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Abseil for our granddad
The children of a Croydon grandfather who has recently undergone a life saving bone marrow transplant abseiled down Sunley House on Saturday to raise money for the Anthony Nolan Trust. Susan Betts and Michael Hamm have waited all summer to see their
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Mayday gets permanent CEO
The interim chief executive of Mayday Hospital has been given the job on a permanent basis. Helen Walley took over the role in June this year following the departure of Vannessa Wood who resigned from her £115,000-a-year post because she felt the cash
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Merton 66 Reeds Weybridge 3
Merton's unbeaten streak continued last Saturday, with a comprehensive defeat of Reeds-Weybridge which moves them up to second place in the League table with a game in hand, writes Jack Canniffe. The Morden Rec outfit achieved this victory without Steve
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Council hopes for big return from selling off flats
Plans to generate a "substantial sum" of cash for housing services by selling off a disused block in East Croydon have been revealed by Croydon Council. Plans to sell the neglected Cherry Orchard Gardens - three blocks of 48 bedsits and flats located
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Old Wimbledonians 29 Guernsey 17
Old Wimbledonians produced some of their best rugby of the season in Saturday's 29-17 victory over Guernsey. OWs took some time to settle and trailed 12-0 after half an hour although skipper Jones pulled three points back with a penalty before half-time
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Dons Diary - October 17
A classic cup tie on Saturday saw AFC Wimbledon advance to the next round away to Exeter City on October 28. Excitement is already off the scale, with coaches, trains and cars filling up fast. The ticket allocation is 1260 and there is every likelihood
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These pirates really sizzled!
Wimbledon Theatre's production of The Pirates of Penzance sent the audience home happy on Monday - humming such ditties are Poor Wand'ring One and many other Gilbert & Sullivan hits. The Carl Rosa Company elegantly recreated the original period settings
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Lights will stay off again without lots more money
An Old Coulsdon councillor admits it is becoming increasingly unlikely that a nine-year-old's dream of Christmas lights will come true. Councillor Christopher Wright is urging residents to donate money to a campaign to ensure Old Coulsdon does not go
