Sweet-toothed Suttonites will be salivating at the news a new patisserie has opened in the High Street. Patisserie Valerie was visited by the Deputy Mayor of Sutton as it opened its doors on Saturday. Staff handed over a donation of
Police services in Surrey could be privatized under radical new plans, a newspaper has claimed. Surrey Police have invited bids from G4S and other large security companies to take over the delivery of a wide range of services previously carried out by
The first of a series of car boot sales to raise money for the Epsom medical equipment fund took place today. The sales are taking place in Epsom Hospital staff car park between 9am and 12.30pm across the year. Fees are cars £10, MPVs/4WD/small vans
A woman was robbed of her phone on Valentine’s Day after the thief grabbed her around the throat. The 27-year-old was walking along Cotherstone Road towards Christchurch Road on Tuesday, February 14 at about 2.40pm when the incident took place. The
Londoners are safer from fire thanks to new shift times, according to a London Fire Brigade report. In May 2011, the brigade introduced changes to shift patterns which saw firefighters across the capital change from a nine hour day and 15 hour
Detectives have renewed appeals following the stabbing of a 17-year-old in West Norwood. Police were called at about 1.15pm on Friday to calls of a stabbing outside Norwood Bus Garage, in Ernest Avenue. The victim as stabbed on the upper deck of a Route
With just over three months to go before The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee residents are being urged to celebrate this royal milestone by organising a street party. The Diamond Jubilee bank holiday weekend of June 2-5 and Wandsworth is hoping to
Residents can mark the Queen’s jubilee by having their own specially engraved paving stone. Wandsworth Council has become the first local authority in the country to offer residents the chance to mark 60 years of the Queen's reign. Residents
Students were honoured for their work in Merton Council’s award-winning New Year’s Day parade float. The council came joint first place with Westminster Council for their Horsepower float in the annual parade in central London. On February
A group of pupils will get the chance to get a sneak preview of the new look wandle Park. The park was closed in January and is expected to reopen later this year, during which time a series of major improvements will be carried out. They include the
Babies born on leap day were given a special certificate to mark their remarkable birthday. St Peter’s Hospital in Chertsey saw a bumper batch of 12 babies born over the “extra” 24-hour period. Alexandra Cochrane gave birth to 7lb 9oz Cora at 8.55am
Influential English Journalist Nicholas Owen is revealing all from his 50 year media career in his first book Days Like This. The acclaimed TV presenter and former financial writer will be signing copies of his new release at the Cobham Bookshop. He
About 2,000 disadvantaged children in Sutton could get a cash boost as they move from primary to secondary school. Applications opened on March 1 for the government’s £50m summer schools fund. Under the scheme, head teachers will be
Residents of Lambeth can now keep up-to-date with their local police on Twitter. Lambeth Borough Police has launched its own account, @LambethMPS, on the social networking site. The account will tweet regular updates on policing, crime and safety on
A member of the House of Lords visited a college to encourage students to engage with politics. Lord Harries of Pentregarth, met students in St Francis Xavier sixth form college, Malwood Road, Clapham on Thursday (March 1) and gave a talk about his role
A 100-year-old woman has celebrated her century by getting her first mobile phone. The invention of the handheld set was more than 70 years away when Edith Martin was born above the Antelope Pub in Maple Road in Surbiton on February 26, 1911
School children met with elderly people at a care home to illustrate their memories. To celebrate world book day, residents at Linwood in Thames Ditton wrote stories about pets they had in the past. Pupils from Hinchley Wood Primary School then visited
Blundering station staff left a distressed disabled pensioner stranded after failing to help her off a train. The wheelchair user, who was travelling on the last night-service from Waterloo to Shepperton, asked for help to alight at Kingston
Children driven potty by dog mess outside their school have put up posters asking owners to pick up their poo. Staff and governors at St John’s Primary School in Portland Road, Kingston, decided to act as the problem grew steadily worse in recent
Getting injured prior to an Olympic Games is not ideal preparation, but for Tooting judo star Winston Gordon it could be the making of him. The 35-year-old is currently recovering from an operation to repair a broken finger in his right hand, suffered
A 20-year-old man who was arrested in front of his mother during a police raid has been charged with possession of drugs. Marcus Bivand, of Dents Road, Battersea was given a conditional discharge and ordered to pay £40 costs. He appeared at South Western
