Last weekend saw the arrival of the funfair on Stanwell village green for three days, an annual fixture enjoyed by Stanwellians for many years. According to Beryl Wilkins, it derives from the celebration of St Augustine Day on May 26th, harking back to
Brian Adamson does not know if he has a future in football after relinquishing the management reigns at Corinthian Casuals. The 57-year-old underwent a triple heart bypass two months ago and was advised by his consultant to take a complete break from
Halliford School in Shepperton has a reputation for punching above its weight in all departments, not least in its commitment to sport, so it is hardly surprising that the same characteristic should apply to one of its rugby playing staff members, teaching
A nationwide search is underway to locate a 64-year-old sex offender from Salisbury after he broke the conditions of his sentence. David Glynn was convicted of indecently assaulting a young woman in 1995 and is required to keep police informed
A community effort has completed raised flower beds on a Belmont estate. Pensioner Danny Hurley, resident of the Shanklin Estate, built the raised beds out of leftover materials from a redevelopment of the estate. But he did not have
York Gardens E won the Chairman’s Cup competition, organised by Wandsworth & District Table Tennis League, pipping Vale E 5-4 in the final. Patrick Scarlett was successful in all three of his singles matches for the winning sides, including a close
Sutton & Cheam swimmers are celebrating after another very successful weekend, taking the Woking Open Gala by storm and winning the first round of the Rother League. At the Rother League on Saturday evening, despite the club being seeded third, Sutton
Woodmansterne maintained their impressive start to the season with an emphatic seven-wicket win over Worplesdon and Burpham in Fuller’s League Division Two. After winning the toss and electing to field Woods restricted Worplesdon to 174 all out.
Jim Mundy, from Sutton Runners, went a long way to run a long way when he completed the famous Comrades Marathon in South Africa on Sunday last. Jim, who has run more than 250 marathons, finished the 87Km (54-mile) event in 10 hours, 54 minutes, 14
Merton team leader Corinne Garrod might be a relative newcomer to her Balfour Beatty London Youth Games role – but insists she’s seen more than enough evidence to know they will be competitive this summer. Garrod, Merton Council’s Leisure Development
The new mayor of Sutton has pledged to help young people into work during his year in office. Coun Gerry Jerome, who was formally elected as the borough's first citizen at a meeting of the Full Council, has set up a new charity to help young
Wandsworth residents are putting the finishing touches to preparations for this weekend's Big Lunch. Fourteen roads will be closed for Saturday's street parties, with many others events expected to be held in local parks, schools, housing estates
Candidates for the forthcoming Thamesfield by-election have begun campaigning on the big issues in the area now an election date has been announced. After Councillor Edward Lister stepped down on May 18 as council leader and as a ward councillor
Two Battersea men have been arrested after a fatal shooting in Stockwell last night. Officers arrested a 19-year-old shortly after the incident and a 21-year-old in Battersea this morning after a 24-year-old man was shot while in Clapham Road
A 19-month-old girl was killed in a horrific revenge arson attack which targeted her family as they slept, the Old Bailey heard this morning. Toddler Siariah Letang from Thornton Heath died of smoke inhalation after petrol was poured through
With the 232nd Epsom Derby just days away, preparations for the world’s greatest flat race are well under way with over 100,000 people expected to descend on Epsom Racecourse this weekend. The competition starts on Friday with the Investec
In two days time, two days of horseracing history will play out as the world looks on: Epsom Downs racecourse will host the Investec Derby Festival over Friday 3rd and Saturday 4th June. Her Majesty the Queen owns the favourite for the Investec Derby
A Bluffer’s Guide to the Derby Heads or tails The Derby would be called The Bunbury had a coin tossed between two aristocrats, the 12th Earl of Derby and Sir Charles Bunbury, landed the other way round. Bunbury got his own reward when his horse
Canada were crowned champions at the third Masroor international cricket Twenty 20 tournament held in Merton. The competition, now in its third year, has attracted leading players, including three former first class Pakistani cricketers who
