2012- A new start. With the beginning of a New Year many people will be assigning themselves New Year resolutions in order to improve their life. However, it poses the question of how many New Year resolutions really work? On one hand New Year’s resolutions
Paul Dipre has labelled Carshalton Athletic's big FA Trophy trip to Lincoln City on Saturday as David against Goliath - and David has a limp. The Robins travel to the Imps, a League Two side until they were relegated last year, in the second round hoping
Richard Brady gave some of his fringe players the chance to prove their worth at Leatherhead on Tuesday night – but left disappointed. The Tanners crashed out of the Surrey Senior Cup at the third round stage 1-0 at South Park, a team two divisions below
Vice chairman Paul Smith has told Croydon Athletic supporters not to raise their hopes of a miraculous recovery and that they should consider their club extinct. The Rams were given a stay of execution on Thursday by the Ryman League board,
Herne Hill Harriers enjoyed one of their most successful outings in the Surrey cross country championships in Dorking last Saturday (7 January) with its young athletes playing a huge part in the medal haul. 11-year old Saskia Millard claimed an individual
Junior Bayou could be fighting for Olympic gold in Stratford this summer – but his life came close to taking a very different path. The Thornton-Heath heavyweight, who grew up in Brixton, is currently in the process of registering with the
Brixton Squash sensation Azlan Iskander reckons his victory over the world number one will give him great inspiration for his 2012 PSA World Tour campaign. The 29-year-old Malaysian-born world number 10 ended the ATCO PSA World Series Squash Finals on
Police officers called to help a woman who fell to her death from a Croydon car park chose not approach her, an inquest heard. Karlene Wright of Datchet Road, Catford, fell backwards over the wall of Centrale's multi-storey car park on July
Leon Williams goes into 2012 with one simple aim – to end the year in a better place than where he started it. The Streatham boxer makes the first defence of his British Cruiserweight title tomorrow night against Shane McPhilbin, a late replacement for
A man found dead in an East Molesey recreation ground has been named locally as Joe Marchese. Police found his body in a wooded area in Hurst Meadows, at 1.40am yesterday (Wednesday, January 11) after a call from a member of the public reporting
A skier from Balham will be aiming to win gold at Special Olympics Great Britain’s National Alpine Ski Championship from Sunday. Chloe Sharples, 26, is one of 73 learning disabled skiers taking part in the event in Pisa, Italy, and a good performance
Rosslyn Park’s new status as National League One leaders is to be put to the test straight away in a top-of-the-table clash with Jersey this Saturday. A scintillating second-half performance saw Park score 33 unanswered points against Cambridge last
Battersea welterweight prospect Bradley “Super” Skeete will not underestimate opponent Giovanni Michael Frontin in this Friday’s eight round showdown at York Hall in Bethnal Green. The 24-year-old former Earlsfield ABC star has won all five of his fights
If Rosslyn Park are to remain top of National League One, they will have to overcome a very strong Jersey side in a top-of-the-table clash on Saturday. Director of rugby Ben Harvey’s team are on a 12-match unbeaten run and are the only team in the league
Reece Hall won the praise of his manager on Saturday after inspiring Tooting and Mitcham to a shock victory over Ryman Premier League leaders Billericay Town. The winger scored twice as the Terrors came back from 2-1 down at half-time to win 4-2, with
A man who dedicated his to life to serving the community lost his battle with cancer over Christmas. Lionel Davis, 93, was one of the founding members of the Wandsworth Older People's Forum, a network of voluntary and commuity organisers that
Train services are set to improve as a second south London rail operator has announced plans to use longer trains. Southern Railways has confirmed it is ordering extra carriages to help cope with rush hour services by next Christmas meaning
A charity founder who helped after the devastating Haiti earthquake has returned for today's second anniversary. Carwyn Hill and his wife Reninca had been in Haitian second city Cap-Haitien building the Haiti Hospital Appeal’s hospital and
Two women were stabbed at a beauty salon during an attack in broad daylight. The attack happened at about 10am on Saturday, January 7, at Mon Amie in Cockshott Road, Reigate. Ambulance crews arrived on the scene at about 10.15am after
Music fans can enjoy a new weekly two-hour radio programme dedicated to choral singing and big band music. It will be presented live on Brooklands Radio by Cliff van Tonder, musical director of Elmbridge Choir and founder of charitable music
A teenager was hit by a car as he tried to cross the A3 during a police chase and car crash in Tolworth. The 16-year-old was hit as he made off along the A3 after a dramatic police pursuit sparked by a robbery a few hours earlier. Despite
A man who tricked police into thinking he had been robbed of nearly £2,000 at knife point has been sentenced. Syed Ishaaq Ali Shah had called police in August to say he had been held up at knifepoint was caught out when police checked CCTV
A fish and chip shop has been recognised for its fish frying finesse by the National Federation of Fish Friers (NFFF). The Seine Rigger in Banstead was one of only a handful of fish and chip shops in Surrey to receive the Fish and Chip Quality
