Reported by community correspondent Sandhya Jonnalagadda The devastating earthquake that occurred in Haiti has caused an immeasurable amount of tragedy and destruction. People all over the world are left feeling useless and shocked from the
By community correspondent Nathan Holt. The long campaign for the building of a new secondary school in North Kingston will take another significant step forward this coming Tuesday, 9th February, at 7.00pm when a public meeting regarding
Illegally bred dogs are being sold in pubs for up to £250, Battersea MP Martin Linton told the House of Commons last week. Mr Linton revealed the information as Dogs Minister Jim Fitzpatrick said he would consider Mr Linton’s proposal for compulsory
A football team which coaches youngsters in Wandsworth Common has convinced Wandsworth Council to provide storage space for its equipment. Broomwood Football Club, with the help of volunteers, coaches 300 children in Wandsworth Common at the weekend
Rents are being reduced over the coming year for the vast majority of Wandsworth council's 17,000 tenants. From April, eight out of 10 tenants will pay less to rent their council property, while rents and service charge for the remaining tenants will
Sutton-based Patricia Ivory will gear up to beat breast cancer next month by taking part in a women-only cycling event. She will join hundreds of women for the Breast Cancer Campaign’s event in memory of her mother and aunt, who both died from secondary
Health chiefs were today forced to introduce a temporary ward closure after patients were struck down with norovirus - the winter vomiting bug. Eight patients in St Helier’s ward B6 - which cares for respiratory problems - were diagnosed with
Collingwood Athletics Club’s Allan Rumbles took part in the 66-mile Pilgrim Challenge North Downs Way Multi-Stage Ultra held over two days, writes Alison Fox. Held along the North Downs trackway from Farnham to Merstham, Rumbles finished 14th on day
Cheam Hockey Club’s men went to the top of Surrey Division Three after a 2-1 home victory over Spencer Saints in a tense encounter on Saturday. It took some heroic defending from the Spencer defence, with several short corners cleared off the
The cavalry comes to Sandown Park Racecourse for a top day of racing with the Help for Heroes Royal Artillery Gold Cup Day on Friday, February 19. The racecourse has teamed up with Help for Heroes to stage the event, which will include an exhibition
Raging snow, biting cold and freezing winds, we’ve seen it all this winter and we’ll probably see a lot more in the future. Britain is not the place to be this Winter as some of the coldest weather we’ve ever had takes us by storm. The whole of the UK
Olympic sprinter Rikki Fifton visited Wandsorth’s school sportshall finals at Battersea Sports Centre last week. Some of the participants will go forward to represent the borough at the Balfour Beatty London Mini Youth Games on July 1 - an
By Community Correspondent Callum Fraser. After all the usual banter, the betting, the massive emphasis put on the game by both team coaches, Tiffin School of Kingston and Hampton School (of Hampton) squared up to each other on the 3rd
Epsom Hockey Club’s men drew 2-2 in a high-tempo derby clash with Reigate Priory in Surrey/Hants Division One on Saturday, writes James Midmer. With Epsom having won 5-2 at Reigate earlier in the season, coach Immy Bhatti - a former Reigate player
Striders of Croydon’s have won promotion to Surrey Women’s League Division One. A second-placed finish in their final Division Two match of the season saw them also climb to second in the final standings. Helen Furze led the way by covering the
Neil Warnock believes Swansea City manager Paulo Sousa got the wrong end of the stick when he said Crystal Palace should be relegated for going into administration. Sousa, whose side travel to Selhurst Park tomorrow night, claimed the rules in this country
Brian McDermott admits his Harlequins RL squad must learn to handle the pressure-cooker situations if they are to be anything other than also-rans this season. Quins suffered an 11-try, 58-0 drubbing at Warrington on Sunday as a youthful, inexperienced
Crystal Palace will roll back the years when it hosts Motorsport at the Palace - a two-day sprint event - over the May Bank Holiday Weekend. Organised by Sevenoaks & District Motor Club, the event on May 30 and 31 will allow visitors to enjoy the sights
Sutton & Epsom were unable to maintain an outstanding first-half performance as they went down to defeat by National Three London & South-East leaders Jersey on Saturday. A 10-8 half-time advantage offered Sutton a glimmer of hope of a major league
Hercules Wimbledon's men's and women's cross country runners ended their league programmes in fine form with the women gaining promotion in the Surrey Ladies League for the first time and the men posting their best team performance of the season.
