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Robber wanted on three raids in a week
An armed robber is being hunted by police after three raids in Ashford, Shepperton and Egham in one week. Nationwide Ashford, Egham Abbey National and the Halifax in Shepperton The robber demanded cash from staff at the Nationwide in Church Road,
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Dad guilty of attempted murder
A Chessington man accused of trying to kill his two autistic sons has been found guilty of attempting to murder one of them. The Old Bailey jury heard the 47-year-old man allegedly strapped his children, aged five and six, into a car and drove to a remote
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Bail extended in Birchwood murder probe
A man arrested in connection with the murder of Sharon Birchwood at her home in Ashtead has had his bail extended. The 54-year-old Banstead man answered his bail at a Surrey police station today and had it extended until May 7. The man was earlier interviewed
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Afrikan acrobatics at its best
I can't remember the last time I enjoyed a show as much as AFRIKA! AFRIKA! - a production which overloads your senses and leaves you gasping with amazement at the talents of more than 100 dancers and circus performers. Every single minute of this spectacular
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Update: Station reopens after woman hit by train
Kingston train station has reopened after a woman was hit by a train this afternoon. British Transport Police (BTP) confirmed a woman, believed to be in her 60s, from Richmond, was hit by the 12.27pm London Waterloo circular train at 1.07pm after leaning
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New Addington postcode 'worst' for identity fraud
New Addington has been revealed as the postal area most at risk from identity theft in the whole country, the results of a survey claim. According to the research undertaken by the credit reference agency Callcredit, New Addington has topped its ID Fraud
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Twickenham inventor makes green music
The Twickenham man who created the clockwork radio has invented an environmentally friendly music player. Trevor Baylis, 70, hopes his Eco Media Player will match the success of his radio, which is now used by millions of people in Africa. The device
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Robins settle for a point in dour struggle
Carshalton Athletic 0 Horsham 0 Any point is valuable with so little distance between the teams in the middle and lower order of the table, but neither side will have taken much satisfaction from a game where the contrasting styles of the two sides cancelled
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Halls returns to Reading
John Halls has gone back to Reading after his month-long loan spell at Crystal Palace ended at the weekend. Eagles boss Neil Warnock decided against extending the 25-year-old's loan because he could only get him for three months rather than the rest
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Pilot strike threatens Easter travel chaos
Easter holiday makers face the threat of flight chaos with BA pilots considering strike action. The pilots, through their union the British Airline Pilots' Association (BALPA), accuse the airline of trying to downgrade pay and conditions by stealth
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Teen arrested in connection with Croydon College stabbing
A teenager has been arrested after a student was stabbed at Croydon College last week. An 18-year-old male from Peckham was arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm (GBH) and was bailed to return at a later date. An 18-year-old students was treated
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Striders women clinch promotion
Striders of Croydon's women have won promotion back to Surrey Women's Cross Country League Division One. They finished third of the 35 teams in the final match at Richmond Park on Saturday, to clinch third place overall. Serena Stracey's excellent run
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Woman knocked down as she crossed the road
A woman was knocked down as she crossed the road in Morden. The accident happened near the Harvester restaurant on the A24 London Road northbound. The woman, believed to be in her 20s, was hit by a Vauxhall van around 2.50pm. She was taken to St George's
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Casuals get back on track by turning over Leafe
Whyteleafe 0 Corinthian Casuals 2 Casuals executed their game plan perfectly at Church Road, nullifying the Whyteleafe attack with dogged defending for 70 minutes and then counter attacking with speed and precision as the game drew to a close. It was
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Welsh missed out on bonus point
A much improved second-half performance was not enough to earn London Welsh a bonus point as Exeter Chiefs completed a league double over them at Old Deer Park. The visitors crossed from three first-half tries only for Welsh to conjure two second-half
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Dixie: 'I must have been mental to do something like that'
Pub chef Mark Dixie said: "I must have been mental do something like that, eh?" after his arrest in connection with the murder of Sally Anne Bowman, the Old Bailey heard. Dixie, 37, denies killing the 18-year-old model but has admitted having sex with
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Bushy Park delight for Danny
Stragglers' Danny Norman produced a new personal best to win the Bushy Park 5km time trial for the third time in 41 attempts on Saturday morning. Clear blue skies and sparkling frost greeted the runners for the 182nd running of the event and Norman (
