Kingstonian came from behind to beat Sutton United to a place in the Ryman Premier League play-off final at Gander Green Lane tonight. Alan Dowson's Ks ran out 4-2 winners to stay on course for a second successive promotion and will visit
By community correspondent Sonia Giga Recent reports show that between 2010 and 2011 university budgets will be cut up to about £135 million meaning even more less places. This means that we’ll not only be competing with the students going into higher
By community correspondent Sophie Kiedaisch The history of art is very broad and there are many different topics and subtopics within the one term: art. However, in this article I will be focusing on one technique that is still considered
Director of rugby Conor O’Shea insists Harlequins’ peformance in defeat at Leicester Tigers on Saturday has set the benchmark pretty high for next season. A questionable yellow card for Chris Robshaw saw Quins surrender a 17-16 half-time advantage to
The former Pearly King of Wandsworth is hoping his buttons might count in the ballot when he runs for councillor of Southfields ward. Edward “Ted” Larkin, 90, who has raised £150,000 for charity over three decades, is standing as an independent
An Epsom grandmother who was the oldest woman to run in this weekend’s London Marathon finished the race in seven hours and declared: “I feel fine.” Irene Clarke, 83, joined the scores of runners at the Virgin London Marathon on Sunday (April
David Freeman was the first of South London Harriers’ 31 finishers in Sunday’s London Marathon. He clocked two hours, 35 minutes, 56 seconds, which is good enough to qualify the over-40 veteran to start among the elite athletes at the front next year.
A soap actress will kick off the celebrations at the opening of a new discount store. Emmerdale’s Sammy Winward, or “Katie Sugden” as she is known to soap fans, will sign autographs and have her picture taken with residents on Saturday, May
A 26-year-old man has been convicted of theft and racially aggravated public order offences. Richard Abbott, of Woodland Way, Tadworth, appeared at Reigate Magistrates’ Court on April 14, and was given an 18-month community order, ordered to
Thank you to everyone that submitted questions for tomorrow night's hustings in Tooting. Organisers at Churches Together were excited to see a steady flow of emails from all of you, asking about everything, from education to Heathrow's third
These two men are sought by police in connection with an assault which left a 42-year-old man with shattered teeth. The victim was walking through Clapham Junction station at 7.18pm on Saturday, March 6, when a man walked up and headbutted
A third person has been arrested over the murder of 16-year-old Wesley Sterling. The 27-year-old was taken into police custody earlier today over the killing, which happened following a 16-year-old's birthday party on April 18. A 15-
JRR Tolkien’s much-loved masterpiece The Hobbit scurries into Wimbledon this week, basking in the continuing glow of Middle Earth mania with a brand spanking new stage version. The classic tale of Bilbo Baggins and his legendary exploits, that provided
Neighbours of a man murderered on their doorsteps have told of their “complete shock” after he was stabbed to death on Monday evening. Two men, one of whom was the victim Daniel Tyson, 43, were heard arguing at various point throughout Monday
Bees boss Andy Scott says he has no problem with midfielder Sam Saunders’ exuberant goal celebration in Saturday’s 1-1 draw with Yeovil Town. The 26-year-old, signed from Dagenham & Redbridge last summer, has cut a frustrated figure at Griffin
A relative’s cancer death has inspired a New Malden woman to take on a “bonkers” charity bike ride. Freelance photographer Carol Hartfree, who lives in Howard Road, is preparing to cycle 150 miles, from Brentford to Birmingham, in just three
Claygate residents flocked to Claygate Village Hall on Saturday, April 17, for the first ever Get Involved Day. Over 40 local groups, including fitness, gardening, music and drama, were represented to inform residents about the activities around
Wallington women’s rugby star Davinia Monteiro bagged a hat-trick of tries and the man of the match award in Bath University’s BUCS Trophy final triumphed over Birmingham last week. The England U20s international, playing at number eight, played the
Four friends are hoping to run close to seven marathons in seven days to raise money for charity Sport Relief. Runners Elizabeth Pencavel, Joanne Lea, Alexis Haycock-Hadden and Lily Howson will be pounding more than 150 miles between London
Epsom College’s athletics teams made a successful start to the season on Saturday, with the boys claiming the Gomme and Goddard cups and the girls winning the annual Hurstpierpoint Meeting. A dominant home performance by the boys’ first team against
A fall in seizures of ecstasy by Lambeth police could be down to a drop in demand for the class A drug, according to cops. The amount of ecstasy seized by police in 2008 and 2009 was half that seized in 2007, according to figures obtained via
The Ursuline High School has recently become a successful language specialist school. This has brought many opportunities for its students. It was a great privilege for the girls when they received an invitation to attend language revision
Ben Stevenson Communist Party Croydon North Q: What are your views on the MPs' expenses issue? A: The corruption of public and political life by monopoly capital is unfortunately becoming one of the hallmarks of modern society and
Andrew Pelling Independent Croydon Central Q: What are your views on the MPs' expenses issue? A: In my 28 years of service as an elected representative for Croydon I have never seen so much abuse of public monies as in Parliament.
