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Davis off as Palace lose at home again
Claude Davis was sent off in the first half as Crystal Palace lost their fifth game in six league matches at Selhurst Park 1-0 to Leicester City. The centre-half, who had only just returned from a two-game suspension for 10 bookings, was given a straight
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Remembering in Runnymede
The weather seems to have picked up recently, and with the clocks going forward at the end of the month, it seems like spring will soon be upon us; so why not take a walk? As a student in Egham, I sometimes get to take some walks around Egham hill
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Staines Joins Green Revolution to Get Kids Growing
By Rosslyn Wilks - Community Correspondent It’s a well known fact amongst children nowadays: Gardening, an activity only undertaken by those above the age of 34, is about as exciting as watching paint dry. It seems the days of “Dig for Victory” and
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Spring walk planned for Tooting Common
A spring plant walk is planned on Tooting Common on March 21, led by Roy Vickery, a former curator at the National History Museum. The walk will begin at 2.30pm at the junction of Tooting Bec Road and Dr Johnson Avenue. Organisers have requested no
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Weybridge one win from safety
Weybridge Vandals will secure their London Division Two South West future with a win over relegation threatened London South Africa on Saturday. Head coach Ian Bardgett’s men - in their first season since lifting the London Division Four South West title
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Bengali community in Wandsworth to help with cultural spectacular
Wandsworth’s Bengali community is getting together to help organise the largest celebration of their culture ever held in the UK. Three organisations – Tooting Durga Puja, Probashi Cultural Organisation and South London Sarbojonin Durga Puja – are all
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Esher boys earn county call-ups
Six members of Esher U14 have beeen selected to play for their counties. The boys pictured from left to right are Robin Landi (Surrey), Jamie Brooks (Middlesex), Jamie Beighton (Middlesex), Hugh Fraser (Middlesex) and George Edgson (Middlesex).
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Swimmer Marlon eyes 2016 glory
Battersea-based Marlon Gasparotto has his eyes set on swimming for Britain at the 2016 Olympics after making the top-10 in his age group for the 400m freestyle. The 14-year-old, who attends Whitgift School, is also fourth fastest in his age group for
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Shopper's ordeal in St Nicholas Centre smash
Shoppers were forced to dive for cover when a car crashed through a set of doors and into a car park lobby. Maria Johnson, 44, from Banstead said she had been shopping with her 11-year-old daughter Rachel and was heading back to St Nicholas
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LIVE: Crystal Palace v Leicester City
Claude Davis will return from suspension for Crystal Palace tonight as the Eagles face play-off chasing Leicester City. The defender could find himself on the bench though after the centre-back partnership of Matt Lawrence and Clint Hill helped Palace
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Gill hoping for sugar daddy at Croydon
Dickson Gill believes Croydon FC will continue to struggle in the Combined Counties Premier division until a rich investor decides to take a gamble on the club. The Trams beat Dorking 2-0 last Tuesday to end a run of seven defeats in eight games and
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Jilted lover found guilty of escort girl's murder
The jilted lover of a woman who lived a secret life as an escort was found guilty of her murder at the Old Bailey this afternoon. The jury decided, by 11 to one, to convict him of murder after deliberating the case for 13 hours and 15 minutes
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Ian Anderson not out to make friends
It may only be March but Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson has a lot of work to do if he is going to make it on to Simon Cowell's Christmas card list this year. The iconic British folk group are currently touring the UK again and will be performing at Fairfield
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Knopfler's son aiming to follow in dad's footsteps
If the age old saying of like father like son can be trusted, then The Rocket Dolls could be in for a very long and very successful career. The post-grunge-metal-riff outfit include among their ranks a drummer by the name of Ben Knopfler - son to
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WIN! Tickets for wrestling at Fairfield Halls
Great Britain’s longest-established matchmakers All Star are celebrating 40 years in wrestling this year and three sets of lucky fans can watch the action by winning VIP Family tickets for their next spectacular at Fairfield Halls. Top British
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MARK FOKER'S MOVIE REVIEW - GREEN ZONE
Starring: Matt Damon, Greg Kinnear, Brendan Gleeson, Amy Ryan, Khalid Abdalla and Jason Isaacs. Green Zone- definition The heavily guarded 10 square kilometre area of closed-off streets in central Baghdad where the US occupational authorities
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Wandsworth Arts Festival line-up announced
The line-up for this year's Wandsworth Arts Festival has been announced and yet again it's a cracker. Music events, theatre events, film festivals, art exhibitions and literary events will take place throughout May in the lead up to the showpiece event
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Richmond tumblers in medal haul
Richmond Gymnastics Association claimed a record haul of medals in the recent London Regional Championships. The Dagenham event saw Richmond’s tumblers take home three gold, two silver and two bronze medals to confirm their placing as one of the capital
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Young athletes head to the Palace
Hundreds of young athletes will compete in the British Schools Modern Biathlon Championships, which take place at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre on Sunday (21 March). Some 650 young people from around the country will contest the championship
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Regina Coeli students impress
Regina Coeli School took second place in the second annual Runathon sponsored inter-schools handicap event at Coombe Lodge on Saturday. Primary schools took part for the first time with Regina Coeli finishing behind Oxted County School, with Margaret
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Kingston student set for Boat Race glory
Kingston’s Ben Myers admits he is struggling to ignore the hype ahead of this year’s University Boat Race after being named in Oxford’s crew for the historic event. Myers will be the only undergraduate on parade when the race takes place on April 3.
