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  • Limited edition prints to help Weybridge hospice

    Renowned British artist Brendan Neiland has donated one of his limited edition prints to the Sam Beare Hospice in Weybridge, in the hope it can be auctioned off to raise money. PR guru Max Clifford, who is the patron of the office, will attend

  • Restaurateur cleans up at business awards

    A Sutton restaurateur cleaned up at the South London Business awards last week, scooping the top prize during the annual ceremony. Malcolm John cooked up a winning formula with his Sutton-based Brasserie Vacherin and Croydon restaurants Le

  • Gorillaz to headline Glastonbury Festival

    Gorillaz have been confirmed as U2's replacements at the Glastonbury Festival. Damon Albarn's project will top the bill on Friday night after the Irish rockers were forced to cancel after frontman Bono underwent back surgery. Festival founder

  • Man arrested during cannabis factory raid

    Police today uncovered a cannabis factory filled with 250 plants during an early morning raid. At 8am, officers arrested a man found inside the semi-detached house in Chatsworth Crescent, Hounslow, on suspicion of cultivating cannabis.

  • MCM Expo 2010

    This weekend we'll be heading uptown and attending the MCM Expo at the London Excel. Aside from a world wide attempt to set a new Guinness World Record for the Largest Handheld Game Console Party, the exhibition is expected to play host to

  • Easter ready for Baabaas challenge

    England captain Nick Easter reckons facing the Barbarians on Sunday will represent a very different challenge to the international norm at Twickenham. Team boss Martin Johnson’s men kick-off their summer tour to Australia at the weekend with a traditional

  • Award puts Teddington on the rugby map

    Teddington Rugby Club Gareth Cross reckons being named Rugby World Magazine’s British and European Team of the Year has finally put the club on the map. Head coach Giselle Mather’s men last week added the National Junior Vase to the Surrey

  • Footballer attacked referee after being shown red card

    An angry football player attacked a referee after he was ordered off the pitch during an amateur match. Darren Brown, 27, of Windsor Road, Worcester Park, pulled Peter Forshaw, of Eltham and kicked him in the arm during the Catford Power League

  • Dons snap up midfield star

    Terry Brown has beefed up AFC Wimbledon’s midfield options for next season by snapping up Tonbridge Angels star Lee Minshull. Minshull, voted the Angels player of the year for last season, weighed in with 17 league and cup goals for the Ryman

  • Game review: All Star Karate - Nintendo Wii

    I love the Wii very much, but what concerns me is the number of games that have almost made it into my regular playlist. Sadly, All Star Karate by THQ falls into that category. This is the kind of game a 13-year-old boy would get off their nan

  • Peter Wallner takes the stand in wheelie bin murder trial

    The chef accused of murdering his wife and putting her body in a freezer for three years before dumping it in a wheelie bin outside their Cobham home, has taken the stand at the Old Bailey. Peter Wallner admitted killing his wife Melanie Wallner

  • Croydon Tory MPs in running for powerful party posts

    Croydon’s Conservative MPs could be about to become two of the most powerful members of the party’s backbenches. Richard Ottaway, who has represented Croydon South since 1992, is one of two candidates battling to be named chairman of the party

  • Lambeth Council announces 400 proposed job cuts

    Hundreds of Lambeth Council jobs will be axed this year as the local authority braces itself for millions of pounds in funding cuts. The council today launched a 90 day consultation with trade unions and staff on cutting around 400 posts.

  • Watson steers Chipstead to victory

    Kingstonian's top order failed to take advantage of a flat track when skipper Imran Khalid won the the toss against Chipstead. Khalid himself went for nought as his side were reduced to 25-3 before Awon Abbas and Sajjad Ali stopped the rot with a stand

  • Young voters make their mark

    Young people have asked for a panel of their peers to represent them in the council chamber. A group of youth advisors to Merton Council, who will speak to politicians about the key issues affecting young people, could be in place by October

  • Danvers concentrating on recovery

    Tasha Danvers has endured 18 months to forget since claiming Olympic bronze but the Croydon Harriers star insists a rushed return is the last thing she will be doing in 2010. Danvers was the surprise package of the Beijing Olympics, climbing the podium

  • Dundas set for Sutton return

    Sutton United boss Paul Doswell insists all he is looking for next season is improvement after completing his transfer activity this summer with a move to secure Hampton & Richmond Borough striker Craig Dundas. The Gander Green Lane chief is expected

  • Sutton Churches Tennis Club serves up trio of free events

    Sutton Churches Tennis Club is offering a trio of free events in June just in time for Wimbledon. There will be a parent/junior play tennis morning on June 5 and a weekly girls only tennis course from June 10, while Baseliner Junior Club sessions will

