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Southern Comforts: New Orleans - Day Four
So, our final day in New Orleans and it was time to head out of the city and into the bayous for a swamp tour. Rhian unfortunately was really suffering from flu-like symptoms, but the promise of seeing some gators up close and personal was
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Minshull blow for Dons
Dons boss Terry Brown has described the thought of losing midfielder Lee Minshull for the season as a massive blow for the club. The 24-year-old enforcer limped out of Friday’s 3-0 defeat at Luton Town with damaged knee ligaments and is waiting
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Museum to hold art workshops
Wandsworth Museum will be holding art workshops to encourage the borough to get drawing. Teachers from Roehampton University will be visiting the West Hill site on October 2 to lead various arty activities for all ages. The theme for
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UPDATE: Detectives get more time to question pair over toddler murder
Detectives investigating the murder of a two-year-old girl in an arson attack have been granted more time to question two people in connection with the fatal fire. Toddler Siariah Letang from Thornton Heath died after flames tore through her
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Young farmers grab glory
Volunteers at an urban farm have won gold with perfect plants and top notch livestock. Deen City Farm in Colliers Wood picked up top prize in a competition at the festival of city farming and community gardens in north London on Saturday.
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Pearce happy despite final defeat
Shepperton’s Charlotte Pearce was U18 singles runner-up at the Aegon Junior Grand Prix Masters at the National Tennis Centre in Roehampton. The 16-year-old was beaten 6-1 6-3 by Harrogate’s Ellie Makin in the final but enjoyed the experience. “I
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Tappy among the points for Flamengo
West Ewell’s Duncan Tappy netted another strong points haul at round nine of Superleague Formula by Sonangol at Portimao in Portugal to maintain Flamengo’s top six championship place. Tappy spent most of Sunday’s opening 45-minute race yo-yoing up and
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Sponsorship boost for Leatherhead's swimming academy
Leatherhead Swimming Club plans to extend its academy after securing a new sponsorship deal with estate agents Patrick Gardner & Co. Head coach David Vine said: “This partnership is an important step forward for the club, as it will enable the club
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Williamson shines in Great North Run
Tadworth’s Dave Williamson gave his best performance at the Great North Run by finishing 103rd in Sunday. Despite having to contend with rainy conditions and the crush of 54,000 runners crossing the Tyne Bridge, Williamson completed the 13.1 mile course
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Khan's pilgrimage to new squash mecca
The greatest player in the history of squash came to Weybridge this week, writes Greg Rhodes. Jahangir Khan visited St George’s Hill Lawn Tennis Club as the club hosted the qualifying rounds for the World Open and the Kuwait Open. Khan, recently retired
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Millroy enjoys the big crowds
Ollie Millroy took fourth and seventh places in rounds 17 and 18 of the Formula Renault UK Championship at Silverstone last weekend. Millroy had been determined to put on a good show in front of crowds of more than 1,000 for the World Series hosted
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Game news: Alien Breed 2: Assault announced
Following on from Alien Breed: Evolution (XBLA) and Alien Breed: Impact (PC, PSN), Team 17 have announced that Alien Breed 2: Assault, will be released later this week (Wednesday 22nd September). Hitting Xbox Live Arcade and Steam, Alien Breed 2:
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Waldren leaves Rams but hopes they survive
Danny Waldren hopes Croydon Athletic will have a future beyond this Friday, despite signing for Ryman Premier rivals Tooting & Mitcham. The Rams are desperately trying to put together a rescue package to buy out disgraced owner Mazhar Majeed and have
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Stone's double for AFC Balham
AFC Balham, who were promoted to Southern League Division Two last season, ran out 3-1 winners over St George’s on Sunday. Michael Stone (two) and Tom Burke were on target. They face Wimbledon Village this Sunday.
