Late September and early October is commemorated in many churches and church schools by the celebration of an annual harvest festival, where food is collected in order to provide for the homeless and those who can’t provide for themselves. This year
On Wednesday 13th October a debate between several Sutton schools was convened by Sutton Youth Parliament. Although the competition struggled at its beginning with a few schools failing to turn up, the competition went ahead to achieve a degree of success
The Jack Petchey Awards came to Sutton on the 28th September, with Jack Petchey award winners from Sutton schools getting presented a medallion to recognise outstanding achievements. The awards were held in the Seecombe centre and were hosted by
Three young historians followed a detective trail to explore Georgian architecture in Leatherhead. Adam Stone, Billy Rodgers and Alasdair Rodger went with their parents to discover nooks and crannies in the market town and neighbouring Dorking
A woman has been taken to hospital after reversing her car through the front window of a Chinese restaurant in Wallington. The incident happened at about 10am this morning in Woodcote Road while horrified shoppers looked on helplessly.
A Clapham-based charity has launched its selection of Christmas cards for 2010. Trinity Hospice released eight different packs of cards, most of which contain 10 cards of the same design, to raise money for its community nursing team.
Crystal Palace have decided against appealing Claude Davis' red card in the 1-0 defeat to Millwall on Saturday. The Jamaican was sent off for the third time in his Eagles career when he swung an arm at Chris Hackett late on. Manager George Burley indicated
As a ‘strapped for cash’ student myself, I appreciate the struggle to find reasonably priced yet gorgeous clothing locally. So in an attempt to resolve this, I took to the streets of Kingston to find out what bargains I could bag with a fairly reasonable
A gunman who opened fire on a 4x4 driver who had just run over and killed his best friend outside a world-famous nightclub has been jailed for life. Dwayne McPherson, 28, tried to shoot dead Ranjit Nankani, 30, moments after he mounted the
It’s that time of year again; the leaves are falling from the trees, those warm, lazy summer evenings have long disappeared and we are faced with a chilly walk home in the dark and are yet again at risk from falling conkers. Yes, autumn the “Season of
As the UK celebrates its first ever anti-slavery day, campaigners aim to raise awareness about the thousands of people trafficked into the country to work in the sex trade. London MEP Sarah Ludford urged the government to keep up Britain's
As the UK celebrates its first ever anti-slavery day, campaigners aim to raise awareness about the thousands of people trafficked into the country to work in the sex trade. London MEP Sarah Ludford urged the government to keep up Britain's
Anna Smith's frustration at not getting a medal at the Commonwealth Games has spurred her on to go better at the London Olympics in two years time. The tennis star from Sanderstead suffered heartbreak in the mixed doubles tournament when she
Kingstonian boss Alan Dowson has hailed goalkeeper Rob Tolfrey as the reason behind his side’s electric start to the Ryman Premier Division campaign. The 23-year-old dropped a rare clanger for Faversham Town’s consolation strike in Saturday’s 2-1 FA
Two goals in the last six minutes took Sutton United into the second qualifying round of the FA Carlsberg Trophy on Saturday. But, for three-quarters of the game, Tooting had been the better side having deservedly levelled through former Sutton striker
Four Collingwood members took part in Sunday’s Abingdon Marathon. Times and positions: 226 Andy Stalley 3.23.09, 255 Richard Fox 3:26.39, 257 Bill Walsh 3.26.56 PB, 306 Steve Cooney 3:33.13. Six Collingwood members took part in Saturday morning’s Banstead
Tadworth Athletics Club’s Geoff Newton won the men’s over-65 class at the Surrey Veterans Cross Country Championships at Richmond park on Saturday. Newton completed the unudulating 10km course in 40 minutes, 24 seconds, to finish 30th. Other Tadworth
Almost an entire team of injured Wimbledon players watched from the touchline as the able-bodied first team lost this London One clah frustratingly to a Portsmouth side whose only real virtues were its giant front row and the boot of their no.10 Simon
Sutton Schools Borough U11s received a reality check in their first defeat of the season against a powerful St Albans team in the league on Saturday. St Albans had the better of the opening exchanges and pinned Sutton onto the back foot before
Raynes Park Little League results for Saturday, October 16: SENIORS Dynamos 3 Monarchs 4, Arrows 21 Royals 0, Jaguars 6 Sabres 2, Forwards 3 Warriors 3. JUNIORS Thunderbolts 1 Imps 2, Bombers 3 Redskins 1, Giants 0 Mustangs 3, Spitfires 8
