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Mid-table Richmond held back by complacency
Richmond director of rugby Geoff Richards reckons the success of last season may have been behind this year’s unexpected slump. The National Division Two South outfit dispatched Bridgwater & Albion 37-19 on Saturday to register back-to-back wins for
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Who's the daddy: Dog fosters abandoned kittens
A fluffy trio of kittens found themselves with a rather unusual father figure after being abandoned by their mother on St Patrick’s day. Named Seamus, Shamrock and Macpanda - in tribute to their date of birth - the three little kittens have
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Maurice hat-trick as Kenley score six
Kenley Hockey Club’s men gained revenge for a controversial defeat by Purley Walcountians in December with a 6-2 away win on Saturday. Early on, Kenley’s stopper had to be on hand to deflect an aerial effort, while Sean Fayle and Ollie Maurice were
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Kingston gate shutdown not open season for fare dodgers
South West Trains (SWT) has denied it is open season for fare dodgers at Kingston station, after ticket barriers were ripped out this week. Station workers will now have to inspect each passenger’s ticket manually, after the automatic barriers
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Sutton children to get dancing lessons
Teachers will soon be giving ballroom dancing lessons to pupils. Thirty teachers received Strictly Come Dancing style training from BBC ballroom stars Darren and Lilia’s company Essentially Dance The aim of the class, held at Greenshaw High
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Hounslow cycling showpiece under threat
The Hounslow & District Wheelers Road Race is held this Sunday, possibly for the final time. The 85-mile Peter Young Memorial Road Race sets off from Valley End School at 10.30am. Organiser Jeff Marshall, who has organised 23 of the 40 races that
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Tarpey keen to commit to Hampton
Hampton & Richmond striker Dave Tarpey is hoping a run of five goals in eight appearances can bring an extended stay at the Beveree for the former Basingstoke man. The 21-year-old, named man of the match alongside Dean Wells in the weekend
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Putney's only Post Office could shut
Plans to redevelop the only remaining post office in Putney were approved last week, plunging the future of postal services in the area into doubt. Wandsworth Council’s planning committee approved a scheme, by the leaseholder of the Upper Richmond
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Macenhill leads way for Striders at Fleet
Striders of Croydon were led home by Justin Macenhill in Sunday’s Fleet Half Marathon. He was 35th (1:19.06) and John Foster 79th (1:22.40). Steve Massey clocked 1:28.53, Ian Yates 1:30.21 and Suzy Yates a personal best 1:33.11, lifting her to sixth
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Busy weekend for Sutton Runners
Sutton Runners were out in force at Sunday’s Hastings and Reading half marathons. Hastings times and positions: 39 Steve Barber 1:21.00 PB, 260 Darran Ford 1:32.15, 328 Graham Miller 1:33.59,571 Philip Graham-Clare 1:40.42 PB, 796 Scott Bartley
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Surbiton sides facing title showdowns
The race for the South Clubs’ Women’s Hckey League Division One title will go down to the wirte after Surbiton Ladies drew 0-0 at eighth-placed Harrow on Saturday. Surbiton held a nine-point lead over Reading 1A five games ago but, while Surbiton have
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Ali is the hero as Casuals triumph
Casuals edged a seven-goal thriller to secure their third straight league victory for the first time this season. Early substitute Ali Wiltshire was the hero of the night with two goals as the home side came from behind to take the spoils on a incredibly
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Three more arrests in Ezra Mills murder inquiry
Three more arrests have been made by police looking for Ezra Mills' killers. Two 20-year-old men and another man, 18, all from the Gipsy Hill area, were arrested last night and this morning in connection with Mr Mills murder. The 22-
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Battersea history documented in new book
Densely populated working-class housing mixed with mansion flats for the middle classes and a proposal for a prison near present-day Clapham Junction – just some aspects of Battersea’s evolution in the 19th century. The developments are
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Muslim who whipped girl for not praying spared jail
A Streatham Vale muslim who whipped a schoolgirl with a belt buckle because she had not prayed has been spared jail. Somalian Abdikarim Abdirahman’s violent attack on March 5 last year left the 12-year-old girl with a bad cut to her head.
