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Croydon's tennis stars so close
Croydon's young tennis stars narrowly missed out on first place at the London Youth Games finals last week. Chris Maguire, Issac Stoute, Yusef Stoute, Charlotte Nutting and Tara Mani-Lunde finished second behind Bromley, earning the borough 46 points
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Come Dancing at the Dragon
Behind every good dancing show on television is an even better band, and trumpet player Tony Dudley was part of one of the biggest. Cult classic Come Dancing ran for 50 years on the BBC and Dudley, founding member of Aviva, a Latin jazz band playing
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Capoeira championship attracts hundreds of schoolchildren
Hundreds of Lambeth schoolchildren took part in the third annual capoeira championships held at Crystal Palace National Sports Centre on Friday. Some children took part in the competition itself, while others got the chance to practice the
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New Surrey Bowls League results and tables
New Surrey Bowls Fours League Recent results: Croydon 57 (4) Belmont 64 (6), Supreme 52 (2) Cheam 64 8), Malden 62 (2) Old Coulsdon 76 (8), Belmont 45 (0) Norbury 65 (10), Southey 55 (2) Supreme 63 (8), Norbury 66 6) Malden 52 (4), Old Coulsdon 54 (
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AJ Sports Surrey League results
Premier Division: Balham & Tooting SSC 168 lost to Abahani 169-5 by 5 wickets. John Fisher 235-5 (L Marriot 81 not out, B Connolly 57) lost to Economicals 237-4 (C Cooper 105 not out, A Vanthavasi 53) by 6 wickets. Old Thorntonians 193 beat
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Surrey youngsters crash to Berks
Surrey U25s were beaten by Berkshire for the second consecutive year, going down 78-67 in a Home Counties League match. Surrey were 17 shots down at the halfway stage and, despite a mini-recovery, but a 17-shot win for Matthew White’s rink
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Croydon tops disability athletics table at London Youth Games
Croydon has topped the Disability Athletics table at the London Youth Games Competition. Competitors faced tough opposition from 29 other London Boroughs at Mile End Stadium on June 18, but some superb performances saw Croydon’s boys and girls
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'We will return home' - pledge MPs Ann and Alan Keen as squatters' saga ends
Reports of a sex attack at a farewell party for squatters who took over the Brentford home of MPs Alan and Ann Keen will not stop the couple moving back in, they revealed today. Mr Keen said the couple were determined to move in as soon as
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Woods climb into the top half
Another win for Woodmansterne saw them climb into the top half of the table only 50 points off league leaders Lingfield. In horrible, unpredictable conditions, losing the toss wouldn’t have been the end of the world - Woods however won it, and decided
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Three arson attack siblings still fighting for life
Three members of the same family are still fighting for life more than three weeks after their home was targeted by arsonists. Zain Masud, 22, his brother Junaid, 16, and sister Nabiha, 21, are all in a critical but stable condition in hospital
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Quins' experience will make England more competitive
England boss Martin Johnson reckons the experience Quins players Danny Care, Nick Easter, Chris Robshaw and Ugo Monye have gained this summer will stand his men in good stead for the forth coming autumn internationals and beyond. Care and Easter featured
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New walk-in centre GPs for Hook in hunt to find a surgery
A new "super GP surgery" in Chessington and Hook will be run by a private firm which runs walk-in centres in Kent and Coventry, the Surrey Comet has learned. Mallings Health won the contract from Kingston NHS Primary Care Trust to run the centre
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Job hunters invited to Mitcham recruitment fair
Job hunters and volunteers can take their first step towards a new future next week. A recruitment, training and volunteering fair will take place in Mitcham next Friday. A spokesman for organisers Volunteer Centre Merton said: “The
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Shakilus Townsend: Inquiry into police investigation of earlier stabbing
AN investigation is under way into how police investigated a stabbing linked to the killers of 16-year-old Shakilus Townsend. The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has confirmed it is investigating how the Met handled an investigation
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Croydon athletes help Surrey to schools victory
Croydon hammer thrower and team captain Andrew Jordan led from the front at the weekend as 10 athletes from the borough won medals to significantly help the victorious Surrey cause at the English Schools Championships at Sheffield. The Trinity
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Young peoples' theatre company to open in Wandsworth
Exciting times lie ahead for aspiring young actors and singers as Chickenshed, Europe’s biggest theatre company, revealed plans to open one of its workshops in Wandsworth. A meeting was held at Christchurch Primary School, Battersea, last week
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Croydon Council Tories accused of taking MP out of firing line
The Tory council have been accused of protecting one of their own by amending a motion calling on Richard Ottaway MP to consider his position. The motion, in response to Mr Ottaway’s expense claims, was proposed by the Labour opposition
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Parents cautiously welcome north Kingston secondary school sites announcement
The long fought-for new secondary school in north Kingston will be split between sites at the Hawker Centre and North Kingston Centre, Kingston Council announced on Friday morning. A total of 1,200 pupils aged between 11 and 16 will housed
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Lambeth residents to trial food waste recycling scheme
Residents across Lambeth have been asked to recycle their food scraps as part of a pilot project to reduce food waste. The scheme, to be tested in 8,000 homes, as a move to boost recycling and cut down on waste being sent to landfill.
