Police have released images of a missing 15-year-old girl known to have Croydon links. Sophie Nynan, from Westcott, has not been seen since Saturday March 30, when she left her family home and headed towards Dorking. Surrey Police believe she
Residents in Tooting’s Furzedown ward will be able to question their locally elected representatives and senior council managers at a special feedback session on Monday. The council-organised 'Let's Talk' meetings give residents the chance to deliver
A multi-million pound leisure centre with a swimming pool, football pitches and gym has been given planning permission. Reigate and Banstead Council’s planning committee approved plans on Wednesday to create the £8.7m centre to be funded through
Hampton & Richmond’s interim co-manager Paul Barry does not yet know if he and Darren Powell want the Beavers job full-time. Since taking over from Mark Harper, who resigned two weeks ago, Barry and Powell have presided over one win, one defeat
Nearly £15m pounds of public money has been wasted on developing a criminal intelligence IT system which is now being scrapped. Surrey Police is pulling the plug on the Surrey Integrated Reporting Enterprise Network (Siren) which has never been
Kingston Council has been ordered to pay £745 to a woman who was overcharged for water bills in a decision legal experts believe has “set a precedent” for other cases of its kind. Nannette Herbert, from Surbiton, took the council to court after
Paolo Di Canio’s first game in charge of Sunderland was given such a build-up that some must have turned up to Stamford Bridge expecting a Nuremberg rally, not a football match. In the end, it was a routine home win for Chelsea, with masked crusader
London Scottish captain Mark Bright is among 13 players to sign up for next season’s Championship campaign. The Exiles have come through a season of progression, having made the switch to a full-time professional set-up in November 2012. After
Jonathan Mills has issued a Kassam Stadium rallying cry ahead of London Welsh’s clash with Northampton Saints on Sunday, with the Exiles captain calling for the Kassam crowd to become the club’s 16th man as they battle to stay in the Aviva Premiership
A man has been injured in a road accident in Kingston today. Police and ambulance services were called to the accident outside Kingston County Court in St James Road this afternoon, after a blue Ford KA collided with a pedestrian. The man
As summer creeps up on us we prepare to don our flip flops and hit the beach with stack of summer reading. However it seems in recent years we will not whip out a chunky text from our beach bags ready to eagerly turn its golden pages in the sunlight
Crystal Palace fans have the chance to get hold of VIP tickets to see Eddie Izzard next month. Eddie Izzard, a Palace fan and Associate Director at the club, has donated VIP tickets for his shows this summer to help raise funds for the CPFC Youth
South West Trains has apologised to commuters after a signal failure left passengers stranded in Surbiton. The fault at Clapham Junction station caused severe delays to the evening rush hour service, with angry customers taking to Twitter to vent
Gay Crystal Palace fans have defended the club's supporters, after they were were accused of directing homophobic chants at their Brighton counterparts. The Gay Football Supporters’ Network (GFSN) released a report last week which names a number
Surbiton Men’s manager James Lloyd says a new “aggressive” approach to hockey has propelled his team to this weekend’s MHL Premier Division play-off showpiece. His charges face Canterbury on Saturday in the semi-finals with a place in Sunday’s
Wimbledon Hockey Club’s player-coach Ben Marsden is ready to face a wounded giant as his team prepares for the climax of the race to the Premier Division. After last weekend’s 4-1 win over Cardiff in the first of three round robin play-off matches
Elmbridge Council is seeking two volunteers to maintain the highest standards of audit scrutiny. The audit and standards committee has been comprised for several years of not just of elected councillors, but also those appointed specifically for
Underlining their ambition to finish this season with some silverware, an almost full-strength Sutton United side dismantled a youthful Wimbledon outfit 5-2 to reach the final of the Surrey Senior Cup. They now face Godalming Town of the Evo Stik
A celebrity-filled charity football match will take place at Imber Court to raise money for pioneering treatment to help a three-year-old with cerebral palsy. Evie Mae Fleet, originally from Walton, had cerebral palsy diagnosed when she was one
Five months of planning and a £160,000 investment has resulted in the development of a cutting edge, boutique-style salon guaranteed to put Claygate firmly on the hairdressing map. Hairdressing duo David, 25, and Lynsey Baker, 28, welcomed guests
Neighbours have paid tribute to Sutton snake man Gerard 'Jed' Edge, who died in a fire last night. Mr Edge was well-known as an animal enthusiast who supplied snakes and reptiles for the Steven Spielberg film Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the
