To even those with no interest in football, the John Terry saga will not have escaped anybody’s attention over the last fortnight. The (former) England captain is no stranger to negative tabloid press, but the recent scandal has cost him both his job
Meet the Bombshellettes a 15 piece, all girl swing band paying their respect to the pioneering ladies of a bygone era. Unusual, talented and visually enticing, where did this idea spring from and where are they headed next? I caught up with Rosie
Market trader Victor Jackson has been hailed as a recession success story in a meeting of London entrepreneurs. The 55-year-old from South Norwood decided to set up his stall selling designer trainers after spending 10 months unemployed when
Three top school chefs went head to head at Croydon College to decide who would be crowned the best in London. Chris Carroll, from Parish Church School, Croydon took on contestants from Edmonton and Lewisham in the regional final of the School
A new-look bright and spacious Tooting Library was unveiled last week after its £3m refurbishment. The modernised building, which attracts more than 500,000 visitors a year, now features a more efficient heating and lighting system, upgraded
Being the only daughter of Hollywood star David Soul brings with it its own pressures, especially when you are trying to launch a singing career. China Soul released her debut single earlier this year and has her first album on the way, but
As far as some people are concerned, Shakespeare is Shakespeare and shouldn't be messed with, but even they are being won over by Trestle Theatre and Moon Fool's re-imagining of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Moon Fool - Ill Met By Moonlight, concentrates
Three roads seriously damaged in the winter freeze will get urgent repairs, after Kingston Council switched £400,000 from a fund to pay out compensation claims to fix broken highways instead. Liberal Democrats said the move will allow roads
A village may never have developed if a lunatic asylum had not been built nearby, a historian has said. The opening of the Banstead Asylum provided the “catalyst” for the emergence of the village as a new community in the late Victorian period
Entrepreneurs hoping to kick-start their fledgling business have the chance to win six months of rent free trading at Surrey Street market. This year’s Make Your Mark in the Markets competition has been split into two categories, giving traders
A West Molesey woman who beat cancer will have an extra spring in her step as she prepares to run a half-marathon for charity. After being diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2008, 60-year-old Maggie Hoad is set to tackle a gruelling 13.1 mile course
When a bomb dropped on Daisy Vercammen’s home in 1942 it obliterated all her belongings and left her with nothing. Luckily, the then 32-year-old Union Jack club employee was not inside at the time, she was at the theatre with her Belgian husband
Children and their parents in Ewell have raised money to install a supply of drinking water for a Kenyan school. Pupils at Ewell Grove Infant and Nursery school in West Street, were moved to start raising the money for the Oboch Primary School after
Elmbridge U3A (University of the Third Age) is holding an open day on Friday, March 12, to showcase the activities it offers to members. U3A is a national organisation that provides people no longer in full-time employment the opportunity to
A former call girl was stabbed to death by an infatuated client who stalked her and tattooed her name inside a heart on his back, the Old Bailey heard on Tuesday. Vikramgit Singh, 25, plunged a seven-inch carving knife into the stomach of Gemma
An Epsom couple have decided to give something back to the community by starting a new business that will ensure elderly people can be cared for in their own homes. With care of the elderly rising to the top of the political agenda, Paul and Jill
Croydon’s Burglary Squad have released pictures of items of jewellery they have recovered, in a bid to reunite them with their owner. The jewellery was recovered following the arrest of a suspected burglar at the end of December, but detectives