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O'Flaherty strike to late for Leafe
Whyteleafe suffered back to back defeats for the second time this season as they lost 2-1 away to Horsham YMCA on Sunday. Having failed to take advantage of their early pressure, Leafe fell behind just before the break and would have been two down had
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Chips burnt by Grant's header
Chipstead succumbed to a 2-1 away defeat to Walton Casuals on Saturday. After falling behind on eight minutes, the visitors got back on level terms when Jason Thompson thumped home from the penalty spot. As the game drifted towards full
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Vase delight for Croydon
Croydon FC saw off Hythe & Dibden 3-1 at The Arena on Saturday to progress into the first round proper of the FA Vase. After Gareth Graham had converted a penalty for The Trams on eight minutes, the Dorset side equalised just 60 seconds later. Denva McKenzie
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PJF on the end of a hiding
Purley John Fisher are rooted to the bottom of London South East Three after a 77-0 drubbing at East Grinstead on Saturday. That follows a 24-0 home opening day defeat by Lewes and this Saturday’s home clash with local rivals Warlingham is already being
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Misfiring Bees won't rush Simpson
Brentford boss Andy Scott will not rush back injured forward Robbie Simpson, despite the Bees firing blanks in their last two league games. The 25-year-old, on-loan from Huddersfield Town, has been sidelined with a hamstring injury since a 1-0 win over
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Southern Comforts: New Orleans - Day Three
Play the 'word association' game with New Orleans and Louisiana and chances are jazz, seafood, voodoo and swamps will feature prominently. Well, with the first two already taken care of, and an airboat swamp tour set for Monday, Sunday in the
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Dowson dreaming of Ks Cup success
Kingstonian boss Alan Dowson reckons a dream FA Cup run will do more for the club than last year’s Ryman League Premier Division play-off final appearance. Ks received a bye into the second qualifying round - thanks to the demise of Croydon
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Teen lands role in E4's Skins
He is about to be seen in a world of sex, drugs and troublesome teenagers - and may soon find his face featured on posters in girls’ bedrooms across the country. Eighteen-year-old Sean Teale, from East Putney, has been unveiled as one of the
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Prospect of Kingston bin strike averted
The prospect of strike action by Kingston’s bin men look to have been quashed after union bosses agreed a deal with a private contractor accused of forcing through job cuts. Waste collectors Veolia, which Kingston Council pays for fortnightly
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Greg's double as Tanners win bruiser
Two first half penalties from Greg Andrews saw Leatherhead secure their first home win of the season in this bruising encounter with Whitehawk. The Brighton based club won the Sussex County League last season and had made a string of new signings
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Walcountians go second after win at Chipstead
Old Walcountians made it two wins out of two when they held off a stiff challenge by last season’s Surrey League 1 runners-up Chipstead at the Meads last Saturday. The Old Boys faced a tough opening 15 minutes as Chipstead made most of the running
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Dragons take control in second half
London Welsh cemented their place in the top half of the table with a hard fought win over Plymouth Albion at Brickfields on Saturday. Two Gordon Ross penalties gave Welsh a 6-3 half-time lead after Alex Davies had given Albion the lead, but
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Muybridge from a modern perspective
Dance of Ordinariness is artist, Trevor Appleson's innovative film installation, paying homage to Kingston-born photographer, Eadweard Muybridge at the Stanley Picker Gallery this autumn. Part of the Muybridge in Kingston programme of exhibitions which
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Two goals plenty for Chertsey
Earlier this season, Chertsey Town hit five goals past Mole Valley SCR on their own ground in the FA Cup. The same two sides met at the same venue just five weeks later but this time in this Combined Counties League encounter, there was never any
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Rams future to be decided by Friday
The Ryman League has extended the deadline for Croydon Athletic to find new owners until this Friday. The original deadline was today with the League insisting the Rams, plunged into financial chaos when owner Mazhar Majeed had his assets frozen, had
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Old Mids take derby spoils against Warlingham
Old Mid-Whitgiftians ran out comfortable 31-15 winners over derby rivals Warlingham in Saturday's London Two South East encounter. This derby had extra spice as Warlingham's captain Mark Makaskill and utility back Joe Chivers were ex Midwives players
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Winning week for Ashford bowlers
Wed 15th Sep MENS MIDWEEK MATCH ESHER 59 v ASHFORD 79 Ashford got off to a flying start and by half time were 24 shots ahead. Esher tried to reduce the deficit but found that as soon as they won shots Ashford quickly got them back again. The
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Onslow-Cole ready for tough title challenge
New Malden’s Tom Onslow-Cole has not given up hope of landing the British Touring Car Championship title after a fourth win of the season at Donington Park on Sunday. The 23-year-old Team Aon star finished eighth and ninth in the weekend’s other two
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Molesey shine in the FA Vase
Molesey booked a place in the first round proper of the FA Vase with a 4-1 win over Brockenhurst on Saturday. Molesey had their second qualifying round match today after a hard fought extra time win against Dorking was rewarded with a home time with
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Brown's last-gasp winner for Casuals
Alex Brown headed a last-minute winner for Walton Casuals who moved up to seventh in the table with a 2-1 win over Chipstead. Neil Shipperley’s men had taken an eighth-minute lead when Laurie Walters crossed from the left for Danny Buckle to head home
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Robbers steal barber's £4k Rolex in Woodside Green
A man had his £4,000 Rolex watch stolen from his wrist in a daylight robbery outside his barber shop. Croydon police are appealing for witnesses to the robbery in Woodside Green on September 14, at 6.25pm. The man, in his sixties, was
