Hampton Richmond Borough joint boss Darren Powell is confident the Beavers will enlarge their squad by the weekend. The former Brentford defender confirmed talks are on-going with two players the management team believe can really improve respources
The clouds have been floating across South London all day, keep floating my friends, we don't want any rain today...
A family-friendly market place on Wimbledon’s Piazza, located outside Morrisons, is to have a new range of food, household and children’s stalls. The newly improved market holds The Little Market on the Piazza on the last Friday and Saturday of
Horse shows, dog show, two live music venues, the Wimbledon Village Fair is set to engulf The Common in a wave of carnival colour. Attracting more than 20,000 visitors the fair, organised by charity The Wimbledon Guild, is one of the biggest events
Day 3 of Royal Ascot is Ladies Day and last year brought the Queen’s first success in the Ascot Gold Cup race with her horse, Estimate. Estimate will run again in this race this year and the Michael Stoute mount will again be ridden by Ryan Moore
The A3 has been closed between Tolworth and Hook after two incidents and a skip on fire. Surrey Police tweeted at 4.51pm: "#A3 N/B Hook/Tolworth CLOSED x2 collisions and a skip on the back of a lorry on fire! Assisting Metpol. Traffic building
A 'high-risk' missing person from Kingston Hospital may have a knife, police tweeted this afternoon. Richard Cutler, 32, disappeared from the hospital at 2.30pm today, Kingston police said in a tweet. They said he is known to visit the town
A grief-stricken family has renewed calls for justice amid fears that a surgeon’s death in Syrian custody will be forgotten. Dr Abbas Khan, 32, travelled abroad to help save children and women but was arrested with 48 hours of entering war-torn
A £100,000 stolen car was quickly found and recovered yesterday thanks to social media. Burglars broke into a home in Outwood Lane, opposite Banstead Woods, and stole a dark blue Audi RS7 from the driveway at about 10am. Victim Denise French
Four people arrested in connection with the 26-year-old mystery of the disappearance of Lee Boxell have been rebailed. Murder cops arrested three men and a woman in connection with the 15-year-old Cheam boy's 1988 disappearance earlier this year
Customers who visited a Kingston town centre brothel were made to wait outside a gated development before they were snuck in for some action in one of the luxury flats. Police raided the suspected brothel in Seven Kings Way last week, where flats
Ravers played catch with a boy’s finger which got ripped off during the rave in the old sorting office in Croydon. But the teenager who lost his little finger was determined to ‘skank it out’ for as long as possible before seeking medical help
Here is the refreshed Mercedes-Benz E-Class Cabriolet, which, along with sporting cosmetic enhancements in the form of new LED headlights, reworked grille and extra chrome trim, also gets two new petrol motors alongside the existing diesel offerings
Introducing the first ever Maserati to use a diesel engine. Yes, you heard it right, a diesel! Maserati has up until now only ever offered models at the higher end of the premium market, but with the new Ghibli, the Italian firm aims to go mainstream
This terraced Southfields home has gained a staggering £800,000 in just three years and epitomises Wandsworth’s soaring property market. The four-bedroom house, in Elsenham Street, is on the market for a whopping £1.395m. However, three years ago
The Furzedown Festival has returned and is building to another Big Day Out. Founded in 2002, the low-key event has expanded to take in a fortnight through June, kicking off last week with a launch party outside the Furzedown Project 93 on Moyser
Channel 4’s nail-biting documentary series 24 Hours in A&E is currently being filmed at St George’s Hospital in Tooting. Approximately 100 fixed cameras have been installed in the emergency department and on the new helipad which will be filming
Chris Dack, Mollie Renfer and Mary Iheke led the Kingston & Polytechnic Harriers medal charge at the South of England U20 and senior championships over the weekend. Dack, 31, set a new personal best of 15.81 metres to win men’s shot gold at
Epsom’s dynamic police inspector has left the borough to work on a project to get Surrey and Sussex police forces to cooperate and save them money. Inspector Craig Knight, who has been neighbourhood inspector for Epsom and Ewell for three-and-a-half
Three months after serious concerns were first raised in the Epsom Guardian about conditions in High Down prison a fresh wave of complaints have come in about prisoners being locked in their cells round the clock and solicitors even finding it difficult
A man has been charged on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm with intent after an alleged hit and run in Kingston. A 27-year-old man was taken to hospital with a broken arm and head injuries after being struck by a car in East Road at 8.50pm
A doorstep fraudster who fleeced a Chessington pensioner out of almost £60,000 by overcharging for building work has been jailed for five years. Christopher Heron, 25, from Cranleigh in Surrey, cold-called the 65-year-old last year, and charged
Mystery still surrounds the death of a Wallington man who died during the Great North Swim last week. Colin Pringle fell ill in the water during the two mile challenge across Windermere in the Lake District on Friday. The 52-year-old was airlifted
A WW2 Spitfire pilot from Putney who crashed into a village near Bath is to be remembered with a memorial and a desperate search is on to find any of his remaining relatives. A ceremony will be held on Sunday, September 14, in a Wiltshire village
Sutton CC skipper David Mitchell says they are not worried about the runaway leaders of the Surrey Championship Premier Division. Having avoided any abandoned games and winning six out of six so far, Reigate Priory are 27 points clear of Spencer
An accident has closed off two lanes along the A3 in New Malden this morning. TfL tweeted: “A3 Malden Way (northbound) on approach to Malden Junction - Lanes 1 and 2 (of 3) are closed due to a collision. Traffic is slow moving.” London Ambulance
Former Elmbridge Eagles youngster Harvey Burnett has been given 12 months to impress London Broncos head coach Joey Grima. The 18-year-old outside back, who currently srtars for the club's U19s team, penned his first professional deal that will
A man who spoke in favour of Nescot's development plans at a crucial council meeting, claiming to represent "the silent majority", has been criticised for not revealing he was an ex-governor of the college. Jared Fox, of Epsom Road, Ewell, was
A former headteacher and an environmental health expert from the area have been named in the Queen's Birthday Honours list. Dr Stephen Battersby from Sutton has been given and OBE for services to environmental health and Roger Easthope from Worcester
Is there anything better than a cup of tea with friends – and maybe a slice of cake or two? R&B singer Beverley Knight does not think so and she is urging everyone in Croydon to join with their friends and family for a charity tea party.
