Since Croydon High School first opened its doors in 1874, it has been no stranger to sport with hockey, netball, athletics and tennis teams all practicing on its grounds. As of 2011 however, Croydon High raised the bar when the school decided to form
London celebrated the Chinese New Year with extravagant events for the entire city to enjoy. A fun-filled day began with the famous parade which set off from Trafalgar Square with colourful floats, drummers and many performances from amazing acts, whilst
Gone were the days when names such as John and Anna were two of the most popular names in the UK. Nowadays more couples feel that the role of choosing their child’s name is like a competition for the most original idea. However this leads to their children
The Unigate building, an old dairy site , on Wood Lane was hit by a fire yesterday (31st January). The blaze started at around 9.30am and London Fire Brigade report that over 75 firefighters and 15 fire engines are engaged in tackling the blaze. Wood
Sherlock is a British television series that presents a contemporary update of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes detective stories. In this second and penultimate series Sherlock comes up against the likes of a Dominatrix who has revealing pictures
Wandsworth table tennis star Darius Knight has passed the first hurdle in his quest to represent Great Britain at the London Olympics. With six months to go until the Opening Ceremony, the 21-year-old was this week named on a six-man short
It was a tough season on the ice for the Streatham Redskins, but head coach Barry Spours is confident their luck is about to turn and they can clamber away from relegation, writes Douglas Elder. Although Streatham sit bottom of English National Ice Hockey
Tooting and Mitcham missed the chance to escape the Ryman Premier League relegation zone on Monday night, but Kenny Brown believes it will not be long before they clear it, writes Douglas Elder. The Terrors boosted their survival hopes with a 3-1 win
Richard Brady believes Leatherhead are poised to escape the Ryman Premier drop zone after climbing to their best position this season. The Tanners recovered from a 5-0 thumping by Bury Town at Fetcham Grove on Saturday to beat Margate 2-0 on Tuesday
James Dasaolu’s Olympic dreams may have taken a battering in 2011 but the Croydon sprinter still believes he will be on 100m start line come August 4. The 24-year-old has been beset by injury for the past 12 months, managing to race at just two meetings
A student has embarked on an unusual way to win herself a place on a graduate scheme, by asking people to help trace a yellow balloon. Melissa Gillespie, 22, of Finborough Road, Tooting, aims to make her balloon Balloo an internet sensation
Fire safety procedures in many council-run buildings could still be putting hundreds of lives at risk, a council report has revealed. Lambeth is yet to resolve several fire safety enforcement notices for its housing stock, hostels, youth clubs
Chef Patron Malcolm John has evoked a little Mad Men era glamour with his new Jazz Bar in Putney. The Michelin and Egon Ronay rated chef and restaurateur wanted to create a relaxed Soho-style music bar for his customers south of the river.