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Cyclist Marshall beats heat to take silver
Weybridge cyclist Ann Marshall has completed the gruelling La Marmotte event, achieving silver standard after one of the toughest challenges of her career. The event is billed as the toughest one-day amateur cycling contest in the world, covering 174km
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Kingston claim gold in London Youth Games archery
Kingston won the archery competition in the Balfour Beatty London Youth Games held at Crystal Palace. Jess Cosson, Richard White, Emma Smith, Laura Smith and Duncan Garner were the borough’s winning representatives. Team manager Andrew Trimble said
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Lambeth claim Youth Games football title
Lambeth have been crowned girls football champions at the Balfour Beatty London Youth Games. Members of the winning team were: Martha Ewas (Bishop Thomas Grant Catholic Secondary School), Jazz Gordon-Maddix (St Martin in the Fields High School for Girls
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Fraudulent failed asylum seeker jailed
A failed asylum seeker who fraudulently claimed more than £114,000 has been jailed. Adesuwa Ojo-Osagie, also known as Queen Hanson, 42, of Parchmore Road, Thornton Heath was sentenced to eight months in prison at Croydon Crown Court on Friday
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Action Jackson set for Valencia
Kingston’s Amber Jackson admits it will be the proudest moment of her life if she gets to line-up for Great Britain when the Fastpitch Softball squad head to the European Championships in Valencia this week. Jackson, who starred with the javelin as
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Horse racing at Kempton Park for Wednesday, July 15
First Race Time : 6:20pm Notable Jockeys: William Carson - grandson of former champion jockey Willie Carson Notable Horses: At 8.20pm Charlotte Point is one to watch as she has not been out of the first 2 in her previous 6 starts Feature Race
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Council employee sues for stress after alleged mismanagement, court hears
A council department was so mismanaged it resulted in an employee suffering a mental breakdown, a court has heard. Steven Whiteside is suing Croydon Council for stress after suffering a breakdown in 2004, and has taken his case to the High
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Hodgson lends a helping hand
England and London Irish scrum-half Paul Hodgson is helping out with coaching during the first five weeks of Sutton & Epsom’s pre-season preparations. Hodgson, who started playing junior rugby for Sutton aged just five, has been recruited by new head
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Surprise visit for Bedelsford School pupils
Pupils from Bedelsford School had a surprise visit from mayor of Kingston Councillor Ian McDonald on July 8, as the civic leader dropped in to take a look around during the special school’s open morning. Coun McDonald spent the morning chatting
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Teenage dreams hard to beat at Ben & Jerry's Festival
With their brand of indie-pop variously described as “shimmering”, “jangly” and “melodic”, summer festivals could well have been invented for Teenage Fanclub. The band’s guitarist and singer, Norman Blake, spoke to Will Gore about their upcoming appearance
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Norman siblings star for Leatherhead
Leatherhead Swimming Club siblings Suzanne and Andrew Norman took the Haslemere summer open gala by storm. Suzanne, 12, won six gold medals in the 200m backstroke (2:34.41), 100m backstroke (1:13.18), 50m backstroke (35.15s), 200m IM (2:41.78
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England stars drop in on Warlingham youngsters
Warlingham Rugby Club’s U15s were treated to a training day at the weekend with two of England's World Cup winning stars. Steve Thompson and Ben Cohen pulled on Warlingham’s traditional sky blue and white hooped shirts at the session for the youngsters
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Matthews goes solo at TwickFolk
Iain Matthews is a star of the British folk scene having been a member of the original Fairport Convention line-up and scoring a number one hit with Woodstock in 1969. He has also enjoyed success in Plainsong and in recent years has explored his
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Lock has winning combination
Epsom triathlete James Lock has his eyes set on victory at the Parc Bryn Bach Elite Triathlon this Saturday. The fourth event in the British Triathlon Super Series will also double up as the British Triathlon Sprint Distance Elite Championships and
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Terry: Lorraine up to the task for Dons
Terry Brown has revealed that Paul Lorraine is likely to skipper the Dons this campaign - barring any season-ending injuries. Centre-half Lorraine took the captain’s armband for Saturday’s 1-0 pre-season defeat to Wycombe Wanderers as Brown got to run
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Stoneleigh Athletic U15 seek a keeper
Stoneleigh Athletic U15 are looking for a goalkeeper in school year 10 to play for the team next season. Call Paul on 07795 076374 or e-mail pmiller@rosebery.surrey.sch.uk
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Burtwell wins in Banstead Woods
South London Harriers’ Mark Burtwell pipped Tadworth’s Dave Freeman in a close fought Banstead Woods 5km parkrun on Saturday morning. Burtwell recorded his second victory in the race in 17 minutes 27 seconds, just six seconds ahead of Freeman, with
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Wallington WH Smith fire treated as suspicious
A fire which consumed part of an unoccupied flat above WH Smith in Wallington is being investigated. Firefighters were inundated with calls from people who saw the smoke rising from the building in the High Street on Sunday, at about 4pm.
