The entrepreneur made famous for his Reggae Reggae Sauce' on BBC Two's Dragons' Den is opening a takeaway in Battersea. Levi Roots, from Brixton, presented his grandmother's recipe for West Indian jerk sauce to the millionaire panel of investors on the
Victoria Beckham will join a panel of judges at this year's Graduate Fashion Week to be held at Battersea Park Arena. Posh will sit alongside American Harper's Bazaar's Glenda Bailey, designer Alber Elbaz and River Island managing director Richard Bradbury
A Tooting shopkeeper has been fined more than £24,000 for selling toxic cosmetics containing a banned substance linked with cancer. Wasim Rabbani, of Sabina Hair and Cosmetics in Mitcham Road, was caught selling dozens of different skin-lightening' face
A clinic in Surrey is giving parents the chance to have their children vaccinated with individual measles, mumps and rubella inoculations. The jabs are an alternative to the highly controversial combined MMR vaccine which was rumoured to have a link
Kew showed some fighting spirit to hold on for a draw in Saturday's Home Counties Division Two (West) clash at Burnham, writes Stuart Cosstick. An outstanding bowling performance from left-arm spinner Rob Tindall saw wickets fall at regular intervals
A joint meeting between Croydon Council and Croydon police will be held next week to give residents the chance to pose questions relating to crime and how it affects them. Councillor Steve O'Connell and Chief Superintendent Mark Gore will be on hand to
A teen waitress landed the gig of her life when she was asked to perform for celebs at a star-studded bash in Cannes. Victoria Hart, 18, was invited to sing at a charity do hosted by George Clooney, to coincide with the world premiere of his latest film
A teenager killed in Thornton Heath last Friday was stabbed in the heart, it was revealed today. At the opening of the inquest into the death of Dwaine Douglas, Detective Chief Inspective Phillip Adams told Croydon Coroner's Court that, according to
I’m annoyed at MPs decision to vote in favour of exempting themselves from the Freedom of Information Act. I think it is a poor decision and although they crow it’s to protect their constituents I think the real reason is they don’t want to reveal
A fraudster who claimed more than £8,000 in benefits while he was working has been ordered to serve 150 hours community service. Benefit cheat Bakana Michael Mwamba, 37, of Moreton Road, South Croydon, made several claims for Job Seekers Allowance, housing
A senior detective has denied ordering a junior colleague to change records to help build a stronger case against a man accused of murdering his daughter in an honour killing. The Old Bailey today heard Detective Inspector Caroline Goode allegedly
Croydon companies scooped four awards at the first South London Business Awards ceremony at Crystal Palace Football Club on Monday night. Hosted by Eagles fan and radio DJ David Jensen, the awards were sponsored by companies including the Croydon Guardian
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Harlequins RL chief Brian McDermott doesn't blame fans for reacting angrily to news the club's Challenge Cup quarter-final clash at Wigan Warriors is scheduled for a Friday night. McDermott confessed he was less than happy about the move, which means
The Dante Stakes has long been considered the premier Derby trial in Britain, with a host of recent winners going on to claim the Epsom Classic, writes Phil Hayler. Authorized, winner of the Dante last Thursday, certainly has all the hallmarks of a champion
An injury crisis has forced Harlequins RL boss Brian McDermott back into the transfer market after admitting prop Richard Villasanti was unlikely to play for the club this season. The 26-year-old Cronulla Sharks forward arrived in the UK in February,
Mike Brown has become the latest Harlequins player to cap a superb Guinness Premiership season with an England call-up. The young full-back booked his place in Brian Ashton's squad for the tour to South Africa with a series of eye-catching performances
Epsom Swimming Club won the Luke Lawless Cup for the third year in a row at Dorking Leisure Centre on Saturday. After the first 15 events Reigate and Redhill and Epsom shared the lead with 56 points each, while Dorking were not far behind with 40. Epsom
More than 400 young athletes had the chance to meet England rugby legend Steve Thompson when they competed at the Epsom College Superteams competition last Sunday. World Cup winner Tommo presented prizes at the 30th anniversary of the annual event which
Mayday hospital has announced plans to become a foundation trust in 2009 after it balanced its books for the first time in two years. Despite predicting 12 months ago it could end this financial year with debts up to £13million, the hospital has reported
Don't miss the Kingston Green Fair on bank holiday Monday for the oldest, biggest and best family eco fair of the year. Now in its 20th year, up to 20,000 people are expected at Canbury Gardens, Kingston, for a day packed with music, alternative therapies
The vice-chairman of London Councils has applauded everyone involved in the Green Guardian project and proclaimed it to be "fantastic". Councillor Sean Brennan, who is also London Councils' executive member for sustainability, praised the initiative
