A man has died after being struck by a train at East Croydon station this afternoon. Police, fire and ambulance services were called to the station but the man was pronounced dead at the scene. Police are not treating the incident as
Harlequins academy star Ollie Lindsay-Hague was a late call-up for the England Sevens squad for the Emirates IRB World Series Sevens at Twickenham over the weekend. But the Rosslyn Park loanee was unable to help his side to silverware as coach
Banstead Downs Golf Club’s Ross McGowan admits he is looking forward to defending his first title as a professional at the Madrid Masters this week. The 28-year-old, who lives in Cheam, won his first European Tour crown by three shots in the
The internationally renowned London Mozart Trio play the Vera Fletcher Hall in Thames Ditton on Saturday, June 5. World class musicians Colin Stone on piano, Krzysztof Smietana on violin and Sagi Hartov on cello, will play Dvorak’s Dumky Trio
Sun lovers made the most of the weekend's scorching temperatures, with thousands of residents flocking to the borough's parks and open spaces. Hundreds of people also visited Brockwell Lido, looking for a way to cool off as temperatures soared
The Unofficial Ladies 5-a-side Tournament is run annually by Julie Syer and Vijay Beekarry of Regents Park Rangers. South Africa 2010, World Cup fever has already hit, and the tournament was themed around the event, with each team given a country
Former Warlingham School student Katy Shotter rose to fame as winner of reality TV show Chancers in 2007 and toured America with none other than Beyonce. The 21-year-old returns to her roots this Saturday to play a homecoming gig at Fairfield Halls and
After living his whole life in Croydon and even working at the iconic Cartoon, Dave Eve tried to escape last year by getting married and moving to America. No such luck though as he returns on Friday for the second time in three months with his Nirvana
If you're meeting someone in Putney for a quick drink then you can do a lot worse than go to the Whistle and Flute in High Street. The chaos of outside is forgotten as the Fullers' pub provides respite from all the noise with a quiet and relaxed atmosphere
Double Olympian and new head coach Ed Sinclair says he is out to make Teddington Swimming Club one of the best in the region. The Twickenham-born 29-year-old returned to his swimming roots six weeks ago having left a top level career behind
A daughter who repeatedly battered her frail father over the head with an iron, spraying blood across his bedroom walls and ceiling, has been convicted of attempted murder. Gillian Davey, 43, of Bourne Drive, Mitcham, struck Walter Davey, 80
A man saw his best friend stabbed to death with kitchen knives outside a Sutton pub, a court heard. Lee Cooper, 25, of Typhoon Way, Wallington, and his father Anthony Cooper, 57, of the same address, are accused of murdering David Stevenson
The Ahmadiyya Muslim youth from the Baitul Futuh Mosque in Morden have recently undertaken a litter picking campaign to clean up the streets in Merton. Starting with the Alley way in the playing fields on London road, they targeted one particularly
The Ahmadiyya Muslim youth from the Baitul Futuh Mosque in Morden have recently undertaken a litter picking campaign to clean up the streets in Merton. Starting with the Alley way in the playing fields on London road, they targeted one particularly
Chicago rockers Alkaline Trio and punk legends Bad Religion will headline the Lock Up stage at Reading and Leeds Festival this year. The full lineup for the Radio-backed stage at Reading on Friday and Leeds on Sunday will be: Alkaline
U2 have cancelled their headline slot at this year's Glastonbury Festival after frontman Bono underwent emergency back surgery. The band, set for a headline slot at Glastonbury on June 25, has also postponed a US and Canadian tour after the
Praised for their selfless commitment, a silent army of foster carers took centre stage at a special reception thrown in Cannizaro House last week. The event laid on by Merton Council on Friday aimed to recognise the difference they make to
More than £70,000 will be winging its way to charity following an outstanding evening of fundraising at the fifth annual Croydon Charity Ball. Held under a giant pavilion on the pitch at Crystal Palace’s Selhurst Park stadium, the gala event
Thousands flocked to Merton’s green spaces to enjoy their first taste of the summer as the mercury hit 27C over the weekend - hotter than Cairo. Weathermen are already saying we could be in for one of the best summers in years with bookmakers
Kingstonian boss Alan Dowson says he will not be rushed into any transfer movement this summer and is confident players will come to him rather than the other way around. Dowson this week confirmed Simon Huckle, Max Hustwick, Rob Tolfrey, Matt Gray
Nominations are being sought for an awards scheme recognising Surrey's Business heroes. The fifth annual Barclays Trading Places Awards seek to find Britain’s most inspirational men and women who have beaten the odds to succeed in business. Enterprising
Croydon firms cleaned up at the South London Business awards last week by scooping half the awards during the annual ceremony. Undertaker Rowland Brothers International(RBI) was crowned Business of the Year and Best Medium Sized Business, while
NHS Surrey has issued a message to parents that MMR vaccine is safe, after new figures this week showed one in three children living in the county had not received the required doses. Health experts at NHS Surrey said that despite scare stories
A rapist broke into the home of a woman he knew and attacked her twice in a terrifying attack. On Monday at Croydon Crown Court, 32-year-old engineer Shaun McDowell, of Strasberg Road, Battersea, pleaded guilty to two counts of rape on a 19-year-old
