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  • Smoking your way to the grave

    Many of the youth of today smoke cigarettes or a social favourite "weed". Whether it is because you want to try it, peer pressure, lack of education or you feel because everyone is doing it you must do it. I don’t know why people fail to realise

  • Knife-wielding robber jailed thanks to cop's good memory

    A policeman helped jail a knife-wielding robber with the aid of his impressive memory. Sutton-based officer PC Heath Keogh was looking through some intelligence reports when he spotted one which included a picture of a man suspected of committing

  • Elmbridge Council releases Christmas bin collection details

    Council bin collectors will be working on Saturdays and Sunday as well as weekdays this Christmas to ensure there is as little disruption to collections as possible. From Christmas Eve, bin collections will take place as normal on the Monday, and

  • Shout! programme promises fun for the young in 2013

    Children are invited to be healthy, creative and active with fun Shout! holiday activities as we leap in to the new year. The programme will kick off on Wednesday, January 2, with a cookery course for five to eight year-olds who become junior Masterchefs

  • Police safety tweet warns of ice, ice baby

    As cold weather draws in, many people take to Twitter to express their dismay, but not Surrey Police. The police force took to Twitter earlier this week to put a spin on the usual boring cold weather warnings by putting theirs into a Vanilla Ice

  • Five year old's picture wins award

    Budding artist Isabella Kipling, five, has been voted the winner of a draw a Christmas tree competition. The competition was staged by Hamptons International in Kingston and Surbiton who invited children at St Matthews C of E Primary School in Surbiton

  • Brady's bunch wary of the "Bradford" factor

    Leatherhead boss Richard Brady says his players do not need any motivation to avoid being on the wrong end of a “Bradford”. The Tanners travel to Ryman League Division One South strugglers Three Bridges on Saturday, before a rearranged Senior Surrey

  • Step back in time for an Edwardian Christmas at Polesden Lacey

    Take a trip to the stately home of Polesden Lacey this festive season to enjoy an authentic Edwardian Christmas. The National Trust mansion in Great Bookham near Leatherhead is the perfect setting to step back in time and enjoy Christmas as it was in

  • Father Christmas visits cancer hospital

    Father Christmas took some time out of his busy schedule to visit children at the Royal Marsden cancer hospital in Sutton. On Monday he popped in to the Oak Centre for Children and Young People, which is one of the largest comprehensive children

  • 'Deep rooted culture of bullying' at council

    A workers' union has claimed there is a deep-rooted culture of bullying at Sutton Council after almost two thirds of its members surveyed said they had been victims.   Unison, which represents workers in many council departments, says bullying

  • Royal mail pays tribute to murdered postman Steve Andrews

    The Royal Mail have paid tribute to murdered punk postman Steve Andrews. Mr Andrews worked as a postman for 13 years in Willesden, north London, prior to his death on Sunday. He had been living in Harlesden and was out celebrating his girlfriend's

  • Holloway slams talk of Palace being a "one man team"

    By Anthony Hay Crystal Palace boss Ian Holloway is "fed up" of talk that his Eagles are a one-man team. Wilfried Zaha has dominated the back pages and the air waves since bursting onto the scene and winning his first international cap.

  • Woman and child hospitalised after Tolworth crash

    A 10-year-old boy and a woman were hospitalised following a crash in Tolworth this morning. The accident on the A3 Tolworth underpass happened at around 8.30am, involved three cars and caused long tailbacks on the south bound carriageway. Initial

  • Album captures spirit of AFC Wimbledon's rise

    A new album of songs written and performed by AFC Wimbledon fans has been launched to commemorate the club’s remarkable yet short history. The club built itself up from scratch 10 years ago after Wimbledon FC went into administration and was eventually

  • Steam train passes through Croydon

    Passengers at East Croydon station were treated to a unique sight when a steam locomotive passed through the station yesterday. The Christmas Sussex Bell hauled by the steam locomotive Tangmere, arrived from Victoria via Selhurst in a cloud of

  • "Super" Skeete prepares to take on his capital rival

    Bradley “Super” Skeete is confident he can beat his bitter south London rival Chas Symonds at the ExCel Arena this Saturday. After cancellations and pre-fight verbal exchanges the pair will finally square-off for the Southern Area welterweight

  • Primary schools celebrate league table improvement

    The number of Croydon primary schools meeting national performance targets has risen in the last 12 months, league tables published today showed. Seventy-nine per cent of children scored Level 4 or above in English and Maths in exams this year,

  • Knight leads protests against 'harmful' home smart meters

    A knight in shining armour led a protest against smart meters being installed in homes amid fears they cause harmful radiation. Mike Mitcham, who runs the UK’s Stop Smart Meters campaign, stood in front of Wimbledon’s Centre Court shopping centre