Restaurants, even good ones, come and go all the time so it is really satisfying to find one which is rgoing from strength to strength, writes Tamasin Coates. I first went along to Buenos Aires in Purley when it opened three years ago. This
Now the last Sonic game I played was a bit of a mess. Despite having a number of well paced levels, most of the game saw our favourite blue fuzzy hedgehog, reduced to angry and aggressive furry were-flop and not the blue-spikey-speed-dazzling-freak
Barnes maintained their 100 per cent start to the season with a 38-19 win over Tring in the National Three clash at Barn Elms, writes Ben Gilby. The host had alreaday earned their four-try bonus point by half-time, leading 24-7 courtsey of tries from
AFC Surrey continued their good form with a 3-2 win over Walton Wanderers in the Leatherhead Sunday Football League. Debutants Harry Holloway and Nigel Booth were both on target for the Richmond College-based side with Gareth Tugwell getting the third
The Rose Theatre in Kingston is one of many taking part in the national ‘A Night Less Ordinary’ scheme, run by the Arts Council England (in association with The Metro), which enables all those under 26 to see prestigious stage plays for free. One
Cops are hunting two teenage girls after a 16-year-old girl was stabbed in the back on Sunday. The teenager was in George Street at 9.50pm when she was attacked by two girls and suffered a stab wound to her back. She had been arguing
Cheam men continued their unbeaten start to the hockey season with a 3-2 victory over Barnes in Surrey League Two, writes Dominic Beales. The visitors, who had begun their campaign with two defeats, took the lead after four minutes but Cheam hit back
On Wednesday 6th October around half of Blenheim High Schools' sixth form students attended the annual 'fish and chip quiz night.' The evening was organised by the year 13 senior students. Everyone was asked to get into a group of four, and then each
NBA star Luol Deng is spearheading a project in Lambeth that aims to get teenagers active ahead of the 2012 London Olympics, writes Jeremy van Waveren. With the London Olympics less than two years away 'Midnight Basketball', run by the Active Communities
Brentford boss Andy Scott reckons fate may have had a hand in Saturday’s confidence boosting 3-0 win at Tranmere Rovers. A brace from skipper Kevin O’Connor - with one from the penalty spot - and a late Marcus Bean strike saw the Bees erase the memory
Lock James Percival has backed a refreshed Harlequins squad to make it a third straight Premiership win on Saturday. Director of rugby Conor O’Shea’s men eased past Italian side I Cavalieri Estra with an eight-try 55-17 European Challenge Cup triumph
A pensioner has died from suspected smoke inhalation after a fire in his Sutton flat. Fire engines and ambulance crews were scrambled to Westmoreland Drive, off Brighton Road, at 3.30am this morning. The man, who was 63-years-old, lived
Hercules Wimbledon's veteran cross country runners had one of their most successful years in the Surrey Veterans cross country championships in Richmond Park on Saturday picking up one team and individual titles and three other medals. Hugh Saxby was
After a wonderful game of intensive, bruising rugby, full of twists and turns, Richmond deservedly emerged the winners to spoil top of the table visitors Jersey’s proud record of one defeat in the last 16 months. It was a magnificent game and a big
Two goals in the last three minutes gave Surbiton Ladies their third league win of the season, and left them just trailing on goal difference at the top of the England Hockey League Conference East, behind leaders Chelmsford, who were held 2-2 at Sevenoaks
The Infection Control team will be on hand to offer patients advice for keeping infections at bay in hospital and home at Croydon University Hospital this week. Visitors to the hospital can ask questions of the team at thier stand near the
South London Harriers’ women’s team contesting the National Relays at Sutton Park, Birmingham, finished in a creditable 17th spot of the 69 teams competing. Georgie Bruinvels timed 14 minutes 59 seconds for the 4.3km course, finishing in ninth
Leatherhead overcame a purposeful Walton & Hersham side to take all three points on Saturday. Tanners manager Mick Sullivan named an unchanged line up against the new look Swans team, undergoing a transformation since the arrival of former Godalming
Julian Speroni: Made two saves to keep Palace in the game but caught in no-man's land for the goal. 6 Nathaniel Clyne: A veteran of 70 appearances he showed his maturity by not being fazed by the occasion and surged forward when he could. Needs
The body of an elderly man has been found following a fire in a sheltered accommodation block in Tooting. Firefighters discovered his body in the living room of a ground floor flat in Wimborne House, Bedford Hill, shortly after 3.30pm yesterday
