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Tinie Tempah and Zane Lowe perform in Battersea Power Station
Tinie Tempah and Zane Lowe performed at Battersea Power Station last week. Nike held an event in the station to celebrate athletes who have taken part in Nike events in 2012. The event was hosted by DJ Zane Lowe and featured performances
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MP Chuka Umunna and Diane Abbott visit treatment centre
MP Chuka Umunna and Diane Abbott, Shadow Minister for Public Health, addressed people in a treatment centre for recovering alcoholics this month. Mount Carmel, in Aldrington Road, Streatham, provides abstinence treatment for men and women recovering
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Stencil crackdown on dog-fouling
Sutton Council is cracking down on dog fouling with a new pavement stencil ordering owners to clean-up. The stencil was launched at the end of last month and tells dog owners to 'Pick up or pay up'. It can be found in 39 public rights
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Haye: Chisora fight will be 'easy night'
A super-confident David Haye reckons his big fight showdown with Dereck Chisora this Saturday at West Ham United FC’s Boleyn Ground will be an easy outing, writes Ziad Chaudry. The 31-year-old former WBA world heavyweight champion from Clapham will come
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Two new free primary schools to open in September 2013
Two new free primary schools will be intaking pupils in September next year. Tooting Primary School, in Franciscan Road, Tooting and the Balham Free Primary School were approved by the Department for Education this week. Both schools are expected to
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Merton Council signs new highways contract
The council has signed a new contract to oversee the borough's highways services with a company they have worked with for 30 years. FM Conway Ltd has been re-appointed maintain Wimbledon's highways for the next five years. They will
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Will Young performs at open-air summer concert
It is an unseasonably wet, cold and miserable evening in July, yet thousands of people are standing in the drizzling rain at Epsom Racecourse - clutching their umbrellas. Why? Because the original pop idol, Will Young, is about to perform an
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Citizens Advice Bureau warns people about payday loans
The Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) is warning people to think twice before taking out payday loans. Epsom and Ewell CAB has said it is finding an increasing number of people are getting themselves into more debt after taking out the loans. It said people
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Forzoni: Terrors squad taking shape
Tooting & Mitcham boss Roberto Forzoni has confirmed his initial 15-man first team squad is the “best of the bunch” he has had in for pre-season trials this summer. Forzoni welcomed more than 200 prospective players to the club over the past fortnight
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No hard knocks as Hurst Park's actors sell out Annie
Pupils told the rags-to-riches story of Annie on stage in three sold-put performances. A 60-strong cast at Hurst Park Primary School in West Molesey performed classic such as Tomorrow and It’s a Hard Knock Life with gusto. Deputy headteacher
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Olympics themed fun for all the family
A family funday is taking place to celebrate the start of the Olympics and raise money for charity. The has been orgainsed in order to raise money for the Sutton and Croydon Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre, based in Coulsdon. Visitors
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Motorcycle crash leaves woman with head injury
A 44-year-old woman suffered a head injury following an accident with a motorcycle. The accident took place in Sutton High Street at about 10.30pm on Friday, when the motorbike hit a pedestrian. An ambulance crew and London Air Ambulance
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Firefighters put out wicker basket fire
Firefighters were called to put out a fire, which started in a wicker basket inside a flat on Friday evening. Two fire engines were needed to stop the blaze in High Street, Epsom at 9.20pm. The fire was put out by 10.15pm, with nobody in the flat at
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Putney diesel spill causes rush hour chaos
A diesel spill on Friday evening caused chaos for motorists in rush hour traffic. Firefighters were called to the spillage in Putney Hill, Putney, at about 6pm on July 13. Wandsworth Council helped to clean up the mess and put down sodium
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Weir ready to give London crowds something to cheer
David Weir is hoping to give his home crowd something to shout about after being selected for his fourth Paralympic Games. The Wallington racer, one of the UK’s greatest Paralympians and gold medallist in the T54 800m and 1,500m in Beijing 2008, was
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Cleves denied funding to expand
A school’s controversial bid for funding to expand and become a primary school has fallen at the first hurdle. Cleves School in Weybridge, which holds academy status, applied to the Education Funding Agency for money to expand from 600 pupils
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Vintage Kingston: Child murders by the sea
Fortunately murders in Kingston are few and far between, but when a mother and her two daughters were brutally murdered it caused a ripple effect felt throughout the whole community. One such case from June 1950 involves a New Malden husband
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Budding playwrights wanted for ninth Cornerhouse festival
Budding playwrights have been invited to put their fingers to the keyboard to create plays for an annual competition. The Cornerhouse arts centre in Douglas Road, Surbiton is looking for people who want to write a play for the oneACTS 2013 festival
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Tom Jones is front runner at Sandown
Singing supremo and music legend Sir Tom Jones will perform live at Sandown Park Racecourse this month, writes Nazia Dewji. The British icon has enjoyed a successful career spanning more than four decades and is now set to wow audiences for
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Unsung hero: 'You just can't stay away from the song'
Non league football is like the lyric from the classic Eagles’ song Hotel California – “You can check out anytime you like but you can never leave”. That is what a friend and fan of the 1970s rock group told Kingstonian programme editor, U18
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Children get new jumpers from The Black Farmer
Every child at a Battersea primary school will soon be sporting a new jersey thanks to the Black Farmer. Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones, better known at The Black Farmer, the name of his food branding company, has shown his support for St George’s
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Handgun and cannabis siezed during arrests
Two teenagers and a 20 year old were arrested last week for hiding a handgun and some cannabis inside a sock. The pair were arrested on July 10, at about 7pm in Bates Crescent, Streatham. Lambeth police said a group of young men fled
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Fund Raising for Cystic Fibrosis
The Beddington Evening Townswomen Guild held their annual Garden Party on Saturday 14 July in aid of The Cystic Fibrosis Trust. Members and visitors were given a meal and sweet and the Entertainments Section provided the music and singing. Beddington
