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THE LOW-CARBON DIET: Perhaps it isn’t always your fault?
Global Warming is something that we, as British citizens; are pestered about continuously. Our country appears to be far behind others such as Germany and Sweden who seem to be doing all they can to make people understand that it TIME FOR CHANGE and
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Triumph for Team Prime
Every academic year, teams of budding entrepreneurs all across the UK battle it out to earn a place in the Young Enterprise European Final and so far this year, Team Prime from Tiffin Girls’ School are well on the way to achieving this. Prime is
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Are you a Facebook Snob?
Facebook, the social networking site that seems to be dominating more and more teenagers lives every day. With over one billion active users, Mark Zuckerberg will forever be in the history books. But it doesn’t just stop there. Oh no, there is a lot
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NINE STUDENTS, ONE CHARITY, AND A FOUR HOUR WALK
Nothing could deter us from our sponsored walk on Saturday the 23rd – especially not the light snow. Our group, named United Hearts, arrived at East Croydon Station bright and early in order to raise money for the “Wings of Hope” Charity, with whom
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LIES AND DECEIT: LOCALS ANGERED BY HORSEMEAT IN BURGERS
The horsemeat scandal over the past few weeks has caused a lot of anxiety and outrage amongst shoppers, schools and supermarkets across the country. Many supermarkets such as Tesco, Aldi and Iceland in Croydon have had to recall products after they
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Show taking place in complete darkness at Battersea Arts Centre
A show taking place in complete darkness is aiming to transport audiences to an alternate reality. Ring is coming to the Battersea Arts Centre (BAC) for its London Premiere, writes Alexandra Rucki. The play is described as a sound journey which
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Tickets released for tenth anniversary of SW4
Tickets have been released for the tenth anniversary of pioneering dance music festival SW4. Organisers have announced Armin Van Buuren will be headlining the Saturday of the festival. It will be the only UK festival appearance for the Dutch
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Rowsell inspires Croydon youngsters
Olympic medallist Joanna Rowsell was in Croydon last week as a part of a charity event. The gold medallist from Cheam was at Croydon Arena, South Norwood, to take part in a cycling session put on by London-based disability charity Wheels for Wellbeing
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Kreativ Monstarz to host talent showcase
Participants of a Croydon scheme which aims to engage and rehabilitate young people through the arts, are to put on a show. Young people involved in the Building Young Entrepreneurs scheme run by Chris Syrus, the winner of Croydon's Next Top Role
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Things to look out for when buying a used car
While superstitious new car buyers may be cautious about buying cars with the 13 series registration plate this March, spring remains a good time to go hunting for used car bargains, says vehicle information expert HPI. However, buyers need more than
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Judo club celebrate return home
Westcroft judo club is celebrating their return to the re-vamped Westcroft Leisure Centre. Andy Ede, Rachel Sexton and Mike Sexton opened the judo club to the general public in 1996 and now teach over 300 members across a number of venues in the
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McDonald is national champion
Katy-Ann McDonald dominated a star-studded field to be named UK National Cross Country U13 girls' champion in Sunderland last weekend. The Herne Hill Harrier, who goes to Ursuline Secondary School in Wimbledon and is coached by Phil Kissi, won
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Lawrence shines for Croydon Harriers
More than 20 Croydon Harriers headed north for the English National cross-country championships in Sunderland this past weekend. Nearly five inches of snow fell on the course prior to the event kicking off, and more snow followed throughout the
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There's good news and bad news
It's been a bittersweet week for Dulwich Hamlet as the joy of reaching the League Cup final last Tuesday was tempered by their first league defeat since October on Saturday. Dulwich needed penalties to see off Thamesmead Town in the cup, winning
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Sporting success for Ernest Bevin College pupils
Ernest Bevin College enjoyed plenty of success on the table tennis and volleyball fronts over half-term last week. The college's U16s table tennis team of Andre Dunkley, Lobsang Lama, Joseph Langham-Ferreira, and Ovi Eyarhono made it through the
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Cute kids decorate cupcakes
Cheeky youngsters could not help but eat some of the ingredients they were using to decorate cupcakes. The event, where kids took part in a cupcake decorating session, took place on Wednesday, February 20. It was all part of the Sutton Life
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Croydon Scouts mark Founder's Day
The 1st Croydon St Matthews Scout Troop marked Founder's Day with a special service on Saturday. The annual Thanksgiving service in honour of the Scout movement founder Lord Baden-Powell used to be held at Westminster Abbey, but smaller services
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McKibbin wants his rivals running scared
Aaron McKibbin had opponents on the other side of the table tennis net running scared in 2012, but the Wandsworth Paralympian wants more in 2013. The 21-year-old’s sporting highlight of the past 12 months was winning Olympic team bronze in the
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Simpson wants Terrors job