The sons of Lambeth’s former deputy mayor have been jailed for their involvement in an attack near their mother's home which left a man needing hospital treatment. Rion Peters, 21, and Scott Richards, 31, the sons of Streatham Wells councillor
Brentford striker Gary Alexander took his goal tally to 10 in his last nine games to take the plaudits on Saturday, but boss Uwe Rosler was just as pleased with strike partner Calyton Donaldson. The 27-year-old former Crewe Alexander star scored for
A tuberculosis scare forced the closure of Kingston police custody desk last night. Suspects were diverted to stations in Wimbledon and Richmond as the custody desk shut for an hour to be scrubbed down when a health check revealed a suspect
A councillor with more than 30 years experience has been earmarked to be the borough’s next Mayor. Coun Eddy Arram was nominated to succeed Coun Graham Bass in the role by the Mayoralty & Honorary Freedom Selection Sub-Committee on Monday January
Children and parents are invited to Elmbridge Museum for a day of family fun designing medieval tiles. The session, entitled Patterns from the Palace, will teach various printmaking techniques and showcase historical tiles. Participants will also
A photographic journey complied by images captured by disadvantaged teenagers is coming to All Saints Weston. It is the first time that Wembley to Soweto, which premiered in London’s South Bank last year, has exhibited in a church. The exhibition is
A great-grandmother celebrated turning 100 with two parties last week. Emily Pink turned 100 on January 23 and marked the special milestone surrounded by her family and friends. Mrs Pink, who lives in Sunrise senior living accommodation
Police have named a man found dead in public toilets in Norbury. The body of Krystian Lenczuk, of no fixed address, was found in the toilets on London Road at about 12.50pm on January 23. The 29-year-old's next of kin have been informed
A waste plan that would allow an incinerator to be built next to Croydon, has been approved by the council. The South London Waste Plan sets out plans for rubbish disposal for Croydon, Sutton, Merton and Kingston councils. At a full
Dean Holdsworth has added his voice to the growing number of ex-players to support our campaign to get MK Dons to Drop the Dons from their name. The current Aldershot Town manager played 208 times for Wimbledon in the mid-1990s before playing for
A couple are desperately attempting to rebuild their livelihood after a set of stables was destroyed in an arson attack. Ron and Linda Nightingale, of Westminster Road, Sutton, care for 13 horses now left homeless after a fire tore through
A scholarship worth more than £25,000 will be offered in memory of a head teacher and receptionist brutally murdered by their son. Barry Dighton, head teacher at Elmhurst School, South Croydon for 20 years and Elizabeth Dighton who taught at the school
Croydon’s planning chief has left his job after just six months. Stephen McDonald was lauded when he was recruited in August after being at the helm of Hackney’s Olympic legacy scheme. But today Croydon Council announced he was to leave
A teenage Muslim took his father’s ornamental dagger to school for protection after he feared racist abuse following the Kingston Mosque attack, a court has heard. The 14-year-old took the knife to school after he started to worry about “anti-Muslim
Hundreds of runners took part in the thirteenth annual Perch XIII on Sunday organised by the Epsom Oddballs Running Club. Runners gathered on Sunday, January 29, at The Mansion House in Nonsuch Park to run 2000 Perch, an old English measurement
Epsom Downs Racecourse is still waiting for a report detailing why the roof of its £23.5m Duchess’s Stand was ripped off in high winds last month. Structural engineers, insurers and Epsom and Ewell Borough Council have all been involved in
Olympic legends Edwin Moses and Mark Spitz are set to line up on the start line at the Bushy Park parkrun on Saturday. Moses - who won Olympic gold medals in the 400 metres hurdles in 1976 and 1984 - and Spitz, who famously swam to seven gold
A man who was killed in a road smash in Ewell last month has been named. Alexander Mpare Mante, 46, from Morden, was killed when his green Honda Civic collided with railings opposite Ewell East Railway Station at about 4.40am on Tuesday, January
Riot-affected shops still waiting for compensation from the government will get their money according to the Deputy Prime Minister. Nick Clegg MP visited the site of the House of Reeves furniture store, which was burnt to the ground on August
Fans of the ukulele are invited to an event at the Green Dragon on Sunday February 5 at 9.15pm where comedy songwriter Jo Stephenson will perform. Jo, who claims to be able to write a song about anything, has a musical repertoire featuring