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Hart: Clyne can be a Premiership player
Paul Hart believes teenage starlet Nathaniel Clyne has what it takes to be a top Premiership player after being named the Football League young player of the year. The Crystal Palace full back came 17th in FourFourTwo’s top 50 Football League players
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Tanners halt league leaders
The old saying goes that successful sides pick themselves, and there can be little doubt that that adage has served Folkestone well, as their ever present back line have conceded a paltry 16 goals in 31 games this season, a statistic that has helped sustain
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Speroni backed for late World Cup call
Crystal Palace manager Paul Hart has urged Argentina's national coach Diego Maradona to take a look at goalkeeper Julian Speroni before this summer's World Cup finals in South Africa. The shotstopper was in inspired form during Saturday's 0-0 draw
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Three Richmond starters for England A
England A will be looking for a fourth consecutive win to top off a triumphant season when they take on France A on Friday at the Stade Vellodrome in Rennes, France, kick off 415pm GMT. Head coach Mike Barnett is sticking to essentially the same core
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McCarthy set for return to action
Crystal Palace defender Paddy McCarthy could be back in action for the reserves on Thursday if he gets the all clear from his specialist tonight. The Irishman has been out of action since October after aggravating an old shoulder injury and went back
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Edwards relishing time in the spotlight
Making the leap from under-20 academy rugby league to tangling with the likes of Melbourne Storm and the Leeds Rhinos in a matter of weeks may seem far-fetched, but Feltham teenager Max Edwards is blazing that trail. The 19-year-old recently found himself
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Samson intends to muscle onto podium
Brixton’s Samson Oni warned his high jump rivals he would be a serious medal contender before the year was out after falling short of the podium at the World Indoor Championships. Oni began the final with a bang by sailing over both 2.20m and 2.24m
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Twickenham edge to safety
Twickenham took a major step towards London Division Two South West safety with a 16-5 triumph at fellow strugglers London South Africa on Saturday. Head coach Earle Wilkes’ men bounced back from last week’s heartbreaking last-minute 19-15 defeat to
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Princess Anne praises Kingston carers
Princess Anne praised Kingston’s unsung heroes last week, when she came to New Malden to officially launch a new carers’ centre. On Friday, Her Royal Highness, the Princess Royal, unveiled a plaque to commemorate Kingston Carers’ Network’s
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Quins heading to South Wales
Harlequins RL will make the trip to the unusual surroundings of Neath when they clash with Crusaders RL on April 1. The Welsh club have elected to stage the game at The Gnoll, and have brought forward the contest from the scheduled Good Friday to the
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Man attacked outside Gipsy Hill pub
Two men were arrested in connection with a serious assault outside a Gipsy Hill pub on Sunday morning. A 46-year-old from Caterham was left with a broken cheekbone, cuts to his face and bruising to his chest when he was attacked outside the
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The Comedy Tree - review
The Comedy Tree, The Watershed, Wimbledon Saturday night saw an audience with more than its fair share of hen and birthday parties assemble in the back room of the Watershed for an evening of comedy. They didn’t know what to make of the
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McGowan perpares for final Masters fling
Banstead Downs Golf Club star Ross McGowan remains in the hunt to qualify for next month’s US Masters at Augusta. The 27-year-old, who lives in Cheam, must break into the world’s top 50 before the end of March to land a shot at the famous green jacket
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Kingston buses to carry Muslim peace message
Kingston’s buses are set to carry messages of peace in an effort to counter extremists who hijack the Islamic faith for political means. The Ahmadiyya Muslim community will also distribute thousands of leaflets on the subject of loyalty, freedom
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Redskins are London's pride
Streatham Redskins headed into last weekend’s London derby knowing that North London rivals Haringey Greyhounds needed at least a point to ease relegation fears. A larger than normal crowd gathered at the High Road to watch the encounter, which started
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Elderly man dead in flat for up to two weeks
An elderly Polish man living in warden-run sheltered housing was dead inside his flat for up to two weeks before anyone discovered him. The body of the un-named 63-year-old man was discovered on February 24 at a flat in Gillett Road.