Phil Simpson masterminded another thumping Terrors victory on Saturday and then declared - I want the Tooting & Mitcham job full time. Since taking over as caretaker manager following Jamie Martin's resignation, Simpson has won two and out
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Call for headphones to be banned while driving
The vast majority of UK adults (83 per cent) would like to see wearing head-phones while driving made illegal, according to a new research from the UK’s biggest car leasing company, ContractHireAndLeasing. com. At the moment, there is no direct
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Incinerator plans altered to cut emissions
Plans to build a controversial incinerator have been altered to cut emissions and benefit the community nearby. But campaigners say the planned energy recovery facility (ERF) for Beddington, which will burn rubbish from Sutton, Merton, Kingston
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Eden Street in Kingston re-opens following sewer collapse
One of Kingston's busiest streets has finally re-opened - more than a week after being closed for emergency sewer repairs. Eden Street was shut on Friday, February 15 after a sewer collapsed beneath the road close to Primark, Heals, McDonald's
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Investigation continues into robbery and pistol-whipping
Police investigating an armed robbery in which a man was pistol-whipped outside a Co-Op store have released CCTV images in a bid to find witnesses. A masked robber attacked a cash delivery worker and stole his cash box containing about £45,000
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Youngsters celebrate Caribbean heritage
Croydon youngsters delved into photographs from colonial archives to explore their Caribbean heritage. Eighteen schoolchildren, aged between eight and 11, researched the region's people, places and traditions through pictures taken from the National
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Tenants encouraged to attend house swap event
Tenants are being encouraged to attend a property swap event next week. From April 1, working age tenants living in homes with spare bedrooms face having their housing benefit reduced. The amount people can claim is based on the number of bedrooms
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60 cannabis plants seized in raid
A man was arrested after police raided a cannabis factory today. Police searched a house on Church Hill Road, Sutton, at mid-day today and found 60 cannabis plants in an outbuilding as well as CS and pepper spray. A 28-year-old man was arrested
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Girl sexually assaulted on way home from school
A teenage girl was sexually assaulted on her way home from school on Friday. A man sat next to the girl on the lower deck of the 4.13pm bus from Sutton to Banstead before sexually assaulting her. The man was Asian, in his 40s, and was wearing
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Couple held in jewellery robbery ordeal
Smartly dressed robbers held a couple in their own kitchen in a terrifying daylight jewellery robbery. Four men, all dressed in smart clothes, got into the semi-detached house in Anglesey Court Road, Carshalton between 9am and 10am on Friday
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'Cancer cash mum' said colleagues gave her money to help with mortgage
A teaching assistant accused of faking cancer to con colleagues out of cash has told a court she only asked them for help with her mortgage. Mum-of-four Ursula Rose of Westgate Road, South Norwood, is accused of lying to sympathetic colleagues
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Pet cat survives blaze by hiding in cupboard
A scaredy cat has proved descretion is the better part of valour after surviving a flat fire by hiding in a children's wardrobe. Fire-proof feline Gizmo had been given up for dead by Lynn Kaizim and her family after flames tore through their flat
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Estate agent pops up to help out
Estate agents are preparing to stump up the cash to pay for two lollipop ladies. Savills, in in Huguenot Place, Wandsworth, will fund the lollipop women who serve crossings at Honeywell School, in Honeywell Road, Battersea. Wandsworth Council
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Man joins police after losing his wallet
A man who was reunited with his lost wallet after a speedy police investigation was so impressed he decided to volunteer himself. Worcester Park man Jake Brammer, 20, lost his wallet in near his home last week. The wallet was found and handed
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Police in nursery visit
Budding bobbies got to find out more about being a policeman when officers visited a nursery. Among the officers visiting the NHS-run Willows Day Nursery in Sutton was larger-than-life mascot PCSO Steve who was joined by Belmont PCSOs Zarif
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Every child to become library member under new council scheme
Every school child in Merton will become a member of their local library, if a new trial scheme by the council is successful. Merton libraries have pledged to get more children reading for life with the launch of a new pilot scheme that aims to
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Deputy Mayor to abseil from the top of hotel for charity
Croydon’s 74-year-old Deputy Mayor will be reaching new heights as he takes part in a charity abseil next month. Councillor Tony Harris, a keen rock climber, has signed up to Croydon Commitment’s abseil on March 22. He will be abseiling from
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CHS TAKES PORTAL TO THE FUTURE
Technology is increasing rapidly. Every day something new is being introduced in the market. We now carry around in our pockets phones which are advanced enough to video chat, find our current location and even download a song from an American website
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Why don't Co-op or Holiday Inn take over Raynes Park Post Office?