The amount of sewage spewing into the Thames from the Putney combined sewer overflow (CSO) was described as "embarrassing" by one of the world's top rowers yesterday. Roz Savage, the first woman to row across the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian
Three men have been charged with trafficking drugs following a massive series of raids by Surrey Police last week. The men, two from Epsom and one from Tadworth, were among dozens arrested across the county in dawn raids on Thursday , January
Voices in his head told a jilted ex-boyfriend to murder his partner after stalking her using Facebook, the Old Bailey heard. Clifford Mills set up the bogus profile in the name of “Charlie Manning” and bombarded ex Lorna Smith with messages
A six-year-old boy died after drowning at a pool party organised by his scout group, an inquest heard. Gbenge Ojo, of Kimberley Place, Purley, attended an end of term party with his twin brother Leke on July 14 last year at a former scout leader's
The controversial closure of a public footpath in Merton Park will not go ahead. The route, from John Innes Park to the John Innes Recreation Ground, divides the two main sites at Rutlish secondary school. Hundreds of pupils use it to
Champion Timber has become the latest local business to help the Claygate Clubhouse project. The company's shop is based a few hundred yards away from the new building and they offered £500 worth of internal and external timber supplies to
Reporter Alex Rucki took to the Thames on Monday, January 30, with campaigners who support the Thames Tunnel as a way of preventing the regular discharges of raw sewage into the river: "It's a freezing cold London day and the River Thames is
Commuters travelling through Thornton Heath face delays of about 30 minutes after a woman was injured getting on to a train. The woman is believed to have suffered a broken leg whilst boarding the train at Norbury. The 8.26am train from
Commuters are facing delays this morning due to a broken down coach on the A3. One lane is blocked on the Kingston bypass southbound in Tolworth, between Tolworth roundabout and the A243 Hook Road. Queues are stretching back to Malden Junction
A family’s beloved pet dog suffered an agonising death after allegedly being poisoned while walking around an exclusive golf club. Poppy, a six-year-old golden retriever, foamed at the mouth and had convulsions before dying 20 minutes after
A middle-aged man is standing trial for inciting a 13-year-old girl to engage in sexual activity. Manuel Joao Alves Bicho, 46, from Parkhurst, Epsom, appeared at Guildford Crown Court accused of sexually touching the girl on three occasions
Hampton & Richmond Borough striker Dave Tarpey smashed a second-half hat-trick as the Beavers landed a dream FA Trophy third round trip to League Two Macclesfield Town's Moss Rose stadium on Saturday to face cash-strapped Northwich Victoria.
January is always a stressful month for everyone as we begin a new year with new expectations. However, throughout the years one thing that has never changed the dreaded ordeal of January exams that experienced by students from year 10 to 13. For
A teenager is in a serious but not life-threatening condition after being stabbed in Wimbledon last night. Queen's Road remains closed in both directions between Haydon's Road and Craven Gardens while police investigate the attack. The
Organisers of an award designed to promote businesses in Streatham were left red-faced after they crowned a home-based wedding cake designer from Croydon the winner. Residents and councillors called for a review of Streatham’s Favourite Business
An investigation into why a major housing project was never completed failed to probe the involvement of a major fraudster, council papers have revealed. Lambeth Council appointed one of the world’s largest auditors, KPMG, to examine the breakdown
Best-selling author John Amaechi has branded a park group 'bigoted and outdated' after it objected to a planned gay festival on Clapham Common during the Olympics. The former NBA basketball star accused the Friends of Clapham Common of being
A late-night bar’s manager has promised a “zero-tolerance” drugs policy and to work with concerned residents while bidding for a later alcohol licence. Bar Sia, in the Broadway, was taken over by new management after Merton Police arrested
Peter Andre gave an award to a Sutton school girl for a story she wrote about where she lives. The popstar met Niamh Meaney, a Cheam Common Infant School pupil, at an awards presentation at City Hall on January 26. He met her as part
Sutton’s secondary schools are top of the class, according to the latest league tables from the Department for Education. The tables rank schools according to the percentage of pupils achieving five or more A*-C grade GCSEs, including maths
A woman was flashed as she got into her car on Monday. The 20-year-old from Egham was in Manor Road, Walton, when she noticed a man standing next to the passenger side of her car. He exposed himself for a few seconds, without saying