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Another developer contracted to build council HQ
The contract to build Croydon Council’s new headquarters has been signed in secret with a different developer from John Laing. It has emerged the Sir Robert McAlpine construction company has been sub-contracted to build the controversial public
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Dowson delight at Tolfrey's Ks heroics
Alan Dowson labelled keeper Rob Tolfrey a hero after helping secure what the Kingstonian boss described as the result of the season on Monday night. Tolfrey saved a spot-kick in a 1-0 win over Ashford Town (Mddx) at Kingsmeadow to stretch
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Champions Sanderstead held by Reigate
After the elation of winning the league on the previous weekend, Sanderstead made hard work of their 2-2 draw away against Reigate Priory IIs on Saturday. They twice came from behind against a challenging opposition, in a game which featured some questionable
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Sutton High Street to close for 10 weeks
Sutton High Street will be closed from today (March 16) for the next ten weeks while gas works are completed. The work, carried out by Southern Gas Networks, will mean bus routes 80, 164, 280, 470, S1, S3, S4 and N44 will be diverted and stops
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Charges dropped against man who lived with corpse of dead friend
A man who lived in the same flat as the rotting corpse of his friend walked free from court on Thursday. Duncan Rattray, 64, had been charged with concealing a corpse but those charges were dropped after both prosecution and defence counsel
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Tolfrey the hero as Ks edge out play-off rivals Ashford
Kingstonian 1 Ashford Town (Middlesex) 0 A fifth-minute point-blank block and a second-half penalty save in a superb textbook display of goalkeeping from Rob Tolfrey helped Kingstonian squeeze past Ryman Premier League play-off hopefuls Ashford on
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Welsh boss admits Saturday crucial for Dragons
Danny Wilson has set a target of four wins from their six group games if London Welsh are to keep their dreams of playing in the Guinness Premiership alive. The Dragons get their Championship promotion Pool B campaign underway this weekend by hosting
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Sutton spark comes too late
Despite showing real fighting spirit in the second half, Sutton & Epsom were unable to make amends for the three soft tries they conceded in Saturday’s National Three London clash at Rugby Lane. It took Bishop’s Stortford just two minutes
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Epsom College hosts feast of rugby
Nearly 1,000 young rugby players aged seven to 11 battled it out in this year’s National Schools Rugby Tournament at Epsom College, the ninth year that the school has hosted the final. U8 tag final: Lanesborough 35 Denmead 30. Plate winners: St Faith
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Concerns Lambeth residents at back of accommodation queue
Investment in housing for vulnerable, elderly residents has been frozen, with funds diverted to bring more mainstream social housing back into use. The move by Lambeth Living has raised concerns the borough’s most vulnerable residents are being
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Westcroft shine at K2
Westcroft Judo Club claimed 28 gold medals at the South of England Junior Championships at the K2, Cawley, on Sunday. The Carshalton-based club won eight golds, seven silvers and 13 bronzes and with more results still to come in, Westcroft are still
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St Helier plans in limbo until Treasury seal of approval
A £220 million redevelopment of St Helier Hospital has taken a major step forward after Sutton Council approved plans, but the rebuild remains in limbo pending a final Government sign off. The council have now given their seal of approval to
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Surrey CCC hit the road for Sport Relief
Surrey Cricket are hitting the road on Saturday as they bid to visit all 45 ‘Focus Clubs’ in 24 hours to raise money for the Surrey Cricket Foundation and Sport Relief. Surrey TV and BBC London’s Mark Church and first team analyst Steven Rudkin will