Disney's Beauty and the Beast, adapted from the Oscar-winning animated feature film, was a big hit at the New Wimbledon Theatre this week and is one of the best shows I've seen this year. It is the story of Belle, a young girl in a provincial French
A Sanderstead funeral directors has won an environmental award after offering bamboo and willow coffins. A & D Pink, of Hamsey Green, Sanderstead, was given the Go Green award by southlondon.biz, which advises small businesses. Run by Adrian Pink and
Skipper Gary Marshall claimed 4-47 to dismiss Farncombe for 157 at Broadwater Park on Saturday, but then saw Worcester Park's hopes of securing a first victory of the season ruined by a calamitous batting collapse, writes Oli Burley. Park seemed firmly
It may have been more than 50 years ago, but my first involvement with the police was when elected as vice-chairman of the local junior accident prevention council in a Lancashire town. Juvenile crime those days was usually dealt with by the local bobby
Ever wondered what to do with your household batteries? Many people in the UK simply throw them in the bin along with the rest of household rubbish, which is bad for the environment and more recently ¡V against the law.... In the UK, we recycle more
Ever wondered what to do with your household batteries? Many people in the UK simply throw them in the bin along with the rest of household rubbish, which is bad for the environment and more recently ¡V against the law.... In the UK, we recycle more
Fresh from her treble medal-winning performances at the annual Surrey track and field championships, Hercules Wimbledon Athletic Club's top junior woman athlete Emily Martin gained an impressive hat-trick in the Southern Women's League match at Twickenham
Richmond Flames' hopes of defending their British crown hang in the balance after losing both games against close rivals Croydon on Sunday. The Flames, still struggling to find form this season, crashed 5-3 and 9-0 on home turf to a rampant Pirates outfit
Some local youngsters have enjoyed a remarkable weekend of competitive success on the water, both at home and abroad. International kayak star Ben Parfitt, a sixth-form student at Hampton School, spent the weekend representing Great Britain at the Piestany
Hampton & Richmond Legends were pipped 5-4 by Dev's Celebrity XI in an entertaining match which attracted a crowd of more than 600 to the Beveree on Sunday. Paul Merton kicked off, but the star of the afternoon was former rugby union international Keith
Spencer Cricket Club chairman Paul Askew believes Alex Tudor has a chance of making an England comeback providing he can stay fit. The 29-year-old, who joined Essex in 2005 after home county Surrey cancelled his contract, last played for his country
Tooting & Mitcham boss Billy Smith is set to find out his budget as he prepares for another Ryman Division One South promotion assault next season. Smith said: "I'm having a meeting this week with the board and we will see what happens after that. "
Morden boxer Lenny Daws has declared himself ready to face anyone for another shot at the British light-welterweight title after a comfortable ring comeback on Friday. Daws, 29, had a unanimous point victory over Worcester journeyman Billy Smith on the
Kingston-based land alpine ski star Edward Drake is aiming for the stars since proving his fitness after recovering from a hip operation and earning reselection for the senior British team at Europa Cup level. Despite suffering discomfort, Drake has
Marsh Farm has long been the mecca for crucian carp enthusiasts and they have certainly been coming to the fore at this excellently managed Godalming fishery, writes Ray Robson. An evening session gave Duncan Charman a whopping 14 crucians topped by
Surrey have begun their Home Counties League campaign in fine style by beating Sussex and Middlesex, writes Mike Haigh. A 134-89 win over Sussex at Croydon last Wednesday meant Surrey picked up 21 points to their opponents one. Surrey won five of the
Surrey 800m and 1,500m champion Gareth Price, who lives in Earlsfield and trains at Wimbledon Park, made an impressive international debut at Loughborough. He won the match 1,500m for England in three minutes 44.35 seconds. It was easily his best
Teenage gang members from Wandsworth could be taken on a hard-hitting trip to South African shanty towns to confront them with the realities of extreme poverty and crime. Organisers of the Battersea initiative hope exposure to the grim living conditions
Belgrave Harriers' Goldie Sayers smashed the British women's javelin record, producing the outstanding individual performance of the Accenture Loughborough International on Sunday. Sayers, 24, threw 65.05m to improve on her previous best by 3.6m. She
Olympic discus thrower Emeka Udechuku is dieting - in search of a place on Britain's team for next year's Beijing Olympics. A decade after becoming the only British heavy thrower to ever win a European junior title, Udechuku, 27, has lost almost four
Teddington-based Jo Pavey and Mo Farah were in impressive form in the BUPA Great Manchester Run 10km road race on Sunday. Pavey, 33, the Commonwealth women's 5,000m silver medallist, produced a world-class performance to win the women's race. She seemed