John Cartwright Monster Raving Loony Party Croydon Central Q: What are your views on the MPs' expenses issue? A: The old system should have been reasonable if it had been policed and enforced properly by the Fees Office. Instead, it colluded
Ralph Atkinson UKIP Croydon Central Q: What are your views on the MPs' expenses issue? A: Those MP’s who have broken the rules should be prosecuted and the system reformed. So far many MPs have resisted reform and as a result public confidence
Bernice Golberg Green Party Croydon Central Q: What are your views on the MPs' expenses issue? A: I think it was shameful, and it has caused the public to lose trust in all politicians, even those not involved. Q: If you had to
Cliff Le May BNP Croydon Central Q: What are your views on the MPs' expenses issue? A: While they claim to have not broken any legal laws, they have broken moral ones. They knew that what they were doing was morally dishonest, yet did
Gordon Ross Green Party Croydon South Q. What are your views on the MPs' expenses issue? A. The expenses issue is a scandal. Unfortunately it’s alienated voters, and turned them off politics. Q. If you had to pick the single
Simon Rix Liberal Democrat Croydon South Q. What are your views on the MPs' expenses issue? A. I think it’s an outrage that any London MP should have claimed for a second home. Why is commuting beneath them? None
Mohammad Shaikh Respect Party Croydon North Q: What are your views on the MPs' expenses issue? A: It was a failure of the Government department. The person who did not maintain a proper system should also be questioned. Surely there
Malcolm Wicks Labour Croydon North Q: What are your views on the MPs' expenses issue? A: I do not claim the second home allowance. There has sadly been widespread abuse and I am committed to cleaning up Parliament. Q: If you
Jason Hadden Conservative Croydon North Q: What are your views on the MPs' expenses issue? A: It is time for a radical overhaul in the way politics is conducted. I was absolutely disgusted by this. What is even worse though, is the
Michael Castle Independent Croydon Central Q: What are your views on the MPs' expenses issue? A: It is a disgrace that the people who represent us will steal from us, the public, I would hate to think what state the country would be
Gerry Ryan Labour & Co-operative Croydon Central Q: What are your views on the MPs' expenses issue? A: Clearly a complete screw up and I’m so glad some are now in court over their claims. We need an independent body to properly regulate
Jeffrey Bolter UKIP Croydon South Q. What are your views on the MPs' expenses issue? A. Disgraceful. I urge people to read the Daily Telegraph complete expenses files, in addition to Mr Ottaway's entry please look carefully
Gavin Barwell Conservative Croydon Central Q: What are your views on the MPs' expenses issue? A: Many MPs, sadly including some Conservatives, behaved disgracefully. Anyone who broke the law should be prosecuted. Politics should be about
Richard Ottaway Conservative Croydon South Q. What are your views on the MPs' expenses issue? A. I acknowledge the great disquiet of the public over the old system of MPs’ allowances and expenses. As an MP I profoundly
Jane Avis Labour Croydon South Q. What are your views on the MPs' expenses issue? A. I am appalled and dismayed at this sleaze which besmirches the majority of hardworking MPs, such as Malcolm Wicks, Croydon North, whose record on
Gerry Jerome Liberal Democrat Croydon North Q. What are your views on the MPs' expenses issue? A. I believe in clean politics. The MPs’ expenses scandal is an utter disgrace; one issue that has not been cleared up satisfactorily
Tickets are now on sale for the Elmbridge Youth Theatre’s new production in May of the musical Billy. It is the theatre group’s 38th production and follows hot on the heels of their previous production of Carousel in January. The musical
Children are set to be enthralled with puppets, masks, storytelling and atmospheric music when the Theatre of Widdershins bring their production of Arabian Nights to the Vera Fletcher Hall in Embercourt Road, Thames Ditton, on Saturday, May 1.
Lambeth owes up to £1m of unpaid electricity for street lighting on council estates due to an administrative cock-up. The whopping energy bill is because Lambeth and EDF discovered an estimated 800 street lights on estates had not been metered
Epsom’s Gino Rea fought hard for a seventh-place finish in Sunday’s Assen World Supersport race. He came out on top after a race-long scrap with experienced Factory Kawaski duo, Katusata Fujiwara and Massimo Roccoli. Rea’s latest top-10 result in his
A female tube worker was left needed stitches after being hit repeatedly over the head with a crutch. Celestino Sebastian, 40, hit the 46-year-old woman after being ordered to leave Tooting Broadway station because he did not have a ticket.
