Wimbledon Racquets Club's Charles Sharpes will be hoping for a repeat of last year's home turf success as the Canary Wharf Squash qualifiers this weekend. Twelve months ago, the 20-year-old won through the qualifying event at the club and was rewarded
Darius Knight has been left out of the England team for the World Team Table Tennis Championships – putting his Olympic qualifying hopes in jeopardy. Despite winning two doubles titles and reaching the semi-finals of the individual competition at the
Rosslyn Park’s Laurence Ovens and Dan Richmond have both had to withdraw from this weekend’s England Counties squad. Prop Ovens and hooker Richmond were called up to the team, coached by Park’s head coach Jan Bonney, for the first time for the match
Mary Cohen has one last chance to boost her hopes of qualifying for this summer’s Olympic Games, writes Graham Moody. The epee fencer from Wandsworth had a disappointing result at the World Cup in Barcelona last weekend, where she came 151st out of 240
The British Gas Swimming Championships could not have gone any better for Archie Mitchell after he smashed his personal best and saw hero David Davies in action. The 15-year-old had to wait until Friday, the penultimate day of competition, to experience
Dean Hanley backed up his pre-fight talk to claim the vacant Queensbury Boxing League cruiserweight title at Epsom Downs Racecourse on Saturday, writes Alan Foley. The Morden-based fighter produced a near perfect performance to beat fellow challenger
Streatham Redskins coach Barry Spours has taken a leaf out of Olivia Newton-John’s book and told his team to get physical. The new tactics had the desired effect on Sunday as English Ice Hockey League One South’s bottom-club pulled off a surprise 4-3
Dulwich College are going to Twickenham after winning a place in the Daily Mail RBS Schools Under 18 Cup final next month. The College beat St Joseph’s College from Ipswich 22-16, largely thanks to scrum-half Tommy O’Flaherty’s hat-trick of tries, in
Teenage racing driver Jordan Batts is looking to make a big impact when his debut Quaife Motorsport News Saloon Car Championship season commences this month. The 17-year-old from Selsdon is racing in the championship for the first time having made the
Gareth Gardner became only the second man in the history of the Queensbury Boxing League to claim title victories in two different weight divisions when he emphatically beat Streatham’s Michael McPherson on Saturday. Headlining the league’s big Night
A 10-year-old boy has been taken to hospital after being hit by a car in Wallington. London Ambulance Service (LAS) was called at 3.50pm in Mollison Drive today to reports of a road traffic collision involving a car and a pedestrian.
A man was taken to hospital after a crash in Croydon this afternoon. The incident happened when a Ford Focus collided with a Land Rover at the junction of Wellesley Road and Barclay Road at about 3.10pm. The London Ambulance Service
Entering the Fairfield Halls Ashcroft Theatre for the evening performance of “All The Fun Of The Fair” immediately gave a sense of time and place with a backdrop proclaiming The Wall Of Death/Levi's Funfair. Along with the brooding, ‘bustling crowd
A pub named after a former department store and one of the town’s most colourful characters has opened in Streatham High Road. Pratts and Payne will play host to games nights, music acts, book readings and even a food tasting evening in the
Police searching for a man who went missing from a rave in Chingford have found a body in a canal. Andrew Cooke, 29, from Crystal Palace, was last seen leaving the party at a disused building in Lea Valley Road, Chingford, on the afternoon
There’s Abba’s Mamma Mia, Queen’s We Will Rock You and Frankie Valli’s The Jersey Boys – musicals based on bands is big business. But All the Fun of the Fair trumps all of the above by featuring the star of the show, legendary singer and comedian David
A group of runners raised over £4000 to help ex-offenders. Team Clink took part in the Hotelympia 10k in order to raise money for the Clink Charity on Sunday, February 26. The charity aims to reduce re-offending rates of ex-offenders
Former cage-fighter and gossip mag ever-present Alex Reid is planning a wedding, preparing to become a father and set to flex his sizeable muscles on the stage. Joining up with fellow TV hunks Marcus Patrick, Hollyoaks, Danny Young, Coronation
Children took 50 pence pieces to school to buy gifts for Mothering Sunday. Pupils at St Andrew’s Primary School, Cobham, donated gifts to the school such as chocolates and bubble bath. They then brought in 50p to buy a present for their
A man has appeared in court charged with robbing a friend of Prince Harry as he chatted to him on the phone in a Battersea street. Winful Taylor, from Stockwell, was charged with robbery and appeared at Kingston Crown Court this morning.
