Ashtead’s Ruth Lorenzo has been voted out of The X Factor despite wowing judges with her performances on tonight’s show. Sadly for the Spanish singer the public, who were this week solely responsible for deciding who made it through to the
AFC Wimbledon 1-1 Hampton & Richmond Terry Brown said his Wimbledon team were missing too many key players to finally get the better of Hampton & Richmond. Strike duo Danny Kedwell and Jon Main were only fit enough for the bench after a virus and
Runnymede Council has warned that the Government’s rescue proposals for home owners with mortgage problems do not go far enough. Speaking at a meeting of the authority’s housing and community services committee on November 20, councillors said
A Staines shopping centre raised £305 with a Victorian-themed Christmas fair at the weekend. Two Rivers Shopping Centre held the fair on Saturday and Sunday, where visitors were charged for using various rides including a traditional carousel, swing
A man has died after an alleged fight outside a pub in Selsdon. The 44-year-old man, who is said to be local, was reported unconscious outside the Stag and Hounds pub in Selsdon Road last night at about 10.35pm. A 44-year-old male has
A 21-year-old Russian woman living in Roehampton has gone missing. Karina Kadyrbeava, a Russian student, was last seen at 6pm on Friday on Hammersmith Bridge by a member of the public who saw her deliberately leave her belongings on a park bench. Police
The first ever rainbow unit in Wimbledon Village is currently in the works, with plans to begin in January of next year. The creators, sisters Charlotte and Alicia Sewell, decided to set up the group when they recognised the demand in the local area and
Dozens of campaigners dressed at Gordon Brown braved the cold to protest against a planned third runway at Heathrow today. Protesters donned masks of the Prime Minister along with fake ears to demonstrate their anger at the expansion proposals. More
Carly Zucker became the latest celebrity to be voted off reality show I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! The Cobham-based personal trainer and fiancee of England footballer Joe Cole received the fewest number of public votes and left after 14 days
Despite roadworks, Ashford on the Map Christmas Market will be held on the lower ground floor of the multi-storey car park opposite Brooklands/Spelthorne College on Wednesday. The market will kick off at 5pm with fairground rides, hotdogs, mulled wine
Unscrupulous builders posing as Lambeth residents to dump commercial waste at a tip in West Norwood could be thwarted by plans to not accept non-recyclable materials at the centre. Residents close to the Vale Street recycling centre are angry waste
A family who won £500-worth of presents in the Centre’s Win Christmas competition, and got to help switch on Feltham’s Christmas lights, said they had a wonderful time. Samantha McGregor, 34, kept the special delivery on Thursday, November 20, a secret
The grand opening of New Malden’s flagship green store on Shannon Corner is expected to take place in January. The old New Malden and Wimbledon B&Q stores have merged to create the new, environmentally-friendly superstore, creating more than 200 jobs
Crystal Palace made it seven points from a possible nine this week with a bore draw against Queens Park Rangers at Selhurst Park. Substitute Heidar Helguson should have won it for the away side with his first touch as a Rangers player a minute
Purley rocker and Status Quo frontman Francis Rossi has hit out at new bands saying they don’t know how to rock. The legendary rockstar told the Sun newspaper: “We’re from a generation of acts that are very physical, we put physicality into it. “But
A glazing van overturned leaving glass strewn across a Purley road for several hours. Fire crews were called to the white Transit van at about 9.30pm last night in Stoats Nest Road. There had been reports of a person trapped inside the
Dentists in Kingston are facing large financial penalties after collectively falling more than £1m behind in their contracts for not treating enough NHS patients. Out of the 25 NHS dentists in the borough, 24 were facing “claw back” and 19 were facing
Nearly 200 people attended a Christmas bash at Putney School of Art and Design last week, when diploma students received their certificates. The bash was held to raise money for the enlarging of the school, and over £1,400 worth of art work on display
It was back to college again for Battersea MP Martin Linton when he visited St Francis Xavier Sixth Form College in Balham. Mr Linton faced questions from A-level politics students, whose interests ranged from international affairs to local transport
A German tea company which trades under the name Sir Winston Teas is now trying to claim the Great British teapot as its own. The owners of Richmond-based Tea Box, in Paradise Road, applied to have its logo trademarked, but were stunned when they found
Tributes to the man gunned down on Derby Road, West Croydon have flooded into the popular student’s Facebook site. Ricardo Cox, 20, was shot in what eyewitnesses described as a drive-by shooting as he made his way towards central Croydon on Wednesday
