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  • Hormonal housewives to take over the Epsom Playhouse

    An evening of women declaring what ticks them off has turned into a hugely successful show which rolls into the Epsom Playhouse next week. Toyah Willcox and Julie Coombe star in the irrepressible Hormonal Housewives, which enjoyed a popular tour

  • Step forward, Ardley the leader of AFC Wimbledon

    Neal Ardley insists he is the man to lead AFC Wimbledon to League Two survival. Dons have three games left to get the single win Ardley believes they need to avoid a disastrous drop into the Blue Square Premier. Only three weeks ago, on the

  • Beach volleyball tasters bring back Olympic spirit

    People looking to rekindle the Olympic spirit are being offered the chance to take part in a special beach volleyball open day next weekend. Barn Elms, in Rocks Lane, now boasts four beach volleyball courts which have been created using 1,000 tonnes

  • Young Jake is one for the future at Griffin Park

    Brentford midfielder Jake Reeves has signed a new two-year deal with the Griffin Park outfit. The 19-year-old, who has made seven appearances this season, will remain with the Bees until the summer of 2015. Bees boss Uwe Rosler told the club

  • Party with the Mods

    Don your streamlined suit and parka coat and get ready to party with The Mods. The tribute act will take Sutton back to the golden era of Mod music from 1964-70. The evening will feature music from The Kinks, The Who and The Spencer Davis Group

  • Government funding awards Trinity Hospice £96k

    Trinity Hospice is one of a number of charities to have been awarded a share of £60m of government funding. The hospice, based in Clapham, is to receive £96,509 which will be spent on its information equipment. A total of 176 hospices will

  • Magazine names Nine Elms regenerations as UK's biggest

    The Nine Elms development has been listed as the biggest regeneration project in the UK. Planning Magazine named Nine Elms on the Southbank as number one in it's list of 100 biggest projects, marking the extent of work taking place. It is the

  • Kingston teenager Krystal missing for a week

    Police are appealing for information about a Kingston teenager who has been missing for almost a week. Krystal Fitzgerald, 15, was last seen on Friday, April 5. She was wearing pink jeans, a pink top and a Paul's Boutique jacket, and often

  • PICTURES: Horse wanders into Purley Way

    An unattended horse wandered into Purley Way this afternoon stopping traffic in its wake. Two adult horses and foal have been seen wandering around Roundshaw Downs all day and, at just after 2pm, the large black mare wandered into the busy road

  • Readers' anger at Sutton town centre car park sale

    Readers have reacted angrily to the news a town centre car park is being sold by the council to make way for an office block. At a meeting on Monday evening councillors voted in favour of selling the Brighton Road car park to Subsea 7 – a subsea

  • The Sound of Music

    Sutton is alive with the Sound of Music. The Lyric Players will perform the classic musical with all its unforgettable songs Do-Re-Mi, My Favourite Things and Climb Every Mountain. Based on the book - The Story of the Trapp Family Singers -

  • Stowaway who fell 2,000ft from plane identified

    A man who plummeted from a plane and landed on a street in East Sheen last year has finally been identified. José Matada, 30, fell 2,000ft from the undercarriage of a Heathrow-bound flight in September and landed in Portman Avenue, East Sheen.

  • Police could hunt 'Artful Dodger' killer in South Africa

    Police officers could travel to South Africa to try and find the killer of a Croydon man murdered months after moving to Brighton. Michael Polding was discovered in his flat in Kemp Town, Brighton, with multiple injuries by police on July 16, last

  • London Welsh star Lee Beach calls it a day

    London Welsh flanker Lee Beach has announced his retirement from full-time professional rugby at the end of the season. Beach, 30, joined the Exiles in 2009 from Neath, fresh from captaining Wales to World Cup 7s glory in Dubai. Over the next four

  • Youngsters enjoy pond dipping at Wilderness Island

    Youngsters have been enjoying a pond dipping session this week. A walk was organised by Sutton's Biodiversity Team along the River Wandle and was followed by pond dipping at Wilderness Island on Monday, April 8. It is all part of a host of

  • Ten men rebailed after Sandown Park stabbing

    Ten men who were arrested after a man was stabbed in the neck at Sandown Park last month have been rebailed. A brawl broke out between a large group of people in the car park at the racecourse on Saturday, March 9. Two men were hospitalised

  • Family holds charity football match

    The male members of one family are getting together for a charity football match. Family and friends of the Dulake family, from Banstead, are heading down to the Woodmansterne Hyde Football Park on Sunday to raise money for the Royal Marsden cancer

  • Pensioner jailed for scissor attack in court room

    A pensioner who had to be wrestled to the ground after brandishing a pair of scissors in a court room dock injuring two people has been jailed. Adolphous Allen, of Boileau Road in Barnes, pulled the pair of scissors from his bag while still in

  • Oblivion: Reviewed

    When director Sydney Pollack was promoting his new film ‘The Firm’ back in 1993, an interviewer asked him what his leading man’s best attributes were. Pollack famously replied “Nobody runs quite like Tom” And he wasn’t wrong, twenty years later Tom is

