Full of issues relevant to today's society, We Share The Same Sky challenges modern attitudes and misconceptions. Based on three true life stories following people from Afghanistan, Poland and Venezuela not allowed to work in this country,
Patients had to be evactuated from Feltham Health Centre this morning after a blaze broke out. Fire crews have launched an investigation after a water cooler mysteriously caught alight in one of the meeting rooms on the third floor surgery
The Hamsters have long been established as the UK's premier blues-rock attraction with more than 4,000 concerts under their belts in 22 years together - that's 182 a year in case you were wondering. The guitar, bass and drums trio of Snail's-Pace
The recent revival of Burlesque shows no sign of slowing down, as the Ministry of Burlesque returns to Croydon for the second time in five months. Kitty Klaw, Gipsy Charms and Vicky Butterfly are all bringing the company's popular brand of
Angry Lambeth housing tenants, facing the highest rent increase in the country, will march on the town hall this Saturday, despite an expected 3 per cent rent cut. On Tuesday, Council Leader Councillor Steve Reed said he expected to hear within
A Streatham teenager was stabbed just moments after taking a GCSE exam during a fight outside his school. The St Mark’s Academy student, who has not been named, was slashed in the armpit during a brawl in front of a fish and chip shop in Tamworth
Robbers used the butt of the shotgun to smash through the glass screen dividing staff from customers in a raid on a West Dulwich bookmakers. The robbers, one armed with a shotgun and another with a handgun, burst into the Coral bookmakers in
AJ Sports Cricket League results for Saturday, May 23. Premier Division: Sheen Park 151 (A Bhalekar 6-29) lost to Abahani 152-5 (S Choudury 63) by 5 wickets. Balham & Tooting SSC 312-8 (O Clunis 123) lost to Old Thorntonians A 313-8 by 2 wickets.
South London Harriers' track and field athletes of all ages were out in force last Saturday at several locations. At the Southern Men’s League Match Two at Croydon Arena, SLH was dominant in the jumps, and competitive in the sprints, but lacked a few
Dean Lodge reckons Kingstonian will be one of the teams to beat in the Ryman Premier next season - regardless of whether he returns to Kingsmeadow. Lodge’s future remains uncertain after a season that saw him depart to Northwich Victoria, only to return
Four members of Striders of Croydon won medals in the annual Surrey Veterans Championships at Ewell on Saturday. Their most impressive performance came from Justin Macenhill, who ran a well-judged tactical race to win the over-35 5,000m in
Striker Calvin Andrew is devastated after a freak accident robbed him of the chance to fight for a first-team place at Crystal Palace next season. The 22-year-old made only one start for the Eagles in the last campaign before being loaned out to Brighton
Stuffy, overcrowded, irritable, nauseating, putrid. These were just a few of the words that I had used to describe London’s Underground System, as I was making that most tedious journey on the Piccadilly Line, from South Kensington to Russell Square
A woman is planning to ride 350 miles in six days for the Help the Heroes Campaign. Jennifer Poole is taking part in the Band of Brothers bike ride from Portsmouth over to France and on from Cherbourg to Paris. With 65th anniversary
Warlingham had plenty to celebrate at last weekend’s Bournemouth Sevens Festival, claiming the championship trophy after going through the whole tournament unbeaten. Tom Street led a 14-man squad for the last time as Warlingham captain, lifting the Guinness
Terry Brown admits it is all about playing the waiting game as the Dons boss looks to swell the ranks at Kingsmeadow. Although Brown was quick to dump ten of his playing squad after AFC Wimbledon sealed their Blue Square South title triumph
Four members of Striders of Croydon won medals in the annual Surrey Veterans Championships, at Ewell on Saturday. Their most impressive performance came from Justin Macenhill, who ran a well-judged tactical race to win the over-35 5000 metres. Staying
Struggling Elliott School in Putney is to be led for two terms by a top-performing headteacher from another local school. Margaret Peacock, currently headteacher at Chestnut Grove School in Balham, will replace Sharon Ferrell, who resigned
Primary school children were treated to a new eco-friendly menu last week, as part of a new incentive to encourage children to make environmentally-friendly food choices. One hundred children aged four to seven at Hampton Infant School enjoyed
Quick thinking teenagers proved they can make their point during a schools debating competition. The contest winners, Wimbledon College, now have the chance to represent Merton in a battle to find the capital’s top debating team. They competed
A police officer has been stabbed in the neck with a bottle in a random attack at a Sutton fairground. The officer, aged in his thirties, chased the suspect and arrested him for attempted murder, after he was attacked at the funfair in Wrythe Lane
Celebrity chef Ainsley Harriott is backing Wandsworth Council’s campaign to recruit more foster carers in the borough. The charismatic chef - who grew up in Balham and now lives in Wandsworth Common - took part in a town hall version of his
A fiscal centre in Croydon has seen a rise in lending and deposits despite the recession. Clydesdale Bank’s financial solutions centre in Croydon saw lending up by 70 per cent and deposits grow by 28 per cent. Clydesdale Bank’s traditional
Hundreds of Guides made a big splash during a day of activities in Wimbledon. Girls from across Merton were joined by others from Kingston, Twickenham, Belmont, Richmond, Sutton, Cheam and Wallington for the event at Wimbledon Park Lake.