Residents in Surrey are being urged to put themselves forward as part of National Volunteer Week. The scheme, which starts today, aims to raise awareness of volunteers’ achievements and inspire others to get involved. Julia Gallagher, volunteering
Sutton High Street is one of three locations to feature in a new McDonald’s television advert. Filming for the advert is taking place today, outside the McDonald’s store, where shoppers were shocked to find a giant Happy Meal Box. The
A quintet of Hampton and Richmond players have agreed new contract at the Beveree as new manager Mark Harper being to develop his new squad. Defender Dean Inman, strikers Charlie Moone and Dave Tarpey, long-serving goalkeeper Matt Lovett and midfielder
A sponsored walk is being organised by a volunteer raising money for charity. Lindesay Mace, of Gipsy Hill, is going to Uganda in September to volunteer with an HIV and Aids organisation, and hopes the 12k sponsored walk will help her reach
A teenager who left a woman with an 8in gash after slashing her neck with a kitchen knife has avoided jail. The 16-year-old was sentenced to a two-and-a-half year youth rehabilitation order with supervision after being convicted of grievous
A housing chief could be jailed after a tenant alleged a court order directing the council to clear a bug infestation had been breached. Anthony Gold, a law firm representing the tenant, secured a court order in April requiring the director
Joe Gray's debut call-up for the England Saxons this weekend gave him the perfect end to a dream first season at Harlequins. The 22-year-old left Northampton for Quins last summer as he went in search of more game time having been on the peripheral of
Missing Epsom man Karl Tucker has been found safe and well. The 25-year-old was found at Heathrow this morning after he was reported missing on Sunday. He had been visiting friends in Morden Park, Wimbledon, at around 3.30pm when he
Former Therfield School pupil Phoebe Ayres enjoyed success on her World Cup debut last weekend. She competed in the K4 500m spring event at the World Cup 3 Regatta in Duisberg, Germany, along with three of her team mates who train full-time at Dorney
Saturday saw Beddington's first XI visit recently demoted Malden Wanderers, a side who has also had a mixed start to the season. Beddington's skipper Cummins won the toss and elected to bowl on a slightly green looking wicket, a decision supported
Surrey have started their Home Counties League programme with one win and one defeat. They started the campaign with an encouraging 132-95 victory over Middlesex, with the rink of Bernie Pedersen (Tongham), Paul Coleman (Cheam), Ian Ross (Wallington
With no fewer than six players making their water polo debuts, Sutton & Cheam’s U13 team stormed to victory with 4 wins out of 4 on Sunday to top the London League table. The team’s mature performance was made even more remarkable with Erin Andrew
Sutton United manager Paul Doswell could bring another striker to the club having released Andy Forbes. With Richard Jolly also having left, United have just Craig Dundas, Leroy Griffiths and Bradley Woods-Garness up front as they prepare for Blue Square
Cheam recorded their fourth straight loss with a 61 run defeat to league leaders Sunbury. For the third time this season a winning position was surrendered after a catastrophic batting collapse. Sunbury Captain Oliver Roland-Jones won the toss and
Hercules Wimbledon's older athletes gained a bagful of medals at the annual Surrey Masters track and field championships at Ewell on Saturday. Best of the bunch at the Surrey Masters Championships was former senior men's track and field team manager
Chico Ramos has been rewarded for a fine season between the Leatherhead sticks with an international call-up for the Cape Verde Islands. The 27-year-old keeper, who helped the Tanners to promotion to the Ryman Premier League via the play-offs, joins
Croydon’s latest bid for city status has already received a blow after it was handed odds of just 25-1 to scoop the coveted title. The town’s bid, which was submitted on May 27, focuses on the town’s status as a retail and economic powerhouse
Dozens of people have been left homeless after a major fire broke out in a block of flats on Bank Holiday Monday. More than 60 firefighters were needed to tackle the blaze at its height after the roof storage area of Jubilee Court in London