Park came up trumps, administering a rare home defeat to fourth-placed Tynedale at their attractive ground in the Northumbrian countryside, and pocketing a valuable bonus point in the process. The really good news for Park fans is that they can still
Both sets of supporters were looking forward to a good old Trophy clash, and for Ks fans memories of their double Wembley glory 10 years ago came flooding back ahead of kick-off. Unfortunately as a spectacle it never really got going until the introduction
AFC Wimbledon 1 (Yakubu 72) Gateshead 0 AFC Wimbledon: Seb Brown, Sam Hatton, Chris Bush, Steven Gregory (Rashid Yussuff 43), Ismail Yakubu, Ed Harris, Sammy Moore, Ricky Wellard (Luke Moore 81), Danny Kedwell, Christian Jolley, Ryan Jackson (Jon Main
Manager George Burley insists Crystal Palace will not be in the relegation zone come May despite their dreadful start to the season. The Eagles dominated large parts of Saturday's south London derby against Millwall but only got one effort on target
Croydon Amphibeans U14s water polo team have retained the Red Cross Youth trophy, writes Mickey Helps. They beat Andover 12-0, Christchurch Seagulls 8-3 and a strong team from hosts Basingstoke 9-3 to win the title. The event was part
Josh Drauniniu ran in four tries in a ten-try rout of Moseley at Billesley Common as London Welsh leapfrogged Bedford to move up to second in the Championship table. The home side hadn’t tasted victory against Welsh in the league since October
For the fourth time in as many years, Wembley stadium will host an NFL regular season game at the end of the month. This time the two teams are the Denver Broncos and San Francisco 49ers, the latter being one of the most globally recognised American
Croydon Athletic are still waiting for their first win under Bob Langford and Dave Garland after being dumped out of the FA Trophy first qualifying round 1-0 at Bognor Regis. The Rams were tenacious throughout but had their hearts broken by Luke Nightingale's
Ranelagh Harriers hosted the Surrey county veterans cross-country championships in Richmond Park on Saturday. The men’s event was open to all over-40s and took place over a 10km course. Women needed only to be 35 to take part and their race was over
Hall School Wimbledon pupils and siblings Diederick, Conrad and Marise Zuurmond organised a charity cake sale in the grounds of the junior school, Beavers Holt, on 14 and 15 October. The cake sale raised over £500, which will be used directly
Sutton United boss Paul Doswell has targeted two points a game for the next ten matches to keep his side’s Ryman Premier Division promotion campaign on track. Ten-man United battled to a 0-0 draw at title-contenders Lowestoft Town last week
Police descended on The Ship in central Croydon in the early hours of this morning after a fight broke out inside the pub. Three people were arrested after police arrived to find a male and a female fighting outside the pub. They also
A mother-of-three has slammed her housing association after revolting mould caused by rising damp spread through her council-owned property. Hannah Lawn, of Sutton Court, Sutton, has been battling with the Sutton Housing Partnership for the
A nursing student and her partner who falsely claimed NHS childcare have avoided prison sentences. Sabrina Anver, 31, pretended the father of her four children was her childminder so she could claim £50,000 over four years for an NHS bursary
An opportunistic thief was caught after police teamed up with operators at the borough’s CCTV control room. Residents called 999 to report a suspicious man in Ravenswood Road, Balham, who was looking into parked cars at 6.15pm on October 9.
Cyclists were invited to get behind the wheel of a lorry in a bid to stop a spate of recent accidents. Lambeth police organised the event on Streatham Common on Friday, October 1, after a number of road traffic accidents involving bikes, including
A grandfather has expressed concern that rats infesting the lake at Bourne Hall park could bite children as they eat their picnic. Ian Underwood, 68, said he saw about six of the rodents as he visited the Ewell attraction, which is run by Epsom
Sutton and Cheam MP and Paul Burstow met with members of the Adults with Learning Disabilities Services (ALDS)Forum last week. The recently appointed Minister for Care Services toured several services with Mihir Magudia, of ALDS, and David
An heroic soldier who lost his leg in an explosion in Afghanistan has joined an armed forces ski team and has set his sights on the 2014 paralmpics. Lieutenant Corporal Simon Wiggins, 24, lost his right leg above the knee, a finger on his shattered
Sunday 31 October Mitcham Junction (bus stop on bridge) 10.30 am Mitcham Common, Beddington Farmlands with bird expert (bring binoculars), Beddington Park and Waddon Ponds. Finish Wandle Park tram stop. 3-4 easy, linear. Saturday 6 November