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Ebbisham pair win racketball finals
Ebbisham Sports Club holded its first adult open-graded racketball tournament, attracting entrants from Surrey and beyond. A final: Michael Robinson (Ebbisham) beat George Fleming (Surrey Health & Racquets Club) 2-1. B final: Gary Davison (Warlingham
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Relay success for Striders
Striders of Croydon took second place at Saturday’s East Surrey League road relay at Box Hill. Barry White, Lee Flanagan, John Foster and captain Matt Morgan gave Striders their best placing in the event since winning in 2005. Meanwhile, Bill Makuwa
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Conroy: Taylor injury woe will spur on Dons
Jay Conroy reckons fellow Don Lewis Taylor’s injury nightmare could make AFC Wimbledon an even tougher proposition over the remaining two months of the Blue Square Premier season. Having overcome a torn cruciate ligament injury in July 2008 to become
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Game news: Monkey Island 2 special edition
Lucasarts have confirmed that the swashbuckling cult classic, Monkey Island 2: Le Chuck’s Revenge is getting a HD makeover. Following on from last years ‘The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition’, the original follow up will be getting
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Casson out to make big Quins impression
Centre Tom Casson has admitted the reason he switched to Harlequins from Saracens last month was to link up with fellow junior England U20s stars Rory Clegg, Joe Marler, Sam Smith and Charlie Matthews. The 19-year-old bagged the man of the match award
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West Middlesex Sunday Football League
West Middlesex Sunday Football League results for Sunday, March 14. Middlesex FA Surrey Intemediate Cup semi-final: Ruislip Rangers 06 FC 3 Fulwell City 3. Middlesex FA Sunday Junior Cup semi-final: Harefield United Sunday 3 Osterley United 1. Surrey
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Hampstead get revenge on Grasshoppers
Grasshoppers saw visitors Hampstead gain revenge for a 31-18 home defeat in October by leaving Macfarlane Lane as 19-11 winners on Saturday. Grasshoppers scored first with Stuart Daniels’ penalty. Then stand-off Daniels made a brilliant break and fed
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Barnes maintain play-off push
Barnes Hockey Club's Women ran out 2-0 winners in Saturday’s home game with Exeter to boost their bid for a semi-final place in the play-offs for promotion the the National League, writes Mike Thomas. Hannah Adcock and Trina Doyle netted for Barnes against
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England A shine at Esher
England A Women recorded their second win consecutive over the Nomads this season with a convincing 26-7 victory at Esher RFC on Saturday. Mike Barnett's side ran in four tries courtesy of Claire Allan, Danielle Knight, Michaela Staniford and Jenny
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Police called to football match brawl
A brawl between footballers in Crystal Palace last night led to a man being arrested on suspicion of assault. Bromley Police were called to the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre at around 9.45pm after a contentious tackle sparked angry scenes
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Golfers teeing off in aid of Headley Court
Addington Court Golf Club’s veterans’ section is organising a special golf event to raise money for Headley Court, the Ministry Of Defence rehabilitation centre for injured servicemen and women. Organisers hope the event, on Wednesday, April, 14, will
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Club offers fishing for a fiver
Epsom Angling Society are inviting people to enjoy a day’s fishing to help them decide whether to join the club. They are offering a day’s fishing at one of their private waters for a £5 and will be accompanied by a member who will show them around the
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Herne Hill runners star in Inter-Counties Championships
Six Herne Hill Harriers helped Surrey to secure team medals at Saturday’s Inter-County Cross Country Championships in Birmingham. Merhawi Tesfaldet Yemane and Lascelles Hussey formed half of the U13 boys team who comfortably claimed team gold medals.