An 82-year-old man died in a flat fire last night. Neighbours tried to save the man, who lived alone, after his flat in Benhill Wood Road caught fire at around 10pm yesterday, when they heard his smoke alarm and tried get him out of the inferno
A waiter at a Chinese restaurant suffocated to death after putting cling-film around his head. Kit-Kuen Lai, 62, was found in his bedroom in a flat above Sichuan Garden Chinese restaurant in Brighton Road, Coulsdon, with his head wrapped in cling-film
Homeowners being forced to sell their properties are celebrating after agreeing to accept an increased offer to move out to make way for a new housing development. Many of the owners of Orlit properties in Carshalton have decided to now accept
Sutton's GPs will decide next month whether to stop the healthcare review threatening St Helier hospital’s frontline services. A group of GPs, Sutton Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), took over the borough's healthcare on April 1 as part of the
A man was attacked and robbed on his way home from work. Sojy Thomas, 41, was walking home from Waddon Marsh tram stop at about 7pm on March 26, when he was set upon by a group of youths. The dad-of-two who was repeatedly kicked and punched
With a murderer on the loose it’s bad day for a white wedding. Exit Theatre Company is bringing The Bloody Bride to life - a play by playwright David Trotter. The story is set on a remote Canadian island with husband and wife to be, Andy and
Brentford shot-stopper Simon Moore inisists he and his team-mates are thriving on the pressure that comes with fighting for promotion to the Championship. Speaking after Wednesday night’s vital 2-0 win at Crewe Alexandra, Moore said the team watched
For three years from 1890, one of Britain’s most famous campaigners for women’s social reform lived opposite Wimbledon Common at No 8 North View. While there, Josephine Elizabeth Butler (1828-1906), whose 185th birthday falls tomorrow, wrote one
A businessman who ripped the flooring out of Kingston’s historic former Regal Cinema without planning consent will pay £75,000. Franco Lumba, owner of FL Trading Limited, “defiantly” tore apart the floor of the old bingo hall in Richmond Road,
Members of the public will shortly be able to register with the Planning Inspectorate to be involved in the independent examination of plans for the Thames Tideway Tunnel. Thames Water's development consent application for the 'Supersewer', proposed
A 100-year-old beech tree is due for the chop - unless a councillor gets his way. The tree, thought to be more than 100 years old, in Langley Park Road, Sutton, is at risk as it encroaches onto the pavement and reduces its width to less than 50cm
Excited fans got to meet Made in Chelsea star Ollie Locke at his book signing on Saturday. The actor signed copies of Laid in Chelsea- My Life Uncovered, at Waterstones in the Whitgift Centre. The book promises readers a fully uncensored look
The crackdown on robbery by the borough’s police force is set to continue after the initial operation was heralded as a success. Croydon police launched Operation Zeus in February after robbery offences in Croydon increased over the previous year
Youngsters have been celebrating an Indian festival by making tiger masks. Aspara Arts organised the event at the Honeywood Museum, in Carshalton, in order to mark Onam – the biggest festival in the Kerela state of India. Events will run from
Makes 12 cupcakes Preparation time: 45 minutes, plus drying time Cooking time: 20 minutes You’ll need: For the cupcakes: 175g caster sugar 175g unsalted butter 3 large eggs, separated 175g self raising flour 175g plain cooked
Aspiring rock stars and musicians can get a taste of life at the Realistic Music Academy during its open days. The academy is opening its doors to invite prospective students to a free 10-minute trial lesson and a tour of its facilities. Young
ASDA in Sutton High Street has donated £2,600 to a baby with an incurable genetic disease. Louie Bull, from Stonecot Hill, was born with the rare and very serious condition, Spinal Muscular Atrophy with Respiratory Distress (SMARD), which causes
For some, Grandma’s old recipes inspire tasty, hearty, dinners that are reminiscent of childhood memories, but for Dominique Baptiste is was dog’s dinners. The 23-year-old, from Mitcham has created a new brand of gourmet dog food based on 40-year-old
Two pink floral trees will be rooted in Hersham as part of a sponsored planting programme. To mark Waitroses' 75th anniversary in partnership with John Lewis, Hersham Green will benefit from the programme with two cornus kousa stellar pink trees
A lane closed to traffic nine years ago is set to re-open in an effort to improve transport links to an industrial estate. Willow Lane, which runs into an industrial estate from Carshalton Road near Mitcham Junction, was closed in 2004 due to safety
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