Police are appealing for witnesses after a woman was attacked as she walked through a Croydon underpass. The 68-year-old woman, from South Croydon, was attacked by a man as she walked through an underpass at Purley Oaks rail station on December
If you enjoyed playing netball at school and would love to start again, now is your chance. Elmbridge’s Back to Netball course is offering sessions for like-minded women who want to keep fit in a relaxed environment. The eight-week course starts on
One of the Sutton's peregrine falcons have been caught on camera with a freshly caught feast. In a Carshalton Beeches garden a peregrine falcon, which nests on Quadrant House, swooped in on its pigeon prey. According to Mike Headington
Volunteers are being urged to take to the streets and sleep rough so others don’t have to. The Memorial Gardens in Kingston will turn into a sea of cardboard and woolly hats as scouts, church groups and community members set up shelters and
A mother claims her pram collapsed as she went to lay her baby down. Distraught mother Stacey Deegan, from Carshalton, went to lay her eight-month-old girl, Lily-Violet, in the pram when it collapsed, two days after Christmas. Fortunately
The vicar of the most dangerous parish in the world visits Esher on January 22. Canon Andrew White, dubbed the Vicar of Baghdad, is chaplain at St George’s Church in Iraq and a key figure in the Middle East peace process. He will be the guest speaker
British Transport Police are hunting a man in connection with a vicious train attack which left a passenger with a broken jaw. The incident happened at around 10.40pm on a train travelling from Clapham Junction to Sutton, on September 13, 2011
Kris Stewart, founding chairman of AFC Wimbledon is supporting our Drop the Dons campaign. He said: “What happened happened and there is no pretending otherwise or anything that will wipe that out. “Yes, time moves on and people try
AFC Wimbledon and Milton Keynes Dons are two very different clubs who share a common bond. Milton Keynes Dons were formed after Peter Winkelman and his Milton Keynes Stadium Consortium were given the go ahead to move Wimbledon FC 46.5 miles
Today we are launching a campaign for Milton Keynes Dons Football Club to “Drop the Dons” from their name. Ten years ago, a group of fans came together to rebuild a football club after a decision that robbed our community of a football team
A plane fanatic has landed himself a bargain - a former cold war spy plane. Plane crazy Mustafa Azim from Wallington has just bought a PLZ Mielec TS-11 Iskra Jet, one of only two in Britain. The plane, a former cold war spy plane, comes
Sutton’s chief executive has been left red-faced after a letter asking for support to increase primary school class sizes sparked a media storm. The letter from Niall Bolger, left, to council bosses across the capital asked them to back proposals
A disabled hospital radio DJ snubbed by Kingston Hospital radio is back on the decks after landing a slot at another station. Former drummer Paul Rand had volunteered at Epsom Hospital radio for six years, and started an evening request show
The driver of a double-decker bus that careered into a Wandsworth supermarket on Sunday has said he was not to blame for the crash. Jason Currie claimed two road-sweeping vehicles caused him to swerve into the front of Sainsbury’s, in Garratt
A controversial project to build a green walkway down the middle of a busy road hangs in the balance after councillors demanded a review. About 30 people turned up to protest plans to replace the central barriers at Tolworth Broadway with 500
A football steward and Conservative Croydon councillor has been cleared to continue his role at Crystal Palace following a hearing into complaints made by fans before Christmas. Crystal Palace Club steward Tony Pearson, who represents New Addington
A mother wrongfully arrested for assault has received an apology from police from the pulpit. Alison Richardson and her husband Clive, from Croydon, were issued the public apology while attending Greenwich Seventh-Day Adventist Church by Detective
The entrance to Croydon University Hospital is set for a £56,000 refurbishment. Croydon University Hospital deals with 2,000 patients, carers and visitors each day and is in need of a facelift. The Patient Advice and Liaison Service
Business owners have reacted in horror to news Nestle will leave Croydon by the end of the year. The Swiss Company announced it will move its head quarters from Croydon to offices outside Crawley on January 5, citing a lack of redevelopment
Taxi drivers have been told they need to expand their knowledge so that they can advise hordes of Olympics tourists on where to go and what to see. The initiative, run by Surrey County Council, will mean guests coming to London in July get
Royal revellers could celebrate the Queen’s jubilee under a canopy of new trees if the plans of a north Kingston mum take root. The proposals would restore greenery to three Canbury roads that lost many trees when new cables were installed
The Government spent £274,000 on preventing the last Briton in Guantanamo gaining access to files that might have proved his innocence. On the 10th anniversary of prisoners first arriving at the Cuban naval base, the Wandsworth Guardian can
A leukaemia patient skated alongside cricket legend Sir Ian “Beefy” Botham for a fundraising event on ice. Harry Crocker, 14, from Wimbledon, joined Beefy at Canary Wharf for an event in support of Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research. Harry
Santa Claus returned last month to a derelict furniture store to the surprise of the estate agents marketing the property. For about five years a giant inflatable Santa Claus was erected each year by Cane Connection, the owners of the site
