Archive
-
Date
Builders "on standby" to prevent housing repair problems
Council housing tenants will not go without vital repairs because of a building company’s cash crisis, housing chiefs have pledged. Merton Priory Homes (MPH), the association that took over Merton’s council housing this year, said its contingency
-
Date
Southern Comforts: New Orleans - Day Two
After a jet-lag affected night's sleep in the Big Easy, day two in New Orleans was all about the history. Founded in 1718, and originally known as Nouvelle Orleans due to its French control, the city, as with so many other places in the United
-
Date
Chapel honours Newman during Pope visit
A new chapel will honour Cardinal Newman as the religious scholar is put on the path to sainthood by the Pope. The room, designed by Wimbledon architect Russell Taylor, has been unveiled at the London Oratory church central London. Its cenrepiece is
-
Date
NHS online survey launched
Community Voices Online (CVO) has launched an online survey discussing Government plans to establish greater patient, carer and community involvement in the NHS. To get involved go online to communityvoicesonline.org or call 0845 0949497.
-
Date
An artistic adventure for Gallery 63a
A dream for many artists is surely to run a gallery and for one Kingston painter, Will Perkins, 38, this dream has become a reality. Gallery 63a, in Park Road, Kingston, only opened in March and but already local artists and artlovers have come
-
Date
MEMORY LANE: Bomb threat in Putney
Bomb disposal experts were made to sweat even more than usual when they were tasked with defusing an explosive device after the time limit expired, 35 years ago. Panic spread after a national newspaper received a bomb threat at 12.25am on January
-
Date
Tasters prefer tap to bottled water
More than 600 visitors to Banstead Countryside Day took part in a taste test to see if they can recognise their local tap water. Most of the participants, both young and old, were unable to tell the difference between the three samples at the
-
Date
Streatham pupils climb to Everest base camp
Pupils from a Streatham girls school have returned from a trip to Mount Everest. The seven sixth form students from Streatham and Clapham High School trekked to the base camp at the world’s second-highest peak, hitting altitudes higher than
-
Date
Superhero hits streets of Wimbledon
In the fight against crime and the battle for good causes Wimbledon now has its own superhero - Stormgirl. In the aftermath of a series of bereavments last year, a normal young woman decided to challenge herself to overcome her anxiety behind the
-
Date
Reunion marked 100 years of guide history
Belmont District Guides hosted a reunion between young and old members to mark the British movement’s 100th anniversary. District commissioner Arabella Bolton, 43, said 80 women attended and their names would be sewed into a patchwork quilt
-
Date
Extra voluntary groups get funding
Croydon Council has reconsidered a new funding package for the voluntary sector after an outcry following its controversial cuts in June. The authority cut funding by 60 per cent to give just six organisations £625,000 over the next four years
-
Date
Anna abseils to gain highest award
Anna Macphie, 22, was presented with her Queen’s Guide award at a Belmont Guiding centenary event recently. The award was presented to her by Marion Perry, County Queen’s Guide adviser in the presence of MP Paul Burstow, County Commissioner Christine
-
Date
Esher and Hersham bag best park prizes
Elmbridge proved it has some of the most revered green spaces in southern England, after some of the borough’s natural treasures were given awards. Two categories for the south and south-east In Bloom 2010 had prize-winning entries from Elmbridge
-
Date
Mental health workers help Sri Lanka victims
Traumatised victims of the Sri Lanka conflict were the targets of a mental health project in Wandsworth last week. Mental health professionals met local Tamil people for a two-day conference about post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other
-
Date
Bereavement counselling service launched
A bereavement counselling service was launched on September 15. Cruse Lambeth offers support to anyone affected by the death of a loved one. Call 020 8939 9540 or email areasupport@cruse.org.uk.
-
Date
Teen stabbed in Mitcham
A teenager was repeatedly stabbed in an unprovoked attack in Mitcham last weekend. The 19-year-old man was stabbed in the back several times in London Road just before 6pm last Saturday. Police are still hunting his attacker, and want to speak
-
Date
Southern Comforts: New Orleans - Day One
“Filet mignon or chicken chasseur – what do you expect?! It's airplane food!” This was the warm greeting a fellow passenger received on US Airways from the airline steward. His crime? Asking what the choices would be on the dinner menu. Thus