A council election hopeful has collected more than 1,800 signatures supporting a pedestrian crossing on a “death trap” road. Graham Axford, who is standing as a Liberal Democrat candidate for Upper Norwood, has spent the past few weekend persuading
New Malden’s Tom Onslow-Cole reckons a costly mistake at the weekend leaves him needing a run of five podium finishes to put himself back in the British Tour Cars Championship race. The 22-year-old, who had three top ten points finishes at Rockingham
Tributes have been paid to a former Mayor of Wandsworth, and a former councillor, who both died last week. Jimmy Golding, a Labour councillor for Shaftesbury from 1971-78 and Mayor in 1971, died on Friday, April, 23, aged 86 after a battle
Senior officers at Wandsworth Council will get bonuses averaging 7.5 per cent this year, while lower paid council workers looks set to have their pay frozen. Battesea and Wandsworth Trade Union Council (BWTUC), a collection of local unions,
The mother of 14-year-old boy who had to be put in an induced coma after he was robbed for his mobile phone “by a pack of hyenas” has appealed to the community to help catch his attackers. Police said the boy, who is from the Kennington area
Striders of Croydon’s Bill Makuwa set a London Marathon club record of two hours, 40 minutes, 38 seconds in finishing 192nd at Sunday’s London Marathon. He knocked 40 seconds off the previous best set by Australian Scott Antony in 2007. Next Striders
An army officer has cycled to Holland to raise money for Help for Heroes and the Royal British Legion. Major Mike Brennan, 32, from Wallington, is one of 55 officers who completed the lung-busting ride to Arnhem which they finished last Wednesday
It was a case of real life meeting the stage when kitchen staff from a Wimbledon school met the stars of Dinnerladies on Monday. Victoria Wood’s sitcom is playing live on stage at New Wimbledon Theatre all this week, and last night the cast
Carshalton Junior Badminton Club were beaten 80-41 by Gladsaxe in their clash for the Kinsman Trophy, held in Copenhagen. Despite the result, there were some fine individual performances among the 20-strong team. Club captain Helen Wright and
Dave Ross is set for a place in the Guinness Book of Records after becoming the fastest cartoon character to complete the London Marathon. Dressed as Freddie Flinstone, Ross was Collingwood AC’s fastest finisher on Sunday in three hours, seven minutes
Flower power has helped a cancer charity raise thousands of pounds for patients. A day of collections by Marie Curie Cancer Care in Wimbledon town centre raised £2,286, the charity revealed this week. Fundraising activities across London
Sutton Schools Borough U11s crashed out of the Southern Counties Cup at the semi final stage with a lacklustre display at Oxford on Saturday. Sutton almost conceded in the 1st minute after giving the ball away at the kick off and this pattern
It is only four miles from Staines RFC to Twickenham Stadium but the Middlesex club know they have a big obstacle to clear before they can contemplate a cup final at the home of England Rugby. Staines - in common with fellow London & South East clubs
Mike Schmid has signed Rotherham fly-half Mike Whitehead as Esher start strengthening for the Championship next season. Director of rugby Schmid wants at least half a dozen experienced players to add to the squad that swept to the National One title
A man who was murdered in Carshalton has been named locally as Danny Tyson. Mr Tyson was stabbed to death on Winchcombe Road at about 9.15pm. A police spokeswoman said officers were originally called to reports of a disturbance at 6.35pm
Motorsport at the Palace is now welcoming final entries for its Bank Holiday sprint event on Sunday, May 30, and Monday, May 31. The sprint will see vehicles compete along a newly-created parkland course, which incorporates some of the classic features
Merton Park Bowls Club open open their new season this weekend by hosting the first leg of their Dick Douglas Shield tie with Rose Hill. Members are wanted, with bowls, shoes and coaching provided at introductory sessions on Wednesday evenings (6pm).
Surbiton Ladies second XI 3 Lewes Ladies second XI 3 (Surbiton won 5-4 on penalty strokes) Surbiton Ladies’ seconds won a dramatic penalty stroke competition to lift the England Hockey Board Women’s Second XI Trophy at Chelmsford Hockey Club on Sunday
Police have appealed for witnesses to a fight in Kingston in the early hours of Sunday morning. A number of men were involved in the fight at 2.40am, in the area between McClusky’s, Essence and Bishops Hall car park, Kingston. Police
Police are trying to trace a man who was the subject of an attempted car-jacking incident. Officers are appealing for the man to come forward after two men tried to steal his car in Green Lane, Thornton Heath, at 4.43pm on April 14.
