Wimbledon has been graced with a host of famous faces, from tennis players to actors and now a talented musician has emerged from the South West London suburb. 16-year-old, ukulele playing, singer-songwriter and Wimbledon born Misty Miller. With
Filming for the sequel of the new Sherlock Holmes movie directed by Guy Ritchie is set to take place in Richmond Park. On the other side of the road from Holly Lodge 19th Century gypsy camps have been mounted to film the first few scenes of the untitled
A man suspected of an honour killing murder has admitted he left Britain partly because he was wanted for the crime. Omar Hussain, one of two men extradited from Iraq last year to face charges of involvement in the crime, denies murder, but
One of the men accused of murdering a father-of-three from Carshalton has made an impassioned plea to the jury not to convict his co-accused. David John Howard, 43, and William Scott, 54, both of Winchcombe Road, are jointly accused of murdering
A teacher who looked at porn websites while at work at Nescot College has been suspended for one year. David Lovett was also criticised by the General Teaching Council (GTC) for leaving his class unsupervised for 25 minutes and failing to secure
The estranged wife of a man found dead in his house appeared in court via video link today charged with his murder. Sally Challen, 56, is accused of murdering Richard Challen, 61, on August 16, at the house the two of them used to share in
A 13-year-old boy appeared in court today accused of three counts of sexual assault in Croydon. The young teenager was in Camberwell Green Youth Court accused of assaulting a 16-year-old girl in Old Town and a 28-year-old woman in Grasmere
Episode 1 – 7.10.10 Autumn Watch started its seasonal run this week on BBC1 with the first episode explaining how not all autumn wildlife takes place in rural areas and a lot of it happens around humans. The programme started by showing
Threats have been made to chop down oak trees, which are damaging garages in a Chessington road, Kingston Council has said. Objections have been made to tree preservation orders to protect three oak trees, two field maples and one prunus behind
The son of two well respected teachers found stabbed to death in their south Croydon home has been found guilty of manslaughter. Serial “liar” Daniel Dighton stabbed his parents to death in the home he shared with them in Campden Road.
A pair of polite robbers locked a travel agent and an elderly couple in a toilet before fleeing with stolen cash. The thieves swiped thousands of pounds of sterling and foreign currency when they raided the Tolworth Broadway Co-operative Travel
Controversial plans for waste centres handling 200,000 tonnes of rubbish face the axe after being hit by Government cuts. Private finance initiative (PFI) credits worth £225m to fund the South London Waste Partnership (SLWP) – which could have
Protesters fighting vital school expansion plans have forced a council u-turn. Kingston Council had wanted to ease overcrowding in Kingston’s schools by expanding Christ Church Primary School in New Malden. However, the idea to build
Simon Fitzjohn grabbed British Light-Welterweight champion Lenny Daws this week for a quick question and answer session. Q. What is the most difficult aspect of being a professional boxer? A. Being disciplined and dedicated. It might sound weird
Elmbridge Conservatives scraped a narrow victory to hold on to the Hersham North seat in last night’s by-election. Councillor Simon Desborough receieved 463 votes, beating independent Hersham Village Society candidate Roy Green by only 10 votes
Harlequins youngster George Lowe says he’d like to get back in to the centres on a regular basis - if only to stop him catching a chill this winter. The 21-year-old scored on his return to the midfield in the European Challenge Cup win over
This week Simon and Colin discuss the recently greenlit The Hobbit, Mark Wahlberg starring in a possible reboot of The Crow and the casting of Nathan Drake. Simon also reviews OAP actioner, Red and Rhian joins in to discuss Easy A. Enjoy
This week a year 11 student from a Croydon school was sent home after having a hysterical breakdown in the Nurse's office, feeling so buried under homework, clubs and coursework that she had been unable to cope - four weeks into the term.
