not stand for the
Belgrave international Phil Wicks (above left) dropped out after 25km of Sunday’s marathon as planned after pacing the second set of elite runners. He said: “It was a great experience and next year I hope to compete in my own right as an elite athlete
The oldest runner in the women’s marathon was 80-year-old Wimbledon Windmiler Doreen Offredi. Raising money for Help a London Child, she covered the first half of the course in 3:23:12. Not surprisngly, she slowed a shade in the second part of the race
Richmond’s Mara Yamauchi boosted her hopes of a medal in this summer’s World Championships in Berlin with a superb second place in the women’s race. Yamauchi, 35, now based with her Japanese husband in Tokyo, carried British hopes in the women’s race
Tooting policeman Ben Whitby had an outstanding run in Sunday’s Flora London Marathon, where he took the silver medal in both the UK and England men’s championship races. Whitby, 31, took more than four minutes off his previous best time, set in Berlin
Wallington-based wheelchair racer David Weir just failed in his bid to win the Flora London Marathon title for a record-breaking fourth successive time on Sunday. Weir, who won two golds at last year’s Paralympics in Beijing, for once found his sprint
Ewell racer David McDonald produced his best performance so far in the 2009 Michelin Formula Renault UK Championship at Thruxton Circuit on Sunday, 26th April, with a battling top eight finish during the fourth round of the campaign. On a mixed weekend
An Isleworth man has died after a motorbike crash during rush hour last Friday. Dimitrijius Usas, 32 was riding a Suzuki GSXR1000 motorbike when he collided with the central reservation barrier on the westbound elevated section of the A40 above
Mere weeks after fighting off the Colston Avenue boo-boys following another dismal home defeat, Carshalton Athletic boss Hayden Bird now stands on the verge of leading the side into the Blue Square South after Tuesday’s play-off win at Tonbridge set-up
All the talk this week has been about Neil Warnock and Sheffield United but let's not forget an Eagles win on Sunday will go a long way to repaying one of the club's biggest debts. Victory over the Blades coupled with Steve Coppell's Reading
Molesey Boat Club captain Andy Triggs-Hodge looks set to kick off his campaign for London 2012 by ditching the event that saw him crowned Olympic chamion in the men’s four last summer. GB Rowing have announced the 30-year-old will be nominated to race
Graham Moody talks about the promotion triangle the Eagles have found themselves in and how victory on Sunday can go a long way to repaying one of the club's biggest debts. To read his views, click here.
Keeping your chin up is the secret to a long life, according to a Mitcham woman who has just reached a grand old age. Ida Johnson celebrated her 95th birthday with a surprise party at the Taylor Road Day Centre last Friday. Ms Johnson
Both Kingston & Polytechnic and St Mary's Richmond, who gained promotion last season, face long journeys for their opening McCain UK Young Athletes League Division One matches on Sunday. Kingston and Polytechnic are in action at Bournemouth while
This weekend sees the opening matches in the Southern Men's League. Hercules Wimbledon, who secured promotion last season, host a Division One match at Kingsmeadow Stadium tomorrow (Saturday) where the visitors are Brighton and Hove City, North Devon
Despite a disappointing opening day, Hampton schoolboy Ashley Bryant made a flying start to his 2009 decathlon programme with a lifetime best score at Street, Somerset, over the weekend. Competing in unfavourable wet and windy conditions, teenager Bryant
Jimmy Cooper reckons the Met Police are on the verge of promotion after finally overcoming their play-off jinx on Tuesday night. The Blues’ 1-0 win at Fleet Town sees them 90 minutes against Cray Wanderers away from strutting their stuff in the Ryman
Police have denied rumours circulating around Cobham that an arrest has been made following an incident on the High Street yesterday morning, which has left a man with life threatening head injuries. A man believed to be in his 50s was found
Esher residents will get to choose a new Elmbridge Council representative in June, after a councillor stood down because she was too busy at work. Conservative councillor Jennifer Sutton was elected in May last year with a majority of 291
By community correspondent, Freya Marshall On the 30th of May 2009 Carolyn Barke from Tadworth and a group of 30 friends and family will be setting off on a two hour walk around Walton Heath to raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support.