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£500m cycle 'superhighway' plan
A bicycle "superhighway" from Balham to Victoria and bike-priority streets in Croydon and Richmond are among the £500million transport plan released by London Mayor Ken Livingstone today. The proposals would also see more than 6,000 hire bicycles placed
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Epsom welcomes Bee Gees and Queen tributes
Epsom Playhouse turns into some sort of crazy time travelling music machine next week, as it plays host to tributes to two of the biggest acts of the 70s and 80s. First up is Mercury, a tribute to the astounding talent that was Freddie Mercury and Queen
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Staines held to disappointing draw
Leyton 2 Staines Town 2 Staines made the visit to East London to take on the Ryman Premier League's bottom club last Tuesday, and dropped two points on a desperately disappointing night. Steve Cordery was able to start Mark Nwokeji alongside Richard
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Ball's instant impact for Sutton
The signing of striker Steffan Ball paid immediate dividends for Sutton United in their battle to stay in Blue Square South on Saturday. It took the former Ramsgate just 13 minutes to get on the scoresheet and his goal gave United only their second home
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Honeywood takes trip to China
No sooner have the Chinese New Year celebrations started, then the Honeywood Museum get involved like the proverbial up a drainpipe. For it is Year of the Rat, meaning an afternoon of Chinese and rat-related activities down by Carshalton ponds. There
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Bob Mills is back...
Bit of a cult hero is Bob Mills. From his post-pub, pre-TV Burp show In Bed With Medinner, which trawled through TV's more bizarre archives, to his current regular slots on Radio 5's sporting panel show Fighting Talk, his laconic London drawl has earned
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Esher outclassed by Pirates in Conrwall
Cornish Pirates 70 Esher 10 Esher's first visit to the new temporary home of Cornish Pirates - or as we knew Penzance - was not a great sight for the travelling Esher supporters. The Pirates, who had run Exeter close last week, were intent on making
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Rare Chessington game ends in defeat
Wembley 1 Chessington & Hook United 0 Playing only their second match since the New Year, indeed, their second match since December 22nd, it would be interesting to see the performance, but it was lacklustre. Probably the best thing to happen was the
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Ex-girlfriend describes volatile relationship
The ex-girlfriend of pub chef Mark Dixie tells the Old Bailey the couple had a volatile relationship and used to argue all the time. In a written statement read out in court Stacey Nivet said she met Dixie, 37, in June 2002 when they worked at the Earl
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First taste of defeat for Kingston
Kingston 16 Croydon 17 Kingston suffered their first league defeat of the Surrey League One season after starting poorly and letting in two tries with some weak defending - part of their game that had been a strength all season. Larry Weeks reduced
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Warriors' Noble backs Quins to beat bookies
Wigan Warriors boss Brian Noble has backed Harlequins RL to defy the bookie's belief they will finish bottom of the Super League table this season. Noble's men blitzed Quins in the closing stages of Saturday's thrilling season opener in front of a record
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Onslow-Cole thrives on first taste of Vauxhall
New Malden's Tom Onslow-Cole has completed a successful first test with Vauxhall in preparation for his assault on the 2008 HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship, which kicks off next month. The 20 year-old, who made a stunning debut in the BTCC last
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Boris: End free travel for young troublemakers
Young troublemakers should lose their free travel cards, Conservative London mayoral candidate Boris Johnson says. Mr Johnson said the plan to remove free bus travel for any young people abusing it aimed to end rowdiness and violence faced by commuters
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Woman hit by a train in Kingston
Kingston train station is currently closed after a woman was hit by a train this afternoon. British Transport Police confirmed a woman, believed to be in her 60s, was hit by a train at 12.10pm after leaning over the platform with her shopping. The woman
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Firefighters attend railway arches blaze
Firefighters were called to a blaze in two railway arches in Clapham this morning. The fire completely destroyed the arches which were being used as joinery workshops and crews had to cool and remove a propane cylinder involved in the fire. The brigade
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Whitgiftian keep cool heads to win
Old Whitgiftian 27 Old Amplefordians 14 Old Whitgiftian came from behind in the second half to run out 27-14 winners over Old Amplefordians in an open match on Saturday. Amplefordians started with the slope advantage and it took 25 minutes for the
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Butterfield commits to Palace
Eagles defender Danny Butterfield has signed a new two-year deal at the club. The right-backs current deal was due to expire at the end of the season, but by signing the contract extension the 28-year-old has committed himself to Palace until 2010.