Football fans raised nearly £300 for Marie Curie Cancer Care at the Crystal Palace Millwall match. The money will go towards supporting nurses who support termianlly ill people in Croydon. Crystals Dance Spirit cheerleaders helped with
People stuck in lifts could be waiting a long time for rescue as the London Fire Brigade (LFB) prepares to strike tomorrow. The emergency service will still be on hand to tackle house fires, vehicle fires, road accidents and collapsed buildings
Crystal Palace lock horns with fellow bottom-three side Preston North End on Saturday and you can catch all the action here. Reporter Graham Moody will be at Deepdale updating you with all the happenings thanks our minute-by-minute live text commentary
Graham Miller was fastest of Sutton Runners’ six competitors at the Abingdon Marathon in Tilsbury Park clocking three hours, 10 minutes, 21 seconds. Andrea Francis was their first woman in 3:30.55. In parkruns, Sutton’s Billy Challis clocked 20:55 at
A 10-year-old girl has died after a tree fell on her in a garden in Fetcham. An air ambulance was scrambled to the village following the tragedy at about 4.40pm on Wednesday. A spokesman for the South East Coast Ambulance Service said
Former England captain Alec Stewart concedes Steve Davies’ Ashes brief will be a watching one – but is adamant he can more than fill in for first-choice wicketkeeper Matt Prior if called upon. The 24-year-old was named as the second wicketkeeper behind
An author has reached out to the freed Chilean miners and sent them books to help with post-traumatic stress disorder. Surbiton self-help writer Martha Jesty, 48, followed the miners’ plight on TV and felt compelled to help. The Peruvian
Justin Macenhill, from Striders of Croydon, produced a very good run to win the Roundshaw Downs parkrun on Saturday. He broke away on the second lap to finish more than half a minute ahead of his nearest rival, covering the five-kilometre course in 17
The annual terrifying tour starts at Bourne Hall in Ewell village, where the adventurers will meet before the ghostly visits. The horrible Ewell Halloween Walk commences on Tuesday 26th October at 2pm. Places cost only £3 and are to be booked as
Spaniard Juan Pena Holguin gained a runaway victory when he headed home a 500-plus field in the Wimbledon Audi 10km road race staged by Wimbledon Rugby Club on Sunday. Pena Holguin reached the finish at the Barham Road-based club in 32 minutes, 41 seconds
Emily Pidgeon posted the second fastest 10-mile time by a British athlete this season in winning the women’s race in Stragglers’ Cabbage Patch promotion in Twickenham on Sunday morning. Making her debut over the distance, Pidgeon, 21, who runs for Stroud
Belgrave international athlete Richard Ward clipped 13 seconds off his previous best time when he won Saturday’s Bushy Park 5km parkrun in 15 minutes, 38 seconds. Unattached runner Sandra Cragg (21:20) sliced just one second off her previous best time
Thames Hare & Hounds’ Stuart Major won the Surrey 10km veterans men’s title in Richmond Park on Saturday. Major, who became eligible after celebrating his 40th birthday in May, clocked 33 minutes, 56 seconds, to finish almost 300m ahead of team-mate
Rapper Tippa Irie visited The Link Primary in Beddington on Tuesday. He performed a set for the children during assembly, and has composed a special rap for the children to learn about their school. His visit comes as part of our Black History
Surbiton Ladies 1st XI, lying second after four fixtures in their first ever season at Conference level, needed two goals in the last three minutes on Saturday to win 3-1 at Horsham. Emma Rowland-Jones scored from a penalty stroke to put Surbiton 2
Parents will soon be asked their views about a major expansion of Merton’s primary schools. Dates have been revealed for a series of nine public consultation events, in which education bosses and parents will discuss two alternative plans to
Gyles Brandreth is never knowingly lost for words. And so it is for most of our conversation, until we touch on politics, and more to the point what he predicts for the coalition Government’s four years in office. Momentarily he is stumped
Ashford and St Peter’s Hospital staff have won two coveted awards at the South East Coast Health and Social Care awards. Dr Gill Britton, occupational health consultant, won the title of health professional of the year, while Lynn English,
Winger George Lowe doesn’t care if he crosses the whitewash providing Quins beat Gloucester on Saturday. The 21-year-old scored in Saturday’s eight-try romp past I Cavalieri Estra, which featured a hat-trick from man of the match Tom Williams
A thug who put a woman in a headlock before threatening her friends with a knife has avoided a jail sentence. Kashif Neil, 22, of Benett Gardens, Norbury, attacked the woman outside Streatham Station when an argument broke out between them