Surrey junior cross country champion Sam Perkins posted his fifth win in 24 appearances in the Bushy Park 5km time trial, just holding off Edinburgh-based Ray Ward on Saturday. They were neck-and-neck for most of the way before teenager Perkins (pictured
Kingston & Polytechnic athlete Humphrey Waddington helped Cambridge end a record-breaking nine consecutive wins by Oxford in the annual varsity athletics match at Wilberforce Road, Cambridge, on Saturday. Ten days short of his 20th birthday, the second-year
There must be something in the lunches at Hampton School. They have just won their their second Independent Schools' Football Association Cup after defeating Charterhouse after a dramatic penalty shoot-out. Goalkeeper Nick Jupp, who is on Watford's
by Darren Wicks (May 23, 2007) Well that must be an English footballing first - one team wins both domestic cup competitions but apparently that is failure. Monday's headlines were screaming how apparently winning the Carling Cup and FA Cup in the
by Lawrence Lofts (May 23, 2007) As I watched the cup final in Croydon with a group of Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool fans, my feelings were a mixture of indifference at the worst game ever (congratulations Roman and the boys), and a sense
Norbury residents are fighting plans to put storage containers on land used to bury victims of the 17th-century Great Plague of London. Earlier this month, people living in Semley Road and Hatch Road received letters from the council's housing department
Surrey skipper Mark Butcher has admitted the start to the new Liverpool Victoria County Championship season has been his toughest period as captain. The 34-year-old watched his side record three straight defeats to open their Division One campaign -
Trinity School's new director of sport Alex Codling has reaffirmed his commitment to the post days after accepting a coaching role with National One rugby team London Welsh. The 33-year-old former NEC Harlequins lock took over at his old school earlier
Croydon Harriers Young athletes consolidated their Southern Premier Young Athletes League challenge with a second place finish in their second round match at the Croydon Sports Arena on Sunday. The match was won comfortably by Enfield and Haringey who
Croydon Schools' Football Association's borough sides' season of success continues, after two more prestige wins for the U13s. With two more finals scheduled, it could be a record 16 triumphs for Croydon. Last Tuesday, the U13s took on Gravesham Schools
Boxing trainer Clinton McKenzie is urging his former prodigy Chas Symonds to get back in the ring. The Croydon fighter has not been in contact with his former trainer for more than four months and McKenzie fears Symonds may not return to the fight game
Croydon Harriers' men's and Women's teams were in both action on Saturday, having started the season with a win and a second place respectively. The men travelled to the Thames Valley Athletics Centre in Eton and finished third out of five in their Division
SHEPHERD NEAME SURREY CHAMPIONSHIP Premier Division: Dulwich 163 (R Farrow 59* I Hewett 6-27) beat Reigate Priory 134 by 29 runs, Farnham 160 (R Hamilton-Brown 5-52) beat Weybridge 105 (T Hicks 6-47) by 55 runs, Normandy 218-5 (A Clark 72 R Skidmore
Wimbledon skipper Mark Shimmin believes his side's unbeaten start to the season marks them as one of the challengers for Sutton's Surrey Championship Premier Division title this year. The South African off-spinner saw his team push the champions close
A sickening attack which killed a swan has so incensed residents they have dug deep to fund a £3,000 reward to help catch the culprit. And the vicious thugs even filmed the attack on their mobile phone. The footage shows one of the hoodie-wearing
The hills are still alive with the Sound of Music. Well, they certainly are for the Von Trapp Children, the great-grandchildren of the legendary Captain Von Trapp, father of the famous singing family who captivated audiences in one of the world's most
John Martyn has romanced generation after generation for over three decades with his powerfully heartfelt songwriting. And now he is bringing his special talent to the Fairfield Halls for a special concert next Wednesday. Fuelled by his huge voice and
Children's favourite Noddy is back in an exciting new show at Fairfield Halls over the Bank Holiday weekend. Make Way for Noddy and Friends sees Noddy planning a tea party for his Toyland friends and the kids of Croydon are all invited. Clap your hands
Hounslow & District Wheelers hold their premier long-distance promotion, the open 10-mile time trial, on Sunday. This year's event has attracted 53 competitors, including defending champion, Hounslow's Paul Holdsworth, and former multiple winner Ian
Injury is threatening Gary Marks' bid to compete with the cream of European golf at the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth which starts tomorrow, writes Carl Markham. The winner of last year's south region order of merit will be nursing an elbow injury
Carshalton Athletic manager Dave Garland has beaten Conference South play-off winners Salisbury City and Basingstoke Town to the signature of striker Phil Ruggles. The sought-after Ruggles has joined the Robins from crisis club Molesey, and is set to