  • Woods cut down by Wandgas

    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

  • Missing parrot found at Chessington World of Adventures

    A much-loved Amazon parrot that went missing from Chessington Zoo during a training session earlier this month has been returned. Larry is not a confident bird, so keepers did not think he would go very far and issued an appeal for his return

  • Sutton Runners excel in Edinburgh

    It was a busy weekend for Sutton Runners as no fewer than 14 runners travelled to the lovely city of Edinburgh for the city’s marathon. One other runner, Jackie Arrowsmith, also made travelled for the shorter half marathon. On a scorching day where

  • Rumbles leads Collingwood home

    Collingwood AC’s Allan Rumbles took part in Saturday’s Exmoor Coastal Marathon, an off-road trail marathon along the rugged Devon coast. He finished in a time of six hours, 30 minutes in difficult, hot conditions. On Sunday, Andy Stalley (1:07:01)

  • Filmmaking for 7-16 year olds

    By Community Correspondent Lucy F. J. Pope With the availability of incredible technology ever growing, it is easy for anyone to produce an amateur piece of footage, using anything from a complicated camcorder, to a basic smart phone. ‘ Founded in

  • The National Physics Laboratory opens its doors

    By Community Correspondent Lucy F. J. Pope On the 20th of May 2010, the National Physics Laboratory (NPL) opened its doors to the public for its ‘World Metrology Day‘. Attracting people as young as five, there was definitiely something for everyone

  • Shoppers warned after pensioner's purse stolen in Epsom

    Shoppers in Epsom are being urged to ensure their handbags and money are always safe after an elderly woman had her purse stolen. The 78-year-old woman had been shopping when her leather purse was taken from her handbag while she waited for

  • The Innes Book of Records

    "It was an accident we all managed to walk away from," laughs Neil Innes, remembering the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band's joyous 40th anniversary show at the Astoria in 2006. Ahead of his solo gig at Putney's Halfmoon next week, the Bonzos' musical maestro

  • Mobile phone app to diffuse stop and search tension

    A mobile phone application to help defuse tension surrounding the police's controversial stop and search policy will soon be available to download, thanks to three Tulse Hill students. Aaron Sonson, 23, Satwant Singh Kenth, 26, and Gregory

  • Man who proposed at Jimmy Carr gig revealed

    A recruitment consultant stole the show at a Jimmy Carr gig when he proposed to his girlfriend through the award-winning funnyman. Adam Olver, 28, of Coulsdon, planned the surprise for partner Selina Lovett, 28, for months in the run-up to

  • Leatherhead’s swimmers impress in Aldershot

    While the spectators basked in the sunshine over the hottest weekend this year, Leatherhead’s swimmers kept their cool in Aldershot Garrison pool at the Bracknell & Wokingham level one long course open meet. The team clocked up 16 medals, including

  • East London Line is "the art line"

    Crystal Palace residents finally celebrated their area taking its place on London's iconic tube map on Sunday, as the first trains made their inaugural trip from SE19 on the East London Line. Rail enthusiasts and residents keen to check out

  • Downsend School girls show them how it's done

    For the fifth year in a row, the Ashtead-based Downsend School girls’ squad were placed in the top 3 nationally at the IAPS National Swimming Championships. Over 117 schools were represented on the day, having qualified from the Regional rounds held

  • Keeper Brown eager to stake Dons claim

    Seb Brown is refusing to take the AFC Wimbledon goalkeeping jersey for granted despite seemingly being in pole position for the number one spot at Kingsmeadow. The release of James Pullen at the end of last season sees Brown and teenage

  • Daws: Frankie Gavin must wait his turn

    Carshalton’s Lenny Daws has told Frankie Gavin to get in line after the precocious 24-year-old announced he plans to be British Light-Welterweight champion by the end of 2010. Gavin, Britain’s first ever World Amateur Champion, made the claim in an

  • Johnny Cash's band come to Croydon

    When Bob Wootton went to a Johnny Cash concert in 1968, little did he know he would go on to be the great man's right hand man, confidante and lead guitar player. For more than three decades he toured with Cash as part of The Tennessee Three

  • Pubspy: The Jolly Farmers in Purley

    Pubspy has spent far too much of his life cursing the crazy Purley Cross gyratory system that confuses even the best of drivers. You spend half your time wondering what lane you're supposed to be in and whether or not the guy in front is suddenly

  • Sutton church receives much needed funds for roof repairs

    A church in Sutton has become one of five grade II listed places of worship in London to be given the latest £510,000 Heritage Lottery Fund announced this Monday. St Barnabas, a church built between 1884-91 in Sutton was awarded £82,000 by the fund,