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YOUR SAY: Petrol prices
Petrol prices are set to reach record levels this year, according to the AA. Research carried out by the organisation warned that unleaded fuel could soon reach £1.20 a litre - or more. The group also urged Chancellor Alistair Darling to delay the
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Wimbledon fail to shine
The spark Wimbledon have shown in recent weeks was mysteriously missing in Saturday’s London One South clash with Sidcup. There were glimmers of the proper Wimbledon, especially in the first half, with some good forward drives and a couple
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Bees owner Benham takes back seat approach
Brentford striker Ben Strevens may think new Bees owner Matthew Benham doesn’t take a hands on approach, but that doesn’t stop him fearing for his future. Benham last month formally completed the deal that will see him take control at Griffin Park and
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Education Effects on Egham
Both Strodes College and Royal Holloway are situated in Egham, and a large proportion of residents in the area are in fact university students living away from home. However, other residents may believe that this growth in youth and student population
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Number of potholes leaps in Lambeth
Under-investment in resurfacing the borough’s roads has been blamed for their deteriorating state. Lambeth’s roads have been littered with hundreds of potholes in recent months, creating dangerous obstacles for motorists and housing large puddles
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Sustainable library set to open in Sutton
London's greenest library is opening in Sutton. Circle Library in Carshalton has undergone a £1.4m rebuild making it one of the most sustainable in the capital. The Carshalton library and community centre, which opens on Friday, was
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Peter the Duck dances on ice for K-Factor final
Croydon's very own television star, Peter the Wingless Duck appeared on the Not The Live Final of a television talent show on Saturday. A Facebook campaign was started to have Peter reinstated on the show and after more than 3000 members joined
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Eye surgeon prepares to direct Indian film stars
A Weybridge surgeon is about to direct and perform in the premiere of an Indian dance/drama alongside film legend Sharmila Tagore. Dr Ananda Gupta, who is an ophthalmic surgeon with Royal Surrey Eye Services by day, runs the Federation for
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Croydon dancer to star alongside Indian film legend
Talented classical Indian dancer Santosh Menon is about to have his dreams come true when he performs alongside film legend Sharmila Tagore. Santosh who lives in Croydon but has his own dance school in Hong Kong will be performing with them
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Chamber of Commerce "not just about new Crystal Palace"
Leaders of the Crystal Palace Chamber of Commerce have denied the organisation is a front to promote plans to build a replica of the exhibition centre destroyed by fire in 1936. Frank Lissimore, joint vice chairman of the chamber, said he wanted
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Wimbledon pub welcomes film crew
Drinkers got a big screen surprise on Saturday when they discovered their local had been turned into a film set. The Emma Hamilton, in Wimbledon Chase, enjoyed a touch of Hollywood glamour when a filmmaker brought about 100 actors, extras and
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Wimbledon dancer to star with Indian film legend
Talented dancer Amith Chowdhury is about to perform alongside Indian film legend Sharmila Tagore. Amith who lives in Wimbledon and is an actor, dancer and film producer, will be performing with Sharmila and her film star daughter Soha Ali Khan
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New care homes in topping out ceremony
A topping out ceremony on Monday marked the structural completion of two new care homes. The final two buildings of Croydon Council’s new ‘Homes for the Future’ care homes have been completed. Addington Heights Resource Centre in New Addington
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Kingston College kids get sneak peek into the future
Kingston’s students will get a glimpse of the future this week, when they encounter an electric motorbike and concrete made from tyres. Pupils from Kingston College will take part in this year’s National Science and Engineering Week on Wednesday
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Surbiton primary school could be delayed
Surbiton parents may have to wait until 2015 for a new primary school, if the Conservative education spokesman’s plan to scrap “silly ideas” for building a new school on the Surbiton Hospital site are adopted by an incoming Tory council in May.
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Students win in photography competition
Two teenagers from Croydon have won second and third prizes in a photography competition. Alex Campbell and Tiffany Crossland, both aged 18 won the prizes in the Young People’s Citizenship Through Photography competition organised by the Learning
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Ofsted praises Tooting primary school
A Tooting primary school has been highly praised by Ofsted for its improvements since their last inspection of the school two years ago. Smallwood primary school has an above-average amount of pupils with free school meals, special needs and
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Turks offer free boat trips to celebrate anniversary
Free Thames cruises will be on offer this month as one of Kingston’s oldest family-run businesses celebrates its 300th anniversary. Turks Launches will offer free trips between Kingston and Hampton Court on Saturday, March 27, the first day
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Manny's named small shop of year
A Long Ditton newsagents has been named the small shop of the year, at a ceremony at the Houses of Parliament on Wednesday, March 10. Manny’s in Fleece Road, which is run by Manoj and Minal Patel, was given the award at a function organised
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Pupils meet in Sutton for problem solving challenge
Science savvy pupils from around the region were at St Philomena's School for the regional round of a problem solving competition. Schools from all over the area are competing in The Problem Solving Challenge organised by Science and Technology
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Crown Prosecution Service judged 'poor'
Hounslow’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) scored a string of zeros before being judged as “poor”, in a performance report released today. The CPS Inspectorate released an assessment of the borough’s team in which several areas of the service
