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Winner takes it all away from X Factor's Ashley
The dream is over for Croydon singer Ashley McKenzie after he was booted off The X Factor on Saturday night. Following a lacklustre rendition of Abba's The Winner Takes It All, Ashley was shown the door by judges Sharon Osbourne and Louis Walsh. Previously
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Haywards Heath 27 Richmond 22
An injury-time try saw Richmond slip to their fourth London One defeat of the season at Haywards Heath on Saturday. Seven days after beating National Three leaders Southend in the cup the previous weekend, Richmond started slugglishly with a converted
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Bedford Town 2 Sutton United 0
Back to back wins in Nationwide South still elude Sutton this season after two second-half goals enabled Bedford to end their own poor run of three consecutive league and cup defeats and move back above Us in the table. After all the optimism that was
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No cooked evening meal for hospital inpatients
While visiting my father, I was totally horrified to discover that inpatients at St Helier Hospital are no longer given a cooked evening meal. This is appalling. Having spent huge amounts of effort to ensure that Merton school children are well fed with
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Sedgley Park 27 London Welsh 20
London Welsh failed to convert pressure into points and had to settle for a losing bonus point at Sedgley Park on Saturday, writes Vicky Cheavers. Welsh started strongly and Chris Ritchie scored their first try via a catch and drive after a line-out.
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Labour worked in Merton says councillor
Local residents believe Labour did a good job managing the borough. A balanced and extensive residents' survey in July and early August show that at the end of Labour's term of office, 69 per cent believed the council was doing a good job, an increase
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It’s my bike, not yours
My wife and I read with amusement the "Get on yer bikes" letter from Matthew Marks in the Mitcham and Morden Guardian last week. As, probably, the largest councillor in Merton I know I drastically need to lose weight and had planned on using a bike to
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Time to remember sacrifices made
Remembrance Sunday gives us a chance to reflect on past happenings with the hope that, one day, we may look forward to a world without wars. While we pay tribute to the millions of men and women who gave their lives in two world wars, we also remember
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Refuse collection is a load of rubbish
I have lived in Wimbledon for the past 10 years and never had any problem with the rubbish bags being collected from the side of the house which happens to be the entrance to my back garden (accessible from the main street). This was until five months
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Woodford 19 Twickenham 9
Twickenham travelled to Woodford hopeful of kick starting their season with a match against the only other side in the league yet to post a win. For the first twenty to thirty minutes it looked as though that would be the case with Ts enjoying a lead
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Three cheers for car service
I am a widow of 61 who has trouble getting out and about. My son helps me where he can, but otherwise I need the use of taxis as I am a bit unstable on my legs. I use the car service in Abbotsbury Road, formerly known as Prontos. I wish to commend all
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Why won’t ‘brighter borough’ help us to recycle?
Wandsworth Council is very good at claiming to be green and urging residents to recycle rubbish. It does not seem to be as good at providing orange sacks to enable them to do it. I have long accepted that neither the council nor its contractors will
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New laws will guarantee safe use of fireworks
With Bonfire Night fast approaching, I am writing to urge safe fireworks use by your readers and also to inform them of an important piece of legislation coming out of the European Union. As your readers get ready to celebrate this annual spectacular
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I demand refuse collections be done quietly
The other Saturday morning I was woken at 6.30am by the noise created by the operations for the collection of materials intended for recycling by this council. The collection lorry was parked outside Richmond Court and blocking Richmond Road to where
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Windsor & Eton 2 Hampton & Richmond 0
Hampton & Richmond crashed out of the FA Carlsberg Trophy at the second qualifying round stage despite dominating for long spells of Saturday's tie at Windsor & Eton. Windsor keeper Sam Mazurek had one of those games where the ball seemed magnetically
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Stop complaining, foxes are an asset
Having lived in the borough for 26 years, I have not once encountered a problem with foxes. With a large, wildish back garden, and a fairly open door policy, I am well-qualified to comment. I feel priviledged to spot these beautiful, shy creatures in
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Councillor defends waste management and recycling policy
I am delighted residents like Donald Roy take recycling seriously (letters, October 26). However, he is being rather unfair to the council, especially since two rolls of recycling bags were left at his flat on September 26. Similarly, 30 packs of recycling
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Charges for cars
The plan of the London Borough of Richmond to apply punitive charges to owners of 4x4s and those with more than one car is a bold move. But how about an environmental tax on those who choose to pave over front gardens for parking their vehicles, and prosecutions
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Leave our post office alone
We, the Furzedown community, signed a petition to save our sub-post offices which were part of the four million signatures taken to the Prime Minister last week. Our local MP for Tooting, Sadiq Khan, presented the Furzedown petition to John Hutton MP
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CARR'S MOCKING IS SUCH A HOOT