By Councillor Logie Lohendran With reference to Raynes Park post office, why not speak to the Co-op next door to take over and reshape the shop floor to accommodate the post office? There is a proposal for Holiday Inn moving on top, hence why
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Croydon's Full Council meeting to be broadcast live on radio
Croydon Radio will be broadcasting live from the Full Council meeting tonight. It will mean those who cannot attend the meeting can tune in and listen live to Croydon’s elected and opposition councillors making decision on how to provide local
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Deal or No Deal for hospital radio station?
A 19-year-old DJ secured a £5,000 donation to help save a hospital radio station in a nail-biting episode of hit TV show Deal or No Deal. David Goodings, from Surbiton, starred in an episode of the Channel 4 show on Friday, February 22, and made
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Auction for Help for Heroes
An auction of excellent items will raise money for Help for Heroes. The Slug and Lettuce in Weybridge High Street hosts the auction to raise money for the armed forces charity. Prizes have been donated by companies in the area, including goody
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Second man charged with burglary
A second man has been charged with burglary in connection with an offence at a property in Walton last month. Mirush Kabashi, 22, from Isleworth, has been jointly charged with burglary with Shane Warburton, 18, of Fulmer Close, Hampton, who was
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Visitors learn about Islam at mosque open day
A mosque opened it's doors for visitors to learn about Islamic culture. The Islamic Cultural Exhibition took place in Tooting Islamic Centre, in Upper Tooting Road, Tooting, on Saturday. Visitors could learn about Islamic art, culture and traditions
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Firefighters extinguish burning car
Firefighters tackled flames at a burning car this morning. One crew extinguished a fire after being called to Melville Road in South Croydon at 8.55am. The crew, from Croydon station, had put out the fire by 9.12am. No one was hurt.
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Man loses six stone and takes up karate
A karate man has managed to get his next black belt after losing more than six stone over eight months. Ellis Rees, 46, from Epsom, took up karate again after dropping from 19 stone 8lbs last January to 13 stone 7 lbs in October. Mr Rees said
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Wii need help say energetic pensioners
A group of energetic 90-year-olds are looking for a new member to operate their Wii Fit. Wallington and Beddington senior citizen's club are keen to get active again with their Nintendo games console after the last operator sadly passed away.