The MP for Battersea paid a visit to primary school pupils to hear all about their campaign to get children in the developing world to school. Jane Ellison popped in to Chesterton Primary School, Battersea, on Monday, to discuss the year four
A doctor who sent racist messages to staff and took £100,000 from the out-of-hours GP service he ran is fit to practise, a tribunal has ruled. Messages sent by Dr Ravindra Sondhi while he managed Croydon Doctors on Call, from July 2008 to August
Detectives investigating the East Croydon sorting office rave where a 15-year-old boy died have released images of seven people they want to speak to as part of their enquiry. Rio Andrew was taken to hospital
This summer the staff and students of Harris Academy South Norwood bring you the musical spectacular Hairspray. This 1960s style show explores the journey of Tracy Turnblad whose dream is to dance on The Corny Collins Show. Along the way, Tracy meets
Sutton lightweight Cassius Connor has been forced to withdraw from his shot at the vacant International Masters Silver lightweight title due to a back injury. The 28-year-old sustained the injury while sparring with Ben Hall earlier this week,
The new Premier League and Football League fixtures have been announced for the 2014/15 season. West London rivals Brentford and Fulham will face each other for the first time in 17 seasons on November 22 at Griffin Park. They will play the
A Colliers Wood councillor joins the new cabinet for the Labour run Merton Council a year after her election to the ward. Councillor Caroline Cooper-Marbiah joins the cabinet with responsibility for adult social care and health in a re-shuffle
Two people accused of killing an Irish man whose naked body was found dumped in a skip in South Norwood are set to enter pleas at the Old Bailey. Mr Hunt, of Holmesdale Road, South Norwood, died in Kings College Hospital about five hours after
Firefighters were called out after a man decided to have a bonfire in the middle of the night. A crew from Wallington fire station was called to Stanhope Road, Carshalton, after neighbours became concerned about smoke and an orange glow at 12.45am
Herne Hill Harriers sprinting sensation Marvin Popoola has the potential to be among the best in the world, according to his coach. Les Johnson has guided the 18-year-old to a succession of county and national gold medals since the pair came together
The young peregrine falcons living on the top of one of Sutton's tallest buildings are now flying with confidence. A nesting pair of peregrines on the roof of Quadrant House have successfully reared four chicks this year. Last week there was
These shocking images of a Staffordshire bull terrier covered in cuts and wounds have been released as the RSPCA highlights a rise in animal cruelty. The number of animal cruelty convictions in London went up from 250 in 2012 to 297 in 2013.
As the nation warms up for the world famous tennis championships, residents are bracing themselves for an onslaught of visitors. Parking, loading and waiting restrictions will be in place from next week onwards as an estimated 38,500 people descend
Her Majesty the Queen has recognised the hard work and dedication of some of Wandsworth’s residents in her birthday honours list. Among the newly knighted and honoured is chocolatier Chantal Coady who received an OBE after more than 30 years in
Cyclists belonging to the Morden based Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (AMC) returned home victorious after completing a 600-mile cycle ride from Glasgow to London. The group of 25 set off from the Bait-ul-Rehman Mosque in Glasgow on Sunday, June 1
A historian has published a book full of photographs of Battersea ‘then and now’. Ron Elam co-authored the book Battersea Through Time, with his colleague Simon McNeill-Ritchie, and provided numerous photographs he has collected from the past.
Cooks in Sutton have been urged to make sure they are careful with raw chicken. As part of food safety week, Sutton Council is urging people not to wash their chicken before they cook it. Sarah Page, the senior environmental health officer
Former teachers of footballer Luke Shaw have spoken out about his school days as he prepares to take on Uruguay in the World Cup. Although the ex-Rydens Enterprise School (RES) student stayed on the bench for England’s first group match against
Young police cadets stole the show at an awards ceremony recognising Merton's volunteers. Merton's Volunteer Police Cadets (VPC) walked away with top accolades Young Volunteer of the Year and Volunteer of the Year at the Merton Partnership Volunteer
Olympic medallists teamed up with the mayor of Elmbridge for a ground-breaking ceremony at Molesey Boat Club. The mayor, Councillor Barry Fairbank, put the first spade in the ground on Sunday, June 15, to mark the start of the build for the clubs
A Hersham charity is continuing to look after two greyhounds, six months after their home was flooded. Wimbledon Greyhound Welfare in Turners Lane took in Georgia and Ben after flooding in December and February caused significant damage to their
A concert commemorating the centenary of the First World War is being held by a community choir in Walton. Walton Voices will perform a range of works from well known wartime composers together with poetry from World War I on the night. The
A new company that uses state-of-the-art technology to make sure elderly people are safe has launched in Sutton. Caremark, based at the SCILL Centre in Robin Hood Lane, Sutton, is a home care service that allows carers to look after clients using