Merton pulled off a shock 23-21 victory at third-placed Old Radleian in Surrey Three on Saturday. Forced to draft in Dom Jessop, Jamie Snook and Chris Bosch for first-team debuts, Merton were pinned back early on. The home side built up an early
Mike Schmid admits the next two showdowns against Tynedale and Blackheath could decide Esher’s title fate. National One frontrunners Esher roared to a 47-12 victory over Wharfedale last weekend to clock up a ninth straight victory. But Director
Corinthian Casuals returned to form with a strong display and ended Burgess Hill Town’s seven-match unbeaten run in the process, writes Malcolm Parker. They took a 12th-minute lead thanks to another Glenn Boosey special. He picked up a loose
Wandsworth-based Tom Cary co-drives in his first World Rally Championship event when he partners Sky Sports pundit Tony Jardine in Rally Sweden, which gets under way on Thursday. Cary is in good company, with formula F1 driver Kimi Raikkonen making
A 52-year-old man accused of being the Night Stalker appeared via videolink at Maidstone Crown Court on February 8. Delroy Grant, of Brockley Mews, Brockley, was arrested as part of Operation Minstead set up in 1998 to hunt for a sex attacker
Residents and community groups are being asked to nominate their favourite Lottery-funded project in the borough for the National Lottery Awards 2010. The National Lottery is encouraging all projects in the borough which have received Lottery funding
Merton residents and community groups are being asked to nominate their favourite Lottery-funded project in the borough for the National Lottery Awards 2010. The National Lottery is encouraging all projects in the borough which have received Lottery
Martin Grant insists he has nothing but good memories from his time at Walton Casuals after the striker fired two goals on his debut for rivals Walton & Hersham on Saturday. Grant completed a surprise switch to Stompond Lane late last week
A disappointed Tesco has still to decide whether to appeal against last week's decision to block its controversial plan to open a big new store in Ashtead. It was been refused permission to build the store by a nail-biting one vote, after campaigners
School governors were told to reconsider a rule change which will leave 15 children without places. An admissions forum meeting this morning recommended governors at Cheam Park Farm Junior School reconsider an admissions rule change which means
Epsom Council is proposing a 2.5 per cent council tax rise for the coming year. The tax hike was outlined at the Financial Policy Panel meeting last Tuesday (February 2) and if it goes ahead will be higher than neighbouring boroughs.
Leatherhead’s Matt Francis admits he has targeted double figures for the season after his four-goal salvo dismantled Whitstable Town last weekend. Francis was at the forefront as the Tanners ran riot to the tune of 7-1 against the Ryman Division One
Ten sandwich factory workers face deportation following a raid by Border Agency officers. Six Indian men, three Indian women and a Sri Lankan man were arrested at Executive House, Central Way, in the North Feltham trading estate - which houses
Young apprentices are working for Kingston Council to help bring unemployment figures down. There have been 150 applicants for the first 12 posts at the council, designed to give young people a chance to earn while they learn. Amie Hockham
Students and staff from the ACS Cobham International School performed at the O2 Arena in London on Thursday, January 28, as part of the Voice in a Million concert. They were joined by more than 4,000 other children from around Britain, including
England Women opened their RBS Six Nations Championship campaign with a 31-0 victory over Wales at Esher RFC on Saturday. In running in five tries, Gary Street's also avenged the loss they suffered to Wales a year ago. England now travel to Italy in
School children in Wimbledon have used their heads to earn cash for a good cause. Pupils at Dundonald Primary School paid to take part in a Hats for Haiti day last week - creating their own unique headgear and wearing it in class. The money
Sutton United moved into a Ryman Premier League play-off position with a 2-0 win at leaders Dartford on Saturday. And, while manager Paul Doswell claimed afterwards that Dartford remain nailed-on certainties for the title, Kingstonian - this
For years children have waited for the school bell to ring so they can rush home to play computer games or chat to their friends online. But for one Hounslow school playing on a Nintendo Wii, uploading videos to YouTube and catching up with
Harlequins’ David Strettle was among the try-scorers as England Saxons ran out 31-5 winners over Italy A in Treviso. Stuart Lancaster's men built on last week's 17-13 victory against Ireland A by putting in a dogged performance against a physical side
A prequel to the seminal series, Halo Reach takes place near the end of the Human-Covenant war. Taking control of a SPARTAN soldier known as Noble Six, players will assume the role as a replacement Lieutenant of a UNSC special operations
Westcombe Park 3 Rosslyn Park 75 Rosslyn Park recorded their largest away league win to date on Saturday. The trip to Kent did not start auspiciously: already without regular half-back pairing Graham Barr and Ross Laidlaw, when replacement
Banstead Athletic 2 Molesey 3 On a reasonable afternoon at Merland Rise, Banstead got off to a slow start against a Molesey side going well in the Combined Counties League, writes Bob Lockyer. Within the first few minutes, Molesey had the ball in