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YOUR SAY: Budget 2010
First-time home buyers were the big winners after today's Budget by Chancellor Alistair Darling, who delivered his final speech before the General Election. The Chancellor axed stamp duty on house purchases below £250,000 - yet announced increases
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Wimbledon team in hunt for Old Trafford final
FOOTBALL: South Wimbledon-based Wilf Kroucher are going all out to win the chance to play at Old Trafford at the end of the season. Goals from Adu (two), Paul Bennett and Andy Myers (two) gave Kroucher, sponsored by the Nelson Arms, a scrappy
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Homage to transvestite poet in exhibition
A Surbiton artist’s homage to a transvestite poet is to feature in the Royal Society of Portrait Painters’ summer exhibition. Keith Robinson’s portrait of Russell Thompson, aka Rachel Pantechnicon, will go on show from May 6 to 21 at Mall Galleries
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Man "roared" after shooting Wesley Blake, court told
The man accused of murdering an expectant father “roared like the Incredible Hulk” after he shot him in the chest, a court heard on Tuesday. Wesley Blake, 27, was shot in the chest as he sat in a car in St Saviours Road Croydon in May 2009.
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Brentford's Dickson and Phillips could be out of season end
Brentford defenders Ryan Dickson and Mark Phillips face a race against time to be fit to play any part in the rest of the season. Phillips, who has a persistent knee problem, has not featured since limping out of last week’s 3-0 defeat at Brighton
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Pub robbed by masked gunmen with machete
Terrified staff and customers at a Brixton boozer were robbed by four masked men carrying a gun and a machete. The gunmen burst into the Prince of Wales pub in Lyham Road, off Brixton Hill, at about 10pm on Sunday. Punters were ordered
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Teen stabbed outside primary school
A 15-year-old boy was stabbed in the chest outside a Tulse Hill primary school. Police were called at 7.28pm on Saturday, March 20, to Jubillee Primary School where the youth was found on the street. Ambulance staff rushed him to hospital
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Monster Raving Loony Party approaches outgoing MP
The Monster Raving Loony party intends to change its name at this year’s general election. Jason “Chinners” Chinnery, who has been the party’s candidate in Esher and Walton in the previous two elections, told the Elmbridge Guardian the party
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Quins' Care will not rest on laurels
Scrum-half Danny Care reckons a top six finish with Quins could be his passport to Australia and New Zealand this summer. The 22-year-old was one of the stars of England’s much-improved performance in a thrilling 12-10 Six Nations defeat in France at
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Croydon Labour launch election manifesto
Croydon Labour Party have promised free school dinners for primary school children and a tax rebate for pensioners in their election manifesto. They have also vowed to scrap the controversial plans to build a new council headquarters and use
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Firefighters called to Putney blaze
Firefighters were called to the Riverside Minimart in Putney Bridge Road last Thursday to put out a small blaze. Firefighters attended the three-storey building at about 3.20pm to extinguish the blaze after a suspected electrical fault.
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Westcroft judo players star at nationals
Westcroft Judo Club won five medals at the British Schools Championships in Sheffield on Saturday. Matty Sexton led the way with a silver medal and there were bronzes for Alex Mack, Samuel Mabbott, Joey Fowler and Tim Philip Ebel. Jordan Mulley
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Stalley finishes third in Sevenoaks walk
Collingwood’s Andy Stalley finished third in Sunday’s Sevenoaks Circular Walk in five hours, 24 minutes. Meanwhile, four of his clubmates completed Sunday’s Cotswold Ultra Marathon over 35 undulating miles. They were led home by Dave Ross in four
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Croydon hits hurdles in race for Olympic cash
Croydon is coming last in the race to secure millions of pounds of Olympic cash ahead of the London games in 2012. Up to £240m worth of Olympic contracts are estimated to have been awarded to businesses nationwide, with one in three going to
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Old Walcountians still in the hunt
Old Walcountians kept their slender hopes of making Surrey One’s promotion play-offs alive by defeating bottom side Farnham last Saturday. Despite their opponents’ lowly League position, the Old Boys knew they would face a difficult afternoon. Farnham
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Stabbing teen jailed for attempted murder
A teenager who attempted to murder a rival by stabbed him repeatedly in the back during a revenge attack has been jailed for 12 years. Kieron Palmer - known as Looney - ambushed the 18-year-old near the victim’s Shirley home last June, stabbing
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Sutton's Quarm has winning feeling
Sutton United midfielder Francis Quarm reckons the memory of play-off heartache with Hampton can inspire his new club to go one step further and secure Ryman League Premier Division promotion. The 26-year-old, whose fiancé gave birth to their first child
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Epsom & Ewell on a roll
Epsom & Ewell will look to maintain their end of season burst when they host promotion rivals Sandhurst Town this weekend. Epsom hammered hosts Ash United 5-1 on Tuesday night, with Robbie Burns (two), Ramsey Bedj-Bedj, Kyle Hough and Dave Jones
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Teen fraudster who lived the high-life escapes jail
