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Veg van hits town
Passengers arriving at Hackbridge station were greeted by a living broccoli and carrot to mark to launch of a new healthy living scheme. A brightly-coloured Veg Van selling locally-produced fresh fruit and vegetables will make a weekly visit
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Blackpool comeback puts Palace into bottom three
Crystal Palace let a two-goal half-time lead slip as they drew 2-2 with Blackpool at Bloomfield Road and slipped back into the relegation zone. Ben Burgess' last minute goal added to Charlie Adam's strike at the start of the second half to cancel out
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Green campaigner Andy Pag escapes prison sentence
Eco activist Andy Pag has escaped a 10-year jail sentence for illegally carrying a satellite phone in India. After three months of waiting for his trial, the relieved 35-year-old from Thornton Heath walked away from a court in Pushkar, northern
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Croydon College students celebrate success
Olympic athlete Donna Fraser helped more than 60 students celebrate a year of success at Croydon College’s annual award evening. The four-time Olympian and five-time world championships athlete presented awards to students demonstrating strength
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Sally Army Battery Call
The “Sally Army shop” – Salvation Army, Wandsworth High Street, has joined the list of locations where the public can dispose of household batteries. Batteries that can be found in clocks, calculators, toys, torches, remote controls, laptops
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Meeting to discuss Epsom Station re-development
A special meeting has been scheduled to decide on a controversial re-development proposed for Epsom Station. The meeting to decide on Solum Regeneration’s plans to revamp Epsom Station is due to take place on April 22, Epsom and Ewell council
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LIVE: Blackpool v Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace aim for a vital three points as they face play-off chasing Blackpool. For all the action as it happens, click here for our live kick-by-kick text commentary from the ground.
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New Display at Windmill Museum
A brand new display has been installed at the Windmill Museum on Wimbledon Common. The new Wind Power Gallery was opened by the Mayor of Merton on Tuesday 23rd February, and brings up to date the story of how wind has been used for centuries to
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River's trout fishing set to return after 200 years
The days when Lord Nelson fished the Wandle for its world famous trout are set to return thanks to the hard work of schoolchildren from across Merton, Sutton, Wandsworth and Croydon. For the first time in more than 200 years, the river’s trout
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Fatboys go slim to boost business
A popular fast food cafe chain has shed its unhealthy sounding name to make a push upmarket. Fatboys cafes and sandwich bars have been a feature of Croydon for 25 years, but owner Sam Page decided rebranding to Simply Lunch would boost business
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Capoeira championship comes to Crystal Palace
Hundreds of south London schoolchildren showed off their Brazilian martial art skills in Crystal Palace. Some 600 children took part in the Schools Capoeira Championship at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre on Friday. Capoeira
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Underground dining for Hornsby House School
Hornsby House School in Balham is saving on space by building new dining rooms and catering facilities underground. Two thirds of its ground-breaking new building project will stretch out underneath the playground, it was announced this week
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Traders scheme goes online
A flagship scheme to tackle the problem of rogue traders has gone online in a bid to make Sutton a no go zone for doorstep crime. The Safer Sutton Trader Scheme was set up in 2008 to give residents who employ traders to carry out work in their
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South Thames College unveils new technology block
A state-of-the-art technology block housing motorcycle workshops, electronics labs and a musical instrument repair centre was opened at South Thames College’s Merton campus on Monday. The £12m facility, opened by Lord Young, parliamentary under-secretary
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River Club hopes to turn tide on Kingston Council
The River Club, based in Old Malden Lane, will face the council on April 15 and 16 in a two-day public inquiry, at which the Government’s planning inspector will decide whether the club can retain its fitness studio and add a new roof. The
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Do you love New York or Streatham?
The advertising slogan “I Love New York” is among the most famous in the world, donned on t-shirts, jumpers and mugs. So what chance does the “I Love Streatham” brand have in following in its iconic footsteps? A Streatham blogger is
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Commuter carriages 'just like POW camps'
Coulsdon rail commuters are suffering conditions akin to an infamous prisoner of war camp, a commentator has claimed. Andrew Gilligan, who famously alleged the Government ‘sexed up’ the case for the Iraq war in 2003, compared packed carriages
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Card aces to compete at national poker final
Card aces from a Banstead pub have been hitting their royal flushes to earn places in a national poker final. Diane Docherty and Gary Dring have made it through to the final of the Redtooth Poker national final, following heats at the Woodman
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Junior reporters break the big stories
Young hacks at a Wimbledon school spent a day chasing scoops and grilling sources to mark a national journalism project - with one story making it on to national television. The BBC’s School Report saw young people across the country pick up
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Global meeting on poverty held in Streatham
Young people from across the globe met in Streatham to say to politicians more needed to be done to pull young people out of poverty. Save the Children held a meeting for its global panel members - who had flown in from as far afield as Bangladesh
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Burntwood School in Tooting in 'climate cops' contest
Students from Burntwood School in Tooting are preparing for npower’s Climate Cops SOS final, judged by Alastair Campbell, on March 24. The pupils were selected from hundreds of schools for their innovative project to clear up the River Wandle