  • Firefighters save tiny shih tzu puppy from cage

    A tiny shih tzu puppy was freed from a cage by firefighters yesterday. The furry puppy had got its paw and mouth stuck in the cage to the distress of its new owners at an address in Seymour Avenue, Ewell. But firefighters came to the rescue

  • A bum rap for Crystal Palace fans who damage seats

    Crystal Palace fans have been told to keep their bums on seats after a number of them have been destroyed in recent games. About 40 seats have been broken during games against Brighton and Blackpool, with the cause put down to over exuberant celebrations

  • Garage burns down behind shop

    A garage was completely destroyed by fire yesterday. Four firefighters wearing breathing apparatus were sent in to tackle the blaze at a small garage used for storage behind a shop in Chessington Road, Ewell. An Epsom fire station spokesman

  • Unique charity uses music and poetry to help disabled

    A unique charity that combines Indian music and poetry to help the disabled and vulnerable is celebrating a year of collaboration. Chandra Chakraborty, 39, manager at Wimbledon library, has been singing since she was three and performing since

  • Chef's award is a 'dream come true'

    An Epsom chef has been singled out as the best event caterer at this year’s Food Service Management (FAM) magazine awards. Steve Golding, executive chef at Ascot Racecourse, said: "To be recognised by the industry for doing something that I love

  • Great-grandmother died during operation inquest hears

    A great-grandmother died while undergoing a hip replacement after suffering a rare reaction to the bone cement used in the procedure. The family of Kathleen Knight, are now calling for more to be done to raise awareness of Bone Cement Implantation

  • Elf and safety

    One of Sutton's best loved Christmas traditions has fallen foul of health and safety concerns. For decades a fundraising float has toured Cheam and Worcester Park with a volunteer dressed as Father Christmas on top of it. It has been a highlight

  • Girl celebrates 12th birthday on 12/12/12

    An girl celebrated her 12th birthday on December12, 2012, or 12/12/12. Ruby Miles and her mother Julia, from Epsom, marked the occasion by going to see Twelfth Night in the West End. Ruby said: 'It's amazing that I'm having my 12th birthday

  • Heavy traffic after three car crash in Tolworth

    Traffic is backing up along the A3 at Tolworth this morning, after a crash involving three cars. The accident happened on the southbound carriageway of the Tolworth By Pass, at around 8.30am. Two lanes are currently closed, causing long tailbacks

  • Waite’s high praise for the Bank of England

    Bank of England skipper Ed Waite praised his team after a 24-15 win over Belsize Park in the Herts/M’sex Division One. Tries from Rory MacDonald and Oli Posgate, plus 14 points off James Marshall’s boot, had Waite purring. “It was a big game

  • VIDEO: Christmas carols for Croydon shoppers

    Shoppers were treated to some festive cheer as pupils from Wolsey Infant school sang for charity. For the third year running, more than 30 year two pupils sang in the Whitgift Centre to raise money for St. Christopher’s Hospice. Led by

  • Census reveals over 800 Jedi Knights live in Croydon

    Over 840 Jedi Knights live in Croydon, the Census has revealed. Data from the 2011 census published yesterday showed 847 people gave their religion as Jedi Knight. The number of Christians in the borough has dropped over the last 10 years,

  • Stanley Park High School boys on song in ping pong

    Four pupils from Stanley Park High School in Sutton have won the top gong in U16s ping pong. Guy Webster, 14, Richard Pelc, 15, Tom Beales, 14, and 13-year-old Oscar Williamson triumphed at the London South regional finals of the Jack Petchey Foundation

  • Police hunt man seen with missing teen Shelley Pratt

    Police searching for missing teenager Shelley Pratt have released CCTV of a young man seen with her on the night she was last seen. The stills, taken at about 00.13am on Friday November 9, show the 14-year-old with a black man walking along High

  • It's all about poo: fans queue all day for McFly dinosaur book

    Tears, screaming girls and books about a pooping dinosaur can only mean one thing; McFly are in town. Tom Fletcher and Dougie Poynter from the pop band came back to Kingston on Monday evening to sign copies of their new children’s book, The Dinosaur

  • Inbetweeners Movie helps swell council coffers by £200k

    Films such as The Inbetweeners Movie have helped Wandsworth Council rake in more than £200,000 in filming fees. Wandsworth is the third most popular spot in London for film directors and programme makers, according to new research. Film London

  • MP's ‘gay gaffe’ appears in pensioner's book

    An MP’s ‘gay gaffe’ is included in a new book of embarrassing blunders by politicians and celebrities. Epsom and Ewell MP Chris Grayling’s remarks about gay couples being turned away from B&Bs appear alongside Lady Gaga on stage in a wheelchair

  • New Addington teen heads towards fashion business success

    An enterprising New Addington teen is moving head-first towards a career in fashion with the launch of his own range of handmade hats. Adewole Agbaje, 17, of Fairchildes Avenue, designed and produced the girls' 'snapback' caps himself. And