An 81-year-old grandma who survived the holocaust has spoken of her traumatic experiences at a memorial day in honour of the tragedy. Rachel Levy was guest of honour at a Holocaust Memorial Day on Friday January 27 at Croydon Town Hall, Katharine
By Helen Wild, via email The removal of recently laid, attractive red brick paving in Raynes Park centre and replacement with ugly grey concrete slabs has left me dumbfounded. I was informed by the council the decision was made to "fit in
Are you seated comfortably? Now let us open the red velvet curtains to reveal a grand stage. But the stage is a little plain, and the red velvet curtains a little frayed. In fact what the curtains reveal is far from a grand, welcoming stage; they reveal
Carshalton College is celebrating their student's successes and achievements with a Graduation Ceremony for the Level 4 AAT Accountancy graduates on Thursday 23 February, held at their Nightingales Training Restaurant. Each year, Carshalton College
Gone are the days when people would ‘Breakfast like a King, Lunch like a Prince and Dine like a Pauper.’ These days, people more or less ‘Breakfast like a Pauper, Lunch like a Pauper and Dine like a Pauper,’ and all this could be blamed on our eating
Carshalton College’s Public Services Tutor, Chris Palmer, has made his 2012 New Year’s Resolution to lose weight and raise money for a charity close to his heart, Honour-our-Troops. Chris feels it is time to shape up and his goal is to reach a weight
Carshalton College’s Public Services Tutor, Chris Palmer, has made his 2012 New Year’s Resolution to lose weight and raise money for a charity close to his heart, Honour-our-Troops. Chris feels it is time to shape up and his goal is to reach a weight
Sachets of fruit tea hanging from the ceiling. A deckchair pierced with needles and placed on a pile of sand. Cutlery stuck in the walls of a ripped material tent. The Tiffin Girls’ art installation evening could not be described as ‘conventional’. Given
What’s the point of mocks? Most year 10s have them a year before their real exams start. They are supposedly meant to give students a taste of what their tests will be like and better prepare them for their real life exams the next year. For some it gives
After such events as the London riots in 2011, many are looking into the controversy surrounding the effects of violent video games and the role these games play in modern society. As the graphics and intensity of video games have improved to make them
New Malden based band ‘The 555’ have been plastered all over the local press in recent months for all the wrong reasons; the members’ turbulent relationships, controversial comments and disorderly conduct in London’s Denmark Street during the Christmas
On Friday 27th January, the ‘Basement’, situated opposite Tiffin School, held a ‘gig night’ to raise money for the international children’s charity ‘Wings of Hope Achievement Award’ (WOHAA) who aim to provide ‘quality, long-term education’ for children
War Horse is the new film at the cinema everyone is talking about. There have been many differing point of view about this film, with mainly positive, but a few negative, though in the minority. The critics are saying that there is nothing special about
Exams. Does one really need to say more? Dread, pain and exhaustion. Though as they say ‘no pain, no gain’. All contained within those years of teen angst-oh the agony! However, whilst being a teenager trying to keep up to date with the ever-changing
The government have cut the value of over 3100 vocational qualifications. This change rose from the increase in vocational qualifications which was influenced by schools to boost their league tables. For example, horse care can be worth as much as
During the latter stages of a student’s secondary school life, a lot of hard decisions have to be made, and none may be more important than choosing your A-Level subjects. Some people can work out what they want to do in a matter of seconds, having already
Under the majestic New Year’s dawn the streets were filled with joyous party goers and lively well wishers all cheering in the coming decade. Young and old alike gathered in streets to watch firer works party the night away and enjoy the celebrations.
At Tiffin Girls’ School, there are many talented young sportswomen who take part in the wide range of sports offered at the school. I personally enjoy netball, hockey, tennis and athletics, however some of my classmates have ventured outside of the opportunities
Everyone likes a holiday. Whether it is a daring expedition to the hearts of the Amazon rainforest or to the chilling glaciers of Antarctica it is only fair to say that most of us spend our holiday overbroad in a country which speaks a foreign language
Our Country’s Good, at the Rose Theatre from the 30th January to the 4th February, is a play about the redemptive power of theatre and the belief that ‘humanity lies hidden under the rags and filth of a mangled life’. Original Theatre Company’s production
