Archive
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Rainbow Radio Stars
From Community Correspondent Christine Wicks: Members of the 1st Worcester Park and Old Malden Rainbows visited the studios of Radio Jackie last week. As well as being interviewed, they were successful in getting the jingle they had made celebrating
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Palace player ratings v Scunthorpe United
Julian Speroni: Had a few comfortable saves to make and could do nothing with the goal. His kicking in the first half was awful though. 6 Nathaniel Clyne: A couple of dodgy moments but recovered both times and won the ball back. He knows his
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Silk, Squalor & Scandal: Hogarth's London
Silk, Squalor and Scandal is the name of the newly opened exhibition of the prints of William Hogarth (1697 – 1764) at the Kingston Museum. There are twenty-four prints on display in all; Southwark Street, Beer Street, Gin Lane, the four prints
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'A Dog for a Date'
By Community Correspondent Rosie Saxe: So it’s 7.30pm, I’m standing in the kitchen applying the last few strokes of mascara and lippy to my nervous face. Having spent far too long getting ready, my phone beeps. Excited, as I’m about to leave the house
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Thames Ditton Bar holds auction for Haiti
The Crown Trattoria and Bar in Thames Ditton is holding an auction on Sunday, February 14, to raise money for the people of Haiti. Love for Haiti will be compered by TV presenter Henry Kelly and, as well as the auction, which will be hosted
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Calling ALL Wandsworth Pensioners.
Calling ALL Wandsworth Pensioners. Who’s calling? You may ask, The answer is: - ‘Wandsworth Older People’s Forum’. Regardless of whether you are a single person, a couple or a group, YOUR voice will be magnified by joining our umbrella
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Cleaners versus builders in Hell's Kitchen Croydon style
Hell’s Kitchen came to Croydon College’s canteen last week, as teams from two businesses took on a challenge to be crowned the borough’s culinary kings and queens. Members of century-old construction company Mansell were pitted against amateur
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Sustainable Streatham to become official community group
A green project in Streatham is close to being legally constituted as a community group, and therefore eligible for funding. Sustainable Streatham is now agreeing its constitution and electing a management committee. The project is now looking
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The Royal Borough of Merton?
Calls are mounting for Merton to become only the fourth Royal borough after it was announced the Queen’s seal of approval will be given to Greenwich to mark her Diamond Jubilee in 2012. It might now be a giant shopping centre, but the former site of
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Controversial Richmond school plan is 'exciting', says head
The headteacher of a Teddington primary school in the middle of a controversial enlargement plan has described the scheme as an “exciting opportunity”. John Logan, head at St Mary’s and St Peter’s CE Primary School, in Somerset Road, said he
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Merton community group plans pancake party
The John Innes Society will again be hosting its celebrated pancake party this Shrove Tuesday. Doors open at 6.30pm at the Coach House in Melrose Place. Tickets cost £7.50 for adults and £3.50 for children under 16-years-old. The entrance price
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MOTSPUR PARK: THE FORGOTTEN TOWN
Ask anybody about Motspur Park and they generally don’t have a clue of where you are talking about or just try and be polite by nodding and smiling and saying "oh yeah, that little place inbetween Wimbledon and Kingston." To be honest those who
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Kingston students meet Holocaust survivor
Hundreds of Kingston students met Holocaust survivors last week, to mark what some fear could be the last major anniversary to be attended by people with first-hand experience of suffering under the Nazis. January 27 was the 65th anniversary
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Scouts in Old Malden get timely membership boost
Kingston’s young scouts received a timely boost this week, welcoming an influx of new members to their group in Old Malden. The newly formed Titan Scout explorer unit celebrated the mass enrolment of 17 new recruits at First Old Malden (St
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Cannabis factory shut down by police after raid
A cannabis factory with hundreds of plants has been closed down and one man was arrested after police raided a property in an exclusive neighbourhood. The factory, in Burgh Heath, operated from a large five-bedroom detached house was uncovered
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West Molesey man retires from Kingston court service
Rubbing shoulders with the regular visitors to a criminal court might not be everyone’s cup of tea. But former Lloyds bank worker Claude D’Souza, 79, who retired last month, volunteered for the position at Kingston Magistrates’ Court five years
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New system enables residents to claim benefits online
A fully automated online benefit claim form has been introduced by Lambeth Council. The local authority is the first London council to introduce the system – which is intended to give Lambeth’s vulnerable residents faster access to benefits. The
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Cash from trash plans announced
Plans to generate cash from trash, reduce waste and encourage more recycling in council blocks have been published by Mayor of London, Boris Johnson. The draft proposals are intended to clean up the streets in time for the 2012 Olympics and
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Chessington World of Adventures works on new development
Workmen have been putting the finishing touches to a 14-metre serpent, which is due to be the centrepiece of the new Kobra ride at Chessington World of Adventures. Construction began in November and the ride will open to the public on March
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New Warehouse season set to thrill
An international playwriting festival, a comedy about a kinky guesthouse owner and an opera group with a difference are all coming to Warehouse Theatre over the next three months. The theatre has been running the international playwriting festival
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Parkinson's charity helps Merton residents
A charity has claimed its new service is making a big difference for dozens of Parkinson’s disease sufferers in Merton. A spokesman for the Parkinson’s Disease Society said last year 90 of the 1,500 Londoners who contacted its new information and
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Green campaigner gives Wandsworth talk
Green campaigner Jeremy Leggett spoke to a Transition Town Tooting (TTT) audience last week. Mr Leggett spoke about the problem of meeting increasing demands on resources as oil stocks dwindle. He was joined by Rex Cassidy, facilities
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Clarke hopes to inspire triathletes
Reigning double British triathlon champion and 2012 Olympic hopeful, Will Clarke, is preparing to get hearts racing at the ‘Multipower Indoor Time Trial’ – one of the feature attractions at this year’s Triathlon Cycling & Running & Show, on 13-14 February
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Man breaks window at Craddocks Parade Tesco in Ashtead
A man has broken a shop window causing about £2,000 damage in Ashtead. At 10.40pm on Wednesday, January 27, two men entered Tesco Express, on Craddocks Parade, and when they left the store the suspects picked up an item and threw it at the
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Brakes put on Croydon charity cycle fund
Croydon Council is spending £25,000 on a study to improve cycling in the borough while a cycling charity for disabled people struggles for survival. Over the past three years, Cycling for All, which needs £35,000 to survive, has been awarded