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Hopeson's joy at Championship silver
Croydon's Twinelle Hopeson was jumping with joy after producing a personal best to claim 200m silver at the Aviva English School Track and Field Championships on Saturday. The 17-year-old Croydon Harrier clocked a time of 24.55 seconds at the Don Valley
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Sawyer aims for Jolly good partnership
Frankie Sawyer insists he can forge a deadly partnership with Richard Jolly - if Robins boss Hayden Bird gives him the opportunity. The livewire striker moved to Colston Avenue this summer after firing 17 goals for Hastings United in the Ryman Premier
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Chalmers wins on Wimbledon Common debut
Over-40 veteran Alexander Chalmers marked his debut in the Wimbledon Common 5km parkrun by winning a close fought race on Saturday morning. Chalmers, of Springburn Harriers, clocked 16 minutes 48 seconds to finish ahead of James Savage of Stourbridge
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Richmond duo named in England squad
Richmond’s Kimberley Davey and Victoria Cornborough were named among the replacements for England’s U20s Nations Cup clash against Wales at Brunel University this week. England Women Under 20s Head Coach Giselle Mather has announced her team for the
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August opening for Wandsworth library
The new library in Garratt Lane, Wandsworth is to open on Tuesday, August 25, the council has announced. Builders are putting the finishing touches to the building, following a £1.5m redevelopment. As well as books, newspapers and magazines
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Disappointment for Woods
Woodmansterne 2nd XI made the long trek to Churt, and under grey skies were put into bat after losing the toss. Despite the conditions, the reliable opening pair of Hiren Patel and Graham Wilson continued their good form, Wilson in particular taking
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Weybridge office provider welcomes green shoots of recovery
We may be at the peak of the recession, according to Weybridge based office provider Abbey Business Centres. The number of new businesses relocating to its serviced office premises in Wellington Way, based in Brooklands Business Park, suggest
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Scarf success for Kingston College student
Kingston College student Kate Winskill has been named as the winner of a project to design a unique scarf for sale in Bentalls. This year it was decided customers would decide the winner of the Bentalls Scarf Project, as opposed to a judging
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Kingstonian close in on Premier League star
Alan Dowson admits he would jump at the chance to sign former Fulham star Ian Pearce, but accepts any potential deal is a long way off. Pearce made a surprise appearance for Kingstonian on Monday night, scoring the only goal in a 1-0 friendly win over
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Win an empower programme package and a mountain bike courtesy of énergie Fitness
Now there is a fitness plan for everyone – the six-week empower programme at énergie Fitness, which officially opens its doors on Friday, July 17. Whether you want to slim down for the summer months, feel fantastic for a wedding day or kick start a fitness
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It's a Guy thing at the Rose
Solo pianist Guy Pearson stops off at the Rose Theatre for a one-off gig this week – just do not go expecting a run-of-the-mill recital. The Mansfield musician has made his name by penning numerous works used in TV, film and advertising, along with releasing
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WIN! Tickets to Time and the Conways
The National Theatre presents J B Priestley’s riveting classic Time and the Conways. The Conways, celebrating Kay’s 21st birthday in 1919, seem a golden family – safe and well after the Great War, looking forward to future careers, marriages, and a
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Variety of events for Sutton athletes
Two members of Sutton Runners took part in the Reigate Priory Summer Evening 10k. Mark Aldred ran in a time of 46.04 (99th) and Penny Hubbard completed in 49.32 (170th). At the weekly Banstead Woods 5k Time Trial on Saturday 11th July, 14 members
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Gay rights protest over solicitor's Pride email
Gay rights campaigners held a protest outside a solicitors’ firm following a furore over a "homophobic" email by one of the senior partners. David Moore, of legal firm Street Marshall, sent an email complaining about the Law Society promoting
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cornerHOUSE stick to the script
The deadline for submitting plays for the oneACTS 2009 festival at the cornerHOUSE is looming, with July 19 being the final date for entry. All scripts should be between 15 and 30 minutes’ long. The new writing festival runs from November 9 to 14 at
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Manor Park cafe plans get go ahead
Plans to bring a café back to Manor Park near Sutton Town Centre got the go-ahead at the latest meeting of the Sutton Local Committee. Under the proposals the café unit will be built with £116,000 given by the council to residents and the local
