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  • Traders' anger as bike docking stations replace parking spaces

    A group of Putney shop owners have blasted Wandsworth Council after “Boris Bike” docking stations were installed to replace a row of parking spaces outside their businesses. The docking stations are replacing six parking spaces near to the junction

  • Hazel is in the Carshalton Athletic to stay

    Ian Hazel is back in charge at Carshalton Athletic and this time he is there to stay, writes James Barrett. The Robins academy manager was promoted to first team boss on Monday after Tommy Williams was sacked by chairman Paul Dipre following the

  • Warlingham taking rugby to the kids

    Warlingham are taking their expertise into schools after employing a new rugby community coach. Harry Blain, a 17-year-old former Cumnor House School student, has joined the club under an apprenticeship scheme supported by the Rugby Football Union

  • Gang raids Co-op for cigarettes at 4am

    A gang raided a Co-op store for cigarettes in the early hours of this morning. Two thieves are believed to have forced entry to the shop, on Stoneleigh Broadway,  at about 4am by damaging a window shutter before breaking into a cigarette counter

  • Catwalk shows highlight this season's fashion trends

    Stylish shoppers at the Ashley Centre, Epsom, enjoyed the chance to get ahead of the trends at the weekend. On Friday, Saturday and Sunday the centre held six fashion shows in different locations throughout the centre each day, featuring designs

  • Man, 45, dies after being hit by car in Coulsdon

    A 45-year-old man has died after being hit by a car in Coulsdon. The pedestrian was struck by a silver Ford Fiesta in Stoats Nest Road just after 8pm yesterday. He was taken to St George's Hospital in Tooting but died soon afterwards.

  • Scout leader retires after half a century at the helm

    A man who has spent more than half a century as a scout leader said stepping away from the role last week was "extremely emotional". Geoff Collins, 70, of Downs Road, in Epsom, retired as group leader of 3rd Epsom Scouts, based at the

  • Council urges voters to register for elections

    Voters are being urged to fill out registration forms they have received in the post to ensure they can take part in next year’s European elections and general and local elections in 2015. Residents have been receiving their annual canvass registration

  • Charlie Edwards ready to prove himself on the world stage

    Charlie Edwards has a point to prove at next week's World Amateur Boxing Championships in Kazakhstan. The 20-year-old from Beddington had an impressive junior record but a combination of bad draws and poor decisions has seen him fail in the first

  • O'Keefe adamant Holloway is the right man for Palace

    Stuart O’Keefe has rejected suggestions Crystal Palace should sack manager Ian Holloway and insisted there is no need to panic at Selhurst Park. The Eagles are second bottom in the Premier League with six defeats from seven matches, with bookmakers

  • PICTURES: Travellers leave behind poo on children's slide

    A group of travellers have left tonnes of rubbish and human excrement on a children’s slide in Roundshaw Park this morning. The council has closed the children’s playground and cordoned off the park while they clean up tonnes of building materials

  • Man charged with indecent exposure on 151 bus

    A Morden man is to appear in court charged with masturbating in front of a teenage girl on a Sutton bus. James Gathercole, 28, of Blanchland Road, has been charged with indecent exposure and will appear in front of Croydon magistrates on Friday

  • Comedian Gina Yashere gears up for Croydon gig

    Comedian and south London gal Gina Yashere covers everything rom the riots to Jimmy Saville in her new show. The stand up comedian has witnessed a lot this year, including Britain’s triumph in the Olympics in 2012, and she wants to talk about it

  • Think you could move like Nureyev or Bussell?

    Think you could be the next Rudolf Nureyev? An acclaimed ballet company is throwing open its doors to Kingston residents with a new range of dance classes, writes Aniqah Choudhri. Not bound to just jetés and allegros Balletboyz fuses ballet with

  • Reading just too strong for Wimbledon

    Wimbledon slipped to their second defeat of the Men's Hockey League Premier Division on Saturday as they lost 2-0 at Reading. A game played in good spirit provided another display of high quality hockey on a lovely Autumn afternoon. Reading

  • Six arrested in Elmbridge drug raids

    Six people were arrested in Elmbridge as part of a two day drug raid operation by Surrey Police. Operation Kirkos focused on the disruption of the supply of class A and class B drugs and the reduction of serious and acquisitive crime. During

  • Teenager punched and robbed in Walton

    A 19-year-old man was hit in the face robbed of his iPhone and jacket in Walton by a group of youths last week. The victim was walking along Molesey Road, close to the junction with Rydens Grove, at about 9pm on Friday, October 4, and stopped at

  • Fire risk chicken shop owner ordered to pay thousands

    A chicken shop owner's prosecution for flouting fire safety laws should serve as a stark warning to others, firefighters have warned. Munawar Ahmed, who owns the Chicken Inn and Takeaway in Church Street, Croydon, was given a 15 month suspended

  • Toddler injured in fall from horse

    A young girl was taken to hospital with injuries to her head after she fell from a horse. Crews from South East Coast Ambulance and Kent, Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance were called to an area of grass just off Molesey Road, Walton, at about 2.50pm

  • Roofer's charity gala featuring Peter Andre raises £50,000

    A charity gala hosted by a Wimbledon roofing company and attended by the likes of Peter Andre and Theo Paphitis has raised more than £50,000. The annual black-tie fundraiser, organised by Paul Strank Roofing based in Weir Road, was held on

  • Students from Croydon promote healthier eating

    Healthier eating among children was promoted in a project carried out by young people from Croydon. 60 young people in five groups of 12 took part in cultivation projects for Good Food Matters on September 29. The project was part of National

  • Jamie's Italian restaurant in Kingston turns five

    A celebrity chef’s restaurant in Kingston has celebrated its 5th birthday this week. Jamie’s Italian in High Street has been serving food with influences from Italy with much success over years. But this week foodies are in for a treat as

  • Youngsters celebrate harvest festival across Sutton

    Youngsters celebrated harvest festival across the borough yesterday. St Dunstan’s Church, in Cheam, was jam-packed with youngsters from St Dunstan’s Primary School and their parents singing seasonal hymns. They brought along a wide range of

  • Hospitality supremo given freedom of City of London

    A Weybridge woman has the right to drive sheep and cattle over London Bridge, after being awarded Freedom of the City of London. Theresa Maw, who previously lived in Richmond, was handed the honour in recognition of her work in the hospitality

  • Swinging sixties nurses return to St Helier Hospital

    A group of nurses from the swinging 60s returned to St Helier Hospital 50 years on. The year was 1963, The Beatles released their first album, Harold Macmillan was prime minister and the Vietnam War was in full swing. The ladies 50 years

  • Crystal Palace Overground Festival on the hunt for volunteers

    A recruitment drive is being made by the Crystal Palace Overground Festival’s organisers for volunteers to join their team. The team for the annual four day community arts festival are looking for people to cover a range of roles for the 2014 event

  • Crystal Palace Sainsbury's donate books to Croydon school

    A donation of activity books has been made to Bensham Manor School by staff at Sainsbury’s Crystal Palace. The Selhurst Park store gave the school copies of its ‘Bumper Book of Summer’, which contains arts and crafts activities and recipe ideas