Matthew Friedlander hit 105 not out from 78 balls as Ashtead and Banstead played out an incredible draw on Saturday. Chasing Banstead 270-7 from 50 overs, Ashtead looked down and out at 157-7, but Friedlander's 113-run eight-wicket partnership with Josh
The super-secretive filming of the new Batman movie in Croydon has finally begun after tell-tale cinema equipment appeared in the centre of town. Extras have been signed up to work on the multimillion-pound blockbuster in Croydon for the next
A ticket booth in Crystal Palace Park has been completely destroyed in a suspected arson attack. Firefighters were called to the park on Monday night (May 30) but they could not save the building. It took them around 20 minutes to put
Eleven days after his heroics in Manchester, AFC Wimbledon goalkeeper Seb Brown has just about come back down to earth. The Dons' shotstopper was the subject of much media attention in the hours and days following his penalty saves against Luton Town
Rival gangs have been battling for control of Croydon’s London Road, leaving residents and shopkeepers terrified. Two incidents within a week of each other last month left several men with serious injuries after clashes between rival Tamil
A mother of three was assaulted as she took her children to school in Ashtead by a woman who trapped in her hand in her car window before driving off. The assault happened on Monday, May 9 at about 8.15am as the victim was driving along Leatherhead
A Banksy mural found on a wall in Beddington has reappeared on a Channel 4 TV show. And the buyers of the mural daubed on the side of a construction site wall turned down an offer for £240,000 for it last night. The spray-painted Banksy
A five-year-old girl was injured after glass from the derelict 12-storey Horton water tower in Epsom fell into her garden. Sarah Donovan, of Cavendish Walk, was enjoying her newly landscaped garden for the first time when she cut her foot on
Kingston councillors have defended a decision not to consider building a new primary school on the site of an old care home. The new policy and resources committee debated disposing of the former site of Amy Woodgate House in Warren Road, New
A serial sex offender who broke into a woman's Battersea home and raped her is back behind bars after detectives matched his fingerprints to another sex attack. Eli Morin was about to be released in April at the end of a nine year jail term
A community church has celebrated the opening of its new base in a Territorial Army building. Deputy mayor Councillor Geoff Austin joined other dignitaries for the King’s Church’s ceremony at the headquarters in Portsmouth Road, Kingston, on
Kingston has rocked Britain’s Got Talent with two acts storming through to the live semi-finals. Teenage friends who rapped about their late grandads joined cirque act Enchantment when they were voted through to the next round by judges David
Bosses at St George's Hospital are remaining tight-lipped over rumours it wants to merge with St Helier Hospital in Sutton. Epsom and St Helier hospitals which have a huge budget defecit are expected to demerge as they attempt to achieve foundation
A group of young people were given a taste for transport design when they attended a workshop by a global design consultancy firm in London. With 25 years of experience in transport design, Priestmangoode pioneered the first ever lie-flat bed
Staff from Wilkinson added some extra colour to the shop during a charity event to raise money for the elderly. The shop in Walton was filled with rainbows and balloons during on Friday, May 20 and Saturday, May21, to entertain customers and
A new initiative is to be introduced at Epsom and St Helier Hospitals to give greater support to young adults coping with kidney disease. Patients in London and the South East are currently served by two paediatric renal units, one at the Evelina
A walk in a bluebell wood is a magical experience. Flanked by bright green beech leaves bursting forth and a blue sky above, the whole scene is quintessentially English. The flowers seem to glow in dappled shade and if we are fortunate, primroses
Teachers, pupils and parents joined the mayor or Elmbridge at a ceremony to celebrate the opening of a new school building. The mayor, Councillor John Sheldon, cut the ribbon and planted a tree to pronounce the new building at Weston Green
Croydon’s Bradley Ellis is setting his sights on another Brands Hatch podium when the Kent circuit hosts the latest rounds of the Radical UK Cup on Saturday and Sunday. The 23-year-old and team-mate Andy Cummings currently lie fifth in the title fight