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Croydon romp to impressive victory
Promotion-chasing Croydon Hockey Club's Ladies were totally dominant in last weekend's 4-0 victory over Barnes. The score would have been much greater but for an inspired performance from Barnes' keeper, but Fiona Loxton finally found a way past with
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Chips boss slams players attitude
Chipstead boss Nick English has told his players to get serious after Saturday's defeat at Sittingbourne was their third in four league games. Despite controlling the first half, the Chips failed to score and were punished by two break-away goals in
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Man dies and woman injured in road crash
A man has died in a road crash involving a lorry and a car in Streatham. The man, in his late 20s or early 30s, was driving a convertible silver MGF sports car, which was in collision with the lorry. He was pronounced dead at the scene and his passenger
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Ks shrug off form dip with superb victory over Hamlet
Kingstonian 3 Dulwich Hamlet 0 Kingstonian bounced back from some indifferent displays to run out 3-0 winners over Dulwich Hamlet, one of the best footballing sides in Ryman Division One South, on Saturday. Boss Alan Dowson rejigged his side by bringing
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Off-licence targeted by teens
Two teens broke into Threshers off licence in Lind Road, Sutton, setting off a smoke security device before making off with a small amount of beer. The suspects, both white and in their late teens, were wearing dark hooded clothing and are thought to
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Stone me! Stolen paving resurfaces in Carshalton park
The road to hell is famously paved with good intentions so it is unclear where Grange Park in Carshalton will lead after the cruellest intentions created its new paving. In a remarkable case of crime putting something back into the community, slabs stolen
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Refill your plastic bottles with water
If you are already faltering on your resolution to help the environment fear not - Croydon Council has named February as waste minimisation month to get you back on track. In 2007, 111,000 tonnes of rubbish went into landfill in Croydon and with strict
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Running to help aged
I am writing to you on behalf of Help the Aged, which is looking for people who have already secured their own place in this year's Flora London Marathon on April 13 to run for the charity. I started running just over five years ago and, not only has
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Luke claims Wimbledon victory
Unattached runners Luke Howson and Regina Lombard won the men's and women's events at the Wimbledon Common 5km time trial for the first time on Saturday - at the second attempt. Howson clocked 18:11 to finish 27 seconds ahead of Hercules Wimbledon's
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Herne Hill claim dramatic cross country title victory
Herne Hill Harriers had a golden day in Richmond to suit the glorious sunshine when the men leapfrogged to the front of the Surrey cross-country league to win on the day and take the title with 730 points to Thames Hare and Hounds' 736 after four matches
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England A Women run in four tries against Spain
England A Women 22 Spain 5 England A Women bounced back from their Nomads defeat a week ago to record an encouraging 22-5 victory over Spain on Saturday in Madrid. Mike Barnett's side, who were defeated 27-12 by a supremely experienced outfit seven
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Food for Thought
I’ve been feeling a bit under threat lately, mainly by two things that have appeared from out of nowhere. And now, where ever I look, there they are. What are these 2 things? Ben Fogle and Omega 3. Ben Fogle is on just about everything these days
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England Women do a job on Italians
England 76 Italy 6 England Women racked up a cricket score victory against Italy in the second round of the RBS Six Nations on Saturday at the Stadio Tre Fontane in Rome. Gary Street's side ran in a massive 12 ties to claim their second win on the bounce
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Mahony boots Park to bonus point
Ealing 26 Rosslyn Park 20 Park were kept in this match by the reliable boot of Richard Mahony and a splendid piece of opportunism by full-back Richard Watkins. In truth, the final margin of six points for a vital bonus point probably flattered them,
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Yaku saves the day for Hampton
Hampton & Richmond 2 Basingstoke Town 2 Lawrence Yaku scored a last-minute equaliser to salvage a point from a match featuring three red cards on Saturday. Former Hampton player Francis Vines brought a Dragons team to the Beveree who had shipped 11
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Mourners bid farewell to Ledger