  • Last year's Mayor of Sutton re-elected for second term

    The Mayor of Sutton was re-elected at this Monday’s full council meeting to serve a second consecutive term. Councillor Margaret Court, representing Wandle Valley, is the third member to serve as Sutton’s first citizen for consecutive terms

  • Mayor raises £22k to fund nurse in Sutton and Merton

    The Mayor’s charity has provided £22,200 to fund a new specialist Parkinson’s disease nurse for Sutton and Merton. This initiative started in 2007 by Councillor Myfanwy Wallace while she was a Mayor, but the remaining funding for the post has only recently

  • First-time runners urged to join party on Roundshaw Downs

    The Roundshaw Downs parkrun is putting on a special celebration for first-time runners and new parkrunners on Saturday, May 29 (9am). The idea is for runners to invite a friend, family member or first-time runner to take part in the 5km event and swell

  • Race attack on Somalian women in Battersea

    A group of Somalian women were the victims of a racist attack in Battersea last month. Police are still appealing for information about the incident, on Tuesday, April 6, as no arrests have been made. The attack took place on 344 bus

  • Fruity new business venture for mother-of-two

    A mother-of-two has turned a redundancy payment and interest in health food into a thriving new business. Lotwina Farodoye, 38, of Grosvenor Gardens, Wallington, was made redundant from her job in marketing just over a year ago. Now her own

  • New East London Line connects Croydon to the City

    Hundreds of rail passengers celebrated Croydon taking its place on London’s iconic Tube map on Sunday, as the first trains made their inaugural trip from West Croydon to Dalston Junction. Rail enthusiasts and residents keen to check out the

  • Stilt-walking ref to watch over football tournament

    A charity football tournament will have a stilt-walking referee and a bouncy castle on the sidelines at Chessington and Hook Football Club next week. Organisers of the Tcharmed event need 32 six-a-side teams, one for each of the teams in the

  • Rock n roll in Chessington to aid indoor bowls club

    Slip on your dancing shoes and jive the night away at a rock and roll evening in Chessington on Friday, May 28. King George Field Indoor Bowls Club, in Jubilee Way, hosts the nights every Friday until September, to raise funds for the club’

  • Leader to unveil co-operative council plan

    Residents could be handed a council tax rebate in exchange for helping run services under Lambeth Council's proposals for a "co-operative council", due to be published today. Council leader Steve Reed is expected to unveil the model - intended

  • Kington Hospital named in country's top 40

    Kingston Hospital has been named one of the top 40 hospitals in the country for the 10th year running. The hospital award was based on 21 categories, including patients’ experiences and quality of care and was given by CHKS, part of the Capita

  • Piers McCausland sworn in as Wandsworth mayor

    A Fairfield councilor has taken office as the new Mayor of Wandsworth. councillor Piers Conolly McCausland, 61, was sworn in as the new mayor of Wandsworth at a ceremony in Wandsworth High Street on May 19. The new mayor said: "Wandsworth

  • New officers to tackle antisocial disorder on trains

    British Transport Police has teamed up with Southern to launch a new team of officers to crack down on anti social behaviour and disorder on trains and stations. Four teams of rail neighbourhood officers, specialist accredited rail staff, will

  • Mortgage broker struck off for failing to cough up fees

    A mortgage broker who failed to pay up more than £1,300 in fees to the financial watchdog has been struck off. Stephen Frank Ellison has been barred from carrying out regulated activities by the Financial Services Authority(FSA) after repeatedly

  • Surrey kids flock to free training for youth games

    Kids wanting to represent Elmbridge at the Surrey Youth Games flocked to free coaching sessions last week. Particularly busy sessions included girls cricket for nine to 11-year-olds and mixed golf for 11 to 14-year-olds. All participants

  • Measles spate prompts vaccination advice

    Wandsworth parents are urged to vaccinate their children against measles after an unusual spate of cases in south west London. The borough’s director of public health, Houda Al-Sharifi, is recommending the MMR vaccine after children in Sutton

  • Wimbledon Village pub raises charity cash

    Bar staff will take a break from pouring pints for a charity weigh-in in Wimbledon Village next week. Seven employees at the Hand in Hand pub are battling to shed weight for a ‘biggest loser’ contest in aid of Cancer Research UK. The competition

  • Burglars strike as residents leave windows open

    Police are warning residents in Streatham to shut their windows at night during summer after a spate of burglaries over the weekend. Many burglars gained access to first and ground floor homes in Streatham through kitchen and bathroom windows

  • Parents in fear after eight attempted child abductions

    A state of fear exists among parents in Croydon after eight attempted child abductions in 10 days. Croydon police are working with Surrey Police to launch a cross-force manhunt after the incidents in Surrey and Croydon. Two of the incidents