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Simply Red in a race to the finish line
2010 will mark the end of an era for Mick Hucknall as he disbands the phenomenally successful Simply Red. The group is currently in the middle of a mammoth greatest hits tour which stops off at Sandown Park on Wednesday, with the venue long
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Shrewsbury House children raise £30,000 for charities
Pupils from Shrewsbury House School celebrated their final assembly before the long summer holiday by giving a major boost to three local charities. The students have raised an impressive £30,000 for good causes in the past academic year and
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SLH lose out to Blackheath
South London Harriers came second in the men’s Southern League track and field match at Hastings at the weekend competing against a very strong winning Blackheath team. Exceptional efforts in the jumping, throwing and sprinting events however gave
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Surrey County Council launches healthy eating campaign
Surrey County Council has launched a campaign to encourage Surrey’s takeaways and restaurants to cut the fat and calories in their food. The council’s trading standards team started the Eat Out Eat Well scheme, which offers three award levels
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Hundreds turn up to see JLS launch new single
Teenage girls stormed HMV in Croydon in their hundreds on Monday afternoon as pop stars JLS signed copies of their debut single. The clean-cut quartet were in town to promote their new single Beat It. They greeted their teenage fans,
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Sears on target as Palace hit five
Freddie Sears notched on his first Crystal Palace appearance this morning as the Eagles beat their American counterparts 5-2 in Baltimore. Manager Neil Warnock fielded a strong side that included his other summer signing, Darren Ambrose, in
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Two pupils with swine flu died but school stayed open
The Health Protection Agency (HPA) has defended its decision not to advise a Lambeth special needs school to close despite two children from there dying after contracting swine flu. A girl, nine, and another child, whose details have not been
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Weybridge struggle to make impact
Weybridge travelled to Sutton on Saturday with the hope that their luck would change. Once again, Weybridge won the toss and elected to bat, opening the innings with Franklin and Zaf Ansari. The new opening partnership started steadily but,
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Patients experience delays in Kingston booking system
Kingston patients are experiencing “significant delays” in getting appointments using an electronic booking system. Kingston Clinical Assessment Service (KCAS), run by GP consortium Thamesdoc, has experienced the delays since January, according
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Gun robbers flee in shame
A Tooting shop worker had a lucky escape when he called the bluff of two armed robbers last month. He was working in Londis in Franciscan Road when two men entered at around 9.30pm and pulled out a gun. They demanded he open the till
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'Kitty found me new friends'
The people of Renmuir Street in Tooting will never feel alone again after this mischievous moggy unwittingly brought them together. Nathalie Pownall, 31, was distraught when her cat Levi went missing, but it was during her week-long search
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Former Fleetwood pupils ready for a reunion
Former Fleetwood School pupils from the 1970s are being rounded up for a nostalgic reunion on Friday, July 17. More than 40 people have already confirmed attendance and the number has snowballed since an advert were placed on website friendsreunited.com
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Cheam student scoops engineering award
A student from Cheam won a regional award for his environmentally-friendly engineering project. Samuel Harris, of Cheam High School, won the overall best young engineer gong in a competition held at the Millennium Seed Bank, Wakehurst Place
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Staines Town fixtures 2009-10
BLUE SQUARE SOUTH August: 8 Weston-super-Mare (a), 11 Dorchester Town (h), 15 Havant & Waterlooville (h), 18 Bishop’s Stortford (a), 22 Welling United (h), 29 Worcester City (a), 31 Maidenhead United (h). September 5: Eastleigh (a), 8 St Albans City
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Epsom and St Helier hospitals score high in dignity league tables
A national survey has shown that the food, environment and levels of privacy and dignity provided at both Epsom and St Helier hospitals are "good". Figures from this year’s Peat (Patient Environment Action Team) assessment, which was undertaken
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Sun shines on new Brooklands College pupils
Scorching weather helped to set the scene for the welcome party Brooklands College hosted for its new students on Thursday, July 9. The annual event, which takes place in the grounds of the college in Heath Road, Weybridge, included wall climbing
