Archive
-
Date
Waddon poet to have pieces published by Dame Vivienne Westwood
A talented poet has been selected as one of five Londoners to write a collection of environmental awareness poems to be published by Dame Vivienne Westwood. Philip Coales from Waddon, will write two poems that will be published in the limited-edition
-
Date
Tribute show aims to take music lovers back to the sixties
Lovers of sixties music can go back in time with the Doors Experience, writes Andy Bloss. Hits such as Light my Fire, Backdoor Man, When the Music’s Over, The End and many more are all featured in the show. The band attempts to recreate The
-
Date
Record GCSE results for Merton schools
Merton's teenagers smashed GCSE records, despite fears tougher marking could see standards fall. At the national standard, students achieving five A* to C grades, including maths and English, Merton saw a five per cent rise, to 64 per cent.
-
Date
Princess Alice Hospice worker gives back, by jumping from plane
A hospice care assistant is preparing to jump from a plane in memory of her inspirational mother, who died from cancer. Sonia Kaur, who works at Princess Alice Hospice in Esher, is facing her fear of heights by taking part in a skydive for the
-
Date
Man completes swim round Jersey for prostate cancer charity
A Stoneleigh man has become only the 86th person in history to swim around the island of Jersey. Endurance athlete Mick Helps completed the gruelling 41 mile swim, in 11 hours and 20 minutes on August 11. Far fewer people have swum around Jersey
-
Date
Pensioner sings for Cancer Research
A pensioner is releasing a CD in aid of Cancer Research UK. Tony Steven, 70, from Carshalton, is raising money and awareness for the charity with his CD featuring the highlights of his career. Mr Steven is a former resident singer of Easy Beat
-
Date
June Sampson: Coombe's connections with Downton Abbey's latest character
News that Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, one of the world’s greatest opera singers at present, will play the part of Dame Nellie Melba, one of the world’s greatest opera singers in the past, in ITV’s next series of Downton Abbey, has not only thrilled the show
-
Date
Home-Start Elmbridge earns 250k nappies
A quarter of a million nappies will be donated to a family support charity for children in need. Home-Start Elmbridge will get the nappies after Pampers created the world’s largest baby blanket to celebrate the birth of the royal baby, Prince George
-
Date
Wanda: A slice of Belgian culture at Belgo
Belgo brings a slice of Belgian culture to the streets of Clapham. The London-based chain has branches in Bromley, Covent Garden and Holborn, with the south-west London branch located in Clapham High Street. An impressive selection of beers
-
Date
Sutton Guardian helps in Tesco disabled trolleys row
A supermarket moved its disabled trolleys after the Sutton Guardian took up customers' complains. Rose Greig, who takes her disabled mum to the Tesco store in Oldfields Road, Sutton, contacted the Guardian after the supermarket moved disabled trolleys
-
Date
Kingstonfirst renews Kingston Society membership after 'seeing the light'
Town centre manager Kingstonfirst has “seen the light” and renewed its membership to conservation group the Kingston Society. The society, which promotes high standards of planning, conservation and design in the borough, had previously
-
Date
Charity in memory of former Tiffin student organises heart screening day in New Malden
A heart screening day will be held in New Malden courtesy of a charity set up in memory of a former Tiffin schoolboy. The Neil Desai Foundation is funding a whole day of electrocardiogram (ECG) tests at Malden Wanderers Cricket Club in Cambridge
-
Date
Discover the secrets of Japanese cuisine with Reiko Hashimoto
Japanese cuisine has seen something of a revolution over the last decade but long before Yo Sushi and Wasabi got in on the action, one woman in Wimbledon was quietly leading the charge from her own kitchen. Reiko Hashimoto grew up in a traditional