A smooth-talking teenager who lived a champagne lifestyle by conning firms out of at least £350,000 using scams similar to those in the film Catch Me If You Can, escaped jail on Monday. James Cameron, who was just 13 when he started his scams
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Epsom College claim basketball crown
Epsom College emerged victorious in their first invitational basketball tournament on Sunday. The Epsom team played well throughout the four-team round robin tournament, beating City of London Freemen’s 24-13, Caterham 26-12 and Dulwich College 36
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Revved-up Rea raring to go
Gino Rea is full of confidence ahead of the second round of the World Supersport at Portimao, Portugal, following his 10th place finish in his debut race at Phillip Island. Rea went to a track day at Brands Hatch on Monday to try a find a better base
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Kurran affairs on the Kingston scene
Indie rock, 80s ska and soul-inspired pop are all on the agenda for Kingston gig-goers this week. Local heroes Kurran and the Wolfnotes headline Skive, the all-ages night at Kingston College on Saturday, and, on the same evening, Kingsmeadow Live hosts
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A sting in the tale at the Rose
Sanjeev Bhaskar, Dexter Fletcher and Emma Cunliffe sat down for a chat with Will Gore, to discuss their roles in the Rose Theatre’s revival of Dumb Show, Joe Penhall’s darkly comic look at our celebrity-obsessed times. Will Gore: Tell us
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Whitgift aim for grand finale at Twickenham
Whitgift School's director of rugby Chris Wilkins has challenged his young stars to end their season on a high with victory in the Daily Mail RBS Schools U18 Cup Final next Wednesday. The school face RGS Newcastle in the showpiece final in the RBS
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WIN a Brompton ML3 bicycle
THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED Commuting can really be one of the horrors of modern life: whether it’s a man eating a Scotch egg for breakfast on the bus, a tube train packed with people who have evidently mislaid their shower gel, or
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Mutts face parks ban in danger dog crackdown
Dogs could be banned from parks and open spaces in the borough as part of a new crackdown on the threat of dangerous canines. Lambeth Council is considering bringing in Dog Control Orders that could see residents who break rules land up to
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MOT and tax-dodging motorists snared by police
More than 40 motorists were flagged down by police earler this month as part of Operation Drivewatch aimed at cars with no tax or MOT. The joint operation, involving Epsom and Ewell Council, Surrey Police and the Driver and Vehicle Licensing
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YOUR SAY: Passive smoking
Passive smoking causes at least 22,000 new cases of asthma and wheezing in children every year, doctors said today. More than 20,000 chest infections, 120,000 bouts of middle ear disease and 200 cases of meningitis in youngsters are also thought to
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Health authority short of millions of pounds
Concerns have been raised about the future of patient services after Sutton and Merton PCT were revealed to be millions of pounds in the red. The London Assembly said questions needed to be asked after NHS London admitted the £4.2m deficit
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Hairdresser beats broken back to win award
A Croydon hairdresser forced to give up her job after breaking her back has recovered enough to scoop a top award. Claire Charman wowed judges with a look inspired by 80s pop star Cyndi Lauper, winning the best creative image category at the
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All-weather action at Kempton today
Kempton Park hosts an all-weather flat race meeting today (first race 5.50pm). Champion all-weather flat jockey Chris Catlin will be in the saddle against former Turf champions Seb Sanders and Jamie Spencer, leading female rider and Shergar Cup Captain
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Epsom shop owners back our blue badge campaign
Shop owners have spoken out about their fears that their businesses will be damaged by the decision to charge blue badge holders for parking. Small businesses in Epsom Upper High Street have joined our campaign to keep the badge free this week
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Battersea resident turns hotel inspector
A Battersea resident is taking up gloves and a clipboard this month after being selected to inspect two top London hotels. Alister Morgan, 39, a former journalist with The Independent, won a competition run by Marriott to get behind the scenes
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Kids get say on new play area
Kids and grown-ups will put their heads together to help design a perfect play area this weekend. Residents have been asked to share their ideas for the new play area, aimed at eight to 13-year-olds, to be built in Merton Park’s John Innes
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Namibian choir celebrates independence at ACS Cobham
A Namibian school choir gave a concert at the ACS school in Cobham to celebrate 20 years of Namibian independence. The school in Portsmouth Road welcomed more than 15 students from Dr Alpo Mauno Mbamba Junior Secondary School on Tuesday, March
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Training of fighting dogs widespread, says report
The training of dogs for fighting and use as weapons may be widespread in Lambeth, according to a council report. Evidence shows many of the borough’s trees have had their bark stripped by dogs being trained, according to the ‘action to tackle
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Dangerous dog crackdown planned
A major operation cracking down on dangerous dogs will take place in Lambeth next month. Council officers and police will hit the borough’s parks and streets to identify dog owners who are breaking the law, for example by not keeping their