Since winning the BBC New Comedy Award for Stand-up five years ago, Alan Carr has become one of Britain's hottest young comedians - as was endorsed by his sell-out show at Epsom Playhouse on Sunday. Carr, co-presenter of Channel 4's The Friday Night
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‘We need fewer hospitals’ says PCT
Plans for more care centres in the community have been unveiled by Surrey Primary Care Trust which hopes fewer people will be treated in hospital casualty departments. The PCT inherited £25million in debts on its formation on October 1 and two out of
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Corinthian Casuals 3 Whyteleafe 4
Having parted company with manager Stuart Massey during the week Whyteleafe could well have been in some sort of disarray coming into this match, but any hopes Casuals had of an easy victory were dashed in the opening hour as Leafe put in a tenacious
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Petersfield 8 Cobham 39
Cobham knew that they were facing a tough match, playing away against Petersfield, the team currently lying third in London South West Four, who like Cobham had not lost a game this season, writes Tony Maddocks. But league leaders Cobham again performed
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Battersea Ironsides 10 Kingston 46
Battersea Ironsides 10, Kingston 46 Victory over a struggling Battersea side gave Kingston five wins on the bounce and moved them up to second in the league table. The game was a scrappy affair. Ironsides tactics to spoil Kingston's quick ball throughout
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Mercedes World will ‘benefit community’
The sparkly new Mercedes-Benz World at Brooklands opened at the weekend with the site's managing director promising the local community will benefit. Peter O'Halloran said the centre had created 240 jobs for the area, two-thirds of which were new. "The
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Ashford Town 2 Kingstonian 1
Kingstonian wasted an excellent opportunity to kick start their Ryman League promotion challenge against a struggling Ashford Town side on Saturday and came back from Kent dejected following a 2-1 defeat. It was the Ks' third visit to the Homelands
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Sleepless flight pays off for local inventor
Several years ago, Walton designer Dominic Robinson gave up trying to sleep during a flight to Hong Kong and instead drew a design for a new aircraft seat on a piece of paper writes Barry Goodson. Last week that design landed him the prestigious title
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Surrey South Eastern Combination results
SURREY SOUTH EASTERN COMBINATION 4th November 2006 INTERMEDIATE Section. Surrey County Intermediate Cup Second Round Windlesham United 1 Greenside 3 Woodmansterne Hyde 7 Thornton Heath Rovers 1 Horsley 1 Croydon Postal 2 Hammer United 0 St
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High-flying Esher thump Harrogate
This National League Two match was very much a no win situation for Esher for the players. They were expected to win against a lowly Harrogate side and win well - they managed both. A 67-0, 10-try mauling began after only two minutes when Emmanuel Amapakabo
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FA Trophy second qualifying round: Carshalton Athletic 0 Heybridge Swifts 1
A single goal separated the two sides at the end of 90 minutes, but again the Robins had to pay dearly for their weakness in front of goal. Despite Eban Allen being signed in time to start up front for the Robins and Adrian Toppin taking over the captain's
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Leatherhead 0 Team Bath 3
Leatherhead's unbeaten run - and their hopes of success in the FA Carlsberg Trophy cam to an end against a strong Team Bath at the Grove last Saturday. With Iain Hendry sidelined after a painful shin injury suffered at the midweek match against Dartford
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Purley scouts and cubs do swimming double at last
Purley's 25th Scout and Cubs had cause for a double celebration when both won their district swimming galas. The scouts overcame last year's disappointment of missing out on winning the title by just two points to claim the trophy for the first time
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Expense of drug could cost cancer sufferers their lives
The wife of a Croydon cancer sufferer has labelled the decision not to allow a life prolonging drug on the NHS as a "death sentence". Like many other sufferers of multiple myeloma and their relatives Jennifer Richardson has been fighting to make Velcade
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Sharp shooter has the Olympics in his sights
He is one of the best sharp shooters in the country but a school IT manager from New Addington still has some way to go before he hits his ultimate target. Peter Friend is the National Smallbore Rifle Association (NSRA)/ELEY national postal champion.
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Teenager dies after street fight stabbing
A murder investigation has been launched after a 16-year-old from Thornton Heath was killed during a street fight in Mitcham. Eugene Attram from Thornton Heath died after being stabbed during a fight between two groups of youths in Lavender Avenue at
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The definition of excellent customer service
I buy my suits from Suits Direct in the Whitgift Centre in Croydon, it's not the cheapest place in the world, nor does it have the shortest queues, in fact I often have to queue for a very long time indeed, the quality isn't any better than elsewhere
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Chatham Town 3 Metropolitan Police 0
Do not let the rather flattering score-line mislead you. The Police dominated the majority of the match and for the third succesive league game played by the Blues the man of the match award went to the opposition goal keeper! The Blues were caught
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Just as guilty of crowding
It seems rather hypocritical of Labour councillors to criticise a proposal to build on the Brigstock Road site when they allowed building in Beulah Hill (Concerns over crowded north, Croydon Guardian, October 25). Queen Mary Road is already far too congested
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Spreading a little sunshine
My wife and I were delighted to receive an invitation to a private view of the Sunshine in Suburbia exhibition at Croydon Clocktower. I never imagined what memories would come flooding back that evening. I was also pleased to find I was part of the exhibition