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Tributes paid to dedicated manager
Friends and family gathered on Friday at the funeral of a dedicated council manager who died of a heart attack on February 6. Dennis Doolan, 64, known as Den, worked for Epsom Council for 16 years and had been due to retire as the waste services
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Gym and dance spectacular at school
A gym and dance spectacular wowed crowds at a high school this month. More than 200 students and staff took part in the annual show at Blenheim High School in Epsom on February 14 and 15. The theme of this year’s show was the Blenheim Newsroom
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A free lesson in life saving for Croydon Guardian staff
Reporters at the Croydon Guardian had a free lesson in lifesaving last week. London Ambulance Service community resuscitation training officer Sam Wilcox visited our offices to teach staff basic CPR and showed them how to use a defibrillator, a
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Windows blown away by windy weather
Windy weather caused windows to fall out of a high rise building. Firefighters were called to Belgravia House, in Clarence Avenue, Clapham, at 1am this morning. The windows fell from the 11th floor of the building, leaving shattered glass at
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Expanding empire celebrates new leader's coronation
Dignitaries and members of the public turned out as an empire on which the sun never sets celebrated the coronation of its new leader. Austenasia, a small country bordered on all sides by Carshalton, declared independence from the UK and became
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Gymnastics academy to spring into action
Children's gymnastics sessions are to launch this Saturday. Youngsters from age two and up can enjoy gymnastics, trampolining and fitness classes at the Oasis Academy in Coulsdon. There will be gym tots' sessions for two- to five-year-olds,
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Drama festival must go on without borough council funds
The show must go on for a drama festival left without borough council funding for a second year in a row. The Leatherhead Drama Festival, whose patron is actor Sir Michael Caine, will nevertheless showcase 27 plays, including nine new plays, in
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Merton's Olympic legacy is going to waste
By Mark Kenny, via email Last week I attended the Merton Primary Schools Tag Rugby Finals at the Tooting and MItcham Hub. Organised by the Merton School Sport Partnership, it has run for many years, involved most Merton primary schools and
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Commissioner gets facts wrong on Hillsborough disaster
I was surprised to read that Surrey Police Commissioner Kevin Hurley cited ‘fans turning up late from the pub’ as one of the three primary causes of the 1989 Hillsborough disaster (Policing My Way, Epsom Guardian, February 14). That the disaster
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'Not in public interest' to know how murderer escaped courtroom to manhandle woman
The Ministry of Justice has refused to reveal how a convicted murderer serving a life sentence escaped a courtroom with a weapon before he was stopped by security guards outside Kingston College. Richard Kwakye from Twickenham managed to flee from
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Patient speaks out to save A&E department
A woman battling a brain tumour has spoken up for a threatened accident and emergency department which has repeatedly saved her life. The call to save the department at Epsom Hospital comes as an expert panel was last week forced to postpone making
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Potholes a hazard
While I understand potholes are caused by variations in weather, the state of the roads in Wandsworth really is quite intolerable. I pay £250 a year in road tax, more than £1,000 in council tax and a good few parking tickets, yet the quality of
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Recipe: Beetroot soup with goats cheese croutons
Serves 2 Preparation time: 10 minutes Cooking time: 15 minutes You’ll need: For the soup: 250g cooked beetroot (1 packet), cut into chunks ½ large onion, diced 1 small garlic clove, crushed 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil ½
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Mozart trio making music
The prestigious London Mozart Trio will once again take to the stage at the Vera Fletcher Hall. The Trio, who formed in 1989, recently recorded the complete Rachmaninov Trios and have toured nationally and in Europe. Colin Stone plays for BBC
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Bold fox sat on my sofa
One warm morning last September I looked up from writing a letter to see a fox sitting on the sofa at the other end of the room. He had entered through the nearby back door which in the summer we often leave open. I tried to chase him out but he
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Bigger and better
Details of the third generation Octavia estate have been released, prior to its world premiere at the Geneva Motor Show, writes Philip Shoulder. The new estate closely follows the look of the hatch, from the nose, down the high-waisted and sharply
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Sporty youngsters encouraged to enter Surrey Youth Games
Sporty youngsters are wanted to take part in this year's Surrey Youth Games. Epsom Council is encouraging all those aged 7 to 16 to represent the borough at the event, which will be held on June 15 and 16 at Surrey Sports Park in Guildford.
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Girl guides take to the airwaves at Epsom Hospital
Girl guides took to the airwaves after visiting patients at one of Europe’s largest hip and knee replacement centres which is based at the threatened Epsom Hospital. Members of the 1st Tattenhams Guides, and two of their leaders, visited patients
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New chief executive appointed at leading children's charity
A senior manager at Europe’s largest commercial radio group has been appointed chief executive of a leading children’s charity. Dalton Leong, from Epsom, has been given the role at The Children’s Trust, based in Tadworth. Mr Leong is managing