Hampton & Richmond Borough striker Lawrence Yaku has hailed boss Alan Devonshire’s squad rotation policy for helping him to the goalscoring form he hopes can take the Beavers to promotion. The 34-year-old bagged two goals and the man of
A mother-of-four from Hampton Wick has been chosen as a finalist for the MS carer of the year award by the Multiple Sclerosis Society. Pat Unsworth of Station Road in Hampton Wick was nominated for the exceptional care she provides to her husband
It's cup final time at Corinthian Casuals' ground in Tolworth this Sunday as Marble Hill take on AFC Pagliacco in the West Fulham League's Margaret Grey Cup final (11am). This will be a fascinating Division One (Marble Hill FC) versus Division Two
A war veteran will accuse his MP of failing to represent him properly in court today. John Taylor believes Ann Keen, the Labour MP for Brentford and Isleworth in west London, did not do enough to help him in a bid for compensation for a wrongful conviction
Comics Arthur Smith and Mark Steele are just two of the names appearing in library's across Streatham this month as the council launch Lambeth Readers and Writers Festival. The duo will be doing a talk entitled Comic Writing for the Mid-Life
Mistaken identity rarely raises its head in the world of football, but Carshalton Athletic midfielder Barry Stevens is only too happy to put his hand up, even if it means missing out on some well-deserved glory. Having been credited by all and sundry
Some talent show winners want rid of the tag almost as soon as they get off our television screens, but not Susan McFadden. The Dubliner triumphed in Five's Grease is the Word back in 2007, winning the chance to play Sandy on stage in the West
Despite many of the club’s top swimmers being rested ahead of the National League Final, Leatherhead Swimming Club’s youngsters still managed to break 8 club records and swim 56 personal best times out of 92 swims in the Crawley Spring Open meet at K2
London Welsh have confirmed the signing of Rotherham Titans prolific try scorer Errie Claassens. A firm fans favourite at Rotherham, the South African full back/wing, 27, joined the Titans in August 2005 from the University of the Free State side Shimlas
A joyrider who ploughed into a crowd of children watching a Christmas lights switch on has been jailed for 20 months. Louis Browning, 20, from King Henry's Drive, New Addington, crashed into the crowd during the Christmas lights ceremony in
The Croydon Guardian is offering a once in a lifetime opportunity to play snooker against Jimmy White – one of the game’s greatest players. Fairfield Halls is hosting a Legends of Snooker event featuring legendary players Jimmy White and Alex
Amanda Knox, the American woman accused of murdering Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Italy, hid her face from images of the murder scene in court. Knox, 21 and her ex-boyfriend Raffaelle Sollecito, 24, are accused of murdering the Coulsdon student
A booze-marking scheme to tackle underage drinking in Chessington and Tolworth has failed to catch any culprits since December. Off licenses agreed to label alcohol with a clear sticker containing an ultra-violet code that could be traced back
Twenty veterans of Britain’s WWII "forgotten army" gathered together last Sunday in quiet commemoration, together with their family and friends, and the congregation of St Martin’s in Epsom. A special Burma Star Association service was held
More than 60 years after the end of the Second World War a lasting memorial plaque has finally been unveiled on a green in Cobham for people who lost their lives in the conflict. Relatives of the people commemorated on the plaque, along with
A Chessington community has failed in its High Court battle to prevent "garden grabbing" property developers building in their street. They are now calling for heads to roll at Kingston Council after £8,000 of public money was spent on the
An action plan to combat Mexican swine flu is in place in Elmbridge, according to the borough’s NHS. More than 100 people are believed to have died in Mexico from the disease, and cases have now been confirmed in the United States, Canada and
Croydon is taking part in a plan to clean up the streets from the menace of chewing gum. The borough is one of 15 local authorities who will join in the Chewing gum Action Group (CGAG) campaign this year. Overseen by Croydon business
South England – with four Surbiton players in their squad – won their final three GB SuperLeague fixtures last week to clinch the annual end-of-season Home Counties’ championship. Playing under the name of Wessex Leopards they overwhelmed the Welsh Celtic
The recession is biting deep in Croydon as the increase in unemployment rockets to twice the London average, new figures show. The latest jobless statistics reveal a dramatic increase in the number of people signing on for Job Seekers’ Allowance
Messages of support have been posted on Facebook after the council blocked plans for a Kingston Green Kidsfair over safety fears. Organiser Des Kay was left baffled by the decision because it would have been just one tenth of the size of the
A fundraiser clad in Imperial Stormtrooper body armour ran the London Marathon in less time than it takes to watch the original Star Wars trilogy. Spencer Rolls, 37, from Sutton, raised funds for the Project 65 military charity by completing
It's cup final time at Corinthian Casuals' ground in Tolworth this Sunday as London West take on Putney Vale in the West Fulham League's Alf Dear Cup final (3pm). This should be a cracking game with Premier Division leaders London West (10