A council house worth at least £750,000 has been squatted, despite warnings to Lambeth Council it was at risk. The four storey property in Farquhar Road, with at least six bedrooms, was invaded on Tuesday night by “professional” squatters,
A Carshalton pub stole the show at the recent Sutton Best Bar None Awards by winning two of the main prizes. The Woodman, in Carshalton High Street, not only won the best pub award but was also named as the overall winner at the Epsom Racecourse
David Jensen insists CPFC 2010 is still fully committed to buying Crystal Palace even though it has withdrawn its funding for the summer. Despite saying last week it would fund the club through administration, the consortium, led by Palace fans Steve
Neil Harris triumphed at the annual Crystal Palace Triathlon on Sunday. The 7Oaks Tri Club member won the men's competition in the searing heat while Grainne O'Donnell from Serpentine claimed first in the women's race. Jon Horsman from home club Crystal
Woodmansterne entered this first XI fixture in a confident mood having started the season well. Having lost the toss Woods were asked to bat first and posted a total of 195. Several Woods players got themselves in but failed to convert into big innings
Nick Carle will not be playing in next month's World Cup after he was axed from the Australia squad. The Crystal Palace midfielder did not play in Monday's friendly win over New Zealand and is now expected to complete his move to Sydney FC
Brian McDermott has urged his Harlequins RL side to shrug off last weekend’s hammering at Wakefield Wildcats and refocus their efforts on trying to gatecrash the Super League play-off places. Quins were crushed 54-12 at Belle Vue on Sunday,
The ex-lover of a man accused of slaying a scaffolder with a kitchen knife texted her former boyfriend on the eve of the attack to say she was sleeping with a meat cleaver under her pillow, a court heard. Lee Cooper, 25, of Typhoon Way,
Team Aon boss Mike Earle insists New Malden ‘s Tom Onslow-Cole will still be in a competitive car when the British Touring Car Championship returns to action at Oulton Park next weekend. Series organiser TOCA has ruled any car running on Liquified
Patients kept in appalling conditions, fewer staff and debt were some of the fears raised about planned changes to St George's Hospital, Tooting, at a meeting last Tuesday. St George's Healthcare NHS Trust has started a public consultation
Litterbugs have been targeted by police and council enforcement officers. Smokers dropping cigarette butts are among those who have been handed £80 fixed penalty notices for dropping mess in the borough’s town centres. The council has
England may have a prayer of winning the world cup after the Bishop of Croydon wrote three especially for the football competition. With less than three weeks to go until the opening match against the USA in South Africa, the Church of England
A new barrier is to be installed at the entrance of Epsom Community Recycling Centre where a man died after a dispute about queue jumping. Retired consultant engineer Colin Jones, 72, of Epsom, broke the arm of another driver after his BMW
Schoolchildren got a taste of art in the park at an exhibition of cutting edge sculpture in Wimbledon. The annual summer exhibition of work by students at the Wimbledon College of Art returned to Cannizaro Park last week. Park 10 showcased
A plaque listing civilian casualties from the Second World War was ripped off the wall last week at Lambeth Cemetery in Tooting. It is thought thieves stole the plaque thinking it was made of bronze, but tossed it into the bushes after discovering
The RSPCA are trying to track the owners of a cat who suffered the ordeal of being trapped in a car engine. The black and white short haired cat had to be rescued by the London Fire Brigade and the RSPCA after he was discovered in a parked
Two Surrey Police officers who jumped into a freezing river to rescue a man who was pushed in have received a Chief Constable’s Commendation. They got the awards at Guildford Cathedral on Wednesday, May 19. Inspector Simon Patter
Celebrity guests and an inflatable pub will be making their way to Wimbledon this summer to raise cash for good causes. Organisers of a charity fun day in July said the event would support Children in Need as well as local schools and feature
Volunteers from the Lower Mole Countryside Management Project have put in some hard work to make a cosy haven for hazel dormice in Leatherhead. They have been working with the People's Trust for Endangered Species and staff from Pachesham Golf
Police in Wandsworth have carried out series of dawn raids in a crackdown on drug dealing and gang related activities. The raids took place at eight addresses mainly in Roehampton, but also in nearby Battersea, and neighbouring Hammersmith
Strange Orchestra, a play about life and love in pre-war Chelsea, will be staged by Balham's award-winning Southside players. The play by Rodney Ackland is tragi-comedy written in 1932 and was a challenge to the drawing room drama that was
An iconic Kingston-born model, who pushed the boundaries of nudity in the 1950s, made her screen debut in the most notorious British film of its era and was the first woman to appear naked on British television, has died at the age of 81.
A young woman from Croydon who turned her life around with help from The Prince’s Trust has met Hollywood star Tom Hardy. Jade Whittle, 22, was one of eight young people who took part in a workshop delivered by the actor, an Ambassador for
A former Chessington World of Adventures employee has been shortlisted for his dream job as a travel writer. If Lee Blake is successful, he will spend the next year travelling across the world, with a holiday abroad each month and a salary
