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Don't discount the Dons yet, Terry tells rivals
Histon 1-3 AFC Wimbledon Wimbledon kept their play-off flame flickering with a win against Histon. Manager Terry Brown says his team are still capable of reaching the top five despite being seven points off the pace. Wimbledon
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Bye Bye Bill: demise of TV show ends filming in Kingston
From now on police running through the streets of Kingston will almost always be a negative in Norbiton after ITV announced it was cancelling The Bill. The show, which has run for 26 years, filmed in the borough four or five times a year, paying
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Twell gives great show of strength
Steph Twell led home the British team in the IAAF World Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland, on Sunday. The tree-time European junior champion finished 23rd in the 8km senior women’s race in 26 minutes, 11 seconds, just over two minutes behind the winner
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Senior Croydon councillor dies suddenly after collapsing at home
A leading councillor died suddenly after being found unconcious at his home on Friday. Lindsay Frost, Croydon Council cabinet member for for health and adult social care, died in Mayday Hospital on April 2 after being found unconscious at
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Victorian house to get green makeover
A Victorian house in Wandsworth is to be retrofitted with innovative low carbon building technology to test how UK homes could be made more energy efficient. The property, which is owned by the Peabody Housing Association, was selected for
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Calls for basketball court memorial for Patrick Katende
Nearly 1,000 people have joined a campaign to rename a Norbiton basketball court after a 21-year-old Kingston College student who died in a lift shaft on the Cambridge Road estate in December 2008. An inquest held last year ruled Patrick Katende
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Surrey Police pooches up for prize
Two police pooches and their officers have scooped eight of nine prizes up for grabs at a regional competition. PCs Rob Male and Simon Boylett from Surrey Police, with their dogs Apollo and Allie, won the prizes at the South East Regional Dog
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Tories demand referendum on incinerator application
Conservative councillors are demanding a referendum on a planning application for a £7m incinerator on the doorstep of a nature reserve. Conservative deputy group leader and opposition spokesman for planning Coun Tony Shields has written to
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Scheme to revamp Lambeth schools to be launched
The second phase of a scheme to revamp Lambeth's secondary schools and create thousand of new school places should be launched by the end of summer. Phase two of the council's Building Schools for the Future (BSF) £300m investment programme
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Charity cyclist has bike stolen
A cyclist who travelled more than 200 miles raising money for charity has had his bike stolen. Prejay Dhamelia-York, from Coulsdon, raised more than £1,500 for Diabetes UK when he cycled from London to Paris last year. The 23-year-old
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Boy's hole in one is dad's top birthday gift
A 10-year-old golfer is celebrating after scoring a hole in one with his new club - a feat his golf-mad dad has never managed in 30 years playing the game. Paul Smith, 47, was left red-faced during his birthday round at Addington Court Golf
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Students' lesson in democracy
Students taking part in a democracy day learned how to vote, why it is important and how politics affects their everyday life. Young people from Nescot (North East Surrey College of Technology) were asked to choose who they would vote for if
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Fresh look for Surrey museum
Leatherhead Museum has now opened after a revamp by a team of volunteers during the closed season. The museum is housed in Hampton Cottage, a timbered 17th century house in Church Street, Leatherhead. The volunteers worked up a sweat
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Exhibition celebrating "true teachings of Islam" opens
A new exhibition has opened at Roundshaw Library celebrating the true teachings of Islam. It is the brainchild of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Women's Association whose motto is ‘Love for All, Hatred for None’ and the exhibition’s theme is Peace in
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Funding released for academy on Fenstanton site
The building of a controversial new school dubbed the “sardine academy” has come a step closer, after the Government released funding to start developing it. Schools secretary Ed Balls announced on Monday that he has released “feasibility funding
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Police mascot to visit more Merton children
Merton school children have been granted full time access to the most in-demand PCSO with valuable lessons about safer communities. Funding is secured and they have unlimited use of Merton police mascot PCSO Steve thanks to the efforts of PC
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Disability group turns down consultation over parking charges
A disability group has decided not to take part in any form of consultation about parking charges for blue badge holders until the decision has been reconsidered by the council. Epsom Access Group members, at a meeting with council officers
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Campus film helps students at Roehampton
Roehampton University has launched an innovative series of films to help students cope with campus life. Within These Halls, a collection of dramas focusing on issues including personal finance, alcohol awareness and dyslexia, was unveiled
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Tooting swimmer first British woman to cross Cook Strait
South London Swimming Club's Emily Morris endured the most dangerous and unpredictable waters in the world to be hailed the first British woman to cross Cook Strait. She completed the swim in nine hours and 58 minutes, battling complex tides