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Snubbed Kingston could still pay for Crossrail
Kingston Council is set to be forced to pay £2.6m towards the Crossrail project, despite being snubbed for a place on the new route. Crossrail will connect the City, Canary Wharf, the West End and Heathrow Airport to commuter areas east and
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Cocktails and dreams for Croydon college student
A student at Croydon College won third place at an international competition to find the perfect cocktail. Xiang Xiang Lu came third overall in the Galvin Cup competition and won first place in the best technical skills category at the Dorchester
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Chess club launched in Wallington
Wilson’s School in Wallington hosted the launch event for a nation-wide initiative to encourage pupils to play chess. The scheme is aiming to promote chess clubs in schools by putting 10 free chess sets into every one of England’s 250,000 schools
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Victory for residents as Canon Hill Common dropped as fun run venue
A resident's group has won a campaign to block plans for a regular fun run on one of Merton’s most popular green spaces. The Friends of Cannon Hill Common group was opposed to allowing up to 200 runners ploughing over the land for up to five
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Streatham residents brand air tax system 'unfair'
Calls to stop penalising people taking trips to the Caribbean with disproportional air travel taxes have been backed by Streatham's Lib Dem Parliamentary spokesman. Part of the Government’s latest budget introduces a tiered carbon emissions
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Park ducks stolen for 'cooking pot'
Waterfowl in Wandsworth’s commons have decreased in the last five years, according to London Wildcare Trust. The charity, which treats injured birds, blames a new a trend for capturing birds at night and taking them home to eat, although the
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Footballer run down after pub fight, murder trial told
A man accused of murdering a footballer by running him down with his car after a pub fight "lied and concealed evidence", a court has heard. Daniel Press, 24, from Ewell, hit William Buckingham, 21, from Morden - whose family lives in Sutton
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Award winning Croydon film maker working on untouchables documentary
A film maker who won an award for her first documentary about a cross-dressing Indian boy, is hoping to repeat her success with an exploration into India’s caste system. Nida Vohra, from Croydon won an audience award at the Bombay Mix Festival
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One Planet Living set to begin in Hackbridge
A series of projects within the One Planet Living initiative will start in the next few months, with £1m being invested in Hackbridge and surrounding areas. Projects One Planet Food, Greening Business and Living Wandle are due to start in the
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New Malden adventurer ready for trip-of-a-lifetime
Young New Malden adventurer Louise Biddle will make a once-in-a-lifetime trip to the Arctic tundra in August, to film a BBC documentary about life on chilly Baffin Island. The 19-year-old earth sciences student plans to make a series of geological
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Expensive leather jackets aren't designer labels, warn Surrey Trading Standards
Surrey County Council has issued a warning about the sale of leather jackets con artists relieved victims of hundreds of pounds. The trading standards team has told people to be on their guard after four people bought jackets that they were
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Stress the main reason for teacher absence
Lambeth’s teachers are facing record levels of stress with many quitting the professions as a result, according to Lambeth NUT. Statistics obtained by the Streatham Guardian through a Freedom of Information request show stress is the top recorded
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Orphanage holds 70th reunion
Veterans of the Royal Orphanage Asylum for girls in Beddington reunited to celebrate 70 years since the orphanage moved to Cornwall during the blitz. The annual reunion welcomed the last “children” who were old enough to remember life at Carew
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Come together at Chestnut Grove
Chestnut Grove School in Balham will host a “Come Together” day on Tuesday, July 14. The event, between 3pm and 4.30pm, is held by NHS Wandsworth, the local police and the council. There will be free information and health advice, as
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Waitrose for Wimbledon
A supermarket chain claims 150 jobs could be created with the arrival of a new store in Wimbledon. Waitrose has announced plans to open a new store in Alexandra Road, on a vacant site formerly occupied by DIY store B&Q. The 1,712
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Roundshaw Downs to host its first Parkrun
A new parkrun event is being launched on Roundshaw Downs, just off Purley Way, this Saturday (9am). The event, originally inspired to reduce the pressure on the hugely successful Banstead Woods event, offers a fast and flattish two-lap course in
