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Fresh Kidderminster out-gun leggy Wimbledon
Kidderminster 2-0 AFC Wimbledon Following the fireworks of Thursday night came a classic case of after the Lord Mayor's show. Legs and seemingly minds drained from the exertions of getting one over Crawley Town, today's defeat highlighted
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A South African Dream
Epsom students are being offered the chance to partake in a netball and rugby tour in South Africa. Blenheim High School has recently announced plans to take school teams from years 10 – 13 to Cape Town in July 2011. 30 students travelled to Malta
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TV teacher inspires pupils
A man who critics have dubbed “one of the country’s most inspirational teachers” has helped design a new learning environment at a Battersea school. Phil Beadle, star of Channel 4’s The Unteachables and Can’t Read Can’t Write, was joined by
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Gift gets Gladys, 87, back in the saddle after her bike was stolen for the second time
An 87-year-old great grandmother was thrilled when a bike shop replaced her stolen bicycle after hearing of her plight in the Surrey Comet. Gladys Coxon was distraught when thieves stole a second bike from outside her Chessington home, and she pledged
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New comedy filmed in Sutton ready to air
A comedy filmed in Sutton will premiere on television next month. PhoneShop, an E4 sitcom script-edited by Ricky Gervais, was shot throughout the town centre during the summer and was based in the former Sussex Stationers shop in Sutton High
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Guides and leaders honoured at awards
More than 100 girl guides and brownies have celebrated a year of achievements during a special award ceremony. Dedicated girls from across the borough received medallions, framed certificates and a £200 prize for their divisions in the Jack
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Iraq's biggest musician joins Wimbledon folk singer for charity single
A folk singer has embarked on a global collaboration for a good cause. Tanja Maritsa, from Wimbledon, has teamed up with one of Iraq’s biggest musicians to record a charity single in aid of victims of conflict in the country. Miss Maritsa
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Nature Notes: The world relies on relationships
The natural world is full of and indeed relies upon vital symbiotic relationships to function efficiently. In other words its a case of you scratch my back and I will scratch yours so that two separate and usually very different species can
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Disabled mum assaulted on packed Kingston bus
A disabled mother was beaten unconscious by another parent after their pushchairs locked horns on a packed bus. The couple, who are in their 30s and did not want to be named, were kicked and punched in the head and stomach while travelling
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Mark Ronson lends a hand at community project
Chart-topping singer-songwriter Mark Ronson rolled up his sleeves on Thursday to help volunteers in West Dulwich. Music mad young people have been volunteering four hours of their time in exchange for exclusive tickets to the Orange RockCorps
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Thugs attack 27-year-old in park
A 27-year-old man was left with a broken cheek and arm after three thugs attacked him in a park. The victim was believed to have been drinking with friends in Court Recreation Ground, in Epsom, when the yobs confronted him. The man was
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Students' memorial for beloved drama teacher
Performing arts students are holding a memorial show in honour of a beloved tutor who devoted her life to her work. Joan Walters was head of the performing arts department at Carshalton College for ten years. She also had a successful career
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Six sets of twin cause double takes at Esher School
Nursery staff at Shrewsbury Lodge School in Esher are already getting used to doing a double take after four sets of twins started at the school for the new term last week. The twins join two set of twins already at the school - one set in
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Scrapping newsletter could have saved fireworks, claims councillor
Lambeth’s axed fireworks displays could have been saved by scrapping a glossy council “propaganda” newsletter, a councillor has claimed. The cost of printing and delivering the 120,000 Up Your Street (UYS) newsletters that dropped on residents
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Burglars steal hundreds of arrows from archery club
Three containers of arrows worth thousands of pounds were stolen from an archery club. The burglary happened at an archery club in Epsom, in Reigate Road, sometime between 12pm on Monday, September 20 and 1.50pm on Wednesday, September 22,
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Farah: My best is yet to come
Mo Farah is adamant bigger and better things await after completing a season that included double gold at the European Championships. Farah, the star British performer in Barcelona with victories in the 5,000m and 10,000m, has decided his long-term
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Riders set off on Canterbury pilgrimage
Fundraisers dressed as medieval pilgrims will set off tomorrow on a three day journey on horseback from Epsom to Canterbury. Former jockey Caroline Baldock, 62, of the Epsom Equestrian Conservation Group, will ride with two companions to raise
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'We must continue to invest in ideas'
We must continue to invest in ideas As funding cuts loom, people living and working in London will worry about how they will be affected. But as we wait for the collective body blow, I am concerned that science, arts and higher education – innovation
