By Community Correspondent Benjamin Cook Earlier this month the country was covered in a blanket of snow and for a few days the area came to a complete standstill. We all know that the snow caused schools to be closed and traffic chaos across
A second-half Gareth Williams hat-trick gave Croydon Athletic a hard-fought 3-2 win over Leatherhead on Saturday. The former Crystal Palace struck the winner five minutes from time as the Rams moved back up to third place in Ryman League Division One
Community Correspondent Sonia Giga. For many years now the media and the public have said that public exams have gotten easier over the years. Last year new A Level syllabuses were introduced. They have been said to be tougher and more challenging
By Community Correspondents Sofia Popov Every year, thousands and thousands of students send off university applications in search of higher education and better career prospects. This year, the number of applicants is said to be the highest
Protect the Protectors! Mayor of London, Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, ousted Sir Ian Blair and took control of the Metropolitan Police Authority. Not knowing either gent. what I have seen & heard of the latter impressed me greatly. I felt that
Victor Moses finally completed his much-talked about move away from Crystal Palace today when he joined Wigan Athletic. The striker has been linked with switches to Championship clubs Nottingham Forest, Newcastle United and West Brom but was
On December 19th, a big group of young people from Gumley House School in Isleworth and Gunnersbury School for Boys put off buying their families Christmas presents for a few hours and braved the cold to sing carols on Eden Street. The cause was Street
By Community Correspondent Kayee Yip Do you dread the half term days where you just cannot find something worthwhile to do? Would you rather spend your time doing a sport that you’re interested in? Well look no further! The upcoming half
By Community Correspondent: Jamie MacEwan When I went to the cinema to see Avatar, I was left disappointed. I had not realised demand would still be so high a month after its release. Not to be deterred, I checked out the new, smaller cinema
The Conservative party’s climate change chief was in New Malden this week, to see what B&Q was doing to help homeowners become more green. Greg Barker MP, Shadow Minister for Climate Change, went to see B&Q’s New Malden store on Tuesday
On the 12th January 2010 at 16:53 local time, an earthquake struck Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti measuring 7.0 The earthquake caused major damage to buildings including residential homes. It is estimated that over 170,000 people were
By Tristan Pegg Nestled in the heart of Richmond is a theatre company that specialise in producing classics in a new light, in an atmospheric atmosphere, with original, live music. The company’s name, Ruby in the Dust. The leading lady, Linnie
By Community Correspondent, Andrea David-Akanbi. 475 years after the founding of Ursuline religious order, the sense of community that its creator, Angela Merici, instilled upon the school can still be felt. With a mass held on Friday 22nd January
They are not the flying squad, but many of the inhabitants of London they serve and protect are. The Metropolitan Police have two officers devoted to fighting crimes against animals, protecting everything from swans, stag beetles, dormice
A couple of studies published in the New England Journal of Medicine have shown that the Rotavirus Vaccine is incredibly successful in reducing the incidence of severe gastroenteritis among young children. Gastroenteritis is, as the name
Television property expert Sarah Beeny joined shadow minister for climate change Greg Baker at New Malden’s B&Q store on Monday. The duo were shown innovative products on offer at the superstore that homeowners can use to retrofit their
The popularity of dance is growing and from February, disabled people can take advantage of specialist dances. YMCA London South West offers the classes to disabled adults of any age at the Hawker Centre, north Kingston, and its Wimbledon site. Thanks
Abandoned and derelict hospital sites from the old Epsom cluster have become a treasure trove for some, and completely lost their value for others. In the past decade a group self-entitled “urban explorers” has been visiting the decaying hospital sites
In 100 years the goat boy of Seething and the tale of his titanic battle to drive out the giant Thamas Deeton may have a firm place in urban legend. Members of the community, through the Homage de Fromage club in Surbiton, have for the past six months
Latin, salsa and disco will be among the dances included in planned classes for the disabled at Wimbledon’s YMCA. Funded by PlaySport London, the first six weeks of classes at the hostel in the Broadway will be free. The first lesson begins at 1pm
By community correspondent Michael Parker Anyone remember the February of 2009? Snow so deep it reached your knees, cars unable to drive along roads not because of ice but because of a solid barrier of compacted white stuff? And remember how, despite
Surrey County Council’s trading standards team is leading the fight against scam mail by making February Scamnesty month. Between February 1 and 26 there will be Scamnesty bins in key locations around the county for residents to dump their
A Streatham filmmaker has won a competition to have his futuristic version of a bible story turned into a professionally produced short film. Simeon Lumgair impressed judges, including legendary Poirot actor, David Suchet, and Oscar-winning creator