Surbiton’s U16 Wrens team retained the Home Counties Girls Under 16 League championship on Sunday, beating Reading 3-1 at Sugden Road on Sunday afternoon. After winning all six of their divisional league games, the Wrens qualified for the inter-division
A performance by Welsh opera star Katherine Jenkins was the icing on the cake at a school's 500th birthday party. St Paul’s School, in Lonsdale Road, hosted its own music festival - the Q Festival - last Saturday, to celebrate its quincentenary
Croydon Harriers athletes made their mark at the South of England AA U15 and U17 Championships at Ashford last weekend, recording a gold, two silver and two bronze medals, plus four personal bests. Promising youngster Omari-Carr Miller again underlined
Youngsters got their kicks in Sutton town centre at the weekend, as Crystal Palace FC coaching staff held a very public training session, promoting awareness of all-weather five-a-side football pitches at the Goals Sutton centre. Shoppers
Even the Michelin judges will be greeted with open suspicion when they venture into the newest cordon bleu restaurant to grace Sutton. The Clink at High Down Prison, funded by £270,000 in charitable donations, is the first commercial eaterie
Budding hairdressers showcased their talent as Shears salon in Croydon held its own catwalk show. Apprentices practised their skills on salon clients and tutors from the Shears academy. The show was part of their training towards the
Hercules Wimbledon Athletic Club's Surrey girls' U13 1,500m champion Eleanor Smith-Hahn was the outstanding team member in the club's opening Lily B League match at Guildford's Spectrum Leisure Centre on Saturday. She leapt a personal best of 3.97m in
Julien Allwood confirmed his ranking as the leading U17 male triple jumper in the country by winning the South of England Athletic Association’s U17 Championships at Ashford. Julien dominated the event, jumping to 14.06m with his first effort and improving
Staines & Laleham moved up to third in Surrey Championship Division Five with a 124-run victory over Wallington on Saturday. Victory had looked a long way off as Staines slumped to a 11-3, but Adam Smith blasted a superb 145 as they recovered to reach
After the disappointement of losing in the Blue Square South play-off final, Hampton & Richmond gathered at the Hotel Antoinette last Friday, where more than 100 supporters and players celebrated their best ever season. Awards were made to both first
Thames Hare & Hounds over-40 veteran Larry Matthews won a close duel with clubmate Anthony Doolittle in the Wimbledon Common 5km parkrun on Saturday morning. Matthews clocked 17:24 and Doolittle 17:32, with unattached runner Mark Michell third (17:59
Ashford played two friendly games, one league game and one National Competition this week. The midweek team played five rinks of triples against Esher. Ashford won three and drew one with Esher winning the fifth triple. Ashford were always just ahead
Billy Smith insists he will not panic despite facing the possibility of losing his two leading strikers in the summer. The Tooting & Mitcham boss has already lost Dean McDonald, who has departed for Farnborough Town along with Justyn Roberts. And
A new health centre in Battersea will open next year, offering GP services 12 hours-a-day, seven days-a-week. Scheduled to open in Spring 2010, NHS Wandsworth said it would make it easier to see a GP and receive treatment for minor illnesses
South London Harriers’ over-40 veteran Jason Simpson produced an outstanding run to win the 105th weekly Banstead Woods 5km parkrun on Saturday. Simpson clocked 15 mintues 58 seconds to inflict a rare defeat on Belgrave Harriers’ Richard Ward, who was
A Croydon company is celebrating 20 years of business, bucking the trend of the economic gloom. Just as the Berlin Wall was coming down in 1989 and the tanks rolled into Tiananmen Square, TRS Graphics was formed and began trading by the current
Kingston Grammar School’s batsmen have been in spectacular run-scoring form this season, with four boys notching up hundreds so far. Three of the centurions belong to the U15 XI, with two, Guy Morris, 15, from Richmond, and George Sams, also 15, from
A Battersea man who burgled a pensioner at a Clapham care home and posed as a water board employee to con another has admitted two charges of burglary. Robert Hart, 54, of Belleville Road, committed his first crime on May 1 this year when he
ACS Cobham International School raised a staggering £7,000 for charity at its annual Party for the Planet event earlier this month. The school, based in Portsmouth Road, held the fundraiser on Sunday, May 10, for numerous charities, including
Shops in Kingston town centre may be encouraged to open until 8pm five days a week, to give the economy a boost in troubled times. Kingston Council wants to persuade traders of the economic benefits of opening later as part of a strategy to
