A Wimbledon teenager has been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit burglary. The 15-year-old was arrested on January 5 by officers from the West Barnes and Dundonald Safer Neighbourhoods Team and has since been charged with conspiracy to commit
A Croydon health chief is set to take the helm of PCTs across north central London, it has been announced. Caroline Taylor will leave her post as chief executive of NHS Croydon to take the helm at NHS North Central London Sector, which oversees health
A drug dealer who supplied class-A drugs across Surrey has been jailed. Camberley-based Malcolm Berrido, 25, was sentenced to more than three and a half years in prison after being caught by police with half a kilo of cocaine in his car. Berrido
A former friend and TV colleague of Gary Mason has paid tribute to the former British heavyweight champion who was killed in a bicycle crash on Thursday. Gary Norman, a long-term friend of Mason, watched the 48-year-old's first professional
A team of rowers braving the waves to smash a world record have begun their voyage. David Hosking, 55, is leading the crew that launched their attempt to row the Atlantic last week. Before the departure on Thursday evening he said: "Leaving around
Vulnerable adults are receiving good treatment from Merton Council, a social care watchdog has said. Officials from social care watchdog the Care Quality Commission found the authority was performing well in all inspection categories during an annual
Budding Jamie Olivers are being urged to show off their culinary skills in a competition. CookIt! 2011, the children’s cookery competition run by The Guild of Food Writers and supported by Gold Top milk, is looking for youngsters to showcase their
A teenager has been remanded in custody after being charged with the murder of a 17-year-old from Streatham. Sylvester Akapalara was found in the stairwell of Heron House, on the Pelican Estate in Peckham, on December 29. He had suffered gunshot wounds
Two people were taken to hospital after a car crash in Sutton last night. The incident occurred at around 9.05pm on Banstead Road South and police, fire and ambulance services attended. A spokesman at Sutton fire station said he understood one person
Firefighters were injured last night tackling a serious blaze at flats in Wandsworth. Four firefighters suffered burns to their arms during the incident, at flats above an empty shop in East Hill, which was reported at around 10.45pm.
The Church of England has lost its controversial bid to run a new secondary school to a consortium led by Kingston Council. The competition between the rival bids for the North Kingston Centre site sparked public meetings, an online petition
Kids across Elmbridge are gearing up to perform with one of the country’s top gospel choirs. The children from six schools will descend on Esher High School to take part in a series of half day singing workshops with ACM Gospel Choir, finalists
A civil servant who mounted a private prosecution against Croydon police may have to pay more than £25,000 in costs after losing his case. Conrad De Souza complained noise generated by food delivery vehicles deprived him and his family of sleep
Kingston traders have reacted furiously to a more than 200 per cent increase in business parking permit fees announced on Christmas Eve. A permit, which allows businesses to park in controlled parking zones near their shops, will increase from
Recent winters have encouraged my garden daffodil shoots to peep above ground for an inch or so well before Christmas. Not this time though, with December being the coldest for more than 100 years. Even as I write, in the first week
Thousands of residents were still awaiting delivery of their Christmas mail after an overtime dispute hit postal services, 22 years ago. The worst affected areas were Balham, Battersea and Tooting, where First Class mail posted on December
A Kingston University professor has been made an MBE in the New Year's Honours for his work on inner-city regeneration. Matthew Humphreys, who took over as head of Kingston Law School in 2007, received the award for his work on the EC1 New