Wallington-based wheelchair racer David Weir just failed in his bid to win the Flora London marathon title for a record-breaking fourth successive time on Sunday. Weir, who won two golds at last year's Paralympics in Beijing, for once found
Swine flu tests on a woman at West Middlesex Hospital have proved negative. The woman, who recently returned from Mexico, admitted herself to the Isleworth hospital yesterday reporting flu like symptoms. She had been kept in isolation while she was
Paul Doswell vows that Sutton United will return stronger than ever next season after their Ryman Premier promotion dreams turned sour on Tuesday night. Sutton crashed to a 3-0 defeat at Staines Town in their play-off semi-final with barely
Communty business EcoActif Services has been shortlisted for an award at the RBS South London Business Awards 2009. It was one of two businesses from Sutton who have made it the finals of the hotly-contested awards, which will take place at
Hampton & Richmond Borough`s second appearance in the end of season play-offs saw win 3-1 at Chelmsford City in the first leg of the semi-final on Tuesday night. The victory gives them a two-goal advantage going into the second leg - away goals do
Flu sufferers worried they may be carrying a potentially lethal virus should stay indoors, Sutton’s health bosses have said. A spokesman for Sutton and Merton Primary Care Trust (PCT) urged anyone worried they may have Mexican swine flu to
Carshalton once again produced a display of high quality football to play their way into the play-off final. Another outstanding finish by Richard Jolly from Jamie England’s through pass gave the Robins a slender half-time lead, but the visitors
The Wandsworth Guardian has come a step closer to fulfilling a not-so-secret mission to ensure the life of Wandsworth’s most famous spy - who was also the inspiration for James Bond - is commemorated. Lionel “Buster” Crabb who lived at 4 Greyswood
Amateur dramatics group PLOS Theatre Company will be presented their own version of Stephen Sondheim's Company next week at Putney Arts Theatre. Directed by Jonny Clines, who also did the well received Crazy for You, Copacabana and numerous pantomimes
Three orphans homed at the same Sutton orphanage years before the Second World War broke out have been reunited after 70 years apart. Sheila Norton, 79, of Carshalton and sisters Joyce Booth, of Yorkshire and Margaret Selvage, of Kent were
South England – with four Surbiton players in their squad – won their final three GB SuperLeague fixtures last week to clinch the annual end-of-season Home Countries’ championship. Playing under the name of Wessex Leopards they first overwhelmed
Girl Guides had a night in the spotlight last week at a special presentation evening. Merton’s outstanding guides and guide leaders were handed awards by the Jack Petchey Foundation, a charity supporting young people in London, on Thursday.
A meeting to discuss the future of the Horton chapel and water tower and other issues planned for Wednesday April 29 has been postponed until Monday June 8. The meeting, to be held at Southfield Park School, Epsom, was called by Epsom and Ewell
Croydon shoppers are invited to enjoy a cool beer or chilled glass of wine at JOY in Centrale Shopping Centre on Thursday April 30. From 5pm to 8pm they will be showcasing the hottest items from the just-landed Summer 2009 Collection.
Such has been the anticipation and excitement surrounding Nick Harper's upcoming performance at the Halfmoon he has had to add a second date. The accomplished guitarist, singer and songwriter will now play both Saturday night and Sunday night at the
Stars from the world of football and cricket met at the Brit Oval yesterday to promote a scheme to encourage primary school children to eat healthy and take-up sport. Fulham defender Brede Hangeland and Surrey’s Simon King met children from
Battersea MP Martin Linton is pressing the Prime Minister for an independent investigation into the Gaza conflict. In the House of Commons last Wednesday Mr Linton, who is also chairman of Labour Friends of Palestine & the Middle East,
Police told a frantic woman searching for her missing pet dog he had not been found despite the schnauzer being handed in hours earlier. Liz Milroy, of The Ridgway, in Carshalton, noticed her five-month-old white miniature schnauzer Rupert
A small estate agents from Colliers Wood is in the running for a big award. Samuel Estates has been nominated in the best small business category at the RBS South London Business Awards 2009. It is one of three companies from Merton which
Lambeth Council buildings could be handed over to local groups under a new initiative launched by the Government on Monday. The council is one of four in London who have asked for help on how to transfer more local buildings into community
Scores of protesters are planning to gatecrash the grand opening of Primark in Tooting over allegations of unfair pay in overseas factories. The protesters will gather at 9am on Saturday outside the shop in Mitcham Road to protest against what
Croydon is due to receive a share of a £5million pot set aside by the Government to improve the quality of all front line public services in the borough. It is one of only 13 parts of the country chosen to try out a pioneering initiative aimed
The HSBC bank in The Street Ashtead is to close permanently after being robbed three times in just over three years. Bank bosses say it is too risky to keep it open. Two members of staff were on duty when all three attacks were carried