  • Pub creates allotment in beer garden

    A renovated pub has gone back to its roots and planted allotments in its beer garden as part of creating a sustainable community hub. The Charles Holden, formerly the Colliers Tup, will open its unusual garden area tomorrow, with Mitcham and Morden

  • Post Office Workers Strike

    The Post Office said Crown branches were losing £40million a year and accused the Communication Workers Union of ignoring the 'harsh realities' the company faces. The Harsh realities the Post Office faces are entirely due to the EU. While Tony

  • Woman waits 10 hours for call back from new NHS 111 service

    An outraged woman has blasted the NHS as the “no health service” after her sister-in-law was left waiting 10 hours for a call back from its new 111 telephone advice service. Marie Black, from Ewell, contacted the Epsom Guardian after a disastrous

  • Giant baby lands in Sutton

    One of the borough's biggest babies has been born, tipping the scales at 12lb 9oz. Giant baby James Hunt was born on Easter Sunday after his mother Heather Hunt battled through a 12 hour labour. Mother-of-three Mrs Hunt said: "It's by far the

  • Council should put its own finances in order

    As our borough of Croydon mourns over the loss of businesses and its middle classes to greener pastures, the council leaders must be contemplating on the ways of inspiring vitality, values and a fresh vision for the borough. But the recent decision

  • Carer of mental health patients admits stealing their money

    The deputy manager of a care home for people with mental health problems is facing jail, after pleading guilty to stealing money from patients. Geoffrey Mutenga of Beaumaris Gardens, Upper Norwood, changed his plea to guilty on what was the first

  • Hit-and-run driver jailed for killing woman waiting for bus

    A driver who ploughed into a bus stop leaving a woman dead and another man injured days before Christmas, has been jailed for more than five years. Nathan Davis of Normanton House, Clapham, fled the scene after crashing into the bus stop on Streatham

  • Nature Notes: A fishy tale

    Water temperatures permitting, the spawning season for course fish, i.e. fresh water fish other than salmon and trout, runs from March through June. Having been an enthusiastic fish watcher since I was knee-high to a tiddler, the title “course”

  • Merton's Talking newspaper joins digital age

    The 1,778th edition of the Merton Talking Newspaper (MTN) has been recorded on a newly launched memory stick service. Local news, drawn mainly from the Wimbledon Guardian, was traditionally recorded on one side of a cassette tape while articles

  • Sad removal of tree

    I am writing to express my dismay at the recent removal of a small winter-flowering prunus that stood on the corner of Monksdene Gardens and All Saints Road. The tree, which was growing outside a care home for the elderly, had just come into blossom

  • Lauren's Cows art exhibition brings countryside to city

    A new art gallery all about cows is bringing the countryside to the city. Lauren's Cows explores artist Lauren Terry's great love of the countryside through acrylic paintings of cows. Terry is born and bred in North Yorkshire and moved to London

  • Hundreds attend Bond trumpeter's funeral

    Hundreds of mourners turned out to commemorate an esteemed trumpeter who played on every James Bond soundtrack. Derek Watkins died at his home in Claygate, aged 68, surrounded by his family on Friday, March 22, after losing a two-year battle with

  • Worldwide Twitter appeal helps 5-year-old find his toy

    A boy was reunited with his toy cat after thousands of people across the world helped his mum in an online appeal. Five-year-old Nathan Hawkins, from the St Helier estate, was devastated when he accidently left his toy cat, Yoshi, on the 164 bus

  • Noisy milk float spoils good night's sleep

    A man woken by a noisy milk float at 4am last week has slammed the company for using diesel milk floats and delivering so early. Hearing the roar of a diesel engine, the glare of headlights and the slam of doors outside his Ewell Court home on

  • Popular 13-year-old died after asthma attack

    A popular 13-year-old died after suffering a severe asthma attack, an inquest was told. Bobby Naldini, of Caterham, who friends said "was always happy and laughing", went into cardiac arrest during the prolonged attack in March last year. Bobby

  • Friend runs marathon for boy with rare eye cancer

    A fitness instructor has stepped into the running shoes of his best mate whose son has a rare eye cancer. Billy French, 29, from Mitcham, is running the marathon on behalf of his Epsom friend Mark Stevens after his son Jack, now 2, was diagnosed

  • Former Wimbledon community centre set to become car park

    A former community centre could to be demolished and replaced with a car park. Merton Council submitted an application to turn the Sir Cyril Black Community Centre in St George’s Road Wimbledon into a "temporary public car park" on March 27.

  • MPs fight for police pension fair deal

    MPs are to take the fight for a fair deal for police officers to the top. Sutton's MPs Paul Burstow and Tom Brake met the chairman of the Metropolitan Police Federation (MPF), John Tully, and Sutton officers last week to discuss concerns over pensions

  • Candidates for Surrey County Council elections released

    A list of candidates for this year’s Surrey County Council elections has been announced. The election, which will see 44 candidates battle it out for the nine seats representing the boroughs divisions, will take place on May 2. Candidates will