A man who called 999 claiming he had been robbed by a taxi driver ended up punching and kicking the officers sent to help him, a court has heard. Alan Shaw, 22, said he had leapt out of the taxi when he woke up to find the driver trying to
A woman of 73 was in hospital with serious head injuries after being knocked to the ground by a mugger in Wallington. The pensioner and a friend were on their way home from a night out on Saturday when they were attacked in Beddington Gardens
Malden Wanderers returned to winning ways on Saturday with a tightly contested match at newly promoted Banstead. Having won the toss and elected to bat, Malden were soon in trouble at 13 for 2 but a hundred partnership between David Gorrod (66) and Paul
Paul Doswell reckons the element of surprise will be a crucial factor in Sutton United’s hopes of staging a successful Ryman Premier campaign next season. Doswell has vowed to clear the decks at Gander Green Lane and go with youth and this
A film exploring the gritty horrors of an abusive childhood is being filmed in Croydon. Local author Kevin Lewis grew up in terrible conditions on a council estate in New Addington and was systematically abused by his parents. Beaten
New Malden’s Gary Marks clinched the Epsom pro-am by one shot today after carding a four-under-par 66. The World of Golf professional, who won the 2006 PGA south region Order of Merit, finished ahead of Tyrrells Wood Golf Club’s Rob Humphrey
Wimbledon-based Anna Hemmings has revealed the thought of three more years training to make the London Olympics was behind her decision to retire last month. The 32-year-old six-time world marathon canoe champion quit the sport in April after
Weybridge travelled to Cobham Avorians on Saturday in the hope that they could break Avorians' winning streak. The game started promisingly when Turner took the wicket of o’Connell in his first over and was then unfortunate not to have Durrand caught
England 31 New Zealand 26 England claimed the Emirates Airline London Sevens at Twickenham Stadium with a thrilling 31-26 victory over New Zealand sudden-death extra-time on Sunday evening. In front of a record crowd for the London Sevens
New world number three Paul Casey insists Cheam’s Ross Fisher will soon be troubling the world’s elite after the 28-year-old pushed Casey all the way at the PGA Championship. In a stunning final day of action at Wentworth Fisher carded an impressive
Leatherhead skipper Iain Hendry reckons incoming boss Mick Sullivan is the perfect man to pilot a Tanners revival at Fetcham Grove. Former Merstham boss Sullivan was the surprise choice to take over following the departure of caretaker Mickey Stephens
Sunbury Golf Centre is offering free coaching to women on Saturday. The Shepperton-based golf centre is opening its doors to females to encourage them to have a go at golf. There will be three PGA professionals on hand at the club from 10am until 4pm
A man is in a serious condition after being stabbed in what becomes the borough’s second serious knife attack in two weeks. The victim, believed to be in his early thirties, was found with a stab wound to the torso, just after 2am on Saturday
Roy Hodgson admits he faces a real battle to keep defensive talisman Brede Hangeland at Fulham after the Norwegian’s stunning season. Hangeland proved the bedrock of a miserly Cottagers defence that secured a Europa League spot at the weekend
Brian McDermott insists the day Harlequins RL start beating the Super League big-boys on a regular basis is not far away. Quins ran league leaders St Helens mighty close on Friday night, producing a stirring fightback before slipping to a 22
HORSLEY & SEND 194 OLD MID-WHITGIFTIAN 198-6 B Shorten 70 Old Mid-Whitgiftian won by 4 wickets Opener Ben Shorten rediscovered some of his best form scoring 70 as Old Mid-Whitgiftian comfortably overpowered Horsley and Send by four wickets
If you work at a Starbucks in Wandsworth you might just want to take next Saturday off - else you could find yourself in the middle of an exorcism from Reverend Billy and his Church of Gospel Choir of Life After Shopping. Preaching the values of not
A man has been charged with the murder of father of two Wesley Blake in West Croydon. Henry Buahin, 24, from Lambeth, appeared at Croydon Magistrates' Court on Monday morning and was remanded in custody. Plasterer Mr Blake was killed
Elmbridge Council is urging people who suffer from the perennial headache of noisy neighbours to consider trying mediation to resolve their disputes. With no downturn in the number of complaints the council receives from people affected
Commuters now have extra time to claim refunds if they have been overcharged on their Oyster cards. Transport users who realise they have been overcharged on the pay-as-you go system can now demand a refund up to 28 days after the error occurred
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