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Kingston clinch league title
Kingston & Polytechnic girls team won a closely contested Lily B cup final at Ewell Court on Saturday. It was the team’s first success in the event for a decade. Meanwhile, the U13 800m club record which had stood for the last 22 years was broken by
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Barefoot runners go for world record
More than 1,000 runners hot-footed it to Battersea Park for a special race - which 300 people completed barefoot. The sixth annual Tree-Athlon event, organised by the environmental charity Trees for Cities, saw the shoe-less runners attempt
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Life-threatening collision leaves cyclist in hospital
A cyclist was left with life threatening injuries after a collision with a car in Wimbledon yesterday afternoon. The incident happened at the junction of Leopold Road and Kenilworth Road at about 3pm. The driver of the vehicle stopped at the
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More away day joy for Beavers
Two first half goals, one from Lawrence Yaku, the other a Barrie Matthews penalty, were enough to ensure Hampton came away with maximum points and maintain their unbeaten away run stretching back to the trip to Weymouth on April 16, writes Darryn McCleave
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Croydon Black History Month kicks off in October
This October brings the annual celebration of black history back to Croydon with a busy programme of performances and exhibitions. The influence of black history on Croydon’s cultural programme runs throughout the year. However October
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Another stalemate for Bees
Brentford played out their second consecutive goalless draw after they failed to breakdown a resolute Hartlepool United side as the two teams played out a 0-0 draw at Griffin Park on Saturday. Despite registering their fourth clean sheet on the
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Five-star start for Surbiton Ladies
A second minute penalty corner conversion from Vicky Bryant gave Surbiton Ladies a dream start, and set them on the path to a comfortable victory in their first-ever England Hockey League match, at Reed’s School on Saturday. Dereham, last season’s East
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Man killed in house fire
A man was killed in a house fire over the weekend. The fire tore through a house on Kingsbridge Road in North Cheam at around 9.45am on Saturday. An elderly man was found dead in the kitchen of the house. The cause of the fire
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Monye out for 12 weeks
Ugo Monye underwent successful surgery on Friday evening and will be out for up to 12 weeks. The extent and duration of the injury will be known more clearly after further consultation with the surgeon, and Harlequins will give further updates in due
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BREAKING NEWS: 'Sword man' charged with possessing blade and firearm
A man who was hunted by Surrey Police for two days around Ewell has been charged with possessing a gun, a bladed article and with criminal damage. Graham Robinson, 52, of Worthfield Close, West Ewell, was remanded in custody and appeared
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Sutton youngsters triumph at Arsenal's training ground
Two Sutton youngsters triumphed in a regional football tournament at Arsenal’s multi-million pound training complex in St Albans. Keen footballers Aaron Philip, 13, and Dion Hockham-Marshall, 12, represented Kent, Surrey and Sussex in the Arsenal
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Onslow-Cole in four-way fight for title
Gordon Shedden, Tom Onslow-Cole and Matt Neal were the winners of today’s three Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship races at the Donington Park circuit in Leicestershire to set up a nail-biting, four-way title-decider against Jason Plato on Finals
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Palace v Burnley player ratings
Speroni (9) - Kept Palace in it with a string of world-class saves. Lets hope Palace can keep hold of him for the rest of the season. Marrow (7) - Put himself about, got forward and did a job at right-back before being asked to move into midfield
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Luton Town v AFC Wimbledon match stats
Luton: Mark Tyler, Adam Newton, Zdenek Kroca, Shane Blackett, Fred Murray, Claude Gnakpa, Jake Howells, George Pilkington, Andy Drury, Matthew Barnes-Horner (sub Dan Walker 85), Taiwo Ateno. Luton goals: Pilkington 23, Kroca 37, Barnes-Homer 48. AFC
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South reaches quarter-finals in Darwin
New Malden’s Melanie South reached the quarter-finals of last week’s ITF $25k event Darwin, Australia, before falling to Australian Olivia Rogowska. South was beaten 6-3 6-3 having battled through extreme heat to beat Thailand’s Varatchay Wong Tean Chai
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Slow starting Blues on a roll
The headlines will read Blues played eight games, won eight games to maintain their 100% record so far this season. They were, however, outplayed in the first half by a Merstham side mid way in the table who should have come in at half time at least two
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Staines complete a remarkable turnaround
In claiming all three points from their derby at Maidenhead on Saturday, Staines completed one of the most remarkable comebacks in recent history, to turn despair into jubilation for their travelling supporters. Maidenhead had done well to boost the
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Palace nearly nick the three points
Crystal Palace had Julian Speroni to thank as they earned themselves a point from a hard fought draw with Burnley at Selhurst Park. The Argentine shot-stopper pulled off a string of world-class saves as the Clarets searched for their first
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Park add to Scottish pain
Rosslyn Park went fifth in the table as they continued title favourites London Scottish’s pain on Saturday. The Scots had lost their first two games and were suffering from injuries in their backs although Park themselves were without an entire three-quarter
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Hangover continues for Barnes Women
After missing last season’s National Play-Offs through goal difference, Barnes Women’s new campaign got off to a bad start when they went down 2-1 at home on Saturday. The Lonsdale Road club may have been expecting a soft opening match against the
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Racing at Kempton today
Kempton Park hosts an all-weather flat race meeting today (first race 2.30pm). The feature race is the 4pm Brother 141 Handicap. Admission is £15 with children getting in free.