What a difference a week can make in the world of football. Seven days ago, the atmosphere around AFC Wimbledon felt like a funeral after defeats to Hereford United and Plymouth Argyle left them looking over their shoulders toward the League Two drop
An ambitious mother running for London Mayor is backing a controversial third Heathrow runway. Siobhan Benita, from New Malden, has called on the government to give the go ahead to the runway, which she said is crucial to West London jobs and
Smokers are being encouraged to quit through a series of events to mark No Smoking day. Members of Kingston Hospital’s occupational health team and the stop smoking service are taking carbon monoxide readings and discussing treatment options
An 80-year-old church hall was destroyed by fire. The blaze gutted the building attached to St Helier Congregational Church in Green Lane, St Helier, on Sunday evening. Neighbours and members of the congregation watched on in horror
Plans for a controversial mosque housing up to 120 worshippers have been blocked by a single vote. The proposal to build an Islamic centre on Russell Hill Place, Purley has divided the community with 225 letters of objection written to the
The latest recruits to the Surrey Police Dog School arrived on Friday and the hunt is on to give them names. The puppies - two girls and two boys - are the force’s fourth litter of Malinois dogs and the public are being invited to suggest a
Twickenham exploded with colour this weekend as the borough celebrated the Hindu festival of Holi, attracting almost 5,000 people to the town. The festival, held to mark the arrival of spring, saw visitors take part in the traditional throwing
The Metropolitan Police has released its report into the August riots. Entitled Four Days in August, the 144-page report encompasses the London-wide riots, which started on Saturday, August 6, following the shooting of Mark Duggan in Tottenham
A man has been charged with cocaine possession following a raid on his home on Tuesday morning. Unemployed Frankie Roberts, 22, of Shaftesbury Road, Carshalton, will appear at Croydon Magistrates Court on March 20. This follows a police
Police have arrested two men on suspicion of handling stolen goods following a car crash. Police and fire crews were called to Foxley Road, Purley at 6am this morning to reports a car had collided with a lamp-post. A police spokesman
Firefighters were called to put out a boiler which caught alight this morning. They were called to the blaze in a house in Dafforne Road, Tooting at 4am. It was put out within 15 minutes. A man in the house alerted fire crews
Croydon has once again missed out on its bid to become a city. The Government today announced Chelmsford, Perth, and St Asaph are to become cities as part of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations. Amagh has also been granted a Lord
Hundreds of pupils took part in a charity fun run at the weekend in honour of a former teacher. Pupils from Banstead Junior School in The Horseshoe raised £650 for national charity Phab by taking part in the first ever ‘Martin Long Charity
Coaches from AFC Wimbledon have been doing their bit to kick racism and other forms of abuse out of football with a series of workshops in Merton's schools. Coaches from the community football scheme at the League Two club, in partnership with
The head of a service which works with young offenders in Lambeth has been dismissed after it was found to be failing. The Youth Offending Service, the council department which works to prevent offending by young people, was given a harsh review
Tube services were suspended this morning, following a false alarm that somebody tried to commit suicide at Oval Station. Northern Line services between Morden and Camden Town were suspended, affecting commuters travelling on the Bank branch
A whole series of management failures led up to the Battersea crane disaster in 2006 a jury decided on Monday, but the coroner refused to allow them to return a verdict of unlawful killing. The 37-year-old crane driver Jonathan Cloke and 23-year-old
What makes a "dangerous dog" dangerous? The ambiguity surrounding the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 was highlighted this week when a couple were found guilty of possessing a fighting dog. Despite a vet who has examined "thousands" of pitbull
Police have launched a murder investigation following the death of a man in Croydon. Rajendra Patel was assaulted at an address on Lansdowne Road, on Tuesday, February 21. The 48-year-old was taken to a south London hospital where he
Director of rugby Mike Schmid has warned Esher cannot afford to lose at Plymouth Albion on Friday, if their Championship destiny is to remain in their hands. Indiscipline cost Schmid’s men dear as they crashed 20-16 at home to London Scottish on Saturday
The headteacher of a Tulse Hill primary school has left just two weeks after a parent was stabbed in a classroom in front of horrified pupils. Sally Hindle left Fenstanton School on Friday, March 2, following a fight between two mothers that
Fog will once again greet south London and Surrey this morning, before the sun tries to break through this afternoon. However, Met Office forecasters warn clouds could prevail, meaning a cloudy day across the south east. A forecaster
When we at the Guardian heard Britain’s biggest burger had been created in Purley it fell to one man, 11 stone of foolhardy reporter, to be the first to take on the challenge... The Beast - comprising 6lb 10 oz of beef, nine rashers of bacon
Police are hunting a group of youths who surrounded a car and robbed the occupants by stabbing them and threatening them with handguns. The incident happened last Tuesday (March 6) shortly after 9.45pm in Mountbatten Close near the junction
A community forum is being set up using funds raised by selling proceeds of crime. Residents and businesses in West Croydon and London Road will use the cash raised from the police auction to set up the forum. The London Road West Croydon
Britain's biggest burger has been created at a burger joint in Purley. The Beast, weighing in at a combined total of 15 lbs, including a pound of chips, is the brainchild of chefs at Burgers at Blacks who are confident their monstrosity, launched
A man has been charged with ticket touting following a crackdown on the offence at last week's UEFA Champions League match. Salvatore Ciaramella, 25, of Blake House, York Road, Battersea, was arrested for offering to supply a ticket to a designated
By Juliet Blackledge, Morden Does Shas Sheehan see no irony in her tirade against Merton Council? While the Lib Dems bemoan budget cuts at a local level, their cohorts are busy propping up a Tory administration in Westminster, allowing
A violent mob that descended on Kingston Mosque told frightened elderly worshippers to come outside, a court has heard. Nine people denied being part of a group that chanted an English Defence League slogan as worshippers cowered inside Kingston
An actress who says she regularly finds herself playing the villain has landed the role of a notoriously evil nurse in a production of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Annabel Capper, who hails from Braxted Park, Streatham Common, will play
A mother is running the London Marathon for her husband and daughter who have a kidney disease. Mum of two Victoria Hart, from Wallington, is preparing for this year’s London Marathon in aid of Kidney Research UK. The cause is particularly