To see the video click here More than 100 mourners, including family and celebrities, gathered to bid farewell to actor Heath Ledger at a memorial service in his Australian home town. The star's former fiancée, actress Michelle Williams, arrived in
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Corbisiero sets U20s on their way in Genoa
Italy U20 13 England U20 22 Alex Corbisiero set England on the way to victory with a try in the land of his forefathers at the Stadio Sciorba in Genoa. Corbisiero's grandfather left Naples for America in the middle of the last century and the London
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Jarvis steers England Saxons to fine win in Sicily
Italy A 15 England Saxons 38 England Saxons recorded the second win of their campaign when they completed an emphatic five-try win over Italy A in Ragusa, Sicily tonight. Harlequins fly-half Adrian Jarvis produced an impressive man-of-the-match performance
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Camden Market fire damages celebrity pub
To see the video click here A pub which is a favourite with celebrities including Kate Moss and Amy Winehouse was wrecked in the Camden Market blaze. The Hawley Arms pub was damaged in the huge fire, which ripped through the historic market's stalls
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Palace ratings against Charlton
Julian Speroni: Save from Zheng Zhi was phenomenal. Couldn't do anything with the goals and patrolled his box well. Man of the match. 7 John Halls: Given a torrid time by Varney in what could be his last game. 5 Mark Hudson: Could have done better
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Lacklustre Palace fall to derby defeat
Crystal Palace manager Neil Warnock bemoaned the lack of creativity in his midfield after seeing derby rivals Charlton condemn his side to a second defeat in three games. Luke Varney scored a second-half double to earn The Addicks a 2-0 win, but it was
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Surrey South Eastern Combination
Results for Saturday, February 9 INTERMEDIATE Section First Division: Battersea Ironsides 2 Old Plymouthians 0, Continental Stars 1 Croydon Greenside 4, Epsom Eagles 1 Epsom Athletic 0, Nutfield 4 N P L 3, SCR 1 Old Bristolians
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Meredith accused said to sing in prison
An American student being held over the killing of Meredith Kercher is reportedly annoying warders and inmates in prison by singing. Amanda Knox, 20, is said to constantly sing the Beatles classic Let It Be in jail in Perugia, Italy, where she has been
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New-look Tanners get job done in first half
Horsham YMCA 0 Leatherhead 2 With Ian Hazel releasing three players in the midweek - two of them being defenders who had started for the side - Leatherhead certainly had the look of a team in a rebuilding phase. In contrast Horsham YMCA have the taint
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Huck beats teen challenge at Banstead
Over-45 veteran Dave Huck held off the challenge of two teenagers to win the Banstead Woods 5km Time Trial on Saturday. A well-known local athlete Huck, who is often seen coaching new runners, recorded his first victory at the eighth attempt in 18
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Latest: Pile-up closes two lanes on the A3
All three lanes of the A3 Kingston Bypass have reopened after a crash involving several vehicles halted traffic during rush hour. Motorists were severely delayed when two lanes closed northbound between the A243 Hook Road and the A240 Kingston Road at
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Five Grammys for Amy Winehouse
To see the video click here Rehab singer Amy Winehouse has won five gongs at this year's Grammy Awards. The singer - who could not attend the Los Angeles ceremony due to visa trouble - performed at the show via satellite. Her awards included song
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Band shows its Feeling spicy
Indie band The Feeling gave clubbers at London's G-A-Y bar a spicy treat on Saturday. The five-man band wowed the crowds by donning Spice Girls' outfits during their set. Former Brit School student frontman Dan Gillespie Sells decided to emulate Geri
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Firefighter warned he could be sacked for saving lives
A Walton firefighter has been warned he faces the sack if he uses his medical training to save injured people while carrying out fire calls. Joe McMahon, a former paramedic who is now a firefighter based in Wimbledon, helped ambulance workers who were
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Two teens injured after stabbing
Two teens were rushed to hospital after a stabbing in Lambeth on Friday. Police found the first boy, believed to be around 15-years-old, suffering from stab wounds in Strathleven Road after being called to the scene at around 6pm. The London Ambulance
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On this day...
11th February 1878 - The first weekly weather report is published by the Met Office. 1990 - After more than 27 years in prison, Nelson Mandela walks to freedom from Victor Verster Prison, near Paarl, South Africa. 1998 - 18-year-old Michael Owen