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Tennis triumphs for Barnes
Barnes Men notched up a win against local rivals Sheen 3-1 at Lonsdale Road. Robert Woolf and Dominic Cox won both their rubbers on championship tiebreaks while Jean-Baptiste Gaudin and Michael Chant lost to Sheen’s first pair but beat their second.
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Croydon Council unveils web help for retailers
Croydon shopkeepers can improve their customer care skills by logging on to a new consumer rights website run by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT). The council’s new online resource was launched earlier this month and they hope sales staff and
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Nurse to raise money by sleepwalking
A nurse will Sleepwalk through the night later this month to raise money for kid’s charity The Children’s Trust. Maggie Tamplin, from Wallington, who works at the Trust, will be joined by family and friends on the start line on September 25
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Magistrates' court consultation period ends this week
The consultation period for the potential closure of Sutton Magistrates’ Court ended this week with many people fearing the 47-year-old courthouse could shut permanently. Sutton’s magistrates and both MPs have rallied round the beleagured courthouse
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Man killed by train at Purley Oaks station
A man has been killed after being hit by a train at Purley Oaks station. British Transport Police were called at 5.52pm on Saturday to reports a man had been struck at the station. Cops arrived with London Ambulance paramedics and discovered
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Burley hails Fulham target Speroni
Crystal Palace manager George Burley hailed the performance of Julian Speroni in the 0-0 draw against Burnley on Saturday. The Argentine, who Fulham showed an interest in signing on transfer deadline day last month, made a string of stunning
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Bird sent off in Ks defeat
It was an afternoon of real contrasts as an out-of-sorts Kingstonian suffered their first home defeat to a determined Maidstone side who thoroughly deserved their first win of the season. The Ks backline was caught flat-footed as the Kent side helped
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Songs of Praise heading for Carshalton church
BBC’s Songs of Praise is coming to Carshalton next month and will feature the work of British film producer Joseph Arthur Rank. Filming will take place at Carshalton Methodist Church on October 14 with the programme to be aired nationally on
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UPDATED: Toddler murdered in arson attack on family
A 19-month-old toddler has been murdered and her close family seriously injured after a fatal flat fire on Saturday morning. The five members of the family, believed to be from Thornton Heath, were attacked as they slept in a relative’s home
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Club to be 'monitored' after residents' concern
Lambeth Council has promised to investigate complaints from residents relating to a West Norwood club – after reports of shots being fired by people leaving the venue. Incidents of antisocial behaviour from revellers leaving West Norwood Snooker
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Children excited after playground plans saved
Children in Ashtead will finally get a desperately needed new playground after Mole Valley Council agreed to plug a potential £95,000 funding gap caused by Government cuts. Mums feared that plans to build new facilities in Ashtead Recreation
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Deputy headteacher sacked after email blunder
A deputy headteacher sacked after accidentally sending an email critical of her boss to other staff - including the headteacher - has criticised the decision. Carol McIntosh who worked at St Mark’s Primary in Mitcham unwittingly sent the message
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Police meet with faith groups
A closer relationship is being forged between Lambeth police and faith groups. Borough commander Chief Superintendent Nick Ephgrave met with umbrella group Faiths Together in Lambeth on September 6, to sign a memorandum of understanding for
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Forum demands new business tax break
A tax break should be given to new businesses in Lambeth, according to an enterprise forum. The Forum of Private Business believes companies starting up in London should be given a National Insurance holiday. It is also calling for further
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Police reassures public over speeding in Leatherhead
Surrey Police has insisted it is taking antisocial driving in Leatherhead seriously after the town was named as the third worst speeding hotspot in the country. The force has run a community speed watch scheme in Leatherhead, and teamed
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Thames Water launches Thames Tunnel consultation
Utility giant Thames Water has launched a 14-week public consultation on plans for the proposed Thames Tunnel, which will significantly reduce sewage discharges into the River Thames. Exhibitions have been arranged to help anyone interested
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Breast care awareness evening
To coincide with October’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month, St Anthony’s Hospital (www.stanthonys.org.uk) an independent private hospital in Cheam, Surrey, will be holding a free special awareness evening for women about breast care on Thursday 7