Terry Brown insists some of his AFC Wimbledon stars only have themselves to blame after the Dons boss released 12 of his squad on Monday night. The savage cutbacks come in the wake of a dismal end of season run that culminated in Saturday
Esher 119 Manchester 0 The lovely spring weather was outshone by a dazzling performance by the National One champions. The spectators were treated to a host of tries in an extremely one-sided match that saw Seb Jewell score six of Esher's 21 touchdowns
Brian Wilder was the first Herne Hill Harriers finisher at Sunday’s 30th London Marathon, finishing 28th in two hours, 24 minutes, 18 seconds. Youngster Lascelles Hussey won the 11-12 boys’ mini marathon. In the girls’ U15-17 category, Katie Snowden
A dedicated hospice volunteer was left bitterly disappointed when his leg broke a mile into Sunday’s London Marathon. Ronnie Gunning went to extreme fundraising lengths ahead of the race, holding raffles, singing in a shopping centre and collecting
The Labour Party brought out some of its big guns for the launch of its national black, minority, ethnic manifesto in Streatham yesterday. Foreign Secretary David Miliband and Harriet Harman, Labour's deputy leader Equalities Minister, joined
A man found with indecent images of children, sado-masochism and bestiality has been sentenced to 18 months behind bars. Martin Camps, 47, was caught downloading pictures and movies using a popular internet file-sharing programme and traced
Horley Town 5 Banstead Athletic 1 On a very sunny afternoon at the New Defence, Horley Town's ground, Banstead were well beaten, writes Bob Lockyer. The surface was very uneven and not brilliant. It was watered before kick off but that didn't make
A stark warning has been sent to the pickpockets of Kingston, after a notorious thief who targeted vulnerable people on buses was jailed for three-and-a-half years. Gary Rhoden, 38, from Somerleyton Road in Brixton, came to the attention of
Live cockroaches were found crawling through the seals of a fridge in an expensive Wimbledon restaurant shut down by health inspectors. In February, a snap inspection of Confucius in the Broadway - that has since reopened under new management
A man was stabbed to death in Carshalton last night. The man, believed to be in his 40s, was stabbed at an address in Winchcombe Road. A police spokesman said officers were originally called to reports of an assault at 9.15pm.
A man who threw a bin at a bus drivers cab has been sentenced to 300 hours community service. Americo Dungui, 29, Earls Court, was found guilty of criminal damage and breaching section 4 of the Public Order Act at Croydon Magistrates on April
The crowd at Kempton Park Racecourse on Wednesday 28th April will be in with the chance to win more than just a couple of quid on the fastest filly as racegoers will be invited on to the track for the first ever time to run a final furlong race against
The Mayor of London Boris Johnson has called on young Asian players to sign up for Chelsea’s Search for an Asian Star event. The lack of Asian players within affiliated football and the fact that only seven Asian players currently play at a professional
Is this Sutton’s biggest rat? The giant rodent, which measured an 20 inches in length, was finally shot dead last week by pest control experts after a four month rathunt. Brett Lavin, 43, who runs Pestdead Pest Control Services, was
Sutton Council has retrieved almost £500,000 of taxpayers money from fraudulent benefit cheats in the last 12 months. The local authority has prosecuted, cautioned or fined 150 offenders between March 2009 and April 2010 with punishments ranging
Residents and businesses in Surrey are being asked to help shape up the county's new transport plan. The new plan which sets out to tackle issues such as parking, road safety, congestion and climate change, among many others, will begin in
Crystal Palace FC stars hosted a tea party to help raise money for Marie Curie Nurses. The footballers launched the charities Blooming Great Tea Campaign 2010 at their training ground on April 22. The chairity are encouraging people
A 13-year-old with brittle bone disease fought through pain and rain to scoop a win in Sunday’s mini-London marathon. Jack Binstead, a pupil at Chessington Community College, came first in the 11 to 13 age group, despite fracturing a rib in
Carers for cancer patients are invited to the launch for Mayday hospital’s Macmillan Centre support group this Friday in Thornton Heath. The support group gives carers the opportunity to share their experiences with each other, and find out
A new BBC Radio 1 DJ from South Norwood is stranded in Thailand because of volcanic ash, preventing him from starting his new show. Nick Bright, 23, said: “I am genuinely gutted that I am stuck out here. Believe it or not being stuck in a wicked