A gang of robbers snatched a suitcase filled with jewellery from a 52-year-old woman while she was walking with a friend in Wandsworth. The woman was walking along Chesterton Close at around 2pm on October 16, when four men aged between 16
The Christmas lights in Chessington and Hook have been cut back this year to save money. Christmas trees at the junction of Ewell Road and Princes Avenue and along North Parade will be the only signs of festive cheer in the face of Kingston
A man videoed on a neighbour's iPhone slapping his wife has been handed a community order. John Valentine Riddlestone, of London Road, North Cheam, slapped his then estranged wife, Rosemary, outside the family home on July 2 following an argument
Tesco’s application to extend the size of the Streatham Hub superstore by more than 50 per cent was approved last week in controversial circumstances. Part of Lambeth Council’s planning committee said the application should not have gone ahead
Two charities have withdrawn support for the repatriation of a sick toddler following concerns over her father’s motives. Mediaviation and the children’s charity Angelbear disassociated themselves from Amy Lobbin and her father David over financial
Tesco planners were grilled over resident and business owners’ concerns at the expanded store at the planning meeting last Wednesday. Councillors asked the supermarket giant’s representatives if a mezzanine floor increasing the size of the
Kelabu has found something new to sink her teeth into this Halloween - the Sumatran Tiger has found an appetite for pumpkin. The Sumatran species is one of the world's most endangered. There are fewer than 500 tigers in the wild in Sumatra
Family and friends of a wheelchair-racing teenager are running to raise money to send him to the Paralympics. Chessington pupil Jack Binstead, 14, has painful brittle bone disease, but has had a phenomenal racing season. He won the London
The multi-million pound Sutton Life Centre will be officially opened next week by a mystery government minister. Sources at Sutton Council are remaining tight-lipped over the identity of the official but it is expected to be Deputy Prime Minister
The man wrongly accused of Rachel Nickell’s murder has condemned the Metropolitan Police’s decision not to compensate her son for failings in the case as “sick, but not surprising”. Colin Stagg, who received a £706,000 Home Office award
Model train enthusiasts are mourning the loss of one of their friends and colleagues. Wiliam Goffe joined the Thames Ditton Model Railway after coming across the organisation in 1994 while living in Putney. He took on the duties of club
A man was punched to the ground and attacked with a wine bottle after refusing to give his attacker a cigarette. The assault took place on Saturday, October 9, at about 2am in Streatham High Road by Streatham Common. The man, 27, had
A Sutton pensioner has foiled the attempts of two rogue traders who tried to con her. Lunette Janaway, 72, from Worcester Park, was told by the dodgy duo that she needed new outer wall cladding. While ‘inspecting’ the house, the pair
The Government risks another Baby P tragedy through its savage cuts programme, a council leader has warned. Lambeth Council leader Steve Reed attacked the Government's comprehensive spending review, branding it "a conserted attack on poor people
A pair of “merciless” kidnappers who beat and threatened to kill a man over a £500 debt have each been jailed for more than six years. Croydon Crown Court heard Marlon John, 22, will be mentally scarred for life after being bundled into a car
More than 100 protesters marched on Lambeth town hall in protest at plans to temporarily move Streatham’s ice rink to Brixton. Professional skaters, youth and disabled ice hockey teams, and other Streatham Ice Arena users protested on Wednesday
A series of free events, Time to Get Moving, plans to promote wellbeing in the community, and is being supported by NHS Lambeth. Somali day, on Sunday (October 24), at Agnes Riley Gardens, will host cultural and sport activities including a
A paramedic who fought to save a motorcyclist killed in a crash has told how the community rallied to help. Jack Wilks, 58, was travelling in Burwood Road towards Seven Hills Road in Hersham, when his bike collided with a silver Volkswagen
Black History Month comes to Thornton Heath library on Wednesday, October 27, when a publishing pioneer leads an evening focussed on black women writers. Author, editor and broadcaster Dr Margaret Busby OBE, who was the UK’s first black female publisher
Aspiring rappers aged 13-16 can learn to turn thoughts into lyrics during a series of free Saturday workshops at Thornton Heath library, starting November 6. Croydon Arts, the Council’s community arts team, has linked up with performance poet, rapper
A local group of Drama students went to see an extravagant piece of theatre entitled ‘Money’ at a little theatre near London Bridge. The “jaw dropping spectacle” is performed by one of the UK’s most renowned theatre companies, SHUNT. The intriguing