It is often said that a man’s greatest strength will end up becoming his greatest weakness. During his reign in charge Simon Jordan’s undoubted passion for Palace was always seen as a huge positive by everyone from Eagles fans through to opposing
METROPOLITAN POLICE 3 GODALMING TOWN 1 A lively and very competitive Ryman Premier League encounter and a deserved home win for the Met Police on Saturday, who have finally began to climb back up the table after a poor start to the season. Godalming
The mum of a teenage boy shot dead in Streatham Ice Rink has made a heartfelt appeal for help to find her son's killers on the third anniversary of his death. Tracey Ford described how her devastated family were still struggling to come to
By Community Correspondent: Matthew Born The Purple Flag award has become the new “gold standard” that recognises fantastic entertainment and hospitality areas at night time. Any place that achieves that standard offers a great, positive
Richmond's Francesca Matthews scored the decisive try as England A Women beat Nomads for the first time in three years at Esher on Sunday. The Nomads, the men's game equivalent of the Barbarians, cherry picked a side brimming with former international
By day, paramedics Matthew Searles and Mark Durham are busy saving lives across south London, but by night they have a very different past time. Just like Bruce Wayne, Peter Parker and Clark Kent, the pair transform themselves into the lead
Horsham 0 Kingstonian 1 Kingstonian's first away Ryman Premier League victory of 2010 was another battle of epic proportions against a Horsham side keen to get back among the play-off spots. Played on a sloping, soft and sandy surface, good football
Billy Smith admits Tooting & Mitcham’s financial constraints are likely to see the Terrors miss out on a prized Ryman Premier play-off spot. Saturday’s 3-2 home defeat to Ashford Town, their fourth loss in their last five home games, saw Tooting slip
Try-scorer Danny Care is urging England to build on their Twickenham centenary victory over Wales on Saturday. Care scored a vital try in England's 30-17 success, in which Martin Johnson's side threw off the shackles and finally played some
Carshalton Athletic 0 Boreham Wood 0 Boreham Wood’s impressive run of form in the Ryman League Premier Division, coming into this game on the back of five straight wins, was put on pause by a determined Carshalton side who fully deserved
Leatherhead 7 Whitstable Town 1 Leatherhead’s rapid transformation into a team brimming with confidence gathered pace on Saturday as they hit seven goals past Whitstable Town. One enforced change to the Tanners line-up saw the return of club captain
Chertsey Town 1 Whitley Bay 1 (after extra-time) The Curfews must do it all again on Saturday after last weekend's FA Carlsberg Vase fifth-round tie finished all square after two hours of play. Having forced a path through 105 minutes of hard fought
Roy Hodgson has lauded his under-strength Fulham side as they continue to claw their way to Premier League points. The Cottagers hope to make it seven points from nine when they host Burnley tomorrow night (Tuesday), just three days after grinding
Simon Jordan has launched a scathing attack on hedge fund company Agilo for putting Crystal Palace into administration. Speaking to the Sunday Mirror yesterday, the Eagles chairman, whose brother Dominic resigned as vice-chairman on Tuesday
Brentford 4 (MacDonald 10, 33, Weston 35, 79) Gillingham 0 Brentford cruised to victory over Gillingham in an entertaining game at Griffin Park on Saturday. With part of the build-up focusing on Gills manager Mark Stimson’s refusal to shake Andy
Old Wimbledonians ended a run of four successive league defeats with Saturday’s hard-earned victory over third-placed Sandown & Shanklin. From the start, OWs’ forwards tore into the visitors and didn’t allow the Hampshire side to settle. Skipper
Florent Rossigneaux reckons he has a selection headache of the pleasant variety after seeing a much-changed Rosslyn Park side romp to victory at Westcombe Park last weekend. Park’s 75-3 win at the National League Two South strugglers equalled Rosslyn
Steve Cordery avoided the curse of the manager-of-the-month award as Staines Town moved up to sixth in Blue Square South with a 3-1 win over Weymouth. Staines had a couple of early scares before taking an 11th-minute lead. Howard Newton made a strong
Molesey Community Church FC have honoured two players for reaching 100 appearances for the club - while they are still teenagers. Chris Simms, 18, and Joe Johnston, 19, were both presented with club polo shirts by manager Andy Simms. The boss said
Basingstoke Town 1 Hampton & Richmond Borough 2 The Beavers secured their first league victory in eight games with a deserved victory over Basingstoke Town, thanks to a second-half brace from veteran striker Lawrence Yaku, after the hosts
The jury trying two men charged with murdering Croydon father Wesley Blake has been discharged. Ahmed Jessey, 21, and 24-year-old Henry Buahin were remanded in custody ahead of the new trial, which will restart on March 8. Mr
Prop Joe Marler said England U20s had to learn some self-belief before romping to victory over their Welsh counterparts. England trailed 14-6 at half-time in their RBS Six Nations opener, but hit back with five unanswered tries after the break to run
