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  • Dons on a downer as Gateshead stay up

    Gateshead 1-0 AFC Wimbledon Terry Brown admitted Gateshead could have scored six as the final whistle blew on Wimbledon’s terrible second half of the season. The match meant more to the hosts who secured their Blue Square Premier status with this

  • Potty about Potholes

    By Community Correspondent Rosie Morris As a teenager I personally hadn’t noticed the pothole problem and to be honest couldn’t tell you what a pothole was up to a few months ago. It was only after February’s heavy snowfall that the problem

  • CHRISTMAS on ST. Georges Day!

    CHRISTMAS on ST. Georges Day! By Community Correspondent Clare Kakembo LOUVAINE AREA RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION (Lara) hosted a, belated, senior citizens Christmas party on St. George’s day, 24th April ’10. Due to the former, inclement, dangerous

  • Tooting a target in the General Elections

    By Community Correspondent Catherine Rowland With the General election looming not far around the corner, constituents based in Tooting and Streatham now hold the future of their community in their hands. Undoubtedly, you will have received a stream

  • “Celebrating Young People’s Achievement…”

    The Annual Presentation Evening- of which Mayor Cllr Nick Draper handed out awards- was held Wednesday (31st March 2010). The evening was ram-packed with young DofE-ers’ achievements extending through all four sections: Skills, volunteering, Physical

  • Nightclubs are a haven for phone thieves

    By Community Correspondent: Hannah Davies Having just turned 18 in March I took the opportunity of my new found freedom to go out for my first clubbing experience to a nightclub in Kingston’s city centre. While there, my evening was ruined

  • The Facebook Distraction

    Facebook has enveloped thousands of people across the world into its cyber depths and they seemingly will never emerge. But what is it about this site that captures so many people? The issue is only coming into debate with teenagers now because the average

  • Parliamentary candidates to go head-to-head

    The parliamentary candidates from the big three parties in Brentford and Isleworth are to go head- to-head in a live debate ahead of the general election. Labour’s Ann Keen, Conservative Mary MacLeod and Liberal Democrat Andrew Dakers will

  • Stagefrite rolls into Croydon

    Promoter Stagefrite will be putting on its first music spectacular in Croydon on Saturday having upped sticks and set up camp at Scream Lounge. Mayday Madness will feature Mad Mush & The Evidence, Rage DC, 16 Guns and Rogue. It is the first time

  • Waldren issues warning to Ryman Premier

    Danny Waldren has warned the Ryman Premier that Croydon Athletic will only get better next season. The Rams gained promotion from Ryman Division One South last week, lifting the trophy after Saturday's game with Ramsgate, and Waldren, Croydon's longest

  • Contributions for Olympics exhibition flood in

    Two Sutton residents have donated post-war treasures and memories to a major Olympic exhibition being held in November. The exhibition, to be held in Sutton Library’s Europa Gallery from November 8 - December 12, will showcase life in the borough

  • Acts lined up for Lambeth Readers and Writers Festival

    Libraries are normally known for peace and quiet, but books will make way for guitars when a Lambeth library holds a gig next month. Brixton Library is hosting a collaboration between folk artists William D. Drake and Arch Garrison on Friday

  • Bogus bin man still at large

    A bogus bin man duping residents into paying cash for the council to remove their waste remains at large despite a two-month police hunt. Officers said the man times his run just ahead of Merton Council’s dustmen, dumping the waste in their

  • Archaeological expedition seeking "volunteers"

    An environmental charity wants “volunteers” for an archaeological expedition. Earthwatch has been mapping an excavation site for more than a decade in South Shields, UK and as a volunteer you will help archaeologists excavate the Roman fort

  • Croydon Music Festival gets underway

    The Croydon Music Festival has kicked off, with over 3,000 people taking to stages across the borough in the next three months. The Festival got underway on April 21 at Whitgift School and continues at Royal Russell School, the Parish Church

  • Coin launched to mark 50 years of TT racing

    A new coin has been launched to celebrate a motoring company's 50 years of racing in the Isle of Man. Pobjoy Mint, a Kingswood-based company, launched the 50 pence coin to mark 50 years of racing by Suzuki with representatives of the Isle of Man