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  • Cheam Gymnastics Club

    The last two weekends have been a hive of activity for Cheam Gymnastics Club. Over the May Day Bank holiday, 29 members of the club travelled to Irvine in Scotland for the Scottish Gymfest. Gymnasts from 8 to 25 years old took part in 3 days of gymnsatics

  • Lancaster Bomber

    Wallington and surrounding areas were treated to the drone of four Merlin engines of the last flying Lancaster bomber at 2.15pm on Saturday 14th May en-route to Thames Ditton Cricket Club where they where celebrating the clubs' President's Day. Based

  • Emotional appeal for missing Surbiton man

    Friends and family of a man who went missing two years ago have recorded an emotional appeal for information to be broadcast this week. Simon Hickson was last seen when cycling from his Surbiton flat to his printing and embroidery business

  • Newborn baby inspires Olympic wager

    A couple’s newborn baby inspired a wager that could see bookmakers paying for them to see 32 Olympic events. Media consultant Will Sturgeon, 34, and his wife Alex, 33, were bidding for £2,500-worth of Olympic tickets when she went into labour

  • Firefighters criticise £40k spend on station doors

    Firefighters challenged a decision to spend £40,000 on new doors at Sutton fire station during widespread public sector cuts. Work was completed last week on five new automatic doors at the station – understood to cost £8,000 each. London

  • Blue sky thinking pays off for pilot once again

    A former airline pilot who made his fortune from selling old Boeings is to design a flight simulator from the aircraft which featured in 2006 film The Da Vinci Code. Mustafa Aolad, from Avenue Road, Wallington, intend to create the simulator

  • Apprentice finalist launches young worker scheme

    Lord Sugar may not be appointing an apprentice this time but Reigate and Banstead Council is - with a little help from Apprentice finalist Chris Bates. He was at the council earlier this week to launch a new scheme designed to help young people

  • Wallington woman still critical a month after explosion

    A Wallington woman is still in hospital in a critical but stable condition a month after after a gas explosion destroyed her flat. Karen Queen, 33, of Morton Close, is in a “critical condition” and is undergoing several vital operations at

  • Zac Goldsmith MP sounds the starting gun

    Zac Goldsmith MP sounded the start of a 5k and 10k run to raise awareness of a little known spinal condition. Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is an incurable chronic inflammatory condition affecting the spine, and affects more than 200,000 people

  • For sun: All the fun of the farm

    Families flocked to Bell Farm Junior School in Hersham for their annual May fair last weekend. More than 900 attended the increasingly popular event on May 7. Visitors enjoyed bellydancers, cheerleaders, street dance and judo displays, as well

  • Ladies moonwalk appeal for breast cancer

    Two dedicated Mitcham ladies are attempting a charity walk with an out-of-this-world difference. Rachel Morgan, a nanny who lives in Tamworth Avenue, and best friend Nicola Kimber will take on the Edinburgh Moonwalk – a marathon power walk

  • Youth worker brings basketball event to Croydon

    A youth engagement officer from Merton has created a new style of basketball game to help young people in Croydon stay active and stay out of trouble. Joseph Maye, 33, helped to create B2B Basketball which is a two on two format of the game

  • 200 Brownies take part in Mary Poppins challenge

    Nearly 200 Brownies from Epsom and Ewell enjoyed a Mary Poppins inspired activity day at the weekend working toward their challenge badge. Jill Popham, leader of the 1st Ewell Village Brownie group and district commissioner of Springdowns,