Kingstonian boss Alan Dowson will not be rushed into making signings for next season, although he admits he needs to act quickly to secure the services of Saheed Sankoh. The former England U18 international has been told he has no future at Conference
Newly appointed Sutton United assistant boss Stuart Massey has set his sights on a Conference South promotion challenge. The former Whyteleafe and Chipstead manager replaces Paul Harford, who left Gander Green Lane earlier this month, after agreeing
Staines Chess Club finished the season in style with a 5-2 home win over Berkshire team Maidenhead. Staines ended with a hot streak, notching three wins and a draw in their final four games of the season. The result means the club have had their best-ever
Long-serving Sutton United midfielder Matt Gray has been snapped up by Nationwide Conference side Woking. The inspirational 23-year-old, who has scored 50 goals in more than 300 senior appearances for United, has signed a two-year contract. He spent
Peter Taylor has admitted his interest in West Ham veteran Teddy Sheringham but doubts whether he will be able to reunite the striker with his son Charlie at Selhurst Park. The 41-year-old former England frontman is out of contract following a disappointing
New Mayor of Richmond Marc Cranfield-Adams is to honour Hampton & Richmond's title winners at a parlour lunch. Richmond Council has moved to give Alan Devonshire's men recognition for securing the highest level of football in the club's 86-year history
AFC Wimbledon winger Robin Shroot says it will be a surreal experience if he gets the chance to line up alongside new signing Marcus Gayle. The 18-year-old, a Dons fan all his life, remembers seeing Gayle when he was an eight-year-old junior at Wimbledon
The Ryman League has been infuriated by an FA decision to relegate Corinthian Casuals to the Combined Counties League. Brian Adamson's side missed out on a last-gasp Ryman Division One South reprieve on Monday after an FA committee meeting to conclude
Goalkeeper Chuck Martini has revealed that he is likely to leave Molesey if he is not installed as the new boss. Martini told the Comet he had been interviewed for the vacant Moles hotseat after the departure of Steve Beeks earlier this month, but the
Two of the brightest talents in men's tennis will compete in the 2007 Surbiton Trophy grass court tournament, which starts on Saturday, June 2, writes Alan Fullelove. Amer Delic, a Bosnian-born American ranked at 65 in the world, is joined by 19-year-old
New Malden's Melanie South hopes a quarter-final appearance at the Fukuoka Challenger in Japan proves she has finally turned a corner. South, 21, had previously won just one singles match this year, slipping from 166 to 192 in the world rankings. But
World number 11 Andy Murray is a doubt for the Wimbledon Championships, which start in the last week of June. Murray has been forced to pull out of the French Open because a wrist injury, sustained when leading Filippo Volandri 5-1 in the Hamburg Open
More than 300 spectators saw Mitcham basketball star Peter Scantlebury make his playing comeback at the CIA Basketball Festival on Saturday. The 43-year-old former England head coach came out of retirement to lead his Old School All Stars side to a
The council's Active Lifestyles fitness and activity programme is launching new courses. The programme includes yoga classes in New Addington, kick boxing in Thornton Heath and a dancercise class in Norbury. Brochures are now available at local libraries
London Wasps skipper Lawrence Dallaglio claims the newly crowned European champions lag behind NEC Harlequins when it comes to resources. The 36-year-old former England captain lifted the Heineken Cup for the second time in his career following Sunday's
New AFC Wimbledon manager Terry Brown is focused on getting Roscoe Dsane and Wes Daly to commit their futures to the club after securing the services of four first-teamers. Brown, who took over as Dons boss last Tuesday, told the Comet he had already
NEC Harlequins team boss Mike Scott believes the weekend's European finals have provided the club with a stark reminder of the challenge they face next season. A seventh-placed finish in the Guinness Premiership secured a place at the top table of European
A man fitting the description of the Surbiton sex attacker who seriously assaulted a 26-year-old woman was seen a day later pleasuring himself at the scene of the attack. At 1.30pm on May 10, two women spotted him back in the alley where the attack took
The new director of finance for Kingston's Primary Care Trust (PCT) is reputed to have received a huge redundancy package from his last post, despite continuing to work in the NHS. The pay-out to Rob Yeomans, rumoured to be in excess of £100,000, has
Jason O'Connor, 37, from Addiscombe, said: "I don't come into the town centre a lot, I prefer staying in Addiscombe. "I quite like the top end of town near the town hall and where Park Place is going to be, but North End is really horrible sometimes
A man stabbed to death in Thornton Heath could have been knifed while trying to mug somebody. The possibility Dwaine Douglas was attacked after trying to rob somebody is one line of inquiry detectives are investigating. The 18-year-old was stabbed during