Neil Warnock praised the never-say-die attitude of his team on Saturday as Neil Danns' injury-time winner gave them a 2-1 win over Scunthorpe United. The Eagles were second best for most of the game and should have been two goals down inside the opening
Twickenham Operatic Society invites you to spend an evening at: Smokey Joe's Cafe - The Songs of Leiber and Stoller The greatest hits of the ‘50s and ‘60s are all on the menu at Smokey Joe’s Cafe, a rockin’ party of a show. Leiber and Stoller’s
Surbiton Ladies 4 Woking Ladies 1 Surbiton Ladies need 14 points from their final seven games to make sure of promotion to the England Hockey League for the first time in their history, after rivals Reading 1A, Southampton and Epsom all failed to win
Harlequins prop Joe Marler led the way as England powered past Wales in the opening game of the RBS U20 Six Nations. The loose head from Sussex barged his way over for two tries as England pulled away from a dangerous Welsh side in the second
A flock of lambs were rounded up in New Malden yesterday, after they were stolen from a north Hampshire farm on Friday. Thieves stole 50 two-week-old lambs from a farm in Upton Grey, near Basingtoke, from three separate sheep pens between 5.45pm
Surrey Police are investigating after a 19-year-old woman was subjected to a serious sexual assault in Weybridge in the early hours of Saturday. The incident took place in the car park of Weybridge Cricket Club, in Princes Road, after the
Gareth Williams netted his second hat-trick for Croydon Athletic as they thumped Merstham 5-1 at the Moatside. The Rams are currently second in the league but are expected to be promoted to league leaders later this week with Folkestone Invicta
For those who want to know about how to cook food foraged from your garden, a Croydon allotment society can help. The group offers some of the best value garden skills training in the south east and the course has been compared very favourably
by Community Correspondent James Connor What do you get if you cross two World Cup winners, an ex-British and Irish Lions Rugby Union Head Coach and a cold winter’s night? The answer is a big wedge of cash for a children’s charity. Rugby
Oil on Canvas' Tom Chamberlain is hoping to follow in the footsteps of other former Archbishop Tenison pupils and triumph at Testing 1,2,3. The competition to find Croydon's best singer-songwriters, R'n'b / hip-hop acts and unsigned bands is back
By community correspondent Jack Claydon Kingston is well known for its expansive shopping opportunities and its thriving nightlife with clubs like Oceana, but what many people don’t know about is Kingston’s thriving music scene. This scene
Patients could be forced to walk nearly a mile between surgeries to get x-ray results after plans for a new super surgery in Battersea were shelved, campaigners have claimed. NHS Wandsworth, the borough’s health authority, last week said it
In March 2010, Year 6 parents should learn the secondary school their child has been accepted to. There will be the disappointment of not achieving first choice, and for some, no school offer at all. These families are being let down by the selection
As a child, Shaun Williamson used to go to school the day after a Porridge episode and recite the best lines to his friends, so you can understand why it didn't take him long to accept the role of Fletcher in the stage adaption of the classic sitcom.
Dozens of allegations of child abuse carried out by people working for Lambeth Council were investigated in the last financial year. Some 30 allegations of sexual abuse, 82 involving physical abuse, 16 involving neglect, and eight involving
Cash handouts of up to £500 are being offered by Lambeth Council to help residents set up green schemes in their neighbourhoods. The handouts form part of a campaign by the council to encourage residents to cut their carbon emissions.
Pictures of the funeral of a World War 2 fallen soldier will be returned to his family thanks to the Epsom Guardian. Two weeks ago, our newspaper published a story in a bid to track down the family of Stoneleigh gunner James Brisk, 36, who
A Kingston teenager who advertised a house party at his parents’ £1m home on Facebook, had a visit from unruly youths, then the police. Aneesh Shukla, a 16-year-old student at the prestigious £7,000-a-term Westminster School, invited friends
The council has defended the attendance of meetings about a plan to turn Shene School into an academy after parents claimed people were not showing up. A formal consultation on the plan to turn the Park Road school into an academy, an all-ability
Overworked carers have missed out on vital holidays because NHS bosses have spent the money on other projects, the Sutton Guardian can reveal. Sutton and Merton NHS last year received a £364,352 Government grant to improve support for carers
A police officer has launched a campaign to get much needed light relief to troops serving in Afghanistan. In an announcement by the Ministry of Defence in November last year care packages – a vital home comfort for troops on the front – were
Number plates are being stolen off an alarming number of cars in Merton, prompting police to give motorists free security screws to strengthen their cars. More than 10 per cent of all thefts in the borough are connected with stolen number plates
From Community Correspondent Christine Wicks: Members of the 1st Worcester Park and Old Malden Rainbows visited the studios of Radio Jackie last week. As well as being interviewed, they were successful in getting the jingle they